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Cowboys Invent New Ways to Lose, Coaching Hot Seat Talk, and Bears Make a Statement on MNF · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to the Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me. Make sure you hit subscribe.
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  Speaker 2: Follow us on social at the Daily Play Joy Taylor. Oh,
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  Speaker 2: these Cowboys did it again. Blowing a late lead to
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  Speaker 2: steal defeat from the.
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  Speaker 1: Jaws of victory.
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  Speaker 2: So on this edition of How Not to Win, the
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  Speaker 2: Cowboys were up by two scores, one minute into the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter. Went back up by six points with one
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  Speaker 2: minute left in the fourth quarter. gave up the game-tying
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  Speaker 2: touchdown in that minute, were saved by a miss on
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  Speaker 2: the go-ahead field goal in regulation, and then failed to
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  Speaker 2: get a first down in overtime, so they lose another heartbreaker.
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  Speaker 2: And of course, Brian Schottenheimer is going to be the
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  Speaker 2: center of attention this week, and he did his best
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  Speaker 2: to maintain his coach-speak principles after the game. He said,
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  Speaker 2: but I told the guys, obviously, we have to learn
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  Speaker 2: how to finish in all three phases. We had a
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  Speaker 2: chance to do it in a lot of different ways.
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  Speaker 2: When you have people down, you have to finish them,
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  Speaker 2: and that's the most disappointing thing. So obviously saying the
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  Speaker 2: obvious there, Dak Prescott, who ran touchdown early in the
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  Speaker 2: fourth quarter to put his team up by 14 seemed
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  Speaker 2: a little more down. He said, very disappointing. One of
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  Speaker 2: the toughest, I guess I've ever been a part of.
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  Speaker 2: There's no words for really other than really, really.
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  Speaker 1: Disappointing, frustrating. It's part of this league.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean, I've been saying that the Cowboys
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  Speaker 2: are in a perpetual cycle of madness. They are, Have
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  Speaker 2: a moment before each season where they convince you that
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  Speaker 2: they're going to be good this year. They make some
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  Speaker 2: move that convinces you that they're going to be interesting.
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  Speaker 2: The division is so all over the place that there's
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  Speaker 2: always a chance. But I really feel like the Cowboys
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  Speaker 2: mystique is really starting to wear off. There's been these
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  Speaker 2: ups and downs over, let's call it the past 10 years.
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  Speaker 1: Where there's been these moments where you could feel like
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  Speaker 1: they could put it all together.
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  Speaker 2: And now this year specifically, I had a lot of
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  Speaker 2: questions about what they were going to look like, what
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  Speaker 2: their identity was going to be, if they were going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to make the changes that they've been
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  Speaker 2: needing to make for years now to really be competing
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  Speaker 2: at the highest level.
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  Speaker 1: And we have our answer. They're still finding these new
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  Speaker 1: creative ways to lose. And now they're not out of it.
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  Speaker 1: They're not out of it. The division is terrible.
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  Speaker 2: And they are still in second place behind the Giants.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not over.
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  Speaker 2: But the way that the Cowboys continue to almost impressively
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  Speaker 2: not take advantage of the moments are just really, really frustrating.
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  Speaker 1: That was one hell of a loss.
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  Speaker 2: So perhaps Brian Schottenheimer is in the hot seats, but
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  Speaker 2: this is a little bit of interesting trivia for you.
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  Speaker 2: It's been nearly a decade since there were no coaching
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  Speaker 2: changes in an NFL season before November 11th. So which
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  Speaker 2: coach was the first firing in the 2017 season? Let's
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  Speaker 2: take you down memory lane. The one and only Ben McAdoo,
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  Speaker 2: fired by the Giants on December 4th. I don't think
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  Speaker 2: we're going to make it another month. with all the
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  Speaker 2: teams that are struggling. And I don't really like talking
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  Speaker 2: about guys getting fired. I am not a fire the
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  Speaker 2: head coach person. I think more often than not, there
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  Speaker 2: are a lot of factors into why teams are struggling,
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  Speaker 2: albeit injuries, coordinator changes, meddling owners, you know, a variety
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  Speaker 2: of different things. But it is going to generally fall
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  Speaker 2: on the head coach because they are the most visible
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  Speaker 2: and And, you know, in most cases, they touch the
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  Speaker 2: most things within the organization.
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  Speaker 1: But that is kind of an interesting statistic. And I
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  Speaker 1: did actually think it was a little strange. I was
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  Speaker 1: thinking about it the other day, like, well, we haven't
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  Speaker 1: seen a lot of firings this year. And yeah, that's true.
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  Speaker 1: We haven't.
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  Speaker 2: And it's been a while since it's been this late
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  Speaker 2: in the season without a firing.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe that means that.
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  Speaker 1: Owners are getting tired of paying guys not to coach
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  Speaker 1: their teams.
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  Speaker 2: My big thing with firing coaches mid-season is like, for what?
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  Speaker 2: Is it really actually going to change the direction of
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  Speaker 2: the team? Do you have a team that's capable of
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  Speaker 2: winning it all anyway? So is it really the coach's fault?
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  Speaker 2: People like to say they like to get ahead of
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  Speaker 2: the coaching search, but that's just not how this works.
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  Speaker 1: If there's a guy out there who's coming from college,
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  Speaker 1: the season's not over.
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  Speaker 2: So they're not going anywhere and they're not going to
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  Speaker 2: be paying attention to going to the NFL because they're
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  Speaker 2: finishing up their season. If there's a guy in the
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  Speaker 2: NFL that you want, then he's probably not going to
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  Speaker 2: be fired. So the whole thing is just like very
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  Speaker 2: weird to me. So I've never been a huge fan
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  Speaker 2: of firing coaches mid-season. However, there are going to be
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  Speaker 2: some names that are going to start to get circulated
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  Speaker 2: like Jim Harbaugh because the Chargers are 0-7 and everyone
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  Speaker 2: is talking about the OC and Mike McDaniel and Harbaugh's
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  Speaker 2: an NFL institution.
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  Speaker 1: I would be very, very.
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  Speaker 2: Surprised if the Chargers do away with Harbaugh, but they
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  Speaker 2: are doing quite terrible right now. So it'll certainly start
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  Speaker 2: to get spicy, and I wouldn't be surprised if there is,
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  Speaker 2: at the very least, a coordinator change at some point
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  Speaker 2: with the way that things are going there and the
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  Speaker 2: expectations that they had coming into the season.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, and seven is debacle. Titans are one in.
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  Speaker 2: Seven, but they're playing competitive football and Robert Sala seems
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  Speaker 2: like he's winning hearts and minds in Nashville.
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  Speaker 1: So I assume that he will get a second season.
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  Speaker 2: Remember he got to start a fourth season with the jets,
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  Speaker 2: despite never having a winning record in those first three seasons.
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  Speaker 2: So maybe he'll have another season to put things together.
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  Speaker 2: Dolphins new head coach, Jeff Halfley, has the benefit of
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  Speaker 2: extremely low expectations, but they're 1-7 and.
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  Speaker 1: Their season's over.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if they're going to have him again
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  Speaker 2: next year, but again, what's the point in firing him
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  Speaker 2: at this point?
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  Speaker 1: Now, things are going to get interesting in Philadelphia.
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  Speaker 2: I do believe that Nick Sirianni is safe, even though
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  Speaker 2: it's been a clunky season, mainly because of the Jalen
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  Speaker 2: Hurts situation.
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  Speaker 1: Now, What comes out of that future.
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  Speaker 2: Prognosis and what comes out of that investigation, we shall
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  Speaker 2: see and see how that favors or works against Sirianni.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't, I would not fire Sirianni.
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  Speaker 2: And that doesn't mean anything because the Eagles will fire you.
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  Speaker 2: I just don't see how they would fire him mid-season.
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  Speaker 2: The Colts, obviously, not sure if Shane Steichen is a
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  Speaker 2: part of the rebuild plans in Indy. And there's a
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  Speaker 2: few other teams, the Jets, the Commanders. Texans, the Saints,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think any of those moves are being made.
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  Speaker 2: I don't really think anybody is in a position to
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  Speaker 2: be fired midseason, which is a good thing. Like for
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  Speaker 2: all the places that I've just mentioned, in other circumstances,
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  Speaker 2: they might be. But I believe if things keep trending
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  Speaker 2: the way that they are, everyone will probably keep their job. Now,
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  Speaker 2: will they make it to a second season in some
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  Speaker 2: of these cases?
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. Finally, we had a really fun.
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  Speaker 2: Monday night football game that was very dramatic. And then
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  Speaker 2: just a fantastic performance by the Chicago Bears. I am
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  Speaker 2: so impressed with the Bears as a team and what
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  Speaker 2: they look like since Caleb Williams has been back. They
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  Speaker 2: completely took over the second half and beat the Seahawks twice.
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  Speaker 1: 34-17 on the road.
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  Speaker 2: They went through an ebb and flow throughout this game,
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  Speaker 2: but ended up taking a really big lead and they
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  Speaker 2: played great.
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  Speaker 1: Across the board.
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  Speaker 2: The Seahawks had not permitted an opening drive touchdown in
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  Speaker 2: their last 16 games and had not allowed an opponent
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  Speaker 2: in the red.
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  Speaker 1: Zone on 17 straight drives.
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  Speaker 2: So for Caleb Williams, to go 24-34 with 247 passing yards,
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  Speaker 2: a touchdown, no interception.
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  Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift had three touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: It was a great performance by the Chicago defense. I
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  Speaker 2: think that this was the game that will put Chicago
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  Speaker 2: in the conversation for the Super Bowl. This is probably
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  Speaker 2: the game that is going to take them from being
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  Speaker 2: a team that we are paying attention to. put them
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  Speaker 2: in the conversation with the team that we're starting to
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  Speaker 2: expect things from this year. It was really, really a
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  Speaker 2: statement win for the Chicago Bears this season. I think
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  Speaker 2: most teams this year have been sort of middle of
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  Speaker 2: the pack. You know, I know there's some teams that are,
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  Speaker 2: you know, good every year. You have the Bills, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Kansas City. there's there's teams that have pulled away in
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  Speaker 2: minnesota and pittsburgh but it doesn't really feel like anyone
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  Speaker 2: is incredibly dominant this win by chicago i really think
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  Speaker 2: will send some some tremors around the league really really
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  Speaker 2: great performance very impressed with what they were able to
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  Speaker 2: do in this game and to pull away from seattle
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  Speaker 2: the way that they did um This is going to
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  Speaker 2: be something that is talked about for the rest of
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  Speaker 2: the week.
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  Speaker 1: For sure. Thanks so much for joining me.
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