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NFL Week 13 Review: Where NFL Stands After Thanksgiving, Which Teams Are Super Bowl Worthy? · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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  Speaker 1: What's going on, everybody? This is Jeff Mosher. This is
• 0:12
  Speaker 1: the Inside the Birds week thirteen review. And if you're saying,
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: what do you mean review? Don't you usually do the
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: week thirteen preview? Yes? I did not do one last
• 0:23
  Speaker 1: week for two reasons. One I was actually away with
• 0:26
  Speaker 1: my family during the Thanksgiving break, and two, with four
• 0:32
  Speaker 1: games already played, you know, you get the three Thanksgiving
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: Gay Day games, you get the Friday game between the
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  Speaker 1: Eagles and the Bears. By the time my show comes
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  Speaker 1: out on Staff, four games would have already been played.
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  Speaker 1: You had a couple of teams on the buy. So
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  Speaker 1: I just made the executive decision. I will look back
• 0:51
  Speaker 1: on the week that was, and then we'll proceed as
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  Speaker 1: normal this week. So this coming Saturday, I'll do a
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  Speaker 1: Week fourteen preview. And because I didn't do my three
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  Speaker 1: picks last week without doing a show, I'll give you
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  Speaker 1: guys the pleasure of doing six picks coming up on
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  Speaker 1: the next show. Or I could just tell you all
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  Speaker 1: the great picks I would have made in and nobody
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  Speaker 1: would have believed me. But let's take a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of a temperature of where the NFL is right now.
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  Speaker 1: Because I always say that Thanksgiving is when you start
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  Speaker 1: to really learn what the league is, who's for real,
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  Speaker 1: who's not for real, and go from there because the
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  Speaker 1: next you know four weeks are going to be very
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  Speaker 1: critical for a lot of teams. And I will say
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  Speaker 1: that I do think unlike most years, unlike most years,
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  Speaker 1: this is not a normal season. I do not think
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  Speaker 1: at Thanksgiving that the two to three to four teams
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  Speaker 1: or two in each conference have separated themselves. In fact,
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  Speaker 1: I think gets somewhat of the opposite. As I record
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  Speaker 1: this on Monday, the two teams that are currently the
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  Speaker 1: number one seed in their conference I don't think will
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  Speaker 1: be in the Super Bowl, the Broncos of the number
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  Speaker 1: one seed in the AFC, and by the way, I
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  Speaker 1: don't even think that the number two seed right now
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  Speaker 1: in the AFC, the Patriots, And by the way, I'm
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  Speaker 1: recording this before the Patriots play the Giants, so there's
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  Speaker 1: always that that Monday night game. But either way, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think the top two seeds are going to be
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  Speaker 1: in the super Bowl. I might even extend it to
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  Speaker 1: all of the top four Denver, New England, Jacksonville, Baltimore.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not quite sure I see any of those teams
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  Speaker 1: as definitively in the super Bowl. Obviously, the Broncos are
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  Speaker 1: on a great role and what a great win they had.
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  Speaker 1: Now credit the Commander's Commander's played an incredible game, and
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  Speaker 1: we'll get to that in a second. But obviously what
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  Speaker 1: the Broncos are doing is very impressive. Even though they
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  Speaker 1: win every game by one score, you can't take away
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  Speaker 1: the fact that they basically win every game. They have
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  Speaker 1: now won nine straight games since starting over one and two.
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  Speaker 1: So of all the four teams that I sit here
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  Speaker 1: and talk about the division leaders at the moment, the
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  Speaker 1: Broncos clearly to me have the best chance of being
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  Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. They have an elite defense, but
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  Speaker 1: The Rams are nine to three. They just lost to
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  Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers in a game that they turned the
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  Speaker 1: ball over three times. The Rams almost never, especially Stafford,
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  Speaker 1: almost never turned the ball over and they still only
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  Speaker 1: lost by three despite their turnovers. All right, thirty one
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  Speaker 1: twenty eight. Credit to the Panthers. They were at home. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they made a ton of big plays. I would say
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  Speaker 1: that Bryce Young has woken from the dead. The Panthers
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  Speaker 1: are the strangest team. They're either scoring no points, or
• 5:49
  Speaker 1: they're getting killed by somebody, or they're just barely beating
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  Speaker 1: a good team by two or three points. And then
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  Speaker 1: they go and beat the Rams. And they stopped the
• 5:58
  Speaker 1: Rams who had a six game win. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: any less of the Rams now than I did before
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  Speaker 1: they lost the game. They're nine to three. To me,
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  Speaker 1: they're the best team in the NFC. I can see
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  Speaker 1: them in the Super Bowl. I think they have a
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  Speaker 1: great mix of offense and defense. The quarterback has played
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  Speaker 1: at a high level. He almost never turns the ball over,
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  Speaker 1: so I think that was more flucish than it was
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  Speaker 1: a harbinger for anything. So I like the Rams, but
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  Speaker 1: they can not afford any slippage. You know, they're nine
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  Speaker 1: and three, but so are the Seattle Seahawks, and they
• 6:30
  Speaker 1: still have to play each other again, so that can change.
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  Speaker 1: The Seahawks are certainly in contention for the number one seed.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles are eight and four. They have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of issues. I mean, of all the teams right now
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  Speaker 1: that are division leaders. You know, it was just a
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  Speaker 1: few weeks ago that the Eagles looked like the most
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  Speaker 1: obvious division winner. You knew the Bears were gonna have
• 6:53
  Speaker 1: to fight it out with the Packers and with the Lions.
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  Speaker 1: You knew the Bucks we might have to fight it
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  Speaker 1: out with Carolina. I mean, they were probably the second
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  Speaker 1: favorite to win their division. You knew the Rams were
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  Speaker 1: gonna have to duke it out with San Francisco and Seattle.
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  Speaker 1: The Eagles. The Eagles were the Kings of the Hill.
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  Speaker 1: They had a huge cushion, and now you look at
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  Speaker 1: them at eight and four and they have to play
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  Speaker 1: the Chargers on Monday night. The Chargers are a good team.
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  Speaker 1: Now you look at them, and Dallas is right there
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  Speaker 1: behind them six to five and one, split the series.
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  Speaker 1: What if Dallas wins. Yeah, when they play on Thursday
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  Speaker 1: night against Detroit, which is a tough game. But what
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  Speaker 1: if they win and they get the seven to five
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  Speaker 1: and one and the Eagles lose and they're eight and
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  Speaker 1: five all of a sudden, this race is far from over.
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  Speaker 1: And it is far from over until we see until
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  Speaker 1: the Eagles win another game and Dallas loses another game,
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  Speaker 1: I will not feel comfortable about the Eagles definitively winning
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  Speaker 1: this division. But nonetheless, this team, all it has to
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  Speaker 1: do is figure some little things out. They don't have
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  Speaker 1: to be perfect. They were eight and two, not perfect,
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  Speaker 1: and they beat some very good teams. So if they
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  Speaker 1: can figure a few things out, they can be super
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  Speaker 1: Bowl worthy. Tampa Bay, they are healthy now, er right,
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  Speaker 1: I told you that this was the team to watch.
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  Speaker 1: When they start to get a little bit healthier, all right.
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  Speaker 1: Bucky Irving came back touchdown in his first game. They
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  Speaker 1: beat a Cardinals team that gives almost everybody a tough,
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  Speaker 1: tough time. So they get to seven and five, and
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  Speaker 1: now they have a very easy schedule. They got Irving back,
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  Speaker 1: Godwin came back. Not gonna get Evans back anytime soon,
• 8:37
  Speaker 1: but Guka, now you got, you got Reddick back. They
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  Speaker 1: have the Horses now at seven and five to beat
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  Speaker 1: the Saints. Then they got to play the Falcons. Win
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  Speaker 1: that game easily. Then they've got Panthers Dolphins Panthers. Six
• 8:52
  Speaker 1: weeks ago you would have said, oh, that's three and o.
• 8:54
  Speaker 1: Panthers are playing a little better obviously, and so were
• 8:57
  Speaker 1: the Dolphins, so it may not be the cakewalk that
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  Speaker 1: it looks like. But nine they should. Honestly, Falcon Saints,
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  Speaker 1: they should get to nine and five as long as
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  Speaker 1: they don't have any major injuries, even though Mayfield is
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  Speaker 1: hurting as well. All right, should get to nine and five,
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  Speaker 1: and then if you can win one or two of
• 9:15
  Speaker 1: those last three Panthers Dolphins Panthers, you'll get your tenth
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  Speaker 1: to win, probably win the division at that point. So
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  Speaker 1: those are your four division leaders, Chicago, Rams, Eagles, Bucks.
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  Speaker 1: Of those four, I think the Rams are the best team. Obviously,
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: you're worried about the Eagles. I don't know if Tampa
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  Speaker 1: Bay can make it to the super Bowl. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if Chicago can make it to the super Bowl.
• 9:37
  Speaker 1: I feel like Seattle could, I feel like Green Bay.
• 9:42
  Speaker 1: I know Green Bay has looked bad at times this year,
• 9:46
  Speaker 1: but they're getting healthier, and they're gonna get Jaden Reid back,
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: probably get healthier in the wide receiver Cort Christian Watson
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  Speaker 1: is coming along. And since that two game losing streak
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  Speaker 1: against the Panthers and the Eagles, they've rattled off three
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  Speaker 1: straight wins and their offenses looked a lot better. Grant it.
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  Speaker 1: Twenty seven against the Giants, twenty three against the Vikings,
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  Speaker 1: thirty one against the Lions. Very impressive, all right, huge
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  Speaker 1: game coming up against the Bears. Then they got the Broncos,
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  Speaker 1: even bigger game, Then they get the Bears again, and
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  Speaker 1: then they end with the Ravens and the Vikings. So
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  Speaker 1: what I'm saying is this, right now, they're still the Packers.
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  Speaker 1: They're eight and three, they're in it. They're a wildcard team.
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  Speaker 1: Don't look like a super Bowl team, However, against this schedule,
• 10:29
  Speaker 1: win three, go three and two, get yourself eleven wins,
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  Speaker 1: three and two against those five tough teams. Four, I
• 10:35
  Speaker 1: won't consider the Vikings stuff four tough games. Bears, Broncos, Bears, Ravens.
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  Speaker 1: All right, win three or more of those games, and
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  Speaker 1: we will look at the Packers as a different editor
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  Speaker 1: of legit legit super Bowl contender. And if you want
• 10:50
  Speaker 1: to say something similar about the Lions here at seven
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  Speaker 1: to five, if they beat the Cowboys, then they got Rams, Steelers, Vikings, Bears.
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  Speaker 1: All right, not easy, all right. The easiest team in
• 11:04
  Speaker 1: there is the Vikings. Second easiest is the Steelers. So
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  Speaker 1: you'd expect at very least that they win those two games,
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  Speaker 1: and then you hope they win for them one of
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: those three against the Cowboys, Rams, and Bears. Can they
• 11:16
  Speaker 1: go three and two, get to ten and seven, might
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  Speaker 1: get them in. We'll see what happens with the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the division. But if they get to eleven wins,
• 11:26
  Speaker 1: if they go four and one against that schedule, you
• 11:28
  Speaker 1: will look at them a lot differently. Guess this is
• 11:32
  Speaker 1: my way of saying that I think the NFC is
• 11:35
  Speaker 1: pretty strong. I mean, you look at the top seven
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: teams right now, I mean, the Niners, how good have
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: they been despite all their injuries this year? I don't
• 11:43
  Speaker 1: care that they played a cake schedule. You know what,
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: They're nine to four. They are not a great fifty three.
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  Speaker 1: They have injuries all over the place, all right, and
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  Speaker 1: they still got a two game lead right now over
• 11:54
  Speaker 1: the Lions for that seventh spot. So for some teams
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  Speaker 1: like Dallas and maybe even Detroit might be easier to
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: win the division, they're getting a playoff spot. So it's
• 12:05
  Speaker 1: all very uh, it's all. It's a really good NFC
• 12:10
  Speaker 1: from top to bottom. I haven't even mentioned, you know,
• 12:12
  Speaker 1: Carolina's sitting at ten, at ten and six. Suppose would
• 12:16
  Speaker 1: it shocked me if they went on some kind of run.
• 12:18
  Speaker 1: I mean, they're a weird team. They beat the good teams,
• 12:22
  Speaker 1: they lose to the bad teams. They have great games
• 12:24
  Speaker 1: against good teams, bad games against bad teams. I can't
• 12:27
  Speaker 1: figure him out. But you know, obviously the drop off
• 12:30
  Speaker 1: after there you get Atlanta, Minnesota. They they're out of it.
• 12:34
  Speaker 1: The only team here that you watch as a spoiler
• 12:39
  Speaker 1: because they're playing hard is Washington. Because Dan Campbell, I'm
• 12:44
  Speaker 1: not Dan Campbll. Dan Quinn took over play calling. He
• 12:48
  Speaker 1: wanted to take over play calling on the defense. It
• 12:50
  Speaker 1: hasn't helped him per se in the way he did it.
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: After they lost forty four to twenty two to the Lions,
• 12:55
  Speaker 1: and they fell to three and seven. Then they played
• 12:57
  Speaker 1: the Dolphins, held the Dolphins to sixteen points, lost sixteen thirteen.
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• 13:06
  Speaker 1: you held the Dolphins to sixteen points. Rule of thumb.
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  Speaker 1: All right, they go in the bye week, come out
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  Speaker 1: of the bye week, you're at home, play a very
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: inspired game against the Broncos. Let's be honest, they should
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: have won the game. And I'm not gonna pile on
• 15:36
  Speaker 1: the guy. I'm not gonna kick him. But zach Ertz
• 15:40
  Speaker 1: dropped two big ball you know, drop the deep posts
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  Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter that would have kept the drive going.
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  Speaker 1: And then of course he drops the ball in the
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  Speaker 1: end zone and all that that could all have changed.
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: I think that he catches one of those two balls
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: and they probably beat the Broncos. But hey, listen, I
• 15:57
  Speaker 1: salute their ability to go down by a touchdown the
• 16:01
  Speaker 1: overtime come by score. Anyway, they can't get the two
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: point conversion all out blitz. It was a great play
• 16:07
  Speaker 1: call by the Broncos. I totally get why they went
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: for it there, because you're three and three and eight.
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: You might as well lost the game, but earned a
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: lot of I think respect, all right, And you can say, well,
• 16:20
  Speaker 1: they gave up twenty seven points, Yeah, but that was
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: with an extra overtime. I mean, they're not a great defense,
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: but and Denver's offense isn't good too. And certainly when
• 16:33
  Speaker 1: you give up even twenty points to the Bronco offense
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: where you let him go down in overtime and score
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: a touchdown, doesn't say much about your defense because the
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: Broncos is not a good offensive team. But they played hard.
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: The Commanders played hard. Mariota I thought he played as
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: well as he could have played. Ertz did catch ten balls,
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: so I don't want to kick him while he's down
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: too much. You know, McLaurin had a nice game, even
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: though he's hobbled. Washington can be spoiler. They play the
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: Eagles twice over the last three weeks. So if the
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: Eagles don't figure it out, and by the way, they
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: play the Cowboys in between, the Commanders go Eagles, Cowboys Eagles.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: So do not minimize the role that the Commanders will
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: play in how the NFC East and the NFC Playoff
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: picture shakes out. They won't be in it, but they
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: will have a hand in controlling it, especially if they're
• 17:30
  Speaker 1: able to play spoiler. What if they play spoiler twice?
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: What if they beat the Eagles in one of those
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  Speaker 1: two games and beat the Cowboys. It's gonna be really interesting.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: But I do think you have to give Washington credit.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: They are not laying down and dying for any team.
• 17:47
  Speaker 1: They're not doing it. They're coming to play now. Sometimes
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: that you start to lose a few games and guys
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: just give up. But for now, dan Quinn has them
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: locked in and ready to go. So that's your NFC picture.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: In the AFC. I want to go back to this.
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: I told you I don't believe as much in the
• 18:08
  Speaker 1: current top four seeds in the AFC as I do.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: Maybe some of the it's amazing. I mean, the teams
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: you thought going into the year, Buffalo, Kansas City, Houston
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: Bengals with Joe Burrow. I mean, right now, the Bills
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: are in the seventh spot, clinging to it, and that
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: was a huge loss for them in an even bigger
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: win by the Texans. Now, if you've been listening to
• 18:35
  Speaker 1: me all year, I have probably been for someone not
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: living in Houston about as upset at the Texans offense
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: as an observant. I'm sorry, objective observant could be because
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: I love the Texans defense, and I happen to be
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: a very big fan of Demko. I like catching up
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: with him when I see him at the Combine. He's
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: a great human being. Enjoyed covering him when he was
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: with the Eagles, just as classy and as just great
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: of a dude as you can imagine. And so I
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: want success for him, and I feel like he's a
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: very good defensive play caller and he has assembled a
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: very good defense there that kept getting victimized over and
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: over by their putrid offense. And then when everything seemed
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: to be out for them, right when it all seemed lost,
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: when CJ. Stroud got hurt, you thought that they were done.
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: Lo and behold, they have won four straight games. Davis
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: Mills came in at three and five and he beat
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: the Jaguars and they put points on the board. They
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: win that game thirty six, twenty nine. Right then he
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: beats the Titans. He should beat the Titans. It was ugly,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: but they won the game sixteen thirteen. Then they beat
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: the Bills, and then the Colts. That win against the
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: Bills was so big, all right, twenty three to nineteen.
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: Gotta give a lot of credit again to Davis Mills,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: but even more for the defense that held the Bills
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: to nineteen points. And then C. J. Stroud comes back
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: and he beats the Colts twenty to sixteen. Listen, you
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: can question some team schedules, but right now the Colts
• 20:18
  Speaker 1: were looking like a top three seed. Okay, a couple
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: of weeks ago. The Bills are the Bills. You know,
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: I know they're struggling this year. The Jaguars win looks
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: good because the Jaguars are sitting in the number three
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: seed right now at eight and four. So you look
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: at Houston, they're seven to five. They're one game behind
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: Buffalo for the seventh seed. All right, I would not
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: be surprised if Houston figures out a way to get
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: in with that defense, as long as they continue to
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: play really good defense and just get some offensive sembles.
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: Now they have a third straight difficult game coming up
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: against the Chiefs. I mean, you just knocked off the Colts,
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: you knocked off the Bills a week before, and now
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: you got the Chiefs on the scale. It's a little
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: bit of a murderer's row for them. But man, if
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: they beat the Chiefs, we'll start to look at the
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: Houston Texans and their stock go way way up. Then
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: they'll have the Cardinals and Raiders after that, and then
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: they end against the Chargers and then another game against
• 21:17
  Speaker 1: the Colts. My god, how incredible is the AC South
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: Right now? You got Jacksonville leading it. You guys have
• 21:24
  Speaker 1: heard me all year. I do not believe in Jacksonville.
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: I just don't. I give them a world of credit.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: They are what they are. They're eight and four parcels says,
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: your record is what it is. They beat the Chargers
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: thirty five six a couple weeks ago. Since then went
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: over the Cardinals, went over the Titans. Okay, they got
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: the Jets coming up after the Colts, so they've got
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: winnable games on the schedule. They also have the end
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: of the year on the Titans. So you gotta figure
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: with the Jets and the Titans on the schedule, they're
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: at least gonna get to ten wins. Now, they've got
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: the Colts, the Broncos after the Jets, and then the
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: Colts again before the Titans. All right, so those are
• 22:03
  Speaker 1: three games that are gonna help decide the AFC South.
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: And then, of course I told you about Houston what
• 22:09
  Speaker 1: they've got, and then you know Tennessee is obviously Tennessee.
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: But you're I mean, between Houston and Jacksonville and Indianapolis
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: right now, couldna be a fun one going to be
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: a fun one. It's a little bit like the NFC North.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: I mean, it could be any one of the three
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: teams when all said and done. I like Houston's defense
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: the most. I like Indianapolis's offense the most. And yet
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: Jacksonville is the team right now that is sitting pretty
• 22:43
  Speaker 1: in the top spot. The Chargers, they hold the fifth
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: seed at the moment, they're eight and four. They got
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: a two game leader. Well, I mean, they're not gonna
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: win the division, obviously. The Broncos are gonna win the
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: AFC West, So they're just trying to hold on, which
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: I think they'll be able to do well. I think
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: that that'll be fine. You know. I think Houston really
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: at seven and five and maybe Kansas City at six
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: six are six and six are the only teams that
• 23:12
  Speaker 1: are trying to kick out the Colts and the Bills
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: and the Chargers. But I don't know if that's gonna happen.
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: I can see the Texans doing it, can't see Kansas.
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: I can't gook Kansas City. Well, have to say, it
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: all depends on how Indianapolis and Buffalo and the Chargers finish.
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: But Chargers gonna get Hampton back most likely for this
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: Eagles game. They've hung in there. I have felt that
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: a slide for them was coming because they've lost both
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: of their offensive tackles for the year. They lost to
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: the Jaguars pretty badly a couple of weeks ago. They
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: beat the Raiders, but I can't give them much credit.
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: So they're eight and four, you know, Eagles, Chiefs, Cowboys, Texans,
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: broncos Man. That is a brutal, brutal finish. So if
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: there's going to be a team that gets kicked out
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: of this wild kart spot in the AFC, I could
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: see it being the Chargers. That that's brutal. They may
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: not get to ten wins. In fact, I can't believe
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: I'm saying this, But is the Eagles game the easiest
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: game left on their schedule Chiefs, Cowboys, Texans, Broncos. After
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: that could be see the Eagles are the Chiefs. The
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: two teams that were in the Super Bowl are now
• 24:19
  Speaker 1: one of the two easiest teams, two easier games left
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: on their schedule. So if they can get to ten wins,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: but they may not get any more than that, and
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: that might be enough depending on how Houston, Buffalo, and
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: Indianapolis all finished. But so that's where I'm at. You know,
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: I do think that the strong the two. If you
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: ask me right now who are the two strongest teams
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: in each conference? I will tell you, meaning not by record,
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: not by strength of win, just by who could I
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: see in the AFC Championship game. I want to say Baltimore,
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: But I'm a little worried. They're They've been so banged up.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: They're just even when they were winning all those games
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: and I thought they were back to themselves, which they were,
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: I mean, they won five in a row, they lost
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: badly to the Bengals. That's great Joe Burrow came back.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: I get it that the Bengals are a totally different team.
• 25:17
  Speaker 1: They've got the Steelers, Bengals, Patriots, Packers, Steelers, so they're
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: gonna get to probably seven eight, They're probably gonna win
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: nine games, maybe get to ten. We'll see if they
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: can kind of catch fire here. I can see Buffalo
• 25:35
  Speaker 1: in the in the I'm sorry, I can see Baltimore
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: in the AFC Championship game as long as they're healthy. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: I guess those are the teams that I feel strongest
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: about now. I know Indianapolis has gone through a rough stretch.
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: I won't count them out. I'm not gonna erase the
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: first ten or eleven weeks of football they played really well.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: I'm not gonna let a few down games disrupt me.
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: In fact, yeah so I do. If I did my
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: hierarchy right now, I'd probably say Broncos, Ravens, and Colts
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: are my top three teams in the AFC West. I
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: am expecting a Chargers slide. I could be wrong about that.
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: Trust me. If the Chargers win a bunch of games here,
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: I'll give them all the props in the world. And
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: Houston is my dark horse. If Houston gets that offense going,
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: their defense is very, very it's definitely good enough to
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: get them into the AFC Championship game. And in the NFC,
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: I think the Rams and the Seahawks are the two
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: best overall teams. The Packers have a chance here with
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: how they finish, to show everybody that their offense is
• 28:12
  Speaker 1: better and that they are a legit team. I think
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: the Eagles have a chance to get themselves right. But
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: you know we're gonna cover that a lot this week
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: on Inside the Birds. But right now, to me, the
• 28:23
  Speaker 1: Rams and the Seahawks are the two best teams in
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: the conference, and I give Green Bay a puncher's chance
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: to prove that they can knock one of those two teams.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: Off I like Tampa. I think they're gonna finish with
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: a bunch of wins. I just don't know that I
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: love their defense enough. I like with them getting healthier
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: on offense, what they can do. Don't know that I
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: love their defense enough to say that I can see
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: them in the NFC Championship game. But hey, you never know.
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: Any given Saturday or Sunday in January, you can get
• 28:55
  Speaker 1: a big upset and that can be disruptive. So I
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: just wanted to that because I didn't do my preview.
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: I didn't want to go through all the games that
• 29:04
  Speaker 1: were just played. Just you know, we talked about some
• 29:07
  Speaker 1: of them. The Thanksgiving games that were big. Obviously, the
• 29:10
  Speaker 1: Bears beating the Eagles was huge. The Texans beating the
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: Colts I mentioned that was very big as well. You know,
• 29:17
  Speaker 1: the Buccaneers getting back on track beating beating the Cardinals
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: was very, very big for them. Same thing with the
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: Bills sort of to get their mojo back by beating
• 29:26
  Speaker 1: the Steelers. I think I'm going to be right about
• 29:29
  Speaker 1: my pick in the preseason that the Steelers are going
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: to miss the playoffs. I just just don't like that
• 29:34
  Speaker 1: that roster at all. They're just not good enough. And
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: you know, I know that they've been able to make
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: the playoffs when not good enough in the past, but
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: this time they ran into an AFC picture that I
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: believe is going to be a little bit too deep
• 29:49
  Speaker 1: for them. Again, AFC is not more talented the NFC,
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: but there's too many good teams and I just don't
• 29:55
  Speaker 1: think the Steelers are going to be able to figure
• 29:57
  Speaker 1: this thing out and get into the playoffs. I know
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: they do every year, but not this year. I don't
• 30:02
  Speaker 1: see it. Anyway. That's gonna do it For my Week
• 30:06
  Speaker 1: thirteen NFL review. I will absolutely do my Week fourteen preview.
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: It'll be out on Saturday. I'll do six picks. Like
• 30:15
  Speaker 1: I said, Well, I mean, you guys really miss me
• 30:17
  Speaker 1: going one and two on my three picks every week.
• 30:19
  Speaker 1: Now of course you didn't, So that'll do it. And hey,
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: you got a great game Monday night and awesome game
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: Thursday night between the Cowboys and the Lions. So as
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: I always say, enjoy your football watching.