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Joy Taylor’s Top 5 Super Bowl Contenders, WNBA Finals Venue Drama, Micah Parsons on Jayden Daniels + MORE · 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 1: So the WNBA finals start this Saturday. And of course,
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  Speaker 1: as the season has gone, it's.
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  Speaker 2: Got to continue with some sort of drama. It's hot
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  Speaker 2: right now and.
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  Speaker 1: They are too big to be hosting any kind of
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  Speaker 1: playoff games and anything short of an NBA NHL arena.
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  Speaker 2: And the Atlanta Dream.
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  Speaker 1: Had to do a little work to make sure that
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  Speaker 1: they were in the State Farm Arena because there was
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  Speaker 1: a booking conflict. So they were going to have to
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  Speaker 1: play game one of the WNBA Finals in the 3500
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  Speaker 1: seat Gateway Center. So there had to be some moving around.
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  Speaker 1: Kathy Engelbert, the WNBA commissioner, said that the venue change
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  Speaker 1: will ensure the Dreamer be able to provide an extraordinary
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  Speaker 1: atmosphere for the first WNBA Finals.
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  Speaker 2: Game to be played in Atlanta.
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  Speaker 1: In the Atlanta market since 2013. There was a booking
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  Speaker 1: conflict for the State Farm Arena where the Hawks play
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  Speaker 1: and a concert was booked for games three and four.
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  Speaker 1: So the Dream announced they'll be playing all their games
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  Speaker 1: in State Farm next season. The compromise was game three
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  Speaker 1: was moved the day earlier. The Hawks changed their tip
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  Speaker 1: off against the Rockets from 8 to 8.30 on October 24th.
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  Speaker 2: So the Valkyries and Dream will tip at 1 p.m.
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  Speaker 2: instead of at 3.30.
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  Speaker 1: Shout out to the Golden State ownership for sorting this
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  Speaker 1: out without community outcry forcing their hands. The Valkyries initially
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  Speaker 1: had their own conflict on game two on October 19th.
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  Speaker 2: The Doja Cat concert was scheduled at the Chase Center
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  Speaker 2: in San Francisco, but it was moved. And I'm glad
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  Speaker 2: we got the correct resolution for this.
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  Speaker 1: Valkyries owner Joe Lakob said he put quite a bit
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  Speaker 1: of pressure on the WNBA and WNBA and NBA commissioners
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  Speaker 1: to move the games to State Farm Arena. I think
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  Speaker 1: this should tell you the seriousness of where the WNBA
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  Speaker 1: is right now.
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  Speaker 2: It would be a joke for them to be playing
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  Speaker 2: at the Gateway Center.
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  Speaker 1: And it's also a joke still that there has to
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  Speaker 1: be this much pressure for the WNBA finals. It's not
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  Speaker 1: one random game during the regular season. This is very serious.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of money on the line. Joe Lacob
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  Speaker 2: is an incredibly successful owner and a great businessman.
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  Speaker 1: And the dream need to be playing in an arena
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  Speaker 1: that is fitting of the WNBA finals.
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  Speaker 2: So again, it's exhausting to have to always have these conversations.
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  Speaker 1: It'd be cool if they just, you know, thought ahead
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  Speaker 1: of time and tried to sort these things out before
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  Speaker 1: they have to become, you know, public outcry, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: glad they sorted it out and we will be able
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  Speaker 1: to watch WNBA finals start this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Let's switch over to football.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to give my top five Super Bowl contenders
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  Speaker 1: through week five. But before we get to that, I
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  Speaker 1: want to talk about what Micah Parsons said about the
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  Speaker 1: Commander's collapse in overtime, which led to a tie with
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  Speaker 1: the Giants.
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  Speaker 2: He said, Jaden Daniels probably cost my man Dan Quinn
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  Speaker 2: his job, to be honest with you. He said that
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  Speaker 2: on his podcast, The Edge with Micah Parsons.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a big Jaden Daniels fan, but the reality is
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  Speaker 1: he probably cost a lot of people their jobs.
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  Speaker 2: This past week.
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  Speaker 1: I think this is an interesting perspective from Micah because
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  Speaker 1: I realize Jaden has the ball in his hands and
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  Speaker 1: he's got to take some blame for not having awareness
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  Speaker 1: of what was going on on the field and having
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  Speaker 1: a commanding presence over the situation to.
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  Speaker 2: Know what to do. But I also think in those situations,
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  Speaker 2: it is on the coach. There's multiple layers of coaches.
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  Speaker 2: There's so many people on the sidelines. Everyone has to
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  Speaker 2: be locked in.
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  Speaker 1: It's why situational football is so important.
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  Speaker 2: It's why coaching is so important. Those seconds are why
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  Speaker 2: those guys make that money.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, I don't look at it as the player
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  Speaker 1: being the one who has the sole responsibility to know
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  Speaker 1: what's going on there. Like you're relying on your coaches
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  Speaker 1: in that scenario to make sure that they're sharp, that
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  Speaker 1: you know what is the next thing that you're doing,
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  Speaker 1: that you're prepared. And just something like that shouldn't happen.
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  Speaker 1: I think there's plenty of blame to go around. Dan
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  Speaker 1: Quinn did say that the offensive coordinator, David Blow called
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  Speaker 1: the last play, but the head.
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  Speaker 2: Coach is ultimately responsible.
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  Speaker 1: He's only had two years of coaching experience as the
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  Speaker 1: commander's assistant quarterbacks coach before being named offensive coordinator this
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  Speaker 1: off season.
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  Speaker 2: And I do think.
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  Speaker 1: That losing someone like a Cliff Kingsbury does have some
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  Speaker 1: trickle down effects. Cliff Kingsbury did an incredible job. with
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  Speaker 1: Jaden Daniels in Washington, I think. And he is now
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  Speaker 1: the assistant head coach with the LA Rams. So, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I just feel like it's everyone's job to be prepared
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  Speaker 1: in that moment, but I've got to lay it at
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  Speaker 1: the feet of the head coach.
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  Speaker 2: And I love Dan Quinn. I think he's a great
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  Speaker 2: head coach. I think he was the right hire for
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  Speaker 2: this organization. And I think he does a good job.
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  Speaker 1: I feel, Micah, on like this could be something that
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  Speaker 1: ends up costing them their job, but I feel like
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of football still left to play to
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  Speaker 1: see how The rest of this season pans out. It's
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  Speaker 1: a very winnable division, but it will definitely suck if
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  Speaker 1: this game ends up being the thing that keeps them
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  Speaker 1: from the postseason. It's really, really tough to lose a
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  Speaker 1: game like that when it's purely situational and mental. It
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  Speaker 1: just really cannot happen. And finally, we're going to do
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  Speaker 1: my top five Super Bowl contenders through five weeks of
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  Speaker 1: the season. I'm going to give you a list from
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  Speaker 1: five to one, and I'm going to start with the Patriots.
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  Speaker 1: Didn't look good to start the season, sandwiching a win
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  Speaker 1: between the Steelers and two ugly losses to the Seahawks
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  Speaker 1: and Jags. But since then, the Patriots have returned to
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  Speaker 1: the AFC champion form with a huge win over Buffalo
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  Speaker 1: and a dominant victory over the Raiders on Sunday. Drake
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  Speaker 1: May threw for 374 yards, only the second 300 plus
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  Speaker 1: yard passing performance of his career, four touchdowns and ran
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  Speaker 1: in another one They finished with a season-high 536 yards,
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  Speaker 1: despite not having his top wide receiver and losing one
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  Speaker 1: of his top running backs to injury. So great turnaround
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  Speaker 1: for the Patriots. They are looking spicy and difficult again.
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  Speaker 2: Four. No, stay with me here. I'm not getting ahead
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  Speaker 2: of myself. The Vikings are undefeated.
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  Speaker 1: Now, I don't know if I'm ready to necessarily say
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  Speaker 1: that they are, you know, unequivocally Super Bowl contenders, but
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  Speaker 1: I've got to put them in this list.
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  Speaker 2: I have to, like, They're undefeated.
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  Speaker 1: And despite the fact that Kevin O'Connell is winning game
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  Speaker 1: after game after game, and I do think this next
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  Speaker 1: stretch of games will be a good test for them,
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  Speaker 1: they also have an incredible defense led by Brian Flores.
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  Speaker 1: They're ranked at the number one scoring defense, allowing 12.8
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  Speaker 1: points per game through their undefeated 5-0 start.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, shout out to Aaron Jones.
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  Speaker 1: 25 rushes for 112 yards and a touchdown. Kevin O'Connell
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  Speaker 1: has been doing his thing. And look, after what the
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  Speaker 1: Seahawks did last year, I'm not so quick to write
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  Speaker 1: off results. And it feels weird because they've had a
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  Speaker 1: wonky start to the season. But maybe they're putting something
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  Speaker 1: together there.
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  Speaker 2: So we're just going to watch. And they have to
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  Speaker 2: be on the list.
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  Speaker 1: At three, we've got the Bills. Josh Allen, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: how many great things can you say about Josh Allen?
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  Speaker 2: He has one loss and he lost to a.
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  Speaker 1: Division rival in the Patriots. So I've got to put
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  Speaker 1: them on this list. And he seems to get better
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  Speaker 1: every single year. The win over the Rams Monday night
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  Speaker 1: was incredibly impressive. It was his 100th including playoffs and
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  Speaker 1: the first overtime win of his career. He's only the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarterback to reach 100 wins in their first nine seasons,
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  Speaker 1: joining Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson. That's
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  Speaker 1: a pretty elite club. He's also, of course, leading the
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  Speaker 1: MVP odds. So the Bills are looking serious.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the Chiefs, here we go again. We already
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  Speaker 2: know Patrick Mahomes' resume.
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  Speaker 1: They look like they haven't.
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  Speaker 2: Missed a beat.
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  Speaker 1: Travis Kelsey looks like he's turned back the hands of time.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, Andy Reid just silently there running the.
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  Speaker 2: Dynasty. Once again, they've been putting up points through their
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  Speaker 2: first four wins.
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  Speaker 1: I am so, so glad that they are back and
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  Speaker 1: playing at a high level because.
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  Speaker 2: I need the dynasty. I need something for.
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  Speaker 1: people to root against. So them being back where they
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  Speaker 1: are is tremendous. And they are absolutely not only a
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  Speaker 1: Super Bowl contender, they should be scaring everyone.
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  Speaker 2: And that's number one.
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  Speaker 1: And it almost seems like if I've written you off
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  Speaker 1: before this season, that you're almost a guarantee to be
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  Speaker 1: doing well at this point. The Niners are number one,
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  Speaker 1: a masterpiece by Kyle Shanahan so far this season. Bumpy
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  Speaker 1: off season, everyone's hurt again. Nothing seems to be going right,
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  Speaker 1: but Brock Purdy, It's right there with Josh Allen and
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  Speaker 1: MVP odds.
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  Speaker 2: He looked impressive. He hadn't been sacked or had a
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  Speaker 2: passer rating under 100 until Sunday.
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  Speaker 1: Him and Mike Evans have developed an incredible connection. Having
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  Speaker 1: someone like that available to you, the vision, the consistency,
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  Speaker 1: the veteran experience that he has. Deebo Samuel left the
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  Speaker 1: game with an injury, and they were down to Evans
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  Speaker 1: and Brandon Cooks. didn't matter, still found a way to
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  Speaker 1: win in Seattle.
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  Speaker 2: They're very impressive.
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  Speaker 1: Beat the Rams by 20 in Australia, beat the Broncos
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  Speaker 1: by 10. They are, they're just rolling. And for once,
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  Speaker 1: it seems like they are able to weather the storm
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  Speaker 1: of the injuries that they will inevitably have as one
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  Speaker 1: of the most, if not the most injured team consistently
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  Speaker 1: in the NFL.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm very impressed with the Niners. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: right now the Bills and Niners.
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  Speaker 1: Would be a tremendous Superbowl that feels like it would
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  Speaker 1: be legacy solidifying for Kyle Shanahan and for Josh Allen,
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  Speaker 1: depending on who ended up winning that. If they end
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  Speaker 1: up making it right now, I feel like that is
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  Speaker 1: a vision that I would be excited about as.
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  Speaker 2: An NFL fan. So we're starting to see things shape
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  Speaker 2: up and.
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  Speaker 1: There's a lot of things to be excited about this year,
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  Speaker 1: despite the fact that we're seeing a lot of really
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  Speaker 1: frustrating injuries.
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