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  Speaker 1: Greg Allman joins us to talk Panthers and maybe some
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  Speaker 1: NFC South football. Check out his stuff with Fox Sports, foxsports.com. Greg,
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  Speaker 1: thank you for joining us again, man.
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  Speaker 2: How you doing?
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  Speaker 3: I'm doing well. We can talk a little nine as
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  Speaker 3: Rams down under.
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  Speaker 2: If you want. Oh, man, that's beautiful. That makes me
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  Speaker 2: feel better now. Keep that voice the whole.
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  Speaker 3: Time, if you don't mind. I don't think I've gotten
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  Speaker 3: to Greg Norman in a while.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, that was.
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  Speaker 4: That was organic. We got in a fight last segment,
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  Speaker 4: and then I said your name, and then I said
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  Speaker 4: Greg Norman's next instead of saying your name again.
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  Speaker 2: That's all.
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  Speaker 4: In fairness, Greg, we've only done this for 20-plus years,
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  Speaker 4: and we're so hard in here.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, man, Greg.
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  Speaker 1: We're making mistakes here. It fits in Charlotte. There were
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  Speaker 1: a lot of mistakes made defensively, especially defensively. on Sunday
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  Speaker 1: against the Chicago Bears. Were you surprised by that game?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, we thought a shootout was possible, but we
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  Speaker 1: didn't think 59 points allowed was possible. What was your
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  Speaker 1: reaction to the way that game got away from the Panthers?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I was in Jacksonville at Browns-Jags, and it was wild.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they and the Saints were much the same
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  Speaker 3: in that you get down early and it looks really bad,
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  Speaker 3: and then it's like, oh, wait, now you look and
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  Speaker 3: it's like, well, Bryce is kind of going touchdown for
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  Speaker 3: touchdown with Caleb here, and they tie it up, and
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  Speaker 3: you're like, wow, this could be fun. And then obviously
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  Speaker 3: the Bears just kind of hit a gear that the
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  Speaker 3: Panthers didn't have and kept scoring at the end. So,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you can definitely be concerned about the defense,
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  Speaker 3: given up that many points and given up points as
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  Speaker 3: consistently as they did. But offensively, you know, I think
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  Speaker 3: there's definitely something to be encouraged about with them being
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  Speaker 3: able to trade punches at least for a while. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: 59 is a big number.
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  Speaker 4: How sustainable on the offensive side do you think that was?
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  Speaker 4: Not that they're going to average 37 a game, but
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  Speaker 4: do you think that, you know, they finally found their,
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  Speaker 4: maybe their consistent rhythm here with the Dave Canals offense?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. I mean, again, it's one of
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  Speaker 3: those where I think sometimes, The flow of the game
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  Speaker 3: helps you where the offense, like the Bears offense, being
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  Speaker 3: able to move as consistently almost takes it easy for
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  Speaker 3: the defense. It'd be easy to let up your guard
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  Speaker 3: a little bit. So I'll be curious how they do this.
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  Speaker 3: This is a much better measure this week and how
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  Speaker 3: you do here. You know, this is kind of one
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  Speaker 3: of those tone setter type games where if you do this,
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  Speaker 3: you know, if you get things done this week, at
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  Speaker 3: least in division, you know, it takes somebody's going to
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  Speaker 3: come out of this 0-1 funk and have a win
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  Speaker 3: to show after week two.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: It would be very NFC South for the Falcons and
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  Speaker 1: Panthers to tie. And neither South team could win. But
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  Speaker 1: we don't want that. We don't want this here. The defense, Greg,
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  Speaker 1: and that is Bones right. The silver lining is, oh, man,
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  Speaker 1: look at how Bryce looked. Look at how Coker looked.
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  Speaker 1: Look at how the offense looked. But the defense, I
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  Speaker 1: think most of us here in Carolina thought, man, we
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  Speaker 1: can't wait to see this defense play with Jalen Phillips
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  Speaker 1: and with Devin Lloyd.
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  Speaker 2: And they were in the middle of the pack last year.
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  Speaker 2: What could they be now?
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  Speaker 1: How worried are you when you, after seeing that, like,
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  Speaker 1: oh man, is this unit going to be bad? Or
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  Speaker 1: do you, do you think that game will kind of
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  Speaker 1: prove to be an aberration? Like, what do you think
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  Speaker 1: about the Panthers defense?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think there's a lot of weird
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  Speaker 3: things that happen in week one in terms of just,
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  Speaker 3: you know, results that don't necessarily line up or make
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  Speaker 3: sense even a month later. So, I mean, in the newcomers,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, Lloyd had a million tackles. Phillips had a sack. So,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, their presence was there. I just think the
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  Speaker 3: unit as a whole, you know, I think linebackers are
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  Speaker 3: still going to be a concern. You've got to get
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  Speaker 3: that figured out. But... Like I said, this is one
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  Speaker 3: of those where there's so many new coordinators across the league.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's 21 offensive coordinators that were new, 15
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  Speaker 3: defensive coordinators. And I just think as a result of that,
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  Speaker 3: there are just some units that are ready and clicking
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  Speaker 3: and others that are not there yet. And especially with preseason,
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  Speaker 3: some of these guys looked like they hadn't played football
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  Speaker 3: at all. It felt like a final preseason game almost
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  Speaker 3: in terms of the mistakes being made. So, again, it's like,
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  Speaker 3: can you get all the rust out of your system
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  Speaker 3: in week one and play like you mean to in
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  Speaker 3: week two? That's kind of the question now.
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  Speaker 4: The biggest topic through two and a half shows this week, Greg,
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  Speaker 4: has been Averro as the D.C. And there's a lot
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  Speaker 4: of ire. The fans are very upset with Averro because...
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  Speaker 4: Two years ago, they did have the worst defense ever,
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  Speaker 4: and last year they got better, and then it looked
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  Speaker 4: like the old.
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  Speaker 2: Defense the other day.
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  Speaker 4: Do you find that the heat towards Averro is justified,
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  Speaker 4: or do you think this is a combo of Averro
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  Speaker 4: and maybe the players not executing?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I think it's definitely a valid question. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: like Atlanta is the same way in terms of a
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  Speaker 3: coach to get fired, but a DC that was kept on,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and I think sometimes it makes sense for
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  Speaker 3: continuity sake, but you know, it also might've been that
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  Speaker 3: they were part of the problem and why a head
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  Speaker 3: coach got fired, not, I'm sorry, not the canals got fired,
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  Speaker 3: but just that changes weren't made when they could have.
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  Speaker 3: So I think, you know, in all four NFC South teams,
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  Speaker 3: you have the same defensive coordinators you did a year ago.
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  Speaker 3: It's the opposite of an offense. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 3: new places there. So I think, you know, You know,
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  Speaker 3: they had trust in him. You know, I think of–
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  Speaker 3: it's kind of like the change in offense for Carolina,
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  Speaker 3: I think, is almost nothing just because Idsik and Canales
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  Speaker 3: are so close and so much on the same page.
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  Speaker 3: But defensively, I mean, if he's not the answer, you're
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  Speaker 3: going to find out the wrong way. You know, I
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  Speaker 3: think there was definitely some trust there that who he
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  Speaker 3: had been and what he had done as a coordinator
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  Speaker 3: needed time to play out. And if it doesn't, if
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  Speaker 3: you add $ 160 million to your defense, And with any regularity,
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  Speaker 3: it's giving up anything close to 59 points. It's going
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  Speaker 3: to be a problem. I don't know that it's something
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  Speaker 3: where a change has to be made midseason, but it
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  Speaker 3: could be what holds them back. I mean, you have
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  Speaker 3: to be careful. It's one of those where if the
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  Speaker 3: offense is ready to start clicking, you know, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: 37 is a nice big number. You just have to
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  Speaker 3: put it in context of being three touchdowns short of
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  Speaker 3: the other team. So this is a week where if
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  Speaker 3: you put a 37 against Atlanta, I think it's pretty
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  Speaker 3: easy to think that you're going to win that game.
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  Speaker 1: If we put up 37 and lose, oh my God,
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  Speaker 1: we are going to collectively lose our minds on Monday. Greg,
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  Speaker 1: which team, they all lost, obviously, but which team in
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  Speaker 1: the South, in the NFC South, do you think kind
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  Speaker 1: of had the most impressive performance in defeat?
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  Speaker 3: Probably you'd say the Saints right now, just because they
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  Speaker 3: kind of came back more completely. I mean, shucked through
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  Speaker 3: for 4-10. You know, Olave had a big game. They
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  Speaker 3: moved the ball well. I think of Detroit as a
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  Speaker 3: more formidable opponent, if you will. I mean, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of these teams look the same. I mean, the Bucs
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  Speaker 3: absolutely just dug a trench and are down 21-3 and
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  Speaker 3: got back within a score, but didn't really look good. But,
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  Speaker 3: you know, with the Saints, again, if you want to
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  Speaker 3: be positive, you look at their offense and say, well,
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  Speaker 3: that's starting to really click. Kellen Moore's got it. They've
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  Speaker 3: got people to throw to. You know, I mean, they were–
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  Speaker 3: because it's basically you could have had a tie if
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  Speaker 3: you wanted. I don't think anybody else in the division
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  Speaker 3: can say that. And it's sad, but, I mean, 0-0-1
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  Speaker 3: would absolutely be leading this division.
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  Speaker 1: And this is a division, Greg, where at the end, like,
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  Speaker 1: a tie could be the difference. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: I expected it to be so tight. Like, so I
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  Speaker 1: almost feel like maybe he messed up. But then again,
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  Speaker 1: there was a minute 34 left. They could have tied
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  Speaker 1: it and then lost on a field goal the other way.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't take the.
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  Speaker 1: Ball, which was interesting. That was an interesting one. Playing
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  Speaker 1: for the tie in the NFC South might be the
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  Speaker 1: better idea.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you might be able to win. Could you win
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  Speaker 2: the division with all ties? You could get a couple
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  Speaker 2: of ties in there. All right, anyway.
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  Speaker 3: You could definitely see where 8-8-1 would beat out 8-9. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: you're right. Think about it in September.
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  Speaker 1: It is.
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  Speaker 3: It is.
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  Speaker 1: It's like, to Bone's point, like a tie with all
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  Speaker 1: the losses we expect our division winner to have.
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  Speaker 2: It's not terrible.
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  Speaker 1: Especially against a good team like Detroit on the road.
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  Speaker 2: But anyway, all right. Greg, great stuff.
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  Speaker 4: Good stuff, Shark.
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  Speaker 2: Great stuff from the Shark. The Shark. Yeah, that'll be
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  Speaker 2: your nickname as a writer. G'day, guys. G'day, mate. All right,
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  Speaker 2: there you go. That is Greg Allman, FoxSports.com.