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NFL GameDay View: Week 14 Picks and Predictions - Eagles vs Cowboys, Allen vs Mahomes in KC, & Playoff Implication Duels · NFL Game Previews

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  Speaker 1: NFL Game Deview is a production of the NFL in
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  Speaker 1: partnership with Iheartradiot.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody Walking to Game Debut, presented by Mercedes Benz, Patrick
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  Speaker 2: Clayvin Here with Greg Rosenthal and Cynthia Freed. And we're
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  Speaker 2: all feeling pretty good because nothing happened last week. We
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  Speaker 2: all went eight and five in our picks. Some things
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  Speaker 2: went up somethings.
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  Speaker 3: We're not feeling good about eight and five. I got
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  Speaker 3: a higher bar than that, Patrick.
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  Speaker 2: Well, well, how high is Greg Rosenthal's bar? Let's check
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  Speaker 2: and see the season long standing, Cynthia, Greg, Greg's losing
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  Speaker 2: his lead. He's still got that crown. But we're right there.
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  Speaker 4: We got him right where we want him, you know,
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  Speaker 4: you know, like let him wear that little smug face
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  Speaker 4: and a little smug crown and we'll get him in
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  Speaker 4: the end tape.
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  Speaker 5: The new headshot this week, so maybe I can replace
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  Speaker 5: that soon.
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  Speaker 2: All right, Well, we'll try to change the numbers as
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  Speaker 2: well as we get some ball here. The Cowboys come
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  Speaker 2: up just short when they played the Eagles in Week nine.
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  Speaker 2: First Dak's touchdown to Luke Schoonmaker was not a touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: It was overturned later on a two point conversion. It
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  Speaker 2: looks like Dak's going in to the end zone. Problem
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  Speaker 2: is he stepped out of bounds priorits against the rules.
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  Speaker 2: He plays dead at that point, so I didn't count.
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  Speaker 2: Then with five seconds remaining, down five ceedee Lamb caught
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  Speaker 2: this ball at the four yard line, but the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: were all back there anyway, with the entire city of
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  Speaker 2: Philadelphia was there to tackle him. Philly won at twenty
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  Speaker 2: eight to twenty three, and since that lost the Cowboys
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  Speaker 2: of rout at all four Street wins. Meanwhile, the Eagles
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  Speaker 2: coming off a beatdown against the forty nine ers NFC
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  Speaker 2: East Crown currently up for grabs. What do you think
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  Speaker 2: happens in the rematch?
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  Speaker 6: Grek?
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  Speaker 5: I think it's a scorefest. Feel confident about that.
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  Speaker 3: I like the Cowboys to win thirty three to nothing
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  Speaker 3: because I trust their quarterback right now?
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  Speaker 5: Nothing Oh, thirty three to thirty Oh.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, that wouldn't be a headline, thirty three
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  Speaker 3: to thirty. I was paying attention last year when a
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  Speaker 3: lot of people who shall we name nameless, we're doubting
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  Speaker 3: on Dak and it was too many interceptions and you
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  Speaker 3: got it wasn't YouTube.
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  Speaker 5: It wasn't at anyone on this show that Dak was
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  Speaker 5: making mistakes.
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  Speaker 3: To me, he just has an easier schedule this year
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  Speaker 3: and more weapons around him in a better offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: He's always been this dude, And the easier schedule includes
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  Speaker 3: this week, Cynthia, because to me and Patrick, the Eagles
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  Speaker 3: defense has not been playing well.
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  Speaker 2: No, they haven't been playing well, especially again, they're not
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  Speaker 2: going to play the forty nine ers every single week
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  Speaker 2: with Dallas's offense is very, very good. And I will
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  Speaker 2: take the home team in this one twenty seven to
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  Speaker 2: twenty five. I took the home team in the last game.
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  Speaker 2: I do think it matters in this particular matchup. And
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  Speaker 2: I'm also playing close attention to Brandon Cooks and what
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  Speaker 2: he's been doing the past few weeks. One hundred and
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  Speaker 2: three reception yards over expectations since week ten, twenty three
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  Speaker 2: targets in the last four weeks. I think it's gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a good game. They're gonna go back and forth.
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  Speaker 2: Brandon Aubrey hits one at the buzzer. I think Dallas wins, though, Cynthia.
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  Speaker 4: Cary, I like the score, but I'm reversing the winner. Oh,
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  Speaker 4: come on, Eagles, fans help me out here. I know
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  Speaker 4: you're very vocal on the Twitter machine, so I appreciate
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  Speaker 4: your help here. But I really want to look at
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  Speaker 4: aj Brown in this matchup. What he does against man
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  Speaker 4: coverage is nasty. I understand we haven't seen him be
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  Speaker 4: as big as we saw in those six games where
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  Speaker 4: he had one hundred and twenty five receiving in each one,
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  Speaker 4: But if you look at the way this dan Quinn
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  Speaker 4: defense is works and operates, this is the type of
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  Speaker 4: thing we're out muscling. Someone dk Metcalf from last Thursday
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  Speaker 4: can be a big factor. So we do have sort
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  Speaker 4: of the blueprint there. And it's funny like, lest we
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  Speaker 4: forget that the that the Cowboys also were kind of
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  Speaker 4: you know, smoked by the forty nine ers and less
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  Speaker 4: we like, I don't understand why that doesn't matter. Recency
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  Speaker 4: bias is real, Like, don't be don't fall victim to recency.
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  Speaker 2: Bias, same way from recncy bias, all of you maybe
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  Speaker 2: maybe later, don't do it relevant. Let's talk some more
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  Speaker 2: about this big matchup, some more or less total yards
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  Speaker 2: for Jalen Hurts two hundred and ninety six and a half.
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  Speaker 3: Greg, I am going more on this one. It's partly
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  Speaker 3: because I feel bad. I had picked Jalen Hurts to
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  Speaker 3: win as a starter for the Eagles. I believe it
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  Speaker 3: was twenty six straight times and now I've picked him
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  Speaker 3: to lose four straight times.
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  Speaker 5: But he's gonna be great in this game.
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  Speaker 3: I haven't seen the best of the Cowboys pass rush lately,
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  Speaker 3: and so I think you pointed out the secondary weaknesses.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe Dallas can be picked on a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: So it's like I said, I feel more confident that
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  Speaker 3: this is gonna have a lot of points than I do.
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  Speaker 5: Either team winning and Jalen Hurts is gonna have a
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  Speaker 5: big game.
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  Speaker 2: Let's go to the other quarterback. Dak Prescott's been on fire.
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  Speaker 2: Will he have more or less than two and a
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  Speaker 2: half passing touchdowns?
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  Speaker 7: I have him with.
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  Speaker 4: Two passing touchdowns, so that's less than two and a half.
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  Speaker 4: But you can get Dak Prescott on discount for MVP,
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  Speaker 4: if you know what I mean. This is the Black
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  Speaker 4: Friday sale we've all been waiting for. Because he is
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  Speaker 4: not favored to win the MVP title. It is a
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  Speaker 4: good opportunity here just because he's not gonna have three
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  Speaker 4: or more passing touchdowns.
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  Speaker 7: In this game. Does not mean he couldn't be your MVP.
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  Speaker 5: It shouldn't be like this, but they probably have to
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  Speaker 5: win this game for him to win.
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  Speaker 2: In which highlights the absurdity of the look.
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  Speaker 7: They're both going to the playoffs, right.
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  Speaker 5: I think he's gonna win MVP two. I'm with you, but.
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  Speaker 4: They're both going to the playoffs, which means all you
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  Speaker 4: do is get in the dance.
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  Speaker 7: You know, once you're there, you could be the MVP.
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  Speaker 2: It could be the MVP. It would help to have
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  Speaker 2: CD Lamb have more than seven and a half receptions
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  Speaker 2: in this game, but that number is just too high.
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  Speaker 2: It makes me a little bit nervous. I just talked
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  Speaker 2: up Brandon Cooks. I think Luke Schoonmaker is gonna get
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  Speaker 2: the ball. They've been getting the ball out of the backfield,
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  Speaker 2: and Tony Pollard seven maybe you would have got seven
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  Speaker 2: and a half feels like a little bit much for me,
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  Speaker 2: so I will take less on that one. Moving on,
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  Speaker 2: the Bills going to Arrowhead to take on the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be Allen versus Mahomes, one of the
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  Speaker 2: better rivalries in football, and who could forget the epic
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  Speaker 2: finish from twenty twenty one in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 5: The seventeenth play help this drive. Gotta get to the
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  Speaker 5: fourteen now, fires.
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  Speaker 8: Come on, cuts it up, fail, they might make up.
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  Speaker 5: What do the Bills half left in the tank?
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  Speaker 2: There is They will take a miracle now for Kansas City.
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  Speaker 7: But it's not over yet.
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  Speaker 1: The can As.
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  Speaker 2: Fail.
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  Speaker 4: There are sudden death over Giant Pisa first possession.
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  Speaker 5: They must have a touchdown to win the game. To
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  Speaker 5: its down, Chiefs to the championship game.
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  Speaker 2: Years later, the goosebumps still happened watching that. The Bills
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  Speaker 2: and Chiefs also met last year in the regular season.
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  Speaker 2: Bills won twenty four to twenty. Now Buffalo six and
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  Speaker 2: six and must win mode, Casey coming off that loss
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  Speaker 2: in Lambeau, Isaaha Cheko out for this one. Does that
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  Speaker 2: change things for you something? What are you picking here?
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  Speaker 7: I'm still picking Kansas City to win.
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  Speaker 4: I still think that this is an opportunity for them
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  Speaker 4: to show us the last week was kind of a fluke.
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  Speaker 4: Twenty six to three is my score just a three
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  Speaker 4: point win? And I want to point out the opportunity
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  Speaker 4: that Clyde Edwards Hilaire has in this matchup. Why because
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  Speaker 4: the Bills defense. They're susceptible to the run. They went
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  Speaker 4: from top five last season to bottom five in terms
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  Speaker 4: of win shares allowed in the run game. Clyde Edwards
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  Speaker 4: Hilaire gets a step in here. Obviously, past three games
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  Speaker 4: beside Isaiah Picheco with at least twenty touches in all
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  Speaker 4: of them, we need to see some of that explosivity.
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  Speaker 4: There is a good old line in front of him,
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  Speaker 4: especially for run blocking. I know Donovan Smith had that
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  Speaker 4: stinger last game, but that's also a good opportunity for
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  Speaker 4: Travis Kelcey.
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  Speaker 7: To get more involved too.
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  Speaker 4: Why if the run game works, so too follows the
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  Speaker 4: pass game and Kelsey with no Matt Milano, the difference
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  Speaker 4: for the Bills defense with and without Matt Milano is
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  Speaker 4: eighty passer rating points eight zero.
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  Speaker 7: That is massive.
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  Speaker 4: So this is a good opportunity for this offense to
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  Speaker 4: show us what they got.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and coming into this matchup, I'm looking at the
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  Speaker 2: cheese coming off the loss, and it's like, Okay, it's
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  Speaker 2: that time of year where Patrick Mahomes is going to
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  Speaker 2: start scrambling, He's going to start making it work. And
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  Speaker 2: then I open my research packet. Patrick Mahomes has been
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  Speaker 2: scrambling all yeah, he's been having the team on his back.
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  Speaker 2: Seven point eight percent of his dropbacks he has scrambled
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  Speaker 2: and gotten twenty first downs. Twenty first downs. That's more
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  Speaker 2: than anybody in the league. He's been having to do
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  Speaker 2: it all season, I think, and perhaps replacing Pacheco in
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  Speaker 2: this game with Ceh maybe opens things up to throw
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  Speaker 2: the ball to the running back a little bit more.
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  Speaker 2: Freeze up Travis Kelsey, freeze up Patrick Mahomes to create
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  Speaker 2: again as he's had to do all season. I think
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  Speaker 2: Kansas City wins this by two.
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  Speaker 3: I hate picking against the Chiefs in Kansas City, but
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  Speaker 3: I just gotta do it.
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  Speaker 5: I picked the Bills every week this year.
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  Speaker 3: Hasn't worked out great for me, but just Greg more right,
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  Speaker 3: games are a better record than any other, you know,
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  Speaker 3: prime number or straight on.
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  Speaker 5: Look, Josh Allen is.
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  Speaker 3: The quarterback who's going to put his team on his back.
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  Speaker 5: I really mean it.
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  Speaker 3: When he hit that throw against the Jets to Khalil
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  Speaker 3: shik Here, I just thought, Okay, the Josh Allen run
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  Speaker 3: is coming. And then he backed it up with one
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  Speaker 3: of the best games I've seen from any quarterback all
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  Speaker 3: season against Philadelphia and part of it is the willingness
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  Speaker 3: to run. It's not just the design runs, it's the scrambles.
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  Speaker 3: It makes him the hardest quarterback in football.
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  Speaker 5: Two stop. I think he is ready to go on
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  Speaker 5: and run. There's a lot to overcome here.
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  Speaker 3: The Chiefs defense, although it hasn't been playing as well lately,
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  Speaker 3: his head coach, apparently we found out through reporting from
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  Speaker 3: Tyler Dunn, maybe is something that he has to overcome.
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  Speaker 3: So go save your head, coach, and save this Bill's season.
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  Speaker 3: I've believed in you all year and you've proven me wrong.
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  Speaker 5: Not this time.
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  Speaker 2: Don't do it for yourself, John, you do it for me,
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  Speaker 2: Do it for Greg Rosenthal. Okay, baby, let's get some
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  Speaker 2: props for this game between the Bills and the Chiefs.
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  Speaker 2: More or less, Cynthia two hundred and fifty nine and
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  Speaker 2: a half passing yards for Patrick mahonmes.
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  Speaker 7: I we're gonna have more.
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  Speaker 4: I do think that the Bills offense does score in
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  Speaker 4: this matchup, which means Patrick Mahomes is gonna need to
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  Speaker 4: keep throwing the football. The Bills defense also missing pieces
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  Speaker 4: in the secondary, also missing pieces on those corners right
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  Speaker 4: where you know Rashie Rice likes to run so I'm
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  Speaker 4: looking at the opportunity and saying, Patrick Mahomes at least
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  Speaker 4: two hundred and sixty pass yards all.
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  Speaker 2: Right, fifteen is thrown for all those yards. Travis Kelcey
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  Speaker 2: only had four catches last week. Greg, I'm gonna give
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  Speaker 2: you six and a half more or.
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  Speaker 5: Less, I'm gonna go less.
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  Speaker 3: I just haven't seen the same Travis Kelcey this year.
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  Speaker 5: Not as explosive.
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  Speaker 3: Obviously, the connection is there between him and Patrick Mahomes,
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  Speaker 3: but without any other receiver to take attention away, it's
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  Speaker 3: tougher to just keep feeding Kelsey play after play. The
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  Speaker 3: Bills had a good defensive plan for Kelsey and in
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  Speaker 3: general this Chiefs team a year ago at this time
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  Speaker 3: of just not feeling it with Travis Kelcey right.
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  Speaker 2: Now, it feels like Travis he missed those games earlier
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  Speaker 2: this season. I think he's still dealing with something and
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  Speaker 2: we haven't really seen maximum trap. But maybe maybe that
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  Speaker 2: comes out Greg you mentioned, or perhaps Josh Allen's saving
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  Speaker 2: things for Sean McDermott. I think Stefan Diggs is gonna
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  Speaker 2: be a huge part of that seventy four and a
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  Speaker 2: half receiving yards. I will say more because I think
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  Speaker 2: this could potentially be up and down the field late
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  Speaker 2: and a lot of opportunity for Josh Allen to make those
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  Speaker 2: late in the play throws to number fourteen. They are
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  Speaker 2: so good. People forget how good they are offensive coordinators
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  Speaker 2: getting fired. These guys still pretty good football.
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  Speaker 4: Remember this is the situation where Gabe Davis comes on
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  Speaker 4: really strong. Gabe Davis in the playoffs is a real thing.
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  Speaker 4: So if you're a fantasy player and you need to
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  Speaker 4: get into your playoffs, remember this is like a playoff
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  Speaker 4: version of Gabe Davis who had like those like sequential
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  Speaker 4: hundred yard games.
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  Speaker 7: This is this is a Gabe Davis game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you want pieces of this matchup? We got more
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  Speaker 2: matchups to come on our show. We get a huge
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  Speaker 2: NFC West show down between the forty nine Ers and
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  Speaker 2: the Seahawks. Is San Francisco unstoppable? Can the Hawks pull
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  Speaker 2: off the upset?
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  Speaker 8: Our picks for this game coming up next, It's time
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  Speaker 8: for the Drive to Excellence presented by Mercedes Ben's The
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  Speaker 8: Seahawks visiting the forty nine or San Francisco with their
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  Speaker 8: eye on the one seed.
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  Speaker 2: Seattle needs a win to stay in the wild card race.
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  Speaker 2: Gino Smith missed practice. He's questionable with a growing injury.
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  Speaker 2: That's a tough one. Greg.
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  Speaker 3: It makes my score thirty to twenty look optimistic for
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  Speaker 3: the Seahax. If Drew locks in this game, I'm taking
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  Speaker 3: a touchdown away, But either way, the forty nine ers
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  Speaker 3: will win because this is a nightmare matchup for Seattle.
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  Speaker 3: The linebackers for San Francisco have gone into god mode.
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  Speaker 3: Fred Warner, who's always incredible, but he started off the
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  Speaker 3: season maybe not at his very best, has just been
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  Speaker 3: an outrageous lately.
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  Speaker 5: Dre Greenlaw is that enforcer.
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  Speaker 3: He sets the tone for this team, and in a
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  Speaker 3: league where no one really prioritizes or pays linebackers, it's
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  Speaker 3: these two guys who don't leave the field and are
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  Speaker 3: so excellent on passing downs that really take away what
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  Speaker 3: you want to do, and so I think it limits Seattle,
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  Speaker 3: who can still win on the outside, especially if Gino
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  Speaker 3: is there with DK and lock It. But defensively they
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  Speaker 3: give up a ton of points and offensively, again, Warner
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  Speaker 3: and Greenlaw take away what you want to do.
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  Speaker 4: My score will change dramatically too, should it not be Geno.
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  Speaker 4: But as of right now, I'm going to be optimistic
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  Speaker 4: and say it is Gino so I have twenty six
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  Speaker 4: to nineteen in this matchup. I want to point out
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  Speaker 4: what happened last Thursday. I talked about it a little
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  Speaker 4: bit when we were talking about the Cowboys. But you
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  Speaker 4: saw Dk Metcalf figure some things out. Meaning you know,
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  Speaker 4: Dorod Bland is no slouch, and he caught a bunch of.
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  Speaker 7: Passes against him. By the way, that's really fast.
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  Speaker 4: In fact, the fastest run pern next Gensla's faster than
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  Speaker 4: Tyreek Hill. I can't wait to see Tyreek Hill say, oh,
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  Speaker 4: challenge you. I'm going to go twenty three miles per hour.
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  Speaker 4: But when I'm looking at Dk Metcalf's opportunities, if you
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  Speaker 4: are going to upset the Niners or you're going to
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  Speaker 4: keep it closer, it's going to be because you just
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  Speaker 4: out physical some of the things that are going on
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  Speaker 4: in that back end of the defense. So again, we'll
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  Speaker 4: be different if it's true Locke, but we're gonna be
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  Speaker 4: optimistic here.
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  Speaker 7: We're pro Gino on the anti optimistic.
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  Speaker 3: You'll listen, hey, touch down in a matchup you never
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  Speaker 3: ever win.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, collectively, we are not writing Gino Smith off because
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  Speaker 2: then we'll never hear back from him. But I will
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  Speaker 2: also take San Francisco because thank you, Eugene. It's the
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  Speaker 2: team that we thought might not lose the game for
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  Speaker 2: the rest of the season. They promptly went on a
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  Speaker 2: losing streak and they're back now. Something to look for
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  Speaker 2: here is they're taking shots. Thirty four percent of his
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  Speaker 2: Week twelve dropbacks against Seattle, the forty nine ers used
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  Speaker 2: play action for Rock Purdy. That was a season high.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think the plan is going to change that much.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how worried you are about a Seahawks
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  Speaker 2: pass rush. Of course, maybe Gino and DK. They went
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  Speaker 2: at Tarvarius Ward a whole lot in that Week twelve matchup,
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  Speaker 2: and Ward kept winning. DK could win those matchups, but
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if Seattle's defense is going to be
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  Speaker 2: good enough to make that ultimately matter. Let's check out
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  Speaker 2: some player props for this particular game, Rock Party. They
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  Speaker 2: got the number at two hundred and sixty seven and
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  Speaker 2: a half, one and a half passing touchdowns for Gino,
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  Speaker 2: eighty one and a half rush yards for CMC, DK
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  Speaker 2: metcalf at sixty four and a half receiving yards debo
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  Speaker 2: at forty eight and a half receiving yards. The Rams
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  Speaker 2: and the Ravens squaring off in Baltimore, LA winning three straight.
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  Speaker 2: Baltimore coming off of the by currently the two seed
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  Speaker 2: in the AFC. Who wins the football game?
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  Speaker 7: The Ravens win the football game.
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  Speaker 4: The score that I have is twenty six to twenty
• 15:24
  Speaker 4: in this matchup. And I want to give a lot
• 15:26
  Speaker 4: of credit to the Rams who are playing without like
• 15:28
  Speaker 4: any first round picks like in the past few seasons,
• 15:32
  Speaker 4: and their defense Aaron Donald's still there, so that's good.
• 15:34
  Speaker 4: But they do have some areas of vulnerability, and that's
• 15:37
  Speaker 4: against the run. When you're looking at what the like
• 15:40
  Speaker 4: look last week, at what the Browns were able to do,
• 15:43
  Speaker 4: look at what other teams have been able to do.
• 15:45
  Speaker 4: You go to a bottom three, four, five, depending on
• 15:48
  Speaker 4: what the specific statistic is in terms of run defense,
• 15:51
  Speaker 4: and it just becomes a bad matchup.
• 15:53
  Speaker 7: It's like that squirrel with Gordy.
• 15:56
  Speaker 5: Oh you died.
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: I mean someone's got to win, Someone's got to lose.
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: Gourty one. You know who else is gonna win? The
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: Ravens on Sunday. This is a tough matchup. They got
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: the extra rest compared to the Rams. I have them
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: winning thirty to twenty because of their run game going
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: against that Rams run defense. We thought Greg Roman gone
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: as offensive coordinated. Okay, you'll probably give up something in
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: the running game to have a more balanced offense overall, No,
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: we're not giving up anything. This running attack, even without JK. Dobbins,
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: is just as good as it was back in twenty eighteen. Actually,
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: some numbers if you compare it to what the rest
• 16:32
  Speaker 3: of the league is doing right now, would suggest this
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: Ravens running attack is one of the best of all time.
• 16:38
  Speaker 5: Gus Edwards, he can get it done.
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: And then Keaton Mitchell in this matchup, I think is
• 16:42
  Speaker 3: gonna have more carries than ever. And you know Lamar Jackson,
• 16:45
  Speaker 3: who did miss some practice because of an illness, was
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: back on Friday. He's just a walking top five running attack.
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: So I think they wear the Rams down again. I'm
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: all about that extra rest they're coming off to by
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: the Cowboys. Little extra rest this week too, Love those
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: extra rest teams.
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah. So it's a little shocking that all of this
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: wasn't just birthed directly from Greg Roman. He was the
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: creators of this offensive system and it's all Yeah, Lamar
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: is pretty good. I've got Baltimore winning twenty five, twenty three.
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: The Ravens were in need of that buy and now
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: we get to enjoy the Odell Beckham Junior revenge game.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: He does still like these dudes. They kept his locker
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: for a while when he wasn't there in Los Angeles,
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: but this does still count as a revenge game. In fact,
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: if you're looking for positive EPA on a slant route,
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson to Odell Beckham Junior the best in the NFL.
• 17:32
  Speaker 3: Right now, Wow, sir, I would like some positive VPA
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: on a slant route.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: Well, yeah, we're gonna get. We're gonna get number eight
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: throw ball at number three and he's gonna try to
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: make some guys miss, and we've all got Baltimore here
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: on the Rams winning street. Sorry, ellis coming to and end.
• 17:48
  Speaker 5: He's got to end. Some time to come.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: Jake Browning has Bengals fans believing can he keep since
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: he's playoff hopes alive Sunday against the red hot Indianapolis
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: Colts are picks.
• 17:58
  Speaker 6: Right after this quick break.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: They are six and six now, their playoff hopes still
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: alive since he now plays host to the Colts, who
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: have one four straight on their own. They hold the
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: final wild card spot in the AFC. Does Indie keep
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: it going Cynthia against Cincinnati?
• 18:23
  Speaker 4: Well, I think because of a lost last night, they
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: might still end up in the playoffs. But I have
• 18:26
  Speaker 4: Cincinnati winning this game nineteen to eighteen, a clearly convincing win,
• 18:31
  Speaker 4: obviously by that one point. But I do want to
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: talk about some things that Jake Brownie did really well.
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: Number one, you look at his head when he's going
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: to make throws. It's not going all over the place.
• 18:41
  Speaker 4: If you're watching quarterbacks play, especially quarterbacks with not a
• 18:44
  Speaker 4: lot of experience, watch what happens pre snap and like
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: before they throw the ball, their head is all over
• 18:50
  Speaker 4: like left right, left right, Ah, the moment isn't too
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: big for him. In fact, they've figured out a way
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: to make him target Jamar Chase and get the open
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: Jamar Chase situation, and even his scrambles have made a
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: lot of sense.
• 19:02
  Speaker 7: So watch his head. That's a good indication.
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: If you want to like like want to pro scout
• 19:07
  Speaker 4: tip or whatever, watch their heads as they're really starting
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: to learn.
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: Like see the bottom is not just all about numbers
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: the bottle.
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: Don't do this, don't do this. Is that good for anyone?
• 19:18
  Speaker 4: Looks terrible on TV two.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: Keep your eyes open, Siding. I will see your one
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: point victory and raise you. I'll take a two point victory.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Twenty four to twenty two. Let's discuss Jamar Chase. He
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: was banged up earlier this year. He isn't, but now
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: his quarterback is Jake Browning does know what to do.
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: Teams that can press Jamar Chase, they do it. Teams
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: that can't try something else. The Jacks tried something else
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: that didn't work. Even when they did, he scored the
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: seventy three yard touchdown. The only team in the NFL
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: that plays more zone than the Jacksonville Jaguars Gus Bradley's Indianapolis.
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: That defense, and that's why I think Jamar Chase has
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: a big game and the Bengals win it.
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: Greg I am worried that we're all going against the Bengals,
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: I mean against the Colt. I was like, what because
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: I picked against the Colts last few weeks and I
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: keep being wrong, one four in a row, and I'm
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: the Bengals here.
• 20:04
  Speaker 5: Twenty four to twenty one.
• 20:06
  Speaker 3: But the reason is because I watch Gardner Minshew every
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: week and I think he can't keep getting away with
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: How is he.
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: Getting away with this?
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: He's fun to watch, but he puts so many passes
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: in the hands of the opposition and football is on
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: the ground with fumballs and sacks because he's holding the
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: ball that it feels like the bad outweighs the good.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: Now that's gonna happen for a backup quarterback, I get it.
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: There's not a ton of talent around him either, but he,
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: I believe, is tied for second in the league according
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: to PFF in terms of turnover worthy play presentas. The
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: only quarterback that's been worse this year is Mac Jones,
• 20:45
  Speaker 3: who is getting outshined by Bailey Zappi. So I think
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: the Bengals get it done offensively and defense.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: All right, Colts fans, mem away, We're all on the
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: Cincinnati Bengals. It's time for quick picks presented by Zillow.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: Titans Dolphins one of two matchups on Monday Night Gonna
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Bonus Monday Night Gain Miami currently the top seed the AFC.
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: Any chance mikel defense slows them down.
• 21:05
  Speaker 7: Some people, there's always a chance.
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: But I have thirty one to seventeen in this matchup,
• 21:09
  Speaker 4: which is a pretty significant when my model tends to
• 21:12
  Speaker 4: be conservative, so fourteen points is big. I want to
• 21:16
  Speaker 4: point out what I want to point out here that
• 21:20
  Speaker 4: a Chan is back.
• 21:21
  Speaker 7: Sorry, there's a.
• 21:23
  Speaker 4: Very weird noise in my anyway, A Chan is back.
• 21:26
  Speaker 7: And I understand you.
• 21:26
  Speaker 4: Don't typically want to pick running backs against this Titans front.
• 21:30
  Speaker 7: However, this is a lie. In this matchup.
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: You absolutely still want a Chan because of his speed,
• 21:35
  Speaker 4: because of how they use him, because he's inside and out,
• 21:37
  Speaker 4: his versatility, so he's not going to breathe the reason
• 21:39
  Speaker 4: that you don't make it to the playoffs.
• 21:41
  Speaker 7: It's a Chan. You're going to play him.
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: Yes, you also want to play all the other pass
• 21:45
  Speaker 4: catchers and Tyreek Hill, et cetera, but you want to
• 21:48
  Speaker 4: use a Chan here.
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: I'm keeping it under that thirteen and a half just
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: because out of respect for Derrick Henry. He's playing well round.
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: I love Derek Kenry, he is yards after contact.
• 21:59
  Speaker 4: What's model love Dereck Henry? But one person does not
• 22:02
  Speaker 4: a whole team mate.
• 22:03
  Speaker 5: Twenty three points. They get it there, they're close enough.
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, let's move on to the Panthers and the Saints
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: in New Orleans. The Saints desperately need a win to
• 22:10
  Speaker 2: stay in the playoff race. Reports coming out that Derek
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: Carr might be available to play in this game. Does
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: that move your heaf?
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: It doesn't change it. I think the Panthers keep it close.
• 22:20
  Speaker 3: But I do have the Saints winning twenty to seventeen,
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: and it's because of Alvin Kamara, who is on pace
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: this season to go over thirteen hundred yards from scrimmage
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: for the seventh straight year to start his career. You know,
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: I don't need a research department. I figured this one
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: out early.
• 22:38
  Speaker 5: We do.
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: We have a great research department, But I found out
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: the only other players in the history of the NFL
• 22:43
  Speaker 3: that have done that are Eric Dickerson, Curtis Martin, Barry Sanders.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Nice little list, Ladanian, Tomlinson, and let's throw out two
• 22:52
  Speaker 3: lane legend Matt fourteen in there. That's how consistent Alvin
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: Kamara is. He's an offense unto himself. I think he
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: gets it done with a couple more touchdowns this week.
• 23:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah, you get the Lions and then you get the
• 23:02
  Speaker 4: Panthers in a rows are looking good for.
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: And they need positivity because things are The vibe check
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: on New Orleans is not necessarily that been going very well.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: The Texans headed to MetLife to take on the Jets.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: Zach Wilson is back as the starter for Gang Green.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Congratulations to him. I still like the Texans twenty one
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: to seventeen. Taking a look here at Noah Brown watching
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: his targets increase without Tank Dell. We hate that injury
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: so much. Get well soon to the rookie who was
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: spectacular this season. But Noah Brown leads the team and
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: yards over expected. Since Week eight, he's had a couple
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: of huge games, and I think might be one of
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: the better options for the rookie CJ. Stroud against this
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: very very good Jets defense that's been going through it.
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: Watching their offense play.
• 23:50
  Speaker 4: This year, I think I'm like a little obsessed with
• 23:52
  Speaker 4: my fantasy playoffs because be careful of the running backs
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: in this situation because if you look at twenty one personnel,
• 23:57
  Speaker 4: they're not so great at running out of it. They're
• 24:00
  Speaker 4: much better at passing out of it. But it's not
• 24:02
  Speaker 4: a good run situation. So if you have Devin Singletary
• 24:05
  Speaker 4: or even Damon Pierce, like just you know, maybe look
• 24:07
  Speaker 4: for a higher upside guy for one of your wide receivers.
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: And I don't really have like a larger point. I
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: just want you to look at my skills eighteen to five.
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: What's what's the fake?
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: Like it so they get the safety.
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: It's the native So definitely play field goal Texas if.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: You're more confident in the safety than the field. Yessuh,
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: it's time for pizza. Pizza. Pregame predictions delivered by Little Caesars,
• 24:32
  Speaker 2: Vikings and Raiders. Minnesota does get Justin Jefferson back from
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: that hamstring injury. Josh Doabbs still going to start for
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: the Vikings. What do you see taking place.
• 24:40
  Speaker 4: In I think the Minnesota Vikings take this one twenty
• 24:42
  Speaker 4: three to twenty one. Friendly reminder, Marcus Peters is no
• 24:46
  Speaker 4: longer in this secondary for the Readers, which means it
• 24:48
  Speaker 4: even better opportunity for the Gritty to return.
• 24:51
  Speaker 7: In Las Vegas.
• 24:52
  Speaker 4: As in Justin Jefferson sees the end zone for me.
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: I think this is going to be a nice return game.
• 24:57
  Speaker 4: I understand he doesn't have Kirk Cousins there. However, Josh
• 25:00
  Speaker 4: jobs they had a little moment of a reset there.
• 25:03
  Speaker 5: I believe this.
• 25:04
  Speaker 4: Offense will kind of get back on track. It won't
• 25:06
  Speaker 4: look like it did last time they came out. Joshua
• 25:08
  Speaker 4: Dobbs is doing a really nice job and he can
• 25:10
  Speaker 4: run the football, so this is going to be a
• 25:12
  Speaker 4: good opportunity. Especially we saw Max Crosby's at least on
• 25:15
  Speaker 4: the injury report, which means even though we saw him
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: come back and play after the designation of whatever, not
• 25:20
  Speaker 4: gonna play, you know, probable, he's or whatever questionable whatever,
• 25:23
  Speaker 4: what was he doubtful, they came to play. So even so,
• 25:27
  Speaker 4: touchdown for Justin Jefferson.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: Ooh, I like it. I also like the Vikings defense.
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: I have been winning twenty seven to twenty.
• 25:34
  Speaker 5: But it occurred to me.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: I was having a conversation with a friend, a very
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: casual NFL fan, and he was just like, who's a
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: team that just blitzes all the time.
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: It's the Minnesota Viking.
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: I guessed on first try, because like, Brian Flores is
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: breaking through even to casual fans.
• 25:50
  Speaker 5: Who's the crazy team.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: That's just changing the game, blitzing more than any team
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: has in over fifteen years. It's Brian Flores. He's got
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: three four safeties.
• 25:59
  Speaker 5: On the field.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: You don't know where the pressure is coming from. And
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: that's all happening against an offense line in Las Vegas
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: that's missing Colton Miller, their left tackle and is starting
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: a rookie quarterback a o c Aiden O'Connell. Oh wait,
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: that that nicknames take. But I like Aiden O'Connell.
• 26:16
  Speaker 5: I just think this is a lot to ask. I
• 26:17
  Speaker 5: think he's been impressive more than you would expect.
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: But still, the Flora's machine eats up rookie quarterbacks.
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: So Flora's machine.
• 26:26
  Speaker 7: Was for a really long time. Just so we're here
• 26:29
  Speaker 7: for o'conn.
• 26:30
  Speaker 2: I do think Aiden O'Connell is gonna play well. I
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: think he's gonna play well enough to get Vegas to
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: win twenty to twenty. Because not to discount everything that
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: the Vikings are getting, especially with the return of Justin Jefferson,
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: but Aidan O'Connell has been getting rid of the ball
• 26:47
  Speaker 2: quickly against the Blitz and he's hoisting that thing twelve
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: point nine air yards per attempt when he's throwing the
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: ball when he's you know what that means. It means
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: getting the ball to Devonte Adams in favorable coverage situations.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: I don't mind it Also, I think Josh Jacobs after
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: the buye rested better. The Raiders are at home. I
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: feel confident taking Las Vegas in this one by point.
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: It's not that confident, but I'm confident enough. Yes, we're barking,
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: we're barking and Jason things. Let's get a look at
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: some player props for this battle in the desert. We
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: got Josh Dobbs right there at two hundred and fifty
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: one and a half total yards eight and O'Connell one
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: and a half passing touchdowns. Some some folks were pretty
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: confident that rookie one, Josh Jacobs at seventy one and
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: a half rushing yards. Justin Jefferson coming back sixty six
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: and a half sixty nine and a half of the
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: best receivers and pot.
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: JJ below Devontae Adams. I would just pick that, yeah, Jeff, Well.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: There's some folks in the desert who are confident, Yeah,
• 27:48
  Speaker 2: regarding a O'Connell's opportunity. As we get to a big
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: AFC West showdown between the Broncos and the Chargers, both
• 27:54
  Speaker 2: teams still alive in the playoff hunt. The Bolts coming
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: off that blistering six nothing win, just up and down
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: the field against the Patriots. What do you see taking place, Greg.
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: I see that Bronco's winning this. I just trust them
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: winning different types of games. I have them winning twenty
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: to sixteen. It's partly because of the way they lost
• 28:11
  Speaker 3: even last week. Let's watch Courtland Sutton's targets against the
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: Houston Texans. We've just given up on doing anything other
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: than just throwing the ball deep. It's like, we can
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: run the ball pretty well. Courtland Sutton's gonna make a
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: catcher two down the field at each and every week.
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: He might drop a pass or two, but let's just
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: lean into what we do well, which is throw a
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: sexy deep ball.
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: If you're russy.
• 28:34
  Speaker 3: Well and you know, maybe you get picked off here
• 28:38
  Speaker 3: and there, but that was a great defensive play and
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: you just keep doing it over and over. Spam those
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: vertical passes against this Chargers secondary, which is known to
• 28:47
  Speaker 3: give up a lot of deep plays.
• 28:49
  Speaker 5: They have an injury in the secondary.
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: It's gonna be Michael Davis again at cornerback, who had
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: been benched halfway through the season. So I like Russell
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: Wilson having just enough downfield throws to Courtland Sutton.
• 29:00
  Speaker 4: Well, I had the Denver Broncos winning too, but I
• 29:02
  Speaker 4: only have one point to twenty two in this matchup
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: for me. But I want to point out something about
• 29:08
  Speaker 4: this Denver defense, and that's we talked about Baron Brown's effects,
• 29:11
  Speaker 4: but it's really their ability to kind of diagnose what
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: the best thing to do against a specific quarterback is
• 29:17
  Speaker 4: and do it. We saw them blitz earlier and often
• 29:20
  Speaker 4: last game against CJ.
• 29:21
  Speaker 7: Stroud.
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: You're going to see something similar against Justin Herbert in
• 29:25
  Speaker 4: this matchup to kind of nullify the effect of a
• 29:28
  Speaker 4: potential Austin Eckler or Keenan Allen situation. I know Pats
• 29:31
  Speaker 4: or Tan was in and out of the game last time,
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: but I hope that he'll be healthy for the entire
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: one in this matchup, which really helps nullify Keenan Allen.
• 29:39
  Speaker 4: But it's really their ability to be diverse and Baron
• 29:41
  Speaker 4: Browning's impact just kind of taking away some of the
• 29:44
  Speaker 4: things that are the best options for the Chargers offense.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they've been so good, especially down the stretch
• 29:50
  Speaker 2: vance Joseph's defense. Of course, the thing that we're going
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: to remember about the twenty twenty third buncros is seventy
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: points in Miami.
• 29:58
  Speaker 7: But since we they get to remember that.
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: Yeah they they coach said, Sean Payton said, they get
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: to Yes. I liked he's positive mindsetting.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: Because it's it's in the past. Because since Week five
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: they have been a top ten pass EPA defense and
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: Cynthia mentioned just how they were getting after CJ. Stroud.
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: This is an offense that has been functional. The Houston
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: Texans had have a great passing attack and the Broncos
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: came in there in Houston and caused so many problems.
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: We saw c J. Stroud putting the ball in danger,
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: putting the ball on the ground. It has not been
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: a great season offensively here for the Los Angeles Chargers,
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: and it was not just that game in New England.
• 30:36
  Speaker 2: There has been a bit of a falloff for the
• 30:39
  Speaker 2: Chargers offense and I think Vance Joseph's defense is going
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: to create problems for Hobo, just like they did for
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  Speaker 2: c J. Stroud.
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  Speaker 6: MI.
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  Speaker 3: My sona underdog and the last time that happened, though,
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  Speaker 3: was last week with the Titans.
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  Speaker 2: And we asterisk.
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  Speaker 7: There's an asterisk there block a couple of punts.
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  Speaker 5: It doesn't really count.
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  Speaker 2: Got lucky if you beat us in that pick Pro
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  Speaker 2: Bowl Games presented by Verizon are take over Orlando. Be
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  Speaker 2: at Camping World Stadium. Tickets on sale now. Go to
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  Speaker 2: we got the Bucks and the Falcons. The Falcons currently
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  Speaker 2: leading the division at six and six, but Tampa's just
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  Speaker 2: a game back. Who wins this pivotal matchup?
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  Speaker 4: Cynthia, Well, I'm looking at the injury report and it
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  Speaker 4: did switch, but I do have a one point win
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  Speaker 4: for the Falcons still twenty one to twenty. In this matchup,
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  Speaker 4: there are a bunch of people missing in, including Caleb McGary,
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  Speaker 4: which makes things a little bit more difficult for Desmond Ritter.
• 31:46
  Speaker 4: We need to figure out if Desmond Ritter can keep
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  Speaker 4: deep passes going. We saw the second deep pass to
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  Speaker 4: a running back this season.
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  Speaker 7: That was his deep past to be Jean Robinson. That
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  Speaker 7: was two weeks ago.
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  Speaker 4: That's an interesting one. I really am curious to see
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  Speaker 4: if they can take advantage there.
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  Speaker 7: It is right there, and.
• 32:05
  Speaker 4: By the way, the first one was Saquon Barkley. It
• 32:06
  Speaker 4: wasn't even Desmond Ritter earlier.
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  Speaker 7: But if you're.
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  Speaker 4: Going to win against this Bucks defense, you have to
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  Speaker 4: be able to pass deep. That's the formula, that's what
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  Speaker 4: we've seen happen. And so in this matchup, I do
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  Speaker 4: think they get just.
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  Speaker 7: A slight little edgy pooh over oh.
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  Speaker 4: And by the way, I you have to apologize for
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: mi Kyle Pitts not scoring a touchdown against the Jets,
• 32:26
  Speaker 4: but they did it. He did have a much better
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  Speaker 4: fantasy day.
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  Speaker 2: But Cynthia, that's not on you. No opponent on me.
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  Speaker 7: It's not don't blame Arthur Smith, blame me. It's my fault.
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  Speaker 2: Send your emails to Cynthia Freelick.
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  Speaker 7: Please don't.
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  Speaker 4: I don't check that email, so we don't want you to.
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  Speaker 2: I will take Atlanta as well, twenty to eighteen. The
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  Speaker 2: number one rushing defense in so many categories it belongs
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  Speaker 2: in Atlanta this year. Also the number three intery pass
• 32:52
  Speaker 2: defense A big part of both of those things. Jesse Bates,
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: if you would like a stat I would yeah, here
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  Speaker 2: it is. I like this step. He's got four interceptions
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  Speaker 2: when targeted ten or more yards downfield. He's he's allowed
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  Speaker 2: four receptions whoa total, So it's a fifty to fifty chance, folks,
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  Speaker 2: he might cast ball, but Jesse Bates might also pick
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  Speaker 2: off your team. And that's why I've got the Falcons here.
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  Speaker 3: I took the Bucks because sometimes I like to just
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  Speaker 3: take a step back and look at the bigger picture.
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  Speaker 3: And if the Bucks win this game, they will be
• 33:25
  Speaker 3: six and seven. The Falcons will be six and seven,
• 33:27
  Speaker 3: and the Saints, if they beat the Panthers, they'll be
• 33:29
  Speaker 3: six and seven. And there has never been a division
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  Speaker 3: in a history of sports that is more six and
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  Speaker 3: seven than this NFC stout. So it is said from above.
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  Speaker 3: And I'll show some Chris Godwin tape because I like him,
• 33:41
  Speaker 3: and it's a squeaky wheel game for Chris Godwin. Oh yeah,
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: it's also a just Greg just scrag Nations stand up.
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  Speaker 3: I feel good about this.
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  Speaker 6: Whoo.
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  Speaker 3: I also like Chris gott whatever his over under for
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  Speaker 3: receiving yards is this week, just because his wife got
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: very upset with how Todd Bowles was saying Chris Godwin
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  Speaker 3: was injured last week, even though he played a full
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  Speaker 3: compliment of snaps and looked at explosive out of touch.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not really sure what's going on here, but if
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  Speaker 3: a longtime veteran like Chris Godwin's wife is going to
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: stand up, they're going to give him the ball this week.
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  Speaker 4: I mean maybe, but I'm like the biggest Todd Bowles
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  Speaker 4: fan in the.
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  Speaker 7: History of ever. I think she misunderstood Evans. Evans What
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  Speaker 7: I think that means, I don't know, unless unless.
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  Speaker 2: Jesse Bates is there, and maybe maybe leave that dude
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: a love. Before we get to the other Monday night
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  Speaker 2: football game, I just want to point out that I
• 34:28
  Speaker 2: believed in the Green Bay Packers when these folks didn't.
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: And we've had Greg wearing a crown for most of
• 34:33
  Speaker 2: the season. How about what JayR Alexander did today and
• 34:37
  Speaker 2: what he's where. It may change your mind about these
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  Speaker 2: Green Bay Packers.
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  Speaker 5: I called it.
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  Speaker 7: I said we're gonna win out. You've hear me, so
• 34:43
  Speaker 7: you know I said last week, who was going still
• 34:46
  Speaker 7: to show the wind?
• 34:47
  Speaker 9: Was going still to show you?
• 34:48
  Speaker 5: Hi me?
• 34:49
  Speaker 7: So I'm not in private, but people just start listening
• 34:52
  Speaker 7: to me.
• 34:52
  Speaker 2: More, start listening to Gire Alexander Moore. If we can
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: see which direction is looking, let's get to quick pick.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: JayR is talking that proverbial talk. The Packers going east
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: to take on the Giants on Monday night. Tommy DeVito
• 35:07
  Speaker 2: still gets the play. What do you see taking place?
• 35:09
  Speaker 4: I see the Green Bay Peca is winning twenty two
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  Speaker 4: to sixteen.
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  Speaker 5: I don't know. I have enough of that.
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  Speaker 7: I am Italian, so it's not terrible.
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  Speaker 5: It is still terrible.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, hey, Ran throw the ball. No, Jordan Love is good.
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  Speaker 4: I'm not ready to call Jordan Love anything other than
• 35:26
  Speaker 4: a good quarterback. He's reached the two hundred level in
• 35:29
  Speaker 4: terms of his data is now starting to solidify.
• 35:31
  Speaker 7: What do I mean by two hundred level?
• 35:33
  Speaker 4: Well, now defenses will have a specific game plan to
• 35:35
  Speaker 4: stop the things that he's doing. Well, so that is
• 35:38
  Speaker 4: what I mean by two hundred. It doesn't mean that
• 35:39
  Speaker 4: it's time to crown. He can't wear a smug little crown.
• 35:42
  Speaker 4: We can't let one person do that.
• 35:44
  Speaker 5: That's wack.
• 35:45
  Speaker 7: I'm just kidding, I do.
• 35:46
  Speaker 5: I'll go ahead. You do want what to give Patrick? Credit?
• 35:49
  Speaker 5: For me? Crackers over to Pat to get that.
• 35:52
  Speaker 7: Yeah, the crown, he's that smug.
• 35:54
  Speaker 2: No, No, don't give me anything. I haven't won anything yet.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: The Jags of the Browns Strever Lawrence is a game
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: tom decision. According to Doug Peterson, Dring Thompson Robinson, that's
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: cleared the protocol. Kevin Stefanski yet to announce a starter.
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: What do you see happening, gret.
• 36:09
  Speaker 3: I see the Browns starting Joe Flacco. By the way,
• 36:11
  Speaker 3: I think they're just messing around. He took all the
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: first team reps according to reporters there. I have the
• 36:15
  Speaker 3: Browns winning twenty one to nineteen, partly because Joe Flacco
• 36:18
  Speaker 3: is willing to go down the field. He threw more
• 36:20
  Speaker 3: yard passes over ten yards last week than any Browns
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: quarterback in.
• 36:26
  Speaker 5: The last five years. Sling it Joe, and it's because.
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: He's protected and he's playing score this week against a
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: team that doesn't really rust the passer consistently, kind of
• 36:34
  Speaker 3: like the team he played against last week. If Trevor
• 36:37
  Speaker 3: Lawrence does play, and we're not sure as of this taping,
• 36:40
  Speaker 3: I'm taking the Jaguars.
• 36:41
  Speaker 5: Trevor is that important.
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: Same and hopefully quick recovery from trev I know he's
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: regardless of playing or not. Still the dealing with that
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: ankle injury. The Lions and the Bears just a few
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: weeks ago, Detroit overcame twelve points in the final four
• 36:53
  Speaker 2: minutes to beat Chicago. I do have the Lions winning
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: the rematch twenty five to twenty three, as do all
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  Speaker 2: of us here, but the Bears I think keep it
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  Speaker 2: close again. I think Dj Moore has a big game
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: for the same reason. As we look at the scores,
• 37:06
  Speaker 2: we've all at least got the Bears scoring twenty two
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: points because the Lions pass defense has been a tad
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: bitch shaky. I think Justin Fields makes some plays downfield,
• 37:16
  Speaker 2: but Detroit avoids those mistakes that necessitated the comeback in
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  Speaker 2: the first place, and the Lions when coming up, we
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  Speaker 2: got some bold predictions for week fourteen that you will
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  Speaker 2: not want to miss. Take a shot at when we
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: come back.
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  Speaker 3: More like an irate Trent Williams on a golf course
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  Speaker 3: would be frightening for some reason.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, just smash.
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  Speaker 9: Get your game Day start at Sunday at nine am
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  Speaker 9: Eastern with NFL Game Day Morning. Fergie into the end
• 37:45
  Speaker 9: zone and Dallas takes the lead in the fourth. The
• 37:48
  Speaker 9: Cowboys have won fourteen straight home games and are averaging
• 37:51
  Speaker 9: forty one points per game at Jerry's World this season.
• 37:54
  Speaker 9: So why is Michael Irvin so nervous for their rematch
• 37:57
  Speaker 9: against the Eagles. Speaking of Michael, this week, he sits
• 38:01
  Speaker 9: down with Ravens receiver Odell Beckham Junior as he repairs
• 38:04
  Speaker 9: for a reunion game against the Rams and the Chiefs chances.
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  Speaker 2: At the number one seed in the AFC. ChIL Can hit.
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  Speaker 9: Last week, Kurt Warner explains why a visit from Josh
• 38:14
  Speaker 9: Allen and the Bills could be more cause for concern
• 38:17
  Speaker 9: in casey. All that and much more Sunday at nine
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  Speaker 9: am Eastern.
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  Speaker 2: Part of that, much more, including our very own Cynthia
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: Freeland all game day morning, looking forward. That is time
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  Speaker 2: to write this down as we get some predictions for
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  Speaker 2: week fourteen. Start us off Crook.
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  Speaker 3: I have a two parter because I'm just feeling generous.
• 38:35
  Speaker 3: You can be right twice. Start with Tuba Hubbard. Last week,
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  Speaker 3: I watched the Lions call a run in the first
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: drive on third and seven. Was one of the most
• 38:42
  Speaker 3: disrespectful things I've ever seen. They hit it and then
• 38:45
  Speaker 3: they called a run. For every single play of that
• 38:47
  Speaker 3: first drive. They ran it down the Saints' throats. Their
• 38:50
  Speaker 3: run defense is just rough. Shuba Hubbard goes over fifty
• 38:53
  Speaker 3: five and a half rushing yards, and I think the
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: Panthers keep it closer than five and a half points.
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  Speaker 5: Heck, they might win this game. I'm not bold enough
• 39:02
  Speaker 5: to do that with them. Panthers keep it close and
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  Speaker 5: g Gotti Harvard over fifty five and a half.
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  Speaker 7: Oh shucks, love it.
• 39:11
  Speaker 5: I'm like Philip river is in my old age.
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  Speaker 7: Let's go dag Nabbott, well, dag Nabbott. Cole Comet against them,
• 39:17
  Speaker 7: they're Lions.
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  Speaker 4: He's gonna get at least thirty six receiving yards. Okay,
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  Speaker 4: what in tarnations am I picking?
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  Speaker 7: Okay, I'm gonna stop now. By Lions.
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  Speaker 4: The defense is a problem, Like you think we have
• 39:28
  Speaker 4: a pretty massive problem here, uh CJGJ potentially coming.
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  Speaker 5: Back week light a week not.
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  Speaker 4: Yet, but I'm hopeful. Just got to weather some of
• 39:37
  Speaker 4: this storm. But if you look at how the Lions
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: fare against tight ends, it isn't great. So cole Comett,
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  Speaker 4: this seems like a nice one.
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  Speaker 5: You know what.
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  Speaker 7: Add a touchdown there too, because I'm spicy.
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  Speaker 2: Ooh, thirty five and a half, thirty.
• 39:51
  Speaker 3: Six yards was the best player on the field against
• 39:54
  Speaker 3: the Lions.
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  Speaker 5: Least I mean comet played well too.
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  Speaker 4: You're right, listen, this is what I don't feel good about.
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: I'm bears.
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: She's concerned. Well, it's the Lions, She's it's gonna be
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: a little concern. I will say that Christian McCaffrey will
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: have over twenty nine and a half receiving yards against
• 40:10
  Speaker 2: the Seahawks. Most of the games this season, CMC has
• 40:14
  Speaker 2: been over that number some of the games. It has
• 40:17
  Speaker 2: not necessarily been something that the forty nine ers need,
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: But I'm looking at the options in the screen game.
• 40:22
  Speaker 2: It might only take one and CMC, I will get
• 40:26
  Speaker 2: you those twenty nine and a half receiving yards. As
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: a look, rock party swinging it out to Chritian McCaffrey.
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  Speaker 5: That's forty right there, you one.
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  Speaker 2: It's a very good idea that we'll thank you. But again,
• 40:39
  Speaker 2: make your picks at home, compare them with our pitch.
• 40:42
  Speaker 2: Send us some tweets, but no emails to Cynthia, Thanks
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: for watching, Nthia considered by merces Ben's see you next week.
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