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Mac & Bone Show - Lee Sterling Interview · Mac & Bone Podcast

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  Speaker 1: All right, let's do it. Let's bring in a man
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  Speaker 1: who is not here to make you upset. He is
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  Speaker 1: here to make you money. That's what he's here to do.
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  Speaker 1: And certainly his picks, including the Game of the Week,
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  Speaker 1: his picks on ParamountSports.com, including the Florida State Clemson Game
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  Speaker 1: of the Week, are the ones that he really wants
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  Speaker 1: you to take and make money. Let's talk about games
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  Speaker 1: of local interest with Lee. Lee, welcome back to the show.
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  Speaker 1: We are in disarray after last night's.
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  Speaker 2: Game, sir. I can bet, I try to give you
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  Speaker 2: guys a little bit of a cushion on the fall down.
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  Speaker 2: If you listen to my Locked on Bets daily show
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  Speaker 2: Monday through Friday, I had the Packers. I didn't get
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  Speaker 2: a whole lot of joy out of picking the Panthers
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  Speaker 2: against the Panthers, but just thought it was a bad setup.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Green Bay, the last time they played on
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  Speaker 2: Thursday night against Atlanta, got whipped. And I thought that
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  Speaker 2: they were going to be ready for this game and
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  Speaker 2: the matchups and the offensive line for Carolina. Blocking wasn't
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  Speaker 2: even optional. I mean, if I was the head coach,
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  Speaker 2: I would make them come into my office if they
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  Speaker 2: want to get their paycheck for that game.
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  Speaker 1: And I would say, if you can get through these
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  Speaker 1: live Panthers in my office, the paycheck's right on the
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  Speaker 1: other side of them. Good luck.
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  Speaker 3: They basically could have played without an offensive line last
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  Speaker 3: night and had the same results.
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  Speaker 2: I feel sorry for Bryce Young.
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  Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying.
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  Speaker 2: Luckily, I was on very good teams. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: I ever had a game where I was sacked. What
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  Speaker 2: was he sacked? Five or six times last night.
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  Speaker 1: Six last night, five on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Never that bad in any one game.
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  Speaker 2: I'd love to commiserate with him, but I just can't
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  Speaker 2: do it.
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  Speaker 1: You had some good big uglies in front of you.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about some of these games. We'll start on
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  Speaker 1: the college side. Bone was talking about earlier that this
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  Speaker 1: is an interesting game. Boston College is playing some pretty
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  Speaker 1: good ball the last couple weeks in wins over Pitt
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  Speaker 1: and Georgia Tech. So to see Duke and it is
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  Speaker 1: at home, but as a seven or even some places,
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  Speaker 1: seven and a half point favorite, like I like Duke,
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  Speaker 1: but that BC points is kind of tempting. What do
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  Speaker 1: you think?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: BC quarterback, Mason McKenzie is a winner, plain and simple playmaker.
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  Speaker 2: The kid just doesn't give up. Is he an NFL quarterback? No,
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  Speaker 2: probably not, but he gets the job done and he's
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  Speaker 2: going to find a way to keep his team in it. And,
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  Speaker 2: If they give him enough time to throw the football
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  Speaker 2: and his receivers and running backs comply, I think they're
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  Speaker 2: going to be there. The Eagles have won two straight,
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  Speaker 2: are improved. They are a middling ACC team. They've struggled
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  Speaker 2: to stop the run, and we know that's all Duke
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  Speaker 2: is pretty much going to do. But how healthy is
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  Speaker 2: Nate Shepard here? I mean, we've seen declining production now
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  Speaker 2: in five straight games. Both teams are statistically sound against
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  Speaker 2: the pass, so This has the makings for some ugliness.
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  Speaker 2: I think Duke wins here, 26-23, but I'm taking Boston
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  Speaker 2: College in the points.
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  Speaker 3: Lee, another ACC game tomorrow, the red-hot Wake Forest Demon
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  Speaker 3: Deacons hosting Virginia. Wake, 12.5-point favorites. What's the right side
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  Speaker 3: in this one?
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  Speaker 2: So, Wake right now is flat out better than Virginia.
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  Speaker 2: Their skill positions, quarterback Gio Lopez sitting– with a, I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to say, a sterling 17-1 touchdown-to-interception ratio. They have
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  Speaker 2: extra rest. I think they have better schemes here. Wake
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  Speaker 2: continues on its path to the ACC championship game here.
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  Speaker 2: Virginia has lost two road games by 10 and 31 points.
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  Speaker 2: Their neutral side game they lost by 11. And the
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  Speaker 2: last month, UVA offense, only 12 points per game in
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  Speaker 2: the three ACC losses. And Bo Prubilla Just 171 passing
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  Speaker 2: yards per game and 23 rushing yards per game. He
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  Speaker 2: is not 100% healthy. And until Tony Elliott replaces Probilla
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  Speaker 2: with Eli Holstein, it's pretty unlikely they're going to improve
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  Speaker 2: or compete here. Wake 6-1 straight up and 5-2 against
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  Speaker 2: the spread. Wake wins easy again here. Blowout special. Wake 41-20.
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  Speaker 2: There you go.
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  Speaker 1: I got to turn my mic on to do radio.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, Deke fans. There you go, Deke fans.
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  Speaker 1: I tend to agree with you on that one. Miami
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  Speaker 1: against UNC, your Canes number one in the country, rolling
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  Speaker 1: into Chapel Hill, an ABC primetime game. This point spread
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  Speaker 1: to me is very tempting to take Miami. If Miami
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  Speaker 1: explodes like they usually do, I don't see how the
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  Speaker 1: heck Carolina stays in touch. It's 14 and a half
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  Speaker 1: for Miami on the road. What do you think?
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  Speaker 2: So I think Miami's good, but every team has weaknesses.
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  Speaker 2: And the weaknesses Miami has is they commit a lot
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  Speaker 2: of penalties. And the best teams, when you win championships,
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  Speaker 2: usually do it with defense. As great as offenses are,
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  Speaker 2: NFL and college football, you've got to play defense. I
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  Speaker 2: think their defense is above average but not great. It
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  Speaker 2: might get better. They're starting to get some players back.
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  Speaker 2: But they're committing an average of like 10.8 penalties per game.
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  Speaker 2: You're not going to go into Notre Dame and beat
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  Speaker 2: Notre Dame committing 10 to 12 penalties. So I think
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  Speaker 2: that's a problem here. I think as long as Billy
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  Speaker 2: Edwards isn't two or three touchdowns behind, he's fine. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he played at Maryland, Wisconsin. You look at his whole
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  Speaker 2: body of work. But when he falls behind, it's trouble.
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  Speaker 2: Bill Belichick, I think, is going to try. You can't
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  Speaker 2: take away Tony. No way. I mean, he's that good.
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  Speaker 2: He's unguardable one-on-one. So I think he's going to bracket
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  Speaker 2: it and double-team him. almost on every single play, but
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  Speaker 2: they're going to throw different looks at Miami, and I
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  Speaker 2: think as a night game on the road, I think
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  Speaker 2: Miami's going to struggle a little bit. I've seen games
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  Speaker 2: there where it didn't go well, where they lost, where
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  Speaker 2: they had to pull it out late in the game here.
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  Speaker 2: I think Miami wins 35-24, but I think the right
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  Speaker 2: side here is take North Carolina in the 14 and
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  Speaker 2: a half.
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  Speaker 1: Dang!
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  Speaker 3: How about that?
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  Speaker 2: How about that?
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  Speaker 1: A cover fit, daddy! He thinks y'all are covering, baby!
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  Speaker 3: How about that? Lee, a fascinating matchup in the NFC
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  Speaker 3: on Sunday. Really, I mean, with the Jeffrey Simmons addition
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  Speaker 3: to the Bears the rest of the way after this week,
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  Speaker 3: Seahawks-Bears could be an NFC championship preview. Seahawks favored by three.
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  Speaker 3: What's the right play here?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that the Seahawks are going to be
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  Speaker 2: a tough out. I think that they're a running back
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  Speaker 2: away that close to being as good as last year.
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  Speaker 2: So they ended up getting Quentin Nelson, maybe one of
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  Speaker 2: the best running back. I mean, one of the best
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  Speaker 2: offensive linemen. I think that's going to help them think
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  Speaker 2: that this team, this defense is special, tough place to play.
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  Speaker 2: Zach Charbonneau is going to be back for this game.
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  Speaker 2: So we're going to see how he does. I don't
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  Speaker 2: think he's the final answer at running back, but Good
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  Speaker 2: complementary piece. He's coming off a knee injury, so he'll
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  Speaker 2: probably be on a pitch cap. But what separates them also,
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  Speaker 2: besides their defense, is special teams. Michael Dixon, punter, incredible.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the way he drops that ball inside the
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  Speaker 2: 10-yard line like no one else. And their place kicker,
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  Speaker 2: Jason Myers, pretty much money inside 60 yards here. The
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  Speaker 2: right team is favored here, Seattle, 23-13.
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  Speaker 1: All right, Lee, let's get to an NFC South battle.
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  Speaker 1: I guess I'm rooting. I guess we should root bone
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  Speaker 1: for the Bucs. If the Bucs beat the Falcons, then
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  Speaker 1: the Panthers have a half game lead still in the division.
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  Speaker 1: So I guess I'm rooting for that. I'm not sure
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  Speaker 1: it matters with this O-line.
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  Speaker 3: We are the hand coming up from the ground on
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  Speaker 3: this Halloween weekend.
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  Speaker 1: What do you think, Lee? Bucs are favored by two
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  Speaker 1: against Atlanta. What's your feelings?
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  Speaker 2: So Baker Mayfield holds grudges and still mad at Kevin Stefanski.
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  Speaker 2: Hasn't talked to him in over five years since he
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  Speaker 2: was traded away. So that I think plays into this
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  Speaker 2: game here. Also Atlanta's first four games, the run D
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  Speaker 2: faced only 21, 22, nine and 18 running plays since
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  Speaker 2: then 35 and 33 rushes here and given up a
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  Speaker 2: lot of yards, given up over 5.8 yards per carry
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  Speaker 2: during that time. So, I think Tampa Bay is going
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  Speaker 2: to find a way. Their defense also coming on. I
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  Speaker 2: think they win this game here 23-20. Not going to
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  Speaker 2: be easy, but I think Tampa Bay is the right side.
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  Speaker 2: And let me give you a little advice for offensive
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  Speaker 2: linemen that don't block. I did say this to one
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  Speaker 2: of my linemen one time when he ducked when he
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  Speaker 2: was facing a former future Miami offensive lineman he wanted
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  Speaker 2: to know part of. I said, listen. Do one thing.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not willing to block him, lay down, and
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  Speaker 2: he might trip over you.
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  Speaker 1: You know what? We're going to pass that along here locally, Lee.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to pass that advice along locally.
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  Speaker 3: Lee, you've been sizzling like bacon on your player props.
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  Speaker 3: You had Kenneth Walker under last week. You've not missed
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  Speaker 3: one yet since we started this. Give us a player
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  Speaker 3: prop this week, if you don't mind.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, player prop is going to be Patrick Mahomes over
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  Speaker 2: 13 and a half rushing yards. So here's the thinking
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  Speaker 2: behind this player prop. Denver's pass rush comes from the edges.
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  Speaker 2: Great edge rushers, defensive ends. They blitz cornerbacks a lot.
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  Speaker 2: So he needs to step up in the pocket. Now,
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  Speaker 2: the first game, he did go over it, believe it
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  Speaker 2: or not, even though they're running the football like crazy
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  Speaker 2: with Kenneth Walker. So he has been over four times
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  Speaker 2: that rushing total. I think he's fine if you look
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  Speaker 2: at his knee. His receiver's just getting no separation. I
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  Speaker 2: think they're going to tell him, We lost last week.
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  Speaker 2: We need a win here. It's an inter-division game. We're 5-1.
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  Speaker 2: Denver's 5-2. Just step up in the pocket. If you
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  Speaker 2: find your second guy, fine. If not, take off. Get
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  Speaker 2: us the first down. So Patrick Mahomes, over 13.5 rushing yards.
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  Speaker 2: That's a lock.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, baby. There you go. People are asking
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  Speaker 1: for the props. They get them. So now we do
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  Speaker 1: have some fans that are like, hey, I want to
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  Speaker 1: hear what Lee thinks about Florida State and Clemson. Well,
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  Speaker 1: that happens to be your game of the week. So
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  Speaker 1: tell them how they can get that one. And then
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  Speaker 1: I know you got a big card this weekend as well.
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  Speaker 1: So tell them what they need to know, Lee, for
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  Speaker 1: your picks.
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  Speaker 2: Both these coaches are on the hot seat, Florida State
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  Speaker 2: and Clemson. So you want to find out who's going
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  Speaker 2: to take this game. Just be one of the first
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  Speaker 2: five callers. Just call 800-400-9741. Give your Florida State and
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  Speaker 2: Clemson on me. So we are rolling. We've won eight
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  Speaker 2: out of nine weeks so far in the football season.
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  Speaker 2: And my NFL game of the year goes on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: How good have we been the last two Sundays? Just 4-0,
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  Speaker 2: back-to-back Sundays. So if you want to hop on board,
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  Speaker 2: just one place. It's a 50-unit McFoyager NFL game of
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  Speaker 2: the year, ParamountSports.com.