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Get laced up! Let's go! It's time for Banter
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with the Boys! Have we started? Ah, yes! Gridiron
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updates, week two. Rob's here with me. This is
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Smelty, by the way. I never introduce myself,
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ever, actually. Mistake number one. We're joined
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by Dom again. It's good to be back, fellas. It's
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good to be back. Skull to the bowl, as usual.
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He is a Skull fan, so obviously get ready for
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a third Vikings take this week. So if you're
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not a Vikings fan, buckle up because it was fun.
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It was fun this week. Obviously, Kev behind the
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camera. The computer. I was going to say the
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microphone. We haven't done that yet. We're going
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to get Kev Mike going. We've got to do that.
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Anyway, Kev's here. Kev's here. And Dom Significant
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Other is here in the background. We won't make
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her say what's up while we're completely live
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right now. But she's here. Anyway, let's get
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right into our week one game recaps, Kev. The
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first game we'll be recapping. Hold on. Wait
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a minute. Wait a minute. So Rob picked the Eagles
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for this game. I picked the Eagles. I believe
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you also picked the Eagles for this game. Who
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wouldn't? Defending champs. Getting the dub 24
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-20 at home against the Dallas Cowboys. For me,
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I saw some CD. Drops late in the game that definitely
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affected this. Crucial. Crucial. They were very
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crucial drops, especially that was like last
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two minutes. He had two of them deep. And he
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had one earlier that kept compiling on. him so
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yeah it was a uh light drama a little to start
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a little hoctooey to get her going and i mean
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kind of yeah i didn't think about it that way
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so did you see the angle from the other way that
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allegedly dac spit first i saw that i mean what
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he did just on the ground yeah listen we don't
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see and hear a lot of things that happen on that
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field okay like come on calm down Do you think
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the kicking out of the game was, the ejection
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was? It was the right thing. You can't disrespect
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people like that. Putting bodily fluids on somebody
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else. That's just taking it a little too far.
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Things like that, you can't do that. Especially
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trying to set a good example for the kids out
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there. Just because somebody spits on the ground
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frame, it does not mean you have the right to
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spit on them. The NFL came out today with the
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decision that his ejection was his suspension.
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He'll be playing next week. 60 ,000, I think
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it was. He got fined about 60 ,000. 57K. 56.
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Whatever. Make it sound a little bit better.
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Back to the game, Jalen Hurst came out, had a
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couple tutties to start. Barkley had one. Defensively,
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though, you could see the Eagles had a couple
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guys out losing Carter early. Let the Cowboys
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kind of hang around in that game. So it was competitive
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towards the end. So I don't know. What did you
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guys see into this game? Did you think the Eagles
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were going to give it up late? I was starting
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to kind of feel that way. So this game threw
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me off. So personally, I was actually in the
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middle of coaching a game during this game. And
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as we were leaving the stadium, they had the
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game on on the TV, and I saw. What the score
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was, I'm pretty sure, was 24 -20 in the third
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quarter. It was, yeah. If I remember right. And
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I saw it leaving the stadium in the third quarter.
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I was like, oh, okay, whatever. Well, me and
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a fellow coach went out to get some food, yes,
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after the game. And as we were getting food,
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it was 24 -20 in the third quarter. And I was
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like, bro. Am I in the twilight zone right now?
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I didn't know there was a delay. Luckily, I was
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able to see the end of it like that. Honestly,
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I thought the Cowboys were going to be able to
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pull it off. But it was honestly that big, I
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think it was a post -drug, that big drop by CD
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that just felt like he should have had that.
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The ball was on the line. It was there. Yeah,
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extended. Just got to have it. You know what
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I mean? We saw other plays by big players. Derrick
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Henry, we'll talk about him later. You know what
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I mean? It just is what it is. Right. The game's
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going to game sometimes. You know what I mean?
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You've got to come down with that. He knows that.
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He came out and said it. J. Will, 3 .6 yards
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a carry. Oh, well. Hey, two tuds. He did have
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two tuds. He disappeared in the second half,
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though. Yeah. Still had the two teddies, though.
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But he did have a nice game. A couple of hard
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runs. He looked fresh. I'm not just sitting here
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trying to rip on CD either. I mean, 110 yards.
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Put the team on his back. But Dak Prescott. I
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think Dallas will be okay. I think they're going
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to be plenty competitive this season. Again,
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I think I had them going at least a 10 -win season,
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if I remember correctly. Or winning the Super
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Bowl. I can't remember. No, I didn't go that
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far. I did not go that far. Final thoughts on,
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honestly, the Cowboys. We all have final thoughts
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on the Eagles. They're the defending champions.
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Let's not waste time there. Dom, actually, because
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we've talked about this, but what is your...
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I guess prediction for the Cowboys the rest of
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the season. I'll say the Cowboys could be an
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easy nine -win team. They got a couple of things.
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Which, in our predictions anyway, nine wins in
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the NFC this year is fighting for a wild card.
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I mean, they just really got to get past. It's
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going to be tough to play against the Eagles.
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It's going to be more coming out to them and
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the Commanders. To me, I mean, I'm a huge Jaden
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Daniels fan, as you guys know. Yeah, buddy. Don't
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hide it. When it comes to talking about the Cowboys
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at this point. Dak Prescott has to stay healthy.
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That's going to be crucial on how their season
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really is going to go. And C &J will do his thing.
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It's good to see that because he was definitely
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struggling before he came to the Cowboys. Yeah.
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Finally healthy maybe after that ACL. Yeah, he's
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finally healthy. Yeah, Mike, I mean, kind of
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my quick finishing takes on that is Mike Parson
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definitely, you could feel his absence on the
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defensive line of the Cowboys. And then is that
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second receiver. Pickens, did he show you enough
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where he's going to be a big threat for the Cowboys
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this year? So that's kind of moving forward.
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He's going to get settled in Pickens? Yeah. He'll
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get settled in there. So that's kind of where
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I was with the Cowboys moving forward, and Dak's
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got to stay healthy. Fair enough. Fair enough
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with that. We have to move on again. The Eagles
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getting the win 24 -20 in Philadelphia. Let's
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see. The next game we're going to talk about
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here, the Chiefs. technically at the Chargers,
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but in Sao Paulo. Brazil, the Chargers coming
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away victorious, 27 -21, as yours truly predicted,
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and unlike Rob. But just had to throw that out
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there. Yeah, thank you. You beat me last year
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overall, so I got to rub in my small wins. Anyway,
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Justin Herbert looking ridiculous, 25 for 34,
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excuse me. My mind doing the number switch thing.
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318 yards, three touchdowns. Very nice. Took
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three sacks. I'm okay with it. You know, for
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the most part, he felt comfortable to me in this
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game. People actually question his leadership
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a little bit. He's kind of a weird guy, you know.
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But, I don't know, came out firing on all cylinders
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in game one of the season. Definitely. Yeah,
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he looked good. The Chargers defense looked really
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good, I thought, especially that. Xavier Worthy
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going down early on that collision with his own
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teammates. That did slow down. Hollywood Brown
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did look nice. I kind of predicted those fantasy
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football guys that heard me make that statement
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last week to put them on your team. Travis Kelsey,
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Todd. Travis had that one, Todd. He didn't get
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quite as many targets as I thought he would originally
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get because Hollywood got them all. It was a
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good battle. I enjoyed it. It ended the losing
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streak seven games. Charters take control of
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that division to start off. I felt like it was
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pretty good. I saw a meme come out that said
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all these little kids are going to grow up in
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Brazil thinking Quentin Johnson's a... Just a
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stud. Don't get me wrong. I'm really happy for
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him. The dude has had a rough start to his career.
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Everybody clowns this guy for having no hands.
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Jersey sales is just one way up. It is what it
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is. Let's see here. Sorry. I was just collecting
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my thoughts here. I couldn't remember. Don, do
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you feel like this is the end of the Chiefs era
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over in the West? End of the Chiefs era. I don't
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know about the Chiefs era, but I would say more
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just as good. It's good to see Harborough actually
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starting to let the ball fly. You know, he really
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emphasizes the run. And them drafting Omari Hampton
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was really big in the draft. But at the same
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time, he's a rookie. You got to let him settle
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in. Because they didn't really run the ball that
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well this week. No, it was more Justin Herbert
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ran the ball really well this weekend. Just like
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Patrick Mahomes, too. I mean, Patrick Mahomes
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is the leading rusher on the Chiefs this weekend.
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That's wild. To me, because he's not really the
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guy to just go out there and run. He makes things
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happen. He's a good improviser. of the ball game.
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For me, it's just more, like I said, Justin Herbert
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letting it fly. He's never thrown for over 4
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,000 yards. I think this season could be the
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season that he's capable of that. For sure, yes.
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As many things as we saw from Harborough with
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the play selection, I really think this season
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they could really make a run at the division
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at least. And their receivers looked good. Keenan
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Allen contributed to coming back, playing again
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this year. He had several receptions. A big reception
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in the corner, him toe tapping. That just reminded
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me of that old class. Classic Keenan. For sure.
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There was a clip of Derwin James calling him
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third and Keenan. Yeah. Third and Keenan. Third
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and Keenan. He's like, y 'all don't even know.
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Third and Keenan. And that was, I think, the
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difference for the Chiefs. They went 0 for 7
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on third down. And last year, I think they were
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third in the league on third down conversion.
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So, I mean, right there could be the difference
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maker of the outcome of that game. Just week
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one, you know, week one jitters. Got to get a
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lot of those guys. You know, a lot of those guys
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don't play in the preseason. We're starting to
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see more teams play in the preseason than their
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starters. And talking about the other. teams
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coming up, I think those guys, you could tell
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that they were playing in the preseason a little
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bit more than other guys coming in. Smelty's
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charters get the victory. They do. One thing
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I would like to see, Omarion Hampton was okay.
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He was Jermonte Williams -ish, if you will. I'd
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like to see a little bit more Najee. I don't
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know if he just wasn't up to speed yet or what
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was going on. I'd like to see a little bit more
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Najee Harris going forward. One carry, I think.
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He had a reception, too, no? Yeah, he did. So,
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I don't know. I'd just like to see some more
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snaps from Najee. Maybe he's still trying to
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see out of both eyes. I'm assuming that's the
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direction they're going with that. Yep, yep,
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yep. But Chargers won it all. 27 -21 victory
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over the Kansas City Chiefs. Let's... Keep moving.
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NFC North battle. Green Bay Packers taking on
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the Detroit Lions at home. And Green Bay coming
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out firing on all cylinders. I mean, honestly.
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Firing. I don't think. Those cheese curds all
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in every direction. For me, it seemed like Detroit
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just really couldn't get in a rhythm after having
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to kind of claw back in it. Pretty much the whole
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first half. I mean, they're playing from behind
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for the majority of this game. And then, obviously,
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for the entirety of the game. So, the 39 attempts
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for Jared Goff sticks out to me a big time when
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you have a guy like Jameer Gibbs and David Montgomery
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on your rosters. They've rushed for less than
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40 yards combined. Got a little pass happy. Yeah.
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We're starting to see the growing pains without
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Ben Johnson, truly, this weekend with the Lions.
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I mean. You still got Jared Goff. You still got
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all the weapons. But the play calling has got
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to get a little bit better. That is, too. And
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losing those two, the center and the guard. Oh,
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yeah, the offensive line, definitely. Frank Ragnow
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is being missed right now. Yeah, so I saw the
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little difference. The Packers just came out
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and punched him in the mouth. I did not expect
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the Packers to do that. And the Packers, D was
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flying all over the field. Detroit looks slow.
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They didn't get a running game established. And
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then they just pinned their ears back and got
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through it a billion times. And it's really hard
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to be effective in the NFL if you're just one
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dimensional. And to be honest, the Packers running
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game didn't impress me that much either. But
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it was enough when it needed to be. You know
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what I mean? It was. Jordan Love and his receivers
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just kept finding the soft spot in the zone.
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Oh, yeah, he hit like six, seven receivers. It
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wasn't just one guy getting the ball. Tucker
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Kraft, their new receiver, Michael Golden. A
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couple of receptions, but it was just everybody
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doing their part. And it was big chunks. Oh,
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yeah. I mean, Jordan Love was looking downfield
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all game. We're talking two receptions for Romeo
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Dobbs, but for 68 yards. Exactly. You know, Jaden
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Reed, three, but for 45 yards. That's a 15 -yard
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average. You know what I mean? We're talking
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chunks of yards downfield. It was wild to see.
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Interesting to see Matthew Golden get involved
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on his couple of receptions. Definitely liked
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it. I got him on fantasy. Yeah. Concerns me.
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Concerns me. He looked good out there and wearing
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number zero. I don't know. Makes me nervous.
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I think he's going to be good. Yeah, it makes
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me nervous as a Wikes fan. Yeah. The Lions just
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didn't lift their leg enough, pissed down their
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leg. They were one for four. Classic Lion. You
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know, in the red zone. They had that big interception
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right before half. In the red zone. In the red
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zone. Yeah, so it was just not a good day for
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the Lions. No, not at all. On the other side,
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Micah Parsons getting his first sack as a Green
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Bay Packer. He did. He was definitely out there.
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When he was out there, definitely you could feel
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his presence for sure. any time. I felt like
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when he was coming in, he was getting triple
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teamed, then two defenders would get there easily.
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I'm just curious how long it'll be until he's
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100 % healthy with that because it's a spine
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thing. That does scare me though. If he's getting
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shots every week, what's that doing in your overall
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longevity? Can you get 100 % healthy while in
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season with that injury? That's a general question.
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Modern medicine, who knows? I mean, he only played
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about 17 snaps. Right, right. True, yeah, yeah.
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So they're just going to ease him in there. Again,
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probably next week he'll probably play around
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17 to 20 snaps. After that, probably go up to
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about 25 on and on. I mean, most of the year,
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Coach, you know how it goes. Yeah. Yeah, we'll
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see. It'll be Parson's back, you know, watch
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all year long to see if that's going to be a
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continuing issue. And just my parting thought
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for the Packers, I love those two tight ends
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they got, man. That's tough. Tucker Kraft. So
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even when those three receivers aren't finding
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the soft spot in the zone, watch out for those
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tight ends, too. That offense is a little scary.
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We'll see. Again, Lions fans are probably freaking
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out right now, just like, calm down. It's all
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right. It's week one. It's the same thing I got
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to tell Vikings fans, unfortunately, so you two
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better calm down. Week one. But, you know, real
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curious to see how this NFC North pans out. It's
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going to be a battle. It's going to be a battle
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the whole way. 100%. Let's move on to, let's
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see, game three. Nope. Four. This is game four
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already. Holy crap, we're flying. All right,
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all right. Ravens at Buffalo. This was our game
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of the week last week, and we were not mistaken.
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This game was ridiculous. Everybody thought,
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including yours truly, of course. Thought that
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the Ravens were just going to come up with this.
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Especially after that one -handed catch by DeAndre
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Hopkins on the corner. Yeah, it was DeHop. He
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had two receptions, one for a touchdown. But
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that catch was ridiculous. I was like, that's
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DeHop being DeHop, man. So when they went up
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at that point and then Derrick Henry broke the
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long run later, I was like, this should be done.
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But it's not even close to being done. The Bills
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and Josh Allen are going to get going. Yes, obviously
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the big deal being the fumble. Nobody feels worse
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than Derrick Henry. That was the only turnover
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of the game. And that was the difference of the
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game. If that doesn't happen, we're having a
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whole different conversation. 100%. But, yeah,
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Josh Allen coming through in the clutch late
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again. It's the modern NFL. Coming through. He
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said, I was just coaching my son last week writing
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plays down. They called me up. I'm on my way.
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Yeah, I bet. There was some story about it. I
16:44
don't remember who it was. Somebody in a special
16:46
teams meeting saw Matt Prater walk in. He was
16:48
like, oh, we got a new coach. Holy crap. No,
16:50
that's Matt Prater. That's messed up. But I understand.
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The picture of him walking off the field looks
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like, oh, man. What am I doing? He did that years
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for the Lions. So, I mean, very expected from
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him. to make those crucial kicks when they really
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needed it. Yeah. 22 points in the fourth quarter.
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Yeah. I mean, we do that on NCAA. Jake, how do
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you feel right now about your Ravens defense?
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Has anyone done a mental wellness check on him?
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I did not reach out to him. We probably should
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have. We probably should have reached out to
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him. Blink twice if you're good. So outside of
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that fumble, Derrick Henry had... an outstanding
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day. He killed me in Tennessee. I bet he did.
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He killed a lot of people. He killed about a
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thousand other teams too. I bet he did. That
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Baltimore offense is looking as dangerous as
17:43
ever. If they can get a sliver of what Mark Andrews
17:46
used to be back as well and try to get that back
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going again and reignite that a little bit. Are
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they your Super Bowl favorite right now? For
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AFC? Oh yeah. You're dumb. This right here is
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the AFC championship game for me. The Chiefs
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are going to achieve. Patrick Mahomes is going
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to. Dude, he just sneaks his way into places
18:06
because he's elite. I don't see the Chiefs making
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it to the AFC Championship this year. Unless
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these two are on the same side. I want to hear
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Dom talk. Stop talking. I mean, I was with the
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Bills. I mean, I feel like they're going to hopefully
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play a score to the Bull Vikings in the Super
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Bowl. Okay. Those Vikes would be crazy. Those
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Vikes would be epic. The Bills, I mean, two fun
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stats just about this game. The 200 and zero
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when rushing over 250 yards until that game.
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And then also the score got me. wow so just 250
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and oh yeah no yeah so they were 200 and oh rushing
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over 250 yards Just in general. So if you rushed
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over 200, you won the game. They won the game
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until the Ravens. But for me, the Bills are –
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I'm seeing 238. But either way. It might have
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been over 200 then. Either way. 200 and 0? Yeah,
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200 and 0 when rushing over 200 yards. So that
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was on me. Just rush over 200. When it comes
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to the Bills, yeah, I mean, Josh Allen is making
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it happen. He's got a couple of good threats
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on the team. Kincaid, Coleman. Coleman looks
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like he's coming to his own. Coming into his
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own. James Cook. And I think Palmer's been a
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nice addition to him. Palmer's been fine. From
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the Chargers. He's been fine. One game. He's
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been fine. He's been fine. Are you just mad he
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left the Chargers or what? He's a great number
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three. There's bitterness going on here for some
19:30
odd reason. Anyway, I also wanted to mention
19:33
that the 41 -40 score, I'm almost certain that's
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the first time in NFL history that's ever happened.
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Yeah, that's crazy. Yeah, the two little fun
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facts I found out about that game. Doing his
19:45
work over there. Doing a little bit of work trying
19:47
to get a little bit better, you know what I'm
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saying? But this game was crazy. Mr. Consistency
19:52
coming through with those clean facts. I like
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it. I appreciate you. And you know who messed
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up big time? Shire. Yeah. He got burnt. Or just
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didn't know the coverage or something. Something
20:04
was bad. I can't remember who scored that. Is
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that just your little quick dig on Packers? They
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don't care. Packers are really good. He barely
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played. Everybody likes to say that. Let's move
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on to the game. Of the week. The game that everybody
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is listening to this for. The Vikings getting
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the win. 27 -24 in Chicago. Do we dare say stole
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the game? game from Chicago late in the game.
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J .J. McCarthy coming alive after that pick six,
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I tell you what. That's what he needed to do,
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I guess. I mean, that's what I said. After he
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threw the pick six, started throwing a couple
20:41
of tutties, I guess he just needed to see it
20:43
go the wrong way. And then rushed one in. Yeah,
20:46
that read option was disgusting. Great block
20:49
by T .J. Hawkinson also. It was a great block.
20:51
And, you know, at the end of the game, Mr. Caleb
20:53
Williams should have done the same thing instead
20:55
of doing his little tippy -toey thing and just
20:57
put head down and go, let's go get back in this
21:00
game here. That cost him an opportunity. Now
21:04
I'm curious, though, to see how much better Caleb
21:07
Williams can get going over game film with his
21:10
head coach, if they do that. You know what I
21:12
mean? If they have that. You think his coach
21:14
can improve his accuracy? Maybe. In between weeks.
21:19
Hey, it's going to be a process, right? You know,
21:22
it's going to be a process. I'm still, even after
21:24
that game, I'm still not out on Caleb Williams.
21:28
I thought you were right. He showed a little
21:30
bit more maturity in the game at the start. I
21:33
think so, too. At the start, yeah. He did look
21:35
calm. At the same time, like a couple of analysts
21:38
were saying. Flores was playing chess. Ben Johnson
21:40
was playing checkers. He was. And Flores wasn't
21:43
bringing the heat. No, he only brought one blitz
21:45
in the whole game, and he brought 13. He saved
21:46
it. He rushed only one blitz in the first half.
21:49
He rushed 14 in the second half. That just talks
21:51
about what he was about to really get busy. Made
21:54
him do a bunch of little dunks to the running
21:57
backs. Nothing deep. And they were still checking
21:59
down early. Oh, yeah. He was hitting the smart
22:01
shot rushing four. So, yeah, he just didn't let
22:04
them beat us deep early to get the momentum going
22:07
with them. It was Chicago's game to win. 100%.
22:12
100%. The Chicago Bears lost this game. We are
22:16
not questioning that by any means. We stayed
22:20
around, and then we capitalized. J .J. started
22:23
warming up. I thought that pass to end the first
22:26
half to Naylor is kind of like a shooter seeing
22:28
a ball go in the hoop. Oh, yeah, for sure. Felt
22:32
a little bit. He was late on that interception,
22:34
definitely. Oh, a thousand percent. He's done.
22:37
Other than that, I mean, even that JJ one that
22:39
went through his hands. JJ's got to catch that.
22:42
JJ's got to catch that. Both of Jed's drops.
22:45
We're right on the money. Even that one low,
22:48
trust me, that's a tough catch. Especially if
22:51
you've got to cradle that. Your elbows are naturally
22:53
going to be coming out. Even if he would have
22:54
caught it, he wasn't going to get first down.
22:56
It was short of the stick. The route's got to
23:00
be more out. The one that he threw over top,
23:02
people keep saying that JJ... threw it too early.
23:05
That was a tough catch, too. I mean, he was trying
23:06
to hit the money. That was a money route. We're
23:08
trying to make sure that we get back into this
23:10
game at that point. You know what I'm saying?
23:12
Yeah, for sure. I mean, after, like I said, after
23:14
J .J. threw that pick. something just sparked,
23:17
and you just saw it in his eyes. Literally, after
23:20
that second touchdown, he walked off the side
23:23
of the field, head down, ready to ride again.
23:26
Hey, week one, man. Going to war. Good and bad.
23:29
We're going to have to forget about us, what
23:30
he likes saying. Yeah. Yeah, that's his thing.
23:32
But he came into the huddle, too. Saying, where
23:36
would you rather be? Dude. Where would you rather
23:38
be? That's a dog move right there. Saying that
23:42
to Will Frye, saying that to Justin Jefferson,
23:44
saying that to Adam Thiel right now. And I guess
23:46
they all, he was saying how he just wanted to
23:49
see one smile, and they all smiled, and they
23:51
got to go play. What? And just the addition of
23:55
actually being able to run the ball now for the
23:56
Vikes is crucial. Jordan Mason is starting to
23:59
see why people really liked him for the Vikes.
24:01
You know, he literally led top five in. Yards
24:05
after contact. Yeah, yards after contact. So,
24:08
I mean, yesterday he only had 39 yards after
24:11
contact. He rushed for 50. Yeah, yeah. So, you're
24:14
telling me. That running game was actually what
24:16
got them back into the game. And that second
24:18
half, they got a couple first downs. And then
24:20
play a little play action on the second, like,
24:23
short and one where you can make those plays.
24:25
And then you got that deep out to JJ early to
24:29
get down to the red zone. Then you end up finding
24:31
them on that crosser. And great protection on
24:33
that play, too. And then the ball just kept rolling.
24:35
And then you saw Caleb Williams really start
24:38
falling apart. That little messy pocket, he started,
24:42
like, really, like, weird throwing his ball.
24:44
He had a really quick trigger, or he was bouncing
24:47
out immediately when he didn't have to right
24:49
away. But he ended up on the ground a bunch,
24:51
and it wasn't even that he was getting hit. He
24:52
was running into his own linemen. Yeah, 100%.
24:56
Yeah, he definitely fell apart under the pressure
24:59
of that second half. So I still don't think he's
25:03
still seeing ghosts, and he's not seeing the
25:06
field good enough to be an NFL quarterback right
25:08
now. Oh, yeah. I mean, we saw a whole 360. I
25:10
mean, literally the first three quarters, we
25:11
saw J .J. McCarthy seeing ghosts first. second
25:14
and then it turned around caleb williams kind
25:16
of collapsed man bad situation. And Vikings fans
25:20
are so annoying. So many people were so out on
25:23
J .J. McCarver. I was still in on him, but I
25:25
was just getting frustrated with the play call.
25:27
We are the first half of week one. What are we
25:30
doing? We're snapping the ball and we only got
25:31
two seconds left on the clock. I didn't really
25:34
like that. I understand he's trying to audible
25:36
into another call because he sees something,
25:38
but at the same time, sometimes I feel like you
25:40
just got to go with that first. For sure. The
25:42
first one, especially we're at Chicago first
25:44
week. He used to live there. A lot of stuff is
25:46
right. on him. I feel like at the end, he came
25:49
out on top. He still punted seven times. He looked
25:52
like a rookie quarterback in the first half.
25:55
Then we had a bunch of slips. I just watched
25:57
a little bit of the 22 of the first half just
25:59
to go, what was he looking at? The Vikings in
26:03
general were just off in that first. They couldn't
26:05
get the running game going. It was second and
26:08
third and forever. It was all JJ. Then the routes
26:11
where JJ fell on a couple. They had a mesh where
26:14
they pretty much ran into each other on a third.
26:16
downplay. They just never got anything going
26:18
in the first half. I just like to see them come
26:21
out firing in the second half. Good vibes going
26:24
into the second week. For the Bears... Get healthy.
26:28
They had a couple big missing pieces. We lost
26:33
Cashman at the end of the game. Smith didn't
26:36
play. School was getting schooled. All day long.
26:40
I think we stole one there. Now we need to be
26:44
one game above. 500 the rest of the way to make
26:47
the playoffs pretty much is where we're at is
26:49
if you want to look at it in the long run so
26:51
that's kind of how even if we go just above 500
26:55
We're golden. We could be in the fight for a
26:57
wild card. Exactly. I hear you. We definitely
26:59
sold that one on that old soldier field there.
27:02
Just got to tighten up a couple screws. We're
27:03
right back in the game. Yeah, buddy. For sure.
27:05
For sure. Well, with that, fellows, that wraps
27:07
up our week one game recaps. Dom, thanks for
27:11
joining us, of course. It's a pleasure. Skull
27:14
to the bowl, buddies. Mr. Consistency over there.
27:16
I try to be. No doubt. No doubt. Rob. Thank you
27:20
much. Thanks for showing up. Yes. Yep. It always
27:22
feels good to show up after a Vikings win. No
27:25
doubt. I sometimes don't want to do this after
27:28
Vikings last. We've got to talk about everybody
27:30
else more. Skip over the Vikings game. Kev, behind
27:34
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27:36
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27:50
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27:53
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27:58
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