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Ep.54: Bill Heelichick · Football Junkies podcast

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And you see this is exactly why I wait at least 10 to 15 maybe even 20 minutes before
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I start recording because you know why?
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Guess what happens?
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Either someone gets paid, someone gets traded, someone gets cut, someone signs with a new
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team.
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All those crazy things happen.
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All the breaking news things happen right before I'm getting ready to do a new episode
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while I'm editing the episode or while I'm getting ready to put out the episode.
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It happens every single time.
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But guess what?
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We got a bag alert folks.
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That's right.
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We have a bag alert.
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A breaking news bag alert.
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Garrett Bowles is now going to be a Bronco for life.
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Bill Belichick is going back to school.
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49ers and Rams tonight.
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Washington and New Orleans on Sunday.
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Eagles and Steelers on Sunday.
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And Lions and Bills on Sunday.
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We got some great matchups man.
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I cannot wait to try to watch each and every one of these games.
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I'm going to have my TV on one game, have my laptop on another game, have my iPad on
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another game, and have my phone on another game because guess what?
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We are the football junkies podcast over here.
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We live, breathe, sleep, football as well as your GM who currently is not on a team
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right now.
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But don't you worry about it.
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Don't you worry your mind about it because you know why?
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None of that matters because you know why.
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The most important thing that does matter is I am your host, Kale.
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You already know what I'm getting ready to say.
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This might be a little bit of a long episode.
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Hopefully it's not.
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Maybe it might be a short episode.
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I don't know what I'm saying anymore.
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But guess what?
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On three.
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One, two, three.
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One, two, three.
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All right, folks, let's just get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going
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on in the league right now.
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As I said before in the intro, I was literally getting ready to record.
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I'm thinking, okay, the most important news of the day is Bill Belichick is the new head
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coach for the University of North Carolina.
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The next thing I know, guess what happens?
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Garibose gets paid.
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So we might as well want to talk about it.
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This is essentially a four-year $82 million deal that goes up to $86 million a year.
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You'll be making $42 million guaranteed according to early reports, which roughly equates to
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about $20.5 million a year.
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This is actually a really good deal simply because he's the ninth highest paid tackle,
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which is fairly good.
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And not to mention, he was supposed to be a free agent after this season.
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So you lock up your tackle.
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He's now going to be a bronco for life.
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It's a great deal.
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It doesn't necessarily break the bank or anything.
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But at the same time, you have a veteran left tackle who was going to be able to protect
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bonex in the years to come.
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Prior to this point, Garibose was publicly saying that he was dissatisfied with not getting
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a new deal and he was hoping to try to get a new deal and things just didn't go in his
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direction.
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And then we're finally at the last few games of the season and then they decide to reward
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him with a deal, which all in all, is great.
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If you would have told me that Garibose was going to hit free agency, I would have called
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you a liar.
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Low key, I had an idea that most likely they were going to try to hash something out.
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Now, I didn't expect for them to do the traditional four years, but they locked him up and they
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value him and they're winning and he's playing good and whatnot.
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So you might as well want to reward him and make him a Bronco for life.
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So all in all, great job for them.
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Tell them to the more pressing news that everybody wants to talk about.
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Bill Belichick is now going to be the next head coach for the University of North Carolina
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football team.
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Now, this is what I will say.
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Actually, you know what?
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No, before we get into my opinions and whatnot, let's just go over some junkie nuggets and
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some junkie bullet points that needs to be talked about.
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So basically this is a multi-year deal.
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The details are pending and that'll probably happen once this press conference is happening.
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So as of right now, as I'm recording, most likely his press conference is going on right
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now.
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So once that conference is over with, we'll probably get a little bit more clarity with
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exactly how much money will he be making.
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UNC has also agreed to increase their NIO commitments from $4 million to $20 million
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a year, which is actually pretty surprising.
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Michael Lombardi will be the GM for UNC.
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He replaces Mac Brown, who went 44 and 33 in his six seasons.
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This was his second stint with UNC after the 88-87 run that they had that included six
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bowl appearances.
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Bill Belichick, of course, spent 23 years with the Patriots and has 333 victories.
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And his 14 victories shy of breaking Don Shuler's head coaching victory record.
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On one hand, I am happy that Bill Belichick is back in the coaching driver's seat.
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However, I do have mixed opinions about this simply because of who Bill Belichick is.
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Now, granted, Bill has been on this run within the last few months or whatever of basically
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trying to change his public appearance.
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Bill Belichick came off as a nonchalant, short talking head coach that really didn't have
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to say a whole lot, right?
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Some people will call him cutthroat with some of his tactics in football.
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Some of them will say he is manipulative when it comes to the rules.
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Whoever you go to, they'll have different opinions about Bill Belichick.
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My only problem with this is you know that Bill wants power.
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When he was the head coach for the Patriots, he had power.
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He was both the general manager as well as the head coach.
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That's why a lot of those draft picks, especially towards the end of Bill Belichick's tenure
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with the Patriots have not really hit that much because why?
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He made those picks.
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He did.
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When they was doing the draft, I think it was the draft during the pandemic.
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He had his, you know, they had the camera on him.
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He had his laptop up and he would get up and he would walk away for like 20 or 30 minutes,
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come back, you'll see his dog, you know, sitting where he's supposed to be sitting and whatnot.
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It was just a whole bunch of stuff.
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What will be his selling point to players?
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Because it'll be different if Bill made this shift prior to the NIL because you know with
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Bill's coaching style, he's going to bring the best out of players.
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But now that you have the NIL in place, not everyone is going to be as open to the coaching
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style that Bill Belichick brings.
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Now there may be some players who you may be a one or two or three star prospect or
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maybe even a zero star prospect and you just want a chance, then hey, this is probably
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your place to go.
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But on the other hand, if you are a five star prospect, most likely you are thinking that
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you are going to be treated, you know, different than everybody else.
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Well, news flash, you are not going to be treated than everybody else.
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You're going to be treated just like everybody.
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Hell, even look at Tom Brady.
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Tom Brady won six championships for the Patriots and not once did Bill Belichick ever treat
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him different than everybody else.
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Better yet, there were times and you can check in, you can look at other, you know, foreign
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players, Julian Oman has a podcast and, you know, other players have podcasts and make
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guest appearances.
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They've all said the same thing.
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Bill Belichick has grilled Tom Brady in front of the entire team like he is a nobody.
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That's just who Bill is.
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Bill coach is hard.
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You would have thought that Bill wouldn't have done this, especially with his buddy
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Nick Saban leaving Alabama because Nick Saban was run was about to run into the same thing
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that Bill is about to run into, which is what I can't coach you and prepare you to bring
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the best out of you to prepare you for the draft and for the NFL.
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And we're always talking about money.
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I just can't.
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That's going to be the roadblock between success and mediocre because when we look at it, how
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in the world can you convince a player who is making two, maybe three million a year
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who has a pretty good NIO deal to want to take the extra mile, who wants to put in extra
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time who, you know, you should be doing this more, you should be doing that more, you should
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be more critical, you know, with how you play, you should be more critical when you're in
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these situations and that situations.
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It's hard to do that when they're making that much money.
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And so that was the reason why Nick Saban just decided to say, you know what, hey, I think
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it's my time.
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I did what I needed to do.
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I have basically flooded the league with Alabama players.
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I have now made them, you know, one of the, you know, creme de la creme when it comes
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to college prospects.
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I've won titles.
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I got commercials.
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I've done it all.
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There's no need for me to coach anymore.
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I just have so many questions about this move.
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I really do.
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It's nothing really against Bill Belichick because negative as there is about Bill Belichick,
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there is also positive because one thing you cannot take away from Bill Belichick is he
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always gives the players that nobody wants to deal with, that nobody wants to give them
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a chance.
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He brings them in and make them great.
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Case in point, Malcolm Butler.
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Malcolm Butler is sealed in Superbowl history because of that one play.
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If you would have told me that Malcolm Butler would have made a historic play like that,
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I would have called you a liar.
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Julian Edelman, somebody that nobody wanted to give a chance.
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There are so many players on those Patriots Superbowl teams that nobody knew about until
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they made a significant play in all those Superbowls.
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That is one of the things that you have to love about Bill Belichick.
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But at the same time, you also have to be careful because of the ego that comes with
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Bill Belichick.
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Because granted, you can say, hey, I coached Lawrence Taylor, one of the greatest defensive
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players of all time.
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I've won this many rings.
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I've done this.
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I've done that.
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But at the end of the day, you've done recently because the last thing that we saw Bill do
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was lose.
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And mind you, this was post Tom Brady, Julian Edelman, Gronk and Company.
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And so what exactly can you sell to these players now that will make them want to go
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above and beyond for you?
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Because as of right now, Bill has a tall task ahead of them.
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And he has to figure out exactly how in the world can he create his little niche, really
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cultivate these players and make these players the best players that they can be.
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On to tonight's game that really has a lot riding on it, OK?
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49ers in rams.
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Now, to some people, you'll probably think, this probably isn't a really good game.
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But to me, as a football junkie, this is an amazing game because why?
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This has major playoff implications because whoever loses this game, most likely, your
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chances of making it to the playoffs is slim to none.
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But here is just a few junkie nuggets that sort of caught my attention and I think definitely
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needs to be talked about leading into this game.
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So in the 20 games that Pukinakua and Cooper Cup have played together, they have combined
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for 150 and a half receiving yards per game.
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These two are probably two of the best receivers in the league right now, OK?
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This group, this core, this little Batman and Robin thing that they have, it's amazing.
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These two alone diced up the bill's defense.
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They couldn't stop them and that's why you kept on seeing holding, passing interference
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and all those different types of calls because why?
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You couldn't stop Puka and you definitely couldn't stop Cooper Cup.
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Now, both teams are coming off of wins, which is pretty good.
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The 49ers run has been struggling without Trent Williams, OK?
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So when Trent Williams is not on the field, they average 4.3 yards per carry.
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But with Trent Williams on the field, they average 5 yards per carry.
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Now you're probably thinking that's probably not a whole lot, but that is significant because
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we have seen when Trent Williams is on the field, the run game runs a lot smoother and
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they're able to get a first down and more compared to when he's not on the field.
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Run game is struggling.
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So I just want to see exactly how is the 49ers going to scheme against Puka Nakua and Cooper
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Cup because right now the 49ers need Nick Bolsa to play and other star players to play
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right now because for one, the patch rush has not been able to create a lot of pressure.
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And we all know that when Matthew Stafford doesn't have a whole lot of pressure on him,
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that's when he starts cooking.
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That's when he starts having these type of games like how he had on Sunday against the
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Bills.
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And mind you, as of right now, which I didn't even realize until I checked it, Washington
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is the seventh seed and they are eight and five right now.
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If they lose on Sunday, they'll be eight and six.
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The Rams right now are seven and six.
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So the Rams have to win this game tonight.
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I think there is a chance they may be able to get the seventh seed away from Washington
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if they start losing some games.
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For San Francisco, it's a little bit more difficult for them because they're six and
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seven.
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I just don't think they're going to make it to the playoffs this year.
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I think this is a down year for them, you know, from them battling injuries and losing
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a lot of their star players and whatnot.
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It's just been a down year for them.
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So I would rather for them not to make it to the playoffs and just try to regroup and
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replan for next year than to try to, you know, see if they can hope and pray that they can
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make it to the playoffs.
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Just saying.
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I just want to put this out there though, just before we go on to any of the other games
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when Cooper Cup, Puka and Kyra Williams are on the field at the same time, right?
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The record is 11 and five.
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They scored 27 points per game, 338 yards per game and 51 total touchdowns.
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But when they are missing one or more, one of these players, they are 68, 19 points per
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game, 315 yards per game and 29 total touchdowns according to ESPN stats.
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And info also just to put this out there before we go any further.
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Apparently Bill Belichick has also confirmed that, you know, with this move of him being
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the head coach for UNC that he does not intend to go back into the NFL.
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If somebody was to offer him a head coaching position.
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Also Bill Belichick has also confirmed that the first quote unquote higher will be former
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interim head coach Freddie kitchens will now be on the Bill Belichick staff.
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Let's see exactly what exactly he's going to be in charge of.
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What aspect are they going to use him?
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Is he going to use him to like show him, you know, how they do things, you know, how the
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culture is down there?
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I don't know, but only time will tell from this point on now back to the other football
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games that we have to talk about.
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What is the most important game that is going to be happening on Sunday Eagles and Steelers?
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Okay, yes, we have to talk about the Eagles and Steelers simply because a lot is riding
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on this game.
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Okay, because this is an important game for both teams.
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All right, but mainly for the Steelers because right now they could continue to possibly climb
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and maybe try to see if they can get the second seat.
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I'm just saying here, folks, I get, you know, this is probably going to be the most difficult.
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I've seen crazier things.
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Okay.
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The only one takeaway from this Steelers team is they find different ways to win.
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They don't just beat you with just, you know, the quarterback doing his thing or the defense
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doing his thing.
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No, there's been some games where they won based off of just field goal kicks.
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There's been games where the defense has been doing the thing.
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It's just the Steelers this year are mysterious.
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Okay.
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When it comes to winning, that's just what it is.
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When we get into some of these junkie nuggets, okay, which I didn't even realize this until
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I actually found it.
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Russell Wilson is undefeated against the Eagles through 13 games.
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Seyquan has averaged 124.8 rushing yards per game.
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The Eagles are 10 and no at home against the Steelers in the Super Bowl era.
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The Steelers are 10th in points per game at 24.8 while the Eagles are eighth in points
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per game at 26.3.
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And the Steelers close game record is six and three while the Eagles close game record
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are seven and one.
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Now, the reason why I wanted to highlight the points per game as well as the close game
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record is because this is going to be a fairly close game.
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This is not going to be a blowout.
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I do think the Steelers are going to, you know, hang on in this game, but there's probably
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going to come a time and point where a play is going to be made that is going to seal
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the game because as of right now, the number one priority in this game for the Steelers
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is trying to limit Seyquan Barkley's effectiveness in this game.
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And the reason why I say that is because once Seyquan Barkley starts going, that opens things
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up for everybody else to start eating and you don't want to do that.
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You want to try to contain him as much as possible.
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Sure there's going to be some plays where he's just going to do his thing and he's
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going to get his yards, but you want to make him fight for it though.
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You don't want to try to just give it to him.
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No, you want to try to fight for it.
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Okay.
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You have to figure out what you're going to do with H.A. Brown.
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You have to figure out what you're going to do with Dallas Goddard and Avante Smith and
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Jahan Dotson if they decide to use him.
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So the Steelers defense has their hands full against this Eagles offense because this Eagles
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offense has the weapons that can beat you in the air as well as in the ground for the
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Steelers offense.
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You want to try to put up as many points as you can.
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Any time you have a chance of putting points on the board, do it.
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Whether that means you make a field goal every single time or a touchdown or whatever the
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case may be.
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You want to try to keep this game as close as possible, but at the same time, be able
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to put a cap on certain players because we know H.A. Brown is going to make a big play.
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H.A. Brown is going to make a big play.
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Avante Smith is probably going to make a big play.
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Dallas Goddard is going to make a big play.
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So you have to be able to figure out how you're going to be able to limit all of those stars
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on this team.
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While at the same time creating enough pressure on Jalen Hertz that can result in turnovers
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and field position.
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Because again, T.J. White, if I'm not mistaken, he is first in the league when it comes to
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force fumbles.
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Nick Herbic is right behind him and everybody knows Nick Herbic, T.J. White, Alex Highsmith.
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They're going to go after the quarterback.
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They're going to create pressure.
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They're going to do their thing.
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So I cannot wait to watch this game.
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I know this is going to be a great game.
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Hopefully the Steelers win this game so then I can have some leeway to talk to the Eagles
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fans, but if we don't, it is what it is.
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Come to another game that is very interesting and sort of has a little bit of a revenge
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game into it.
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Washington and New Orleans.
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And the reason why I say that is because Marshawn Lattimore apparently will be playing
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this game.
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So who knows?
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Maybe he might be able to enact his revenge on the Saints.
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I don't know, but I will say this though.
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Entering into this week, Alvin Camero leads the Saints in both rushing yards at 938 and
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receiving yards at 485.
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Both teams are coming off a W and the commanders are fourth in points per game at 28.9 while
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the Saints are 17th in points per game at 22.3.
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Also this could be the game where we see KJ Osborne suit up in a commander's uniform.
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Now onto the last game that we need to talk about and I think it's probably going to be
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the most important game that everybody wants to watch.
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And that is the Lions in the Bills.
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And the reason why I say that is because this game definitely has a lot riding on it for
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both of these teams.
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Especially for the Bills because with them losing against the Rams on Sunday that could
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open up chances for the Steelers to try to get the second seed.
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We all know that they're coming off that Orville.
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No need to talk about it.
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Whereas the Lions are coming off another W. The Lions lead the league in points per game
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at 32.1 while the Bills are second in points per game at 30.5.
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Most likely this is probably going to be a high scoring game.
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Most likely this game is going to come down to the wire.
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And most likely this is probably going to be the toughest matchup for the Bills to end
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the season.
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Because right now outside of this game it's basically cool calm waters.
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But you got to get through this game.
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And last time I checked Matthew Stafford and Cooper Cup and Pukin and Kuhl put on a clinic
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on this Bills defense.
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So I would not be surprised if there is a repeat of this again.
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But hopefully the Bills get away with this W. Well not really because I don't really
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want the Bills to win because I want us to get the second seed.
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But nobody cares about that.
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So I'm going to end this here.
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