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Get laced up! Let's go! Welcome back to Banter
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with the Boys. Gridiron updates. Week one, Rob's
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fired up, giving the horns. We're ready to go,
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baby. Week one. Wonder where he's going in the
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Vikes at Bears game. But you'll have to find
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out in a minute. That's the last game. A little
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teaser. I like it. Get into it quickly. Kev,
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behind the cameras, getting everything done for
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you. All the editing, all the audio. That's all
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Kev behind the scenes. We're just going to start
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off right off the rip. Rob, let's rip off the
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Band -Aid. First game of the week, Thursday night
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football, Dallas Cowboys traveling to the Philadelphia
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Eagles. It's here. Season's here, Rob. It's ready
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to go. We're here. Sorry, I've been messing around
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a little. No, it's fine. You're just doing whatever.
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It's all good. We got the champs going to defend
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their title this year. So pretty excited for
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them. Their team's pretty much the same. It's
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going to be really hard. Pick against them most
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of the year. Defending champs. So Jalen Hurst
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is back, and they've got Prescott. Good matchup
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to start the year. Number one player in the NFL
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voted on by the other players. Yes, sir. Number
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one on the NFL list. Got running back. Hurst,
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I think, is healthy, sharp. Prescott's coming
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off that hamstring injury pretty much all last
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year. He'll be fine. Dak Prescott plays pretty
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well against the Philadelphia Eagles, actually.
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Do you think so? He does. It's a fact. Just not
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lately? No, as of lately. Last five games against
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the Eagles, Dak Prescott is 4 -1. And like 300
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-ish. That's pretty impressive, actually. It's
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not so bad. It's not so bad. Not so bad. However,
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that Eagles defense is going to come out swinging.
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I would imagine they're going to be Nicoby Dean
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-less, unfortunately, which has been the course
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of his career. Hopefully that changes. Hurts
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a little bit. That dude is a playmaker from that
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stout Georgia defense. But they got enough talent
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on that defensive side. It's disgusting. It's
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disgusting. I mean, this is a great game. Great
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game to start the season with. Eagles favorited
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by eight and a half. I mean, they're in Philly.
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We know it's a tough place to play for opponents.
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Yeah, it's very, you know, so we'll see. That's
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a spread is eight and a half, eight and a half.
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But ESPN is saying also 68 .7 % chance Philly
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takes it. Just because I happen to have that
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in front of me. I would not trust that. I don't
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know where Dallas' running game is. I do like
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the addition. We know exactly where it is. I
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know you're in big love with Jay Williams. We
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had this whole conversation in the preseason
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videos earlier this year. Even adding Pickens
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on the outside, I do like Ferguson at the middle.
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That's a legitimate number two now. yeah you
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don't think so george pickens i agree number
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two yeah i almost put him at top 10 as a duel
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yeah it'll be fun you know so i think it'll be
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fun but losing martin in the middle i think that
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might be a little effect is you know prescott
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gonna come out a little bit of rusty so um so
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i would imagine and again at here in philly it's
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just tough place to start your season it's very
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tough they got a couple nice tight ends too though
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i don't know This is a tough game for me. Eight
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and a half. I don't know. But we're not picking
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off the spread, so we're picking straight up.
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Yeah, just straight up. Who's winning the game?
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Easy, easy, easy, right? It's supposed to be
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easy. Do you want me to go first and throw out
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the first winner of the Banter of the Boys Gridiron
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Updates Season 1, which I do believe, if I need
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to reiterate that. I think I beat you last year
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on our pick -ems overall. You probably did. Did
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you? Does that mean the champion has to go first?
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I'm going to Eagles. I think Barkley's going
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to be too much. Obviously, Dickerson, if he's
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going to play for the Eagles, could be an issue.
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But they just have so much. And then on defense.
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I mean, I don't know if the Cowboys can handle
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that front four, front seven of the Eagles. And
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then that secondary, even if they don't get to
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them, are going to wreak havoc on the quarterback
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all day. So I'm going the Eagles probably by
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10. I feel like they're going to cover the eight
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and a half. So that's where I'm going with that
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so far. Fair enough. I also am going Eagles.
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I don't think they cover the 8 .5, but if we're
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picking straight up, the Eagles will win. It'll
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be close. It's going to be a battle. You know,
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first week, I think first week matchups can go
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either way. We'll see that in the next game we
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talk about. I think first week matchups could
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go either way. Typically, the defenses are always
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ahead of the offenses early. Maybe that'll be
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the advantage for the Cowboys. I know. Hand them
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off the ball. Call it even. We want to hear a
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fun fact. I did see this. It's projected for
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this game the most expensive NFL season opener
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ever. For a ticket? For a ticket to get in there.
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Why? A little fun fact there for you. I wonder
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why that's the case. What makes this one so special?
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I just think Dallas travels really well, too,
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which is driving up the secondary market. And
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the Eagles are coming out for Super Bowl, so
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it's already the hottest ticket in town. Fair
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enough. Fair enough. We're going to move right
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into game two. Kansas City Chiefs technically
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at the Los Angeles Chargers in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Another interesting spot for the NFL to pick.
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I know they're trying to expand their global
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market, but consistently I think they've had
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some field issues in some of these places, and
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I believe Brazil is one of them. So hopefully
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the conditions are way better. It should be a
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good, fun game. Because didn't they play last?
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Who played there last year? It was the Packers
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and somebody. Yeah, Packers -Eagles opened up
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down there. And coming out of that game, I think
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there was a lot of conversation about the field
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conditions. So it will be interesting to see
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if anything's changed heading into this year.
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But did they play at the same stadium last year?
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I don't think they did. I thought it was somewhere
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else. I can't remember. Possibly. I can't remember.
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Let's see. Kansas City is favorited by three
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and a half. That's the spread. uh just because
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i said it for the last game whatever and i'm
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there again espn analytics put in kansas city
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at 56 56 .2 percent over the chargers so yeah
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i mean it's mahomes versus herbert mahomes has
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owned him he's 10 and 2 against him uh i think
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that includes like seven straight against him
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so um statistically mahomes is probably going
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to win this game and that's who i'm going with
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good for you i do understand you know good right
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on suspension i do like hollywood brown he's
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kind of one of my late fantasy football travis
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kelsey doesn't need time to get picked too so
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uh kelsey i probably is going to see 15 targets
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um i'm betting so yeah But it'll be interesting
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against that Chargers defense. They're, you know,
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they're pretty good. They lost a couple pass
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rushers. So if they can get some pressure on
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Pat and keep it close, you know, and then they
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run the ball with, you know, and then Harris
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is probably going to come play after the firework
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injury. Yeah. So that's why I'm going Chargers.
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I think they're going to come out with a running
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game. Najee is going to be healthy, ready to
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go. They're going to reestablish that running
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game with Najee. who hasn't really had that bad
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of a career either. People think he's just been
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this down -and -out running back this whole time,
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and he really hasn't. He's kind of flown under
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the radar a little bit and had a solid career
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to this point. I'm not saying Hall of Fame, but
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I'm saying a solid career. I think in Harbaugh's
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system, it's going to work out really well. So
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I'm really excited to see. That on full display.
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Hopefully, again, if he's healthy, ready to go,
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and all signs are pointing that he will be by
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Friday night. So, yeah, I'm going Chargers. No
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problem. You're going Chargers. Okay. Do you
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feel like it's going to be mostly Chiefs fans
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versus Chargers fans down there? What? Down in
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Brazil. What do you mean? Yeah. Which fan base
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do you think is trying to travel better? Just
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in general. Okay. Probably Kansas City. Probably
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Kansas City. They're a bandwagon team right now.
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The last few years, they're a bandwagon team.
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Okay, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, I'm new to
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football. I don't know who I want. I'm going
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to be a Chargers or a Chiefs fan. Oh. You know
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what I mean? Sounds like you're calling out one
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of our former guests last year. No, not Graham.
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No, I'm not doing that. I'm not name -dropping
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Graham. But, no, he's a Pats fan, technically.
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Okay, okay, okay. He's been for a long time.
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He's from out that way, so that makes sense.
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But he's also a Chiefs fan. But just in general,
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the Chiefs, Eagles, you know, when a team's doing
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well, there's going to be bandwagon fans. That's
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normal. I mean, that's typically fine. How many
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Lions fans came out of the woodwork all of a
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sudden after they started doing it? True. There
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was a bunch of people that I went to high school
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with, and they're like, you're a Lions fan? Oh,
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yeah, all day. Just been hibernating for 20 -some
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years. Yeah, ever since Barry Sanders. How old
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are you? No. Don't give me that. Anyway, sorry.
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Let's move into the Lions game, actually. All
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right. Lions at Packers. That's a solid game
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to start the season off with. NFC North battle.
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Obviously, we'll talk about the Vikings at Bears.
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Sorry. Jeez. Hey, it's early in the season. I
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don't expect you at 100%. A bunch of division
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games, obviously. But this is a tough one. This
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is a tough one because I think we'll see a little
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drop off from the Lions like we talked about
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with losing OCDC. For me, again, I think it'll
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be more noticeable offensively. You think it'll
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be more noticeable defensively. I definitely
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think game planning. I thought the offense has
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more talent than the defense, so that's why I
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say Aaron Glenn got the most out of that defense
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versus the skill set that the Lions had because
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they have just so many players on that side of
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the ball. But, yeah, Lions coming off a 15 -2
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season. Great season. Great season. Let me ask
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you this question. With the signing of Parsons,
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would you – Would you put them over the Lions
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as a better team? No. I agree. I don't think
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it made them a better team over the Lions. No,
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did it make them a better team? Oh, for sure
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it did. But I don't think over the Lions, no.
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I think the Lions are still a more complete team
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at the end of the day. Even with losing both
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coordinators, they're a more complete team. So
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for me, in this game, of course, that leads me
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to pick the Packers. It's going to be a surprise.
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It's going to be a surprise thing. Packers are
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going to somehow sneak this one out, and everybody's
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going to be like, oh, my God, this guy is following
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for the Lions. And that's just nowhere near the
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case. It's just the first game with new coordinators.
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Just let it be. It'll be fine. It'll be fine.
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This is a team that obviously didn't go to the
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Super Bowl, but they know how to make a deep
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run. Don't worry about it. Don't worry about
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it. Like Rodgers relaxed a number of years ago.
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Just relax. But the Lions are going to lose game
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one for me. I just don't think that the Green
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Bay Packers have a secondary that's going to
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even come close to holding. Well, the corners
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are of a concern. Unless Micah Parsons and Zephyr
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Durrell kick in and get him. He needs four plus
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sacks for the Packers to win, I think, in this
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game. Okay. So I just. the Lions have been dominating
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the Packers lately. I think they had five of
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the last six matchups, so the Lions have beat
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the Packers. So I'm just going with the skill
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set of Brown, Williams, Gibbs, Porta. Drew here,
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Gibbs is freaking Chico. I do like Josh Jacobs,
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but... What golden are we going to get week one?
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I do think he's going to be their wide receiver
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one at the end of the day. To start the season?
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To start the season. And that game is either
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receiver one, golden? Yeah. yeah see where they
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got him on the depth chart right now well in
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my book he's gonna be receiver so on your book
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that's all it matters really he's number two
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on the depth chart right now behind jayden reed
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yeah so i'm gonna assume they're in a force the
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gold in the ball he's gonna get you know eight
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nine definitely looks i think um but yeah the
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play callers be interesting to see how detroit's
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flow goes a little bit you know if they i always
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felt like Lions offense with a little bit of
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pace. They played a little bit better, a little
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quicker to the line. They didn't wait until the
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play clock came down to the end. So we'll see
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if just the little stuff like that changes the
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flow of the offense and the new coordinator on
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that side. We didn't even give the – what is
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it here? Let's see. Packers are actually favorited
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by two and a half on the spread. I didn't even
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see that. What? I got Lions. I got Lions. I'm
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seeing two and a half at Packers. What are you
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seeing? You're seeing – AI. No. Maybe AI is 10
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smarter than AI. He's going to win the game.
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Whatever. Whatever. Now, ESPN analytics. Okay.
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Got to throw it in there. We've already done
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it this whole time. They're going to pay us.
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They're going to pay us for this. Yeah. Detroit
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winning the game 51 .1%. So this is a 50 -50
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toss -up for folks at ESPN. I mean, it should
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be close. It'll be a battle. It's a good battle.
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Division battle. Again, like everybody. But I
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don't know. I think just Jared Goff is going
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to. Jared Goff? Jared Goff. It's going to be.
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We should change his name to Goff. I like that.
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I know. Jared Goff. It's almost in the golf season,
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so it's going to be in the back of my mind right
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now. Sad. So, anyway. You have the Packers. What
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do you think they're going to? Field goal or
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more? It's going to be a touchdown. Ooh, full
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touchdown. Full Todd. Yep, full Todd. Okay. Again,
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I think it'll just get away from Detroit. They'll
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claw back and then look like they'll come back
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and win type of deal. And some will happen. They
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won't. That's my gut feeling. That's your gut
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feeling. Yep. I feel like it's better than your
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AI. I feel like two receivers and go over 100
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yards for the Lions. For the Lions. Yeah. Whether
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it's Gibbs as a receiver, too. I just haven't.
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Oh, my God. Again, Gibbs is. That's their X factor.
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So. Lions. The roar has been restored. The roar
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has been restored. Lord Jesus. All right. We
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got to move on. Sunday night game. Baltimore
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Ravens at the Buffalo Bills. Do we dare say this
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may be game of the week for us? I got a guy online
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that's thinking you're a genius now. Who? My
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buddy, Mike. Oh, okay. That I'm a genius about
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the Packers? Yeah. Doubt it. I have false hope,
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buddy. What? You picked the Packers. I did. They're
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going to win. Don't worry about it. They're going
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to win. Jordan Love. They extended him for a
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reason, right? Got to show it. How much? When's
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his next contract? They just did. They just extended
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him last year. Okay. Last year. I thought so.
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Because it was a two year before that, right?
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During his rookie contract. I can't remember.
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When Rodgers left, I feel like they gave him
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a two -year. Oh, a little prove -it deal. A little
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prove -it deal. Yeah. Well, they proved it enough,
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I guess. Jacob's chiming in, too, already on
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his picks. Jake? Oh, God. So he's got the Baltimore
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losing. For sure. For sure. In Buffalo, he's
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like, nope, they suck. Yeah. Yeah, so the Ravens
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traveling to Buffalo. Buffalo, I'm seeing at
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one and a half. What's your freaking AI say?
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The AI says the Ravens will win by a point and
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a half. Dude, what is going on here? Don't listen
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to us. That means it's a 50 -50 game. What do
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you got? Who's grabbing this one? I think this
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is going to be another epic battle. Last year,
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I believe the Ravens did go into Buffalo and
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kind of spanked them a little bit, if I remember
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right, Jacob, because I think that might have
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been the Bills' first loss. Is this the Bills'
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new stadium? Yes, they are playing a Highmark.
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Highmark, yeah. Is it open this year or next
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year? No, they practice in it, I do believe,
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because I've been watching the Hard Knocks on.
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The planned opening is July 1, 2026. Never mind.
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Completely way off. New Highmark Stadium. The
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pit. New Highmark Stadium. Yeah, the pit. The
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broken table. I don't know if the pit is real.
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Yeah, Jake said they did blow them out. So, yeah,
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I'm going actually Ravens. I'm going with the
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best quarterback in the NFL right now. Got snubbed
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on the MVP pick to the MVP that he's been playing
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on the other side. Interesting. I still kind
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of feel the same way. I think the Ravens just
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got better overall. So I'm going to be picking
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Henry back there. Good luck. Unless there's some
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injuries. I mean, on that offensive side, defensively,
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they're stacked. So I'm probably going to go
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by the Ravens going to win this one. What do
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you feel? I'm going to be interesting again.
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It's going to be one of those things like the
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Detroit Lion game. It's like, oh, Ravens lost.
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All the sky is falling. Oh, no. You know what
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I mean? Yeah. No, it's going to be. The Bills
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will win it at home in front of their fans. Bills
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Mafia. It'll be just fine. Everything will be
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fine. Bills did beat them in the playoffs, though.
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I did have to remind that to Jacob. It's got
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to be Josh Allen, right? I mean, Josh Allen puts
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that team on his back every time he steps on
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the field. As much as I also feel the same way
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that Lamar Jackson got snubbed. Like Josh Allen
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does literally put that team. I mean, he carries
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that through everything. So you think like James
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Cook not being in camp all year is not going
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to affect because of the running games? They're
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professionals. They'll be fine. Don't be wrong.
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Everything happens so fast at the NFL level.
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Obviously, we talked about that a ton last year.
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And you see it, you know, look at a tackle -to
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-tackle camera angle in the NFL and then take
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a look at it in college level. Oh, my God. Even
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a top college team, it doesn't matter. The speed
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is ridiculous. So maybe you're right. James Cook
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not being in camp could be a factor. He just
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signed a new deal, didn't he? Yeah, he just got
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signed. Yeah, I'm going with the Ravens on this
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one, just with Smith and Hamilton. Hamilton just
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got paid, too, for the Ravens. They're the highest
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paid in the NFL. The guy that the Vikings passed
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on, yeah. We didn't pass on him. Sure did. For
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what? We traded up. Take Louis Scene. I'm almost
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positive. No, we got Lewis. No, we got Lewis
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seen at the end of the first round from Georgia.
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Oh, he was around. Kyle Hamilton was a mid -round
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pick. Yeah, he was like 14 that pick, I believe.
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He was there. We had two picks in that first
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round. I can't remember who the heck we picked.
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Anyway, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
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Kyle Hamilton got paid. Rightfully so. After
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he started getting used the correct way at the
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second half of last season. Is that Jordan Madison
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we got instead? No, that's not that draft, is
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it? I don't know. I don't think so. I don't think
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it makes me drop a blank here. We're going to
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get drawn out. We're going to get drawn out.
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Typical. Typical, typical banter. The boys just
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get lost in the mud here. You're going Ravens
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by how much? Bills by three for me. That's going
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to be close. I'm going to go by a... They're
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clapping them again? I'm going over a field goal.
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yeah it's gonna be so four points that's what
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you're saying yeah that's actually the number
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i had in my head why four what the heck is that
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because i feel like they would have to score
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a touchdown to like win it fair enough okay you
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know i see you're thinking not literally four
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points not literally four points over three yeah
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i got you i'm smelling what you're stepping on
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should be a great sunday night game to open the
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season for sunday night though yeah there's a
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ton of great games this week and a lot of great
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man a lot of divisional almost are they almost
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all divisional games in week yeah yeah that's
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pretty cool that the nfl sets it up that way
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why not start off with a bang right get those
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rivalries between those fans it's gonna be a
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great fall night too you know 55 degrees parley
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cloudy oh yeah football's back oh yeah in buffalo
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oh in buffalo that's Sunday night. So let's go
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to the next night right now. Let's just do it.
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Let's just do it. Monday night. Monday night
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game. JJ McCarthy making his NFL debut. Skull
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Vikes, obviously. Oh, I don't have my flag. It's
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over there. What? What an idiot. Anyway, Vikings
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traveling to the Chicago Bears. New head coach
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ready to go. Ben Johnson. I'm a little concerned
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as a Vikings fan. I can't lie. There's too many
21:04
unknowns. Well, it's a divisional game. I mean,
21:07
all of them are. Divisional game, yes, but too
21:08
many unknowns with what that Bears offense is
21:11
going to come out with. Now, don't get me wrong.
21:13
Flores' defense started the season hot last year.
21:16
We all remember what the Vikings did to the Texans.
21:18
Van Ginkle with a pick six in that game against
21:20
the Giants, I remember. And one in the Texans.
21:25
Look at you. What a great football mind. I was
21:27
at that game. It was ridiculously fun as a Vikings
21:30
fan. Yeah, yeah. I remember every aspect of that
21:32
game specifically. I mean, it comes down to the
21:35
second year quarterback, Caleb Williams, with
21:38
the new coordinator. It comes down to both quarterbacks,
21:41
really. Well, I was going to get to that point
21:43
before you cut me off. Then it comes down to
21:45
our second year, but rookie year, J .J. McCarthy.
21:53
We do have Jefferson, the hammy. Jettas. Jettas.
21:57
I don't know. He's playing. He's playing. He's
22:00
going to be ready to go. What percent is he at?
22:01
He'll be all right. 100. They didn't work him
22:02
out at all the past few weeks. Hammies scare
22:05
me. They always scare me. And he had one last
22:07
year, right? I know. Lingering. Lingering. I
22:09
feel like every time I played softball that first.
22:12
race to first base hammy there it is well there
22:15
it is rob's having flashbacks here straight to
22:18
the beer cooler yeah because the beer is what
22:21
you need for well yeah one in the hand and one
22:25
on the hammy that can't be why you may have pulled
22:28
a hammy by any means not possible no it's just
22:31
my mind thinks i'm 18 you're putting fluid in
22:33
it's just the wrong foot all right all right
22:35
uh let's see vikings favorited by one and a half
22:38
what's your ai say oh Mr. AI says Vikings by
22:43
one and a half. Okay. All right. ESPN analytics.
22:46
Get ready for this. 52 .1%. Chicago bears. Yeah.
22:51
I mean, looking at all the home field advantage.
22:54
True. But overall, just looking through all the
22:57
spreads of the league. I mean, it's one and a
22:59
half, two and a half, three and a half. It's.
23:00
Too many unknowns. 80 % of the, yeah, exactly.
23:04
So it's kind of, you know, we got JJ, got Aaron
23:07
Jones, T -Hawk. We got Thielen. Thielen's back.
23:11
I think he's, that's going to be. He's just,
23:13
he's a filler for Addison. That's it. And when
23:15
Addison comes back, we'll have a solid. three
23:17
receivers it does make me feel a little bit better
23:19
number four nailer and he's expected to play
23:22
week one as the last time i heard still questionable
23:25
i thought today after coming a hand procedure
23:28
right same with harrison smith so yeah what's
23:30
up with harrison smith's really it's kind of
23:32
a foggy personal says personal so Personal matter
23:37
will be evaluated by the Vikings on a weekly
23:39
basis. God, that's kind of scary. But it's going
23:42
to be a really interesting match of the Vikings'
23:44
new tooled offensive line versus the Bears. He's
23:47
probably just on vacation. True. Just like, I
23:50
don't need camp anymore. It's my last year, guys.
23:52
Come on. Like, cry. No, it's week one. We got
23:54
to lock in. We need to focus. Harrison Smith
23:57
wakes up locked in, dude. He wakes up locked
24:01
in. He's probably my all -time favorite Viking.
24:04
Yeah. Who's winning? Who's winning this game?
24:07
Oh, Vikings for sure. Vikings at Chicago Bears.
24:10
You're going with the Vikes. Yeah, I think it's
24:11
going to be a battle throughout. Battle. Even
24:14
last year, we were up on 20 on them. We let them
24:17
slip back in and have a chip in a chair at the
24:19
end. But that's when Mr. Kayla Williams took
24:22
a really bad sack, I think, at the end of that
24:27
game. So decision -making by Caleb Williams.
24:30
I don't know if Ben Johnson can. coach those
24:34
eyes to believe what he sees I think that's always
24:37
my biggest issue with him is sticking on script
24:40
and not just depending that he's the greatest
24:43
athlete on the field and getting himself out
24:46
of trouble a lot so and the NFL is just a little
24:49
bit different game Mr. Williams but he has all
24:53
the skill sets so I'm not totally counting him
24:55
out as an NFL quarterback but It should be interesting.
24:59
So I'm excited to see the matchup of our offensive
25:02
line versus their defensive line. Our rookie
25:06
left tackle, our left guard should be a fun one.
25:10
So, yeah, I'm excited. Who do you got, mister?
25:12
I'm extremely excited. I'm going to coach a game
25:15
earlier in that day, quick get home, get ready
25:18
to watch the game. Just stacking Ws, huh? That's
25:21
the hope, right? No, I can't wait. Hoping, hoping
25:25
for a Vikes win. For the sake of the pick, I'm
25:30
going Caleb Williams and the Bears because...
25:33
Again, week one, there's going to be a lot of
25:35
weird losses. I just get this vibe this season.
25:37
There's going to be a lot of weird losses in
25:38
week one. I don't like your vibe right now at
25:41
all. It's going to be a tough season. We're going
25:44
to restart this episode real quick and go on
25:48
the back and have a little conversation with
25:49
a Vikings fan over here. When you come back on,
25:52
I may or may not have a black eye. No. I hope
25:56
the Vikes win, obviously. I want the Vikes to
25:58
go 17 -0. So you're just playing more like opposite.
26:01
You're like hope. You're hoping that you're picking
26:03
one team so the other team will win? No. I like
26:06
that. We'll just go with that. We're going to
26:07
go with that. That's not even the case. That's
26:09
not even the case. I picked the Eagles game one.
26:11
I hope the Cowboys win. What's your most exciting?
26:14
Which is weird. I've never hoped the Cowboys
26:16
win in my life. Yeah. You're off a little bit
26:19
today. What's going on? Yeah. I was going to
26:21
ask you, what's your most interesting part of
26:23
the new Vikings team that you're wanting to see?
26:27
Secondary. Or just JJ McCarthy and seeing if
26:32
he can operate the system. Yeah, do we have our
26:34
franchise quarterback or not? And do you truly
26:36
know that after one year? Probably not, right?
26:39
Is Jaden Daniels a franchise quarterback immediately?
26:42
But you feel pretty good, though. I mean, after
26:45
week eight, you're like, oh, I kind of feel like
26:48
Bo Nix. I think most Broncos fans would feel
26:52
like, hey, we might got a guy here. Right, right.
26:54
Well, Giants fans felt pretty good about Danny
26:56
Dimes. True. You know what I mean? So it can
26:59
change really quick. It can. It can. You start
27:03
seeing ghosts. So let's hope for the best. Like
27:06
to see J .J. McCarthy come out of the game with
27:08
a dub and healthy. Just see what happens. I agree.
27:11
Let them play. See what happens. Don't be afraid
27:14
to throw the ball in this game. Jets over 100.
27:16
Even though the Bears' defense is solid. Jets
27:19
over 100 at the Tutty tomorrow? For sure. Well,
27:21
not tomorrow. For sure. Monday night? For sure.
27:23
Lights are on. Monday night. Game one of the
27:25
season. Can't wait. Jettas is showing up. You
27:27
kidding me? A little gritty? It's just Justin
27:29
until he puts the chains on. Okay. Then it's
27:31
Jettas. Right? Isn't that what he said? Yeah,
27:33
that's the point. I can't remember. Anyway. I'm
27:36
already confused enough J .J. and J .J.'s. I
27:39
know. I know. We got a couple J .J.'s and we
27:40
got T .J. at tight end. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Rob,
27:43
thanks for being here, bro. I'm excited, baby.
27:45
We're ready to go. We're ready to go. If you
27:48
want to be a guest on this show and you're local
27:49
to the Twin Cities area, let us know. We'll figure
27:52
it out. Make it happen. Especially if you're
27:54
a non -Vikings fan. We got enough of us. It helps
27:56
make it up the list if you're not a Vikings fan.
27:59
We got enough of us. I mean, we already have
28:01
one here. It sounds like we don't have another
28:03
one over here right now. Sounds like I'm just
28:05
up in the air. Yeah, whatever. No, it's called
28:07
Vikes, obviously. Kev, behind the cameras getting
28:10
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