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The Colts Report with Will Retherford (2.124.1) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_00]: You are listening to the Colts Report with Will Rutherford every week on the Central Indian sports report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back to the Central Indian sports report, Colts fans, and welcome to another Colts Report this week with Will Rutherford Will, House Christmas.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: by an excellent Christmas crack.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I hope that all of our listeners did.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I hope that you did.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Begot nice time not having to drive back and forth the L would for a few weeks and enjoy relaxing with Susan.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll be back in L would tomorrow, will.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I will continue to go back and forth through the holiday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Current odds of the cult making the playoffs is about 3%.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That would require them beating Jacksonville and Houston a big task.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Your thoughts on what lies ahead.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm not really sure how that's only 3% to be honest with you.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's not like the craziest thing.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I would say this happens all the time where you see a team need a team to lose and then they have to beat that team in a week, a team to get in.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Is it feasible, do I think the school team is good enough to do that?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: No, but I think the person that just are a little off to be honest with you.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The Texans lose tomorrow against the chargers, then the
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  [SPEAKER_00]: but they also need some other things to go their way as well it's not just went out that's the unfortunate part well i i'm not um sure what else needs to happen for them to chargeers would have to be the Texans as well so they don't control their own destiny
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  [SPEAKER_01]: No, but if the Texans do lose tomorrow, they do.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's all out in front of them.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They have the opportunity to play, meaning football in December, still in win football games.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't like the matchup this week.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I don't particularly love the matchup for the Chargers and Texans either.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But we'll be watching that with,
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  [SPEAKER_01]: excited eyes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think to see kind of how the chargers face up against this text and steam, you know, if it looks good in the early, you might watch that game and feel a little bit better about the cold strength.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think at this point, it feels like the colds are kind of a cursed team, and I doubt that all of a sudden they're looking, and blue new changes on a whim.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I kind of expect that the Texans win tomorrow and take care of business and we're done talking about the
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, a lot of that's going to depend on quarterback play.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And apparently that quarterback is going to continue to be Philip Rivers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You were right.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know why you don't.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Why you don't realize what you have there by now and realize how limited that makes you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I think you could certainly bring up a game plan with Riley Leonard that would be as effective if not more.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I don't understand it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: don't think that silverers is not the reason they lost on a day.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought that he played pretty well actually outside of the the picky through which was just kind of a I think that the
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The 49ers had heard a check earlier kind of knew what the play was coming was able to adjust and and huge pick six on sealed the game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know to do this point.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I kind of agree with you.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think if the culture out of contention that I still think you should probably play right a Leonard on Sunday because why not see, you know, as he's your backup of the future, I'm still curious as to, you know, Richardson situation in terms of him.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: not being activated off IR.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think if the cults lose this week, I'd be curious to see what they do week 18, who they who they start.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think they'll tell you a lot about kind of the direction that this team's going to decide to go this off season.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I think it's a bad decision, but there are really not a lot of good options, which kind of falls on the general manager and on Sunday and it's over for Chris Ballard, right?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think so.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that it's it for Stike and to I doubt they're going to want to keep Stike and if they keep Stike and they're committed to him being going to guy that kind of helps pick his next regional manager for and he's here for the long all it's not one of those situations where
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's one or the other and then the other has the opportunity to get fired next to your strike and he's got to go get the guy he wants to build his team and be the coach.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if I like that kind of bottom up organizational make up in terms of your coach kind of playing both of those roles in a way because he
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  [SPEAKER_01]: unless they have a great working relationship, the cults or the coach can kind of force a junior man in his hand in terms of kind of what he wants to do.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think if Ballard's gone, Stike and's probably gone, and they're just going to restart from scratch.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I think that's the right plan.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I've said this, I think I said this last week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think one day Shane Stike is going to make a heck of a good head coach in the NFL.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I just don't think it's going to be here with the cult.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think the right move is to start fresh.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There are a few pieces, though, to build around.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The cults did have a pair of pro bowlers that we expected, Quentin Nelson, Jonathan Taylor, a couple guys you build around.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also a couple of alternates, and as we know, the pro bowly alternates eventually end up playing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And Mike Whitman, a very nice honor for him and I think well deserved and Tyler Warren as a rookie.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Tyler Warren's been at top five tight in the league in his rookie season, so I don't know why he shouldn't be there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: agreed.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I I wish that the cults would have done better of these last five weeks of getting the bold Tyler Warrantans and scheming ways to creatively get him the ball.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't really think they've done that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought they did it early in the year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought we talked the first five weeks of, hey, the the cults are doing a good job of getting war in the ball, but we could do even better.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There's even more potential in terms of forcing the ball into his hands.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I'm kind of curious to see what they do with Michael Pittman.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he could be a trade target.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he could be a guy that's gone in the off season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And you re-sign out fierce.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know if that's the right decision.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The wrong decision.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think Michael Pittman is a winning football player.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that for Michael Pittman's career.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He deserves to be on a team that can win a Super Bowl, because I think that he is a Super Bowl level wide receiver in terms of his willingness to block how effective he is in the box.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And then just the ability for him to make tough grabs and be a possession receiver fight for those extra yards.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I know that there's kind of some people that have sowered on him for some reason, but he looked awfully great with Daniel Jones, a quarterback.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that a lot has changed since this Philip Rivers
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  [SPEAKER_01]: signing has happened in that injury and the annual Jones was not a hundred percent either after the calf issue.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: The leg issue excuse me.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I don't think it's fair to judge my equipment.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: If Daniel Jones plays the lawyer, Pitman gets to over a thousand yards, it probably hit touchdowns.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They just have him in the very good the last three weeks and kind of unfortunate for him because he was building a really nice season
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  [SPEAKER_00]: is a really nice player, any team would be lucky to have.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's for sure.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Another player that the culture going to build around, and I know some people have not liked this transaction.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm still for it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Sauce Gardner for a first round draft pick.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll take it every time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Statistically, his peers, everyone said coming in until he became a cult this year.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He was the best
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's a valuable thing to have for your franchise.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And hopefully that's what we get again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Whether it's this week, and it looks like it's possible he'll play.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Mm-hmm.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think he's going to play.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Or starting to build her on him next year.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Mm-hmm.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, obviously a tough matchup coming up coming back this week.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: That Jack's offense is firing on all cylinders.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I'm
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  [SPEAKER_01]: and not really a hundred percent sure which receiver you decided shadow and with he probably just plays aside and doesn't chat at anybody and as either on myers or brine Thomas Jr. bird aren't rindman's also gonna play I think that's big for the offensive line although they've done a pretty good job protecting filiprivers honestly for the most part I think they've the past rush
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  [SPEAKER_01]: or the past rush protection has improved a lot.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: These last three weeks, I think they've skimmed up ways to help keep the running back back for chip, chip with Warren with Pittman.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They've been creative, and that's a progress that you hope can continue, especially if you're playing in a win, a must-win situation, like they're going to be playing on Sunday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, I think you probably didn't earn it this year, in fact, I'm sure he didn't earn it this year, but I just want to point out
• 9:00
  [SPEAKER_00]: Gonzavas is headed for a pro ball and all pro type future.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that he started out really strong.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought the first date weeks he was a real road grader.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He was really good.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: East kind of got exposed a little bit.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: But more tapes been out on them.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Teams are able to schematically gain land to kind of target him, players, obviously past wrestlers in particular are kind of looking at his movements and being able to play off with that more.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And to be quite frankly, they've just played better teams to this last half of the season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And then they've played better teams with better defensive lines, better three text.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: it better blitz scheme better coaches like they played a really tough schedule this last half the season all right well you're not going to be available for our Jaguar's preview which is coming out on Saturday
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But your podcast, strictly bias, we're going to do twice this week, and you're going to make all of your predictions at coming up later tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Well, you want to make a prediction now for Colts Jaguars.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You want to save it for for the tonight's podcast.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: You know what I think I might just predict on both of them, to be quite honest with you, because we make the rules and we can do it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We want to.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think this is a really difficult matchup for the cold.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I think that
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  [SPEAKER_01]: they might not get help with Houston.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They're kind of battered.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They're, you know, just didn't look great on Monday.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It's a short week.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: They had Thursday off.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: It seems like Philip Rivers has played well, but you kind of saw the 49ers schematically argued him a little differently, and that second half, they played him different, called weren't able to move the ball as efficiently.
• 10:52
  [SPEAKER_01]: With that being said, I think the cult went 30, 27, and give themselves a chance to play for week 18 in a win-and-in situation, probably on Saturday, which would be a prime time game,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, well, I'm going to make my prediction on Saturday's podcast with Sam and possibly some guests.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But I'm just going to tell you, I'm not going to be taking the same team you are.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I figured that I only got picked against the colds the whole year and I'm not starting now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Good for you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I have and I will continue to.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, well, thank you so much and we will talk to you again tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yes, thank you.
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