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#6: Falcons and Broncos fly up the board, while 49ers & Jets plummet · NFL Power Rankings

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  Speaker 1: NFL Power Rankings is a production of the NFL in
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  Speaker 2: Nothing better than starting the show with a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of news. Welcome to NFL Power Rankings. I'm Mike Iamm
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  Speaker 2: joined by Eric at home. And the news that I'm
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  Speaker 2: referring to Eric Robert Slind no longer the head coach
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  Speaker 2: of the Jets. We'll do a deep dive on Gangreen
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  Speaker 2: coming up in just a few minutes here. But I
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  Speaker 2: got to imagine when there's a change like this, this
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  Speaker 2: affects how you view a team for your rankings.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 4: I mean I moved him down five spots this week,
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  Speaker 4: so obviously the hit in London that they took had
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  Speaker 4: an effect.
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  Speaker 3: But we may have to see how this works out.
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  Speaker 4: They're heading into this massive game against the Bills on
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  Speaker 4: Monday night that takes on an even bigger meeting. Now
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  Speaker 4: Jeff Oldbrook taking over, can he fix this issue inside?
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  Speaker 4: Really the problems are on offense, so we'll have to
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  Speaker 4: see we've got this. We've got some quarterback situations that
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  Speaker 4: are worth monitoring around the league, so little seismic activity
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  Speaker 4: could have all these rankings influx pretty quickly.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and once again we'll talk more about the Jets
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  Speaker 2: coming up a little bit later here. On power rankings,
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  Speaker 2: you mentioned the international game against the Vikings. No change
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  Speaker 2: at the top of the number one spot. As we
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  Speaker 2: get you teams one through eight, Yes, the Vikings sitting
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  Speaker 2: in that top spot. No change there. The Kansas City
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  Speaker 2: Chiefs victorious five and zero on the season, got it
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  Speaker 2: done against the Saints on Monday Night football. The Lions idle.
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  Speaker 2: So those are your top three teams. We saw the
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  Speaker 2: Texans with the dramatic win over the Bills overcame two CJ.
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  Speaker 2: Stroud turnovers. Therefore, the Ravens, what a big time game
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  Speaker 2: against Cincinnati at five, the Commanders five weeks down, they're
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  Speaker 2: four and one, exactly how we all thought it was
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  Speaker 2: going to play out. And at seven it's the Bills
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  Speaker 2: with Josh Allen nine of thirty pass attempts completed, which
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  Speaker 2: is just an odd number. In the Packers, they're sitting
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  Speaker 2: at number eight after dealing with the Rams, who are
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  Speaker 2: in a free fall right now. But let's start with
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  Speaker 2: the number one team here. Look, I think what we're
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  Speaker 2: seeing defensively, I know all the talk is going to
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  Speaker 2: be about Sam Darnold and rightfully so. But Eric, this
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  Speaker 2: team's defense is real.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, and I think that obviously staked in the lead
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  Speaker 4: with the Van Ginkel pick six, were so not used
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  Speaker 4: to seeing Aaron Rodgers make plays like that.
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  Speaker 3: But credit the Brian Flores.
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  Speaker 4: And that Vikings defense and Stefan Gilmour shut the door late.
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  Speaker 4: You know, they had a few shaky moments in there,
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  Speaker 4: but they held on and it was really a three
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  Speaker 4: phase victory.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 4: The offense contributed a little, not as much from Sam
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  Speaker 4: Donolds we've seen recently, but Will Riiker three field goals,
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  Speaker 4: good special teams play overall, and the big plays on
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  Speaker 4: defense really put them apart. You know, I can see
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  Speaker 4: this debate with the Chiefs the Vikings, the two undefeated teams.
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  Speaker 3: They're both at buy. It's not going to change this week.
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  Speaker 4: But you know a lot of people out there wondering
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  Speaker 4: who is the best team in this league, and it's tough.
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  Speaker 4: You can see elements of each that make them appealing
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  Speaker 4: and also the few weaknesses here and there.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know a week ago when you had the
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  Speaker 2: Vikings sitting at number one and you dropped the Chiefs
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  Speaker 2: to two, there was concerns about Rashid Rice and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: you still have them as the number two team. I
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  Speaker 2: actually thought, coming off of the Monday night postgame show
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  Speaker 2: on NFL Network, I'd walk into the studio with you
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  Speaker 2: today and thought there might be a flip flop because
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  Speaker 2: there was a balance attack and that defense balled out
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  Speaker 2: and once again another win as they stay perfect on
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  Speaker 2: the season, and.
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  Speaker 4: Another team with a great defense. I think that's going
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  Speaker 4: to be the formula for both these teams. Yes, the
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  Speaker 4: quarterback Patrick Mahomes can get it done. Yes, Travis Kelsey
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  Speaker 4: turned back the clock, and you know had that pitch
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  Speaker 4: play in nine catches. A good block or two as well,
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  Speaker 4: But you look at this Brian Cook interception really kind
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  Speaker 4: of set the tone.
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  Speaker 3: Supposed to be a throwaway, but.
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  Speaker 4: A nice play nonetheless, And you know took Chris o'
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  Speaker 4: lobby out of the game, took Alvin Kamara out of
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  Speaker 4: the game, knocked Derek Carr out of the game late
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  Speaker 4: with an oblique injury. So you know that Chiefs defense
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  Speaker 4: when the offense isn't perfect. Yes, they rang up a
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  Speaker 4: lot of yards, but two for seven in the red
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  Speaker 4: zone isn't really getting it done, at least not to
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  Speaker 4: the chief standard.
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  Speaker 3: Then the defense is going to take care of business.
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  Speaker 4: So again another three phase operation here in Kansas City.
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  Speaker 4: And that's a big reason why both of these teams,
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  Speaker 4: the Vikings and the Chiefs are unbeaten head into their by.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and Kareem Hunt goes over one hundred yards didju
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  Speaker 2: Smith Schuster balls out in a game where he's got
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  Speaker 2: I think one hundred and thirty yards receiving. So once
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  Speaker 2: again Kansas City, we could talk about injuries, the defense
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  Speaker 2: balls out and it just feels like Andy Reid will
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  Speaker 2: figure it out on the offensive side. Well, let's take
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  Speaker 2: a look at future champions as we get the odds
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  Speaker 2: to win the AFC South and the Houston Texans, like
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  Speaker 2: they've been rolling, they are still the favorite. The Colts
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  Speaker 2: trying to figure out things offensively, the Jacks finally got
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  Speaker 2: a win, and then it's the Tennessee Titans. That's the
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  Speaker 2: order according to FanDuel to win the AFC South. Meanwhile, Eric,
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  Speaker 2: to me, I think this is a win when Houston
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  Speaker 2: not only scores a victory, but they do it when
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  Speaker 2: they don't play their best brand of football.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, obviously it came to anyone to watch the end
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  Speaker 4: of that game, saw how it came down to that
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  Speaker 4: final possession for the Bills and what they decided to
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  Speaker 4: do with the ball and not do with the ball,
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  Speaker 4: which is maybe force some timeouts, run the football, et cetera.
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  Speaker 4: So obviously it sort of became a toss up game.
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  Speaker 4: The Texans looked like the better club early.
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  Speaker 2: C J.
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  Speaker 4: Stroud did have some mistakes laid the defense obviously, let
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  Speaker 4: Josh Allen and that offense move it a little bit after,
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  Speaker 4: you know, kind of stopping him most of the game.
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  Speaker 4: But and I would like to see the Texans team
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  Speaker 4: play better in second half. So being outscored right now
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  Speaker 4: sixty seven to forty, you know, it's enough of a
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  Speaker 4: number at this point in the season where you say, hey,
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  Speaker 4: even if they start strong, I'd like to see four
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  Speaker 4: quarters from them. They couldn't put a few other teams
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  Speaker 4: away early in this season.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, they're quibbles. They're four and one. Obviously they've
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  Speaker 3: beaten some good teams along the way, but.
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  Speaker 4: This is something that's going to be a little bit
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  Speaker 4: more of a test when they face a little stronger
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  Speaker 4: competition on the level of what we saw against Buffalo.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, I don't want to get too deep into the
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  Speaker 2: Weeds on Buffalo, who you have as seventh, But you
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  Speaker 2: concerned about that squad?
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  Speaker 3: Sure?
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  Speaker 4: No, I you know, obviously the last two games have
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  Speaker 4: kind of undercut what we saw from about the second
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  Speaker 4: quarter on and week one up to that point.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, we're constantly.
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  Speaker 4: Re evaluating here at the Power Rankings Laboratory, doing.
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  Speaker 3: What we can to balance the good, the bad, the otherwise.
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  Speaker 4: And so look, last season we saw Josh Allen on
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  Speaker 4: this offense go through some slumps.
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  Speaker 3: This one may not be as prolonged. We'll see, but yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Anytime they go through one of these streaks, so they
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  Speaker 4: make it a lot harder on themselves.
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  Speaker 3: You have your worries.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Eric, I do game day review on
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  Speaker 2: Sunday mornings. I sit with Steve Witch and Cynthia Freelan,
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  Speaker 2: and we all picked the Ravens, who you have number
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  Speaker 2: five as a winner against Cincinnati. It played out that way,
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  Speaker 2: but I'd be lying up. I said, I wasn't hedge
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  Speaker 2: in just a little bit because of the desperate situation
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  Speaker 2: that the Bengals are in. I think the way the
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  Speaker 2: Ravens won this game is a huge positive side. We
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  Speaker 2: were questioning them, you know, kind of putting the hammer down.
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  Speaker 2: They had to come back and win this game. They
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  Speaker 2: had overcome you know, one of those moments that Lamar
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  Speaker 2: Jackson I'm sure was cringing about and still probably thinking
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  Speaker 2: about this is a good win for him.
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, you faced three different ten point deficits in the
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  Speaker 4: second half of a game on the road, and look,
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  Speaker 4: you can look at the Bengals record and write them
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  Speaker 4: off if you want to, but clearly they are scoring
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  Speaker 4: at a pretty high pace and throwing the football very well.
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  Speaker 4: Did a lot for Sunday as well, and you know,
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  Speaker 4: the Ravens found a way. It was great to see
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  Speaker 4: Justin Tucker back in the long range kicking department, you know,
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  Speaker 4: obviously a stalwart for many years, but had almost become
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  Speaker 4: a liability beyond fifty yards going back to last season.
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  Speaker 4: Big fifty six yard or to tie it the game
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  Speaker 4: winner and overtime classic Ravens win too. You can't shut
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  Speaker 4: Derek Henry down the whole game. He finally got one
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  Speaker 4: there at the end. So impressive on a lot of fronts,
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  Speaker 4: even with some hiccups along the way.
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  Speaker 2: And by the way, I think you have the toughest
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  Speaker 2: job in the building ranking some of these teams. I
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  Speaker 2: will push back a little bit later on the show
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  Speaker 2: and which you have Cincinnati because the angles to me,
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  Speaker 2: I get why you dropped them where you did, but
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  Speaker 2: I think they're better than a few of the teams
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  Speaker 2: that you have in front of them. So we'll have
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  Speaker 2: that conversation coming up in just a bit. The commander's
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  Speaker 2: at six. Be honest with me, when you're assessing the
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  Speaker 2: teams before the season, no way in hell you thought
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  Speaker 2: they'd be anywhere close to the sixth overall ranking at
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  Speaker 2: any point during the season, right.
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  Speaker 3: I tried to.
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  Speaker 4: Talk myself into them almost cracking the top twenty. I
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  Speaker 4: had them around twenty two to twenty three, and I thought,
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  Speaker 4: that's that's pushing it a little bit, right, So I
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  Speaker 4: backed him off to twenty five or six or whatever
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  Speaker 4: it was. And what was funny is that I had
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  Speaker 4: Washington media members coming to me and say, hey, this
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  Speaker 4: is the most positive review we've seen this whole year.
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  Speaker 4: So I may not have been onto it, but I
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  Speaker 4: was a little bit onto it.
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  Speaker 2: I think, yeah, no, no, I will take it. You
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  Speaker 2: point to Jaden Daniels as obviously the singular reason why
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  Speaker 2: they're there. I mean, there's a culture shift right. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: dan Quinn is there. Defense has played some pretty good
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  Speaker 2: games down the stretch. I know all the attention goes
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  Speaker 2: to Jaden, but it feels like more than just him.
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  Speaker 4: Austin Eckler, Reborn, you know, Brian Robinson's showing some juice.
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  Speaker 3: You know, the defense has been pretty good lot three
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  Speaker 3: of the last four games.
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  Speaker 4: So Daniels was a little off early, so everybody else
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  Speaker 4: kind of held him up, and then he obviously delivered
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  Speaker 4: late and ended up with three hundred twenty yards passing
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  Speaker 4: and rushing combined.
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  Speaker 3: So yeah, this is a dan Quinn special.
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  Speaker 4: Adam Peters, the new GM, the new ownership as well.
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  Speaker 3: It feels like.
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  Speaker 4: A new dawn in a new day, and the roster
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  Speaker 4: was almost completely overhauled in the offseason.
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  Speaker 3: You're seeing the results of that.
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  Speaker 4: I didn't think it would happen this quickly, but it's
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  Speaker 4: been very impressive and hard not to tip your hat
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  Speaker 4: at the change of direction.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you there one hundred percent. By the
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  Speaker 2: way they beat the Browns, I'm stomping on the panic button.
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  Speaker 2: We'll talk about Cleveland until you win your rank a
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  Speaker 2: little bit later. But there's more to come here on
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  Speaker 2: Power rank has had some late heroics from Captain Kirk.
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  Speaker 2: What did that do to their rankings? For the Falcons
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  Speaker 2: and what did the loss leave the Bucks The answers
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  Speaker 2: come it up next on NFL Power Rankings. Back here
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  Speaker 2: on Power Rankings, as we look at teams nine through sixteen,
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  Speaker 2: and once again the full rankings. You can scan the
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  Speaker 2: QR code if you're watching or if you're listening on
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  Speaker 2: NFL dot com, you can head there. The Tampa Bay
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  Speaker 2: Bucks sitting at number nine. A little surprised to see
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  Speaker 2: them here. The Steelers, despite a loss at home to Dallas,
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  Speaker 2: they are number ten. Eagles sit at eleven. The Falcons,
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  Speaker 2: Captain Kirk and company now at twelve. We'll talk more
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  Speaker 2: about them in just a moment. At thirteen, it's the
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  Speaker 2: Cowboys and yeah, Dak delivered three hundred and fifty two
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  Speaker 2: passing yards in a victory. Don't look now. Bo Nicks
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  Speaker 2: fired up three straight wins and the Broncos are the
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  Speaker 2: fourteenth ranked team. Two consecutive losses now for Seattle, who
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  Speaker 2: dropped to fifteen, and the Saints at sixteen. Another loss
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  Speaker 2: for them. It's three straight losses after losing in Kansas
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  Speaker 2: City on Monday night. All right, the Bucks, Like, I
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  Speaker 2: don't think this is easy trying to navigate some of
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  Speaker 2: these rankings here. I'd ask you off air if you
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  Speaker 2: thought about dropping them that side of the top ten,
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  Speaker 2: But I don't know how you could have considering the
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  Speaker 2: team sitting right behind them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, look, you could easily put Pittsburgh there,
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  Speaker 4: but then you know, are you moving them up right?
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  Speaker 4: You know, obviously Atlanta gainst the big win, but I
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  Speaker 4: already jumped in pretty significantly too.
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  Speaker 3: I understand if you're.
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  Speaker 4: A Falcons fan and mad that the Bucks are ahead
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  Speaker 4: of them, but you know, for three and a half quarters,
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  Speaker 4: they did outplay Atlanta, and so I.
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  Speaker 3: Look at Baker Mayfield. Could they have finished better?
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  Speaker 4: Absolutely, in the first half, things look really good. The
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  Speaker 4: injuries have piled up, but they are going to get healthier.
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  Speaker 4: I think some of these these injuries injured players will
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  Speaker 4: be coming back soon. And thin get this game was
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  Speaker 4: played again tomorrow on a neutral field. Tampa is the
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  Speaker 4: better team, but you're right, it is so tough from
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  Speaker 4: about nine to twenty two. I don't think there's a
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  Speaker 4: giant separation mic between these teams.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you there. One hundred percent. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: the Tampa Bay Bucks already en route to New Orleans
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  Speaker 2: for a matchup against the Saints. Keep in mind, and
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  Speaker 2: I know we're having this conversation way too many times
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  Speaker 2: here in a very short period of time. With the hurricane, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: squarely in Tampa Bay's path right now. So thoughts and
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  Speaker 2: prayers obviously to everyone in the state of Florida with
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  Speaker 2: the hurricane that is fast approaching. And Eric, let's get
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  Speaker 2: to power moves. Is the Falcons now move up seven
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  Speaker 2: spots to twelve. Kirk Cousins balls out, and I got
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  Speaker 2: to tell you, when these games are close, I have
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  Speaker 2: a high degree of confidence that Kirk Cousins is going
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  Speaker 2: to be able to deliver.
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  Speaker 3: They do right, you know.
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  Speaker 4: Obviously the Falcons have had plenty of mistakes along the
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  Speaker 4: way this season, including Monday night, they had like six
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  Speaker 4: penalties in the plus territory on offense. So you know,
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  Speaker 4: even though this guy through for five hundred and nine yards,
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  Speaker 4: he was getting a lot of things thrown in his
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  Speaker 4: face that kept setting them back plays, call back long
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  Speaker 4: downs and distances, and so it was very impressive to
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  Speaker 4: see him work the ball around.
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  Speaker 3: They got it to.
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  Speaker 4: The tight end, they got it to the receiver, they
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  Speaker 4: threw it to the running backs as well. Everyone stepped
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  Speaker 4: up when they had to make a play, even if
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  Speaker 4: there were some land mines along the way. I mean, look,
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  Speaker 4: Atlanta's got to play better defense. I think they know
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  Speaker 4: they probably got lucky in this one, but it was
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  Speaker 4: a significant move up, mainly because of how they finished
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  Speaker 4: and how a lot of the other teams and that
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  Speaker 4: part of the last week's power rankings did, which is
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  Speaker 4: not as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, look at the matra of this team is and
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  Speaker 2: I think you hit the nail on the head. Got
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  Speaker 2: to play some better defense here. But more specifically, this
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  Speaker 2: is an offensive minded team. And as the week's unfold here,
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  Speaker 2: and as Kirk is getting more and more reps with
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  Speaker 2: some of these guys, this offense looks like it is rolling.
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  Speaker 2: Another team that was a dramatic mover in the right
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  Speaker 2: direction of four spots, the Dallas Cowboys. I'm almost at
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  Speaker 2: the point where I'm rolling to say this, just play
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  Speaker 2: all your games on the road here. They just look
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  Speaker 2: like a better road team than they are home team.
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  Speaker 4: That is true so far, right, And yet when they
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  Speaker 4: were leading thirteen to ten, I was not sure the
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  Speaker 4: Dallas Cowboys are going to win this game. Sure enough,
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  Speaker 4: Pittsburgh gets the ball back that go down and score,
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  Speaker 4: and I thought, that's that.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Give Mike McCarthy credit.
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  Speaker 4: He takes a lot of guff from a lot of
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  Speaker 4: different people, including Cowboys fans.
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  Speaker 3: His last drive. The play calling there, I thought was spectacular.
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  Speaker 4: Obviously Brian Schottenhammer a big part of that as well,
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  Speaker 4: but kept the Steelers off balance. Second big drive of
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  Speaker 4: the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 3: They had to have it.
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  Speaker 4: This played a lipkey right here was absolutely huge for them.
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  Speaker 4: Things got a little dicey there at the end. Almost
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  Speaker 4: coughed it up on this ball right there with an
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  Speaker 4: amazing fumble punch out by Land and Roberts, but Dak
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  Speaker 4: falls on it. Fourth down, a little mesh concept. Just
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  Speaker 4: throw it open and that is a great play to
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  Speaker 4: earn your third victor.
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  Speaker 3: The season.
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  Speaker 4: Never easy for the Cowboys, right They certainly have their
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  Speaker 4: their way of making the degree of difficulty higher. But
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  Speaker 4: they pulled it out and they had to well after midnight.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of us were feeling it the next day,
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  Speaker 4: but the Cowboys had to feel pretty good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. West Coast best coast when it comes to watching games.
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  Speaker 2: When they are. I gotta tell you it wasn't too late.
• 13:45
  Speaker 2: Just one other note here from a Dallas perspective. Two
• 13:48
  Speaker 2: drives in the fourth quarter of at least fifteen plays,
• 13:50
  Speaker 2: So fifteen play drive and a sixteen place.
• 13:51
  Speaker 3: Wow.
• 13:52
  Speaker 2: That is big boy football from the Dallas Cowboys. It's
• 13:55
  Speaker 2: a reason why they moved up those four spots Broncos.
• 13:58
  Speaker 2: I gotta tell you this is looking better than I thought.
• 14:00
  Speaker 2: I love the exchange that we saw on the sideline.
• 14:03
  Speaker 2: Bodies get a little fired up with a coach. I'll
• 14:05
  Speaker 2: take that after you pick up another victory.
• 14:08
  Speaker 4: Felt a little different than the chats between Peyton and
• 14:12
  Speaker 4: Russell Wilson last year.
• 14:13
  Speaker 3: Didn't it right? And this is a rookie now.
• 14:15
  Speaker 4: He's played a lot of college football two different programs,
• 14:17
  Speaker 4: won a lot of games and all that. But when
• 14:19
  Speaker 4: you step into the NFL in your fifth game, you're
• 14:21
  Speaker 4: not afraid to go toe to toe with Sean Payton,
• 14:23
  Speaker 4: who can be a tough guy to deal with sometimes
• 14:26
  Speaker 4: very demanding.
• 14:27
  Speaker 3: Shows me a lot right.
• 14:28
  Speaker 4: He didn't have a pristine game Sunday, but I thought
• 14:30
  Speaker 4: he played pretty well. And I suspect Peyton's given a
• 14:33
  Speaker 4: little tough love here and when you have a defense
• 14:35
  Speaker 4: that can do what the Broncos have done. Patzertan had
• 14:38
  Speaker 4: a great game, ran back the interception one hundred yards,
• 14:41
  Speaker 4: kind of got the ball rolling a little after a
• 14:43
  Speaker 4: slow start. This is a good football team too. We
• 14:45
  Speaker 4: talked about teams like the Chiefs and the Vikings at
• 14:48
  Speaker 4: the top.
• 14:49
  Speaker 3: Broncos kind of have a similar, similar formula.
• 14:51
  Speaker 4: You know, decent offense, very good defense, special teams are
• 14:55
  Speaker 4: pretty solid as well. So there's a formula there that
• 14:58
  Speaker 4: could get them much higher on this list.
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah. You know the Peyton in the press conference was
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: obviously asked about the exchange because you have to ask,
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: and he said that, you know, Boat's got a little
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: first Bueller in him and he's trying to get that
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: out of him. I gotta be honest with you, I
• 15:10
  Speaker 2: think I know what that means. I'm not one hundred
• 15:12
  Speaker 2: percent sure, but the point is when they're on the
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: sideline and Bo's fired up, I do legitimately love it.
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: I don't think there was disrespect that was there. It's like, hey,
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: I'm getting confident here because I don't think Bo does
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: that in Week one or in the preseason. I think
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: he's now starting to feel himself in a very good way.
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: And the Broncos this is paying dividends for them. Still
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: more to come here to Bill on NFL Power Rankings.
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: There's two teams that they got to be hitting the
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: panic button, the Niners and the Bengals. Where did they
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: sit in the rankings? The answer is covered up next
• 15:45
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• 15:49
  Speaker 2: seventeen through twenty four. For Eric at number seventeen, Caleb
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: Williams Arrow pointing up on this bear squad at eighteen,
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: The Niners, Yeah, I'm a little concerned on this squad
• 15:59
  Speaker 2: Sitting at nineteen, it's the Chargers. The Jets are at
• 16:02
  Speaker 2: twenty three. Interceptions for Aaron Rodgers means Robert Salad is
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: no longer the head football coach. We'll talk more about
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: Gangreen in just a moment. The Colts, it is going
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: to be Anthony Richardson when he's healthy enough to play.
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: Not Joe Flacco, but Joe. The offense kind of looks
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: better with him. They fall short against the Jacks at
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: twenty two. The Cardinals second half shutout against the Niners.
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: Hello Arizona. Twenty three, it's the g men, no neighbors,
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: no singletary, no problem. And at twenty four the Bengals.
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: I know it's a loss, but damn Eric got I'm
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: sitting at twenty four. We'll circle up on Cincinnati in
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: just a moment. But the Bears, I got to tell
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: you there was concerns about Kleb Williams. Jadon Daniels is
• 16:36
  Speaker 2: balling out. This dude is playing efficient football at the
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: quarterback spot. They figured it out away. Got to run
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: this football, and right now I think the Bears are
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: starting to become a little bit more of a threat.
• 16:47
  Speaker 3: Still got to.
• 16:48
  Speaker 4: Work on those opening drives. Those haven't really hummed yet
• 16:50
  Speaker 4: this season. But after a pretty bad opening drive, almost
• 16:52
  Speaker 4: threw a pick six, he really looks settled in. He
• 16:55
  Speaker 4: didn't look panicky or jittered or frustrated what was happening
• 16:58
  Speaker 4: on the field. It was much better body language, if
• 17:01
  Speaker 4: you buy into that stuff, than I think we'd seen before.
• 17:03
  Speaker 4: And much better physical execution here a great throw to
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: a wide open DJ Moore found his receivers, didn't force
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: the ball to I mean, when the shots were there,
• 17:13
  Speaker 4: he took them in much.
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: More accurate downfield.
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: You add that to that a Bears defense that I
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: think is pretty darn good. Now, look all this happened
• 17:21
  Speaker 4: against Carolina. Their defense isn't so hot right now, but
• 17:25
  Speaker 4: we've seen obviously what this Bears defense can do to
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: make up for when the offense was struggling. Now that
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: Williams has settled in, I like them much better as
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: a team. He's gonna have his bad games too, but
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: hard not to be encouraged by. I would say the
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: last seven quarters, going back to the Rams game, where
• 17:41
  Speaker 4: he's looked a lot more complete of a quarterback and
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: less frantic.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: Well, they get the Jags in London, a Jags team
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: that finally figured out a way to get a win.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: Nine thirty Eastern Time, exclusively on NFL Network at eighteen.
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: It's the San Francisco forty nine ers. I got to
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: tell you, I can story some of the losses. For me.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: Sometimes it's just the health of these guys out there.
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: I don't know what the deal is. I'm actually legitimately
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: worried about the Niners.
• 18:09
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean there was a little bit of a
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: thing with Jake Moody being hurt in the second half
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: there changed their strategy. They had to go for it
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: on a fourth and twenty three within field goal range.
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: But that was notwithstanding. They have some issues right now. Obviously,
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: ball security is a problem. You saw in this Jordan
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: Mason putting it on the ground. Lake kind of opened
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: the door for the Cardinals to win it. But you know,
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: they weren't able to finish a drive in the second half,
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: and that's a problem. This is a team that's built
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: a score. Brandon Ayuk was having a big game at
• 18:37
  Speaker 4: that point. Rock Purty looked pretty solid in the first half.
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: You're up thirteen at half at home against the team
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: that you'd beaten pretty soundly in that building two years
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: in a row.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: That's got me worried as well.
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: And you know, look, I will say they did lose
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: three straight last year, completely undoing what the start of
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: the season had him doing.
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: Still ended up in the Super Bowl. I can't quit
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: him completely.
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: But I get why your concerns are high right now
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: because they're they're multiple, they're adding up, and this team
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: looks a shell of what it used to look like.
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and they're matching up against a desperate Seattle team
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: in Seattle on a short leak on TNF. So something's
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: got to give here. The Niners once again dropping six spots,
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: dropping five spots, and it meant to coaching change with
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: Robert Salad now being dismissed as the Jets head coach.
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: What's the fix right now? The short term fix for
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: this season as the Jets right now figure out ways
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: new ways to lose football games.
• 19:29
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean getting DeVante Adams wouldn't hurt, right. I
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: wonder if those plans are still on the table though, right,
• 19:34
  Speaker 4: I don't know if those are separate. If they were,
• 19:36
  Speaker 4: you know, firing SLA had nothing to do with what
• 19:38
  Speaker 4: trades they might make and all that, but clearly adding
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: another offensive weapon would not be a bad thing. We
• 19:44
  Speaker 4: saw it during parts of this game, second third, even
• 19:47
  Speaker 4: the fourth quarter for stretches. Aaron can move the ball
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: a little bit, but finishing drives another red zone weapon,
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: somebody who can draw attention away from Garrett Williams or
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: you know, Wilson, excuse me. But also getting this run
• 19:58
  Speaker 4: game involved early, I mean you follow into a double
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: digit hole. Braylan Allen and Brece Hall an't going to
• 20:04
  Speaker 4: get as many carries. They both had a tough game Sunday.
• 20:07
  Speaker 4: That's two weeks in a row where all's been a
• 20:09
  Speaker 4: little missing, so that offensive line has not been as
• 20:12
  Speaker 4: good as it was they're early going.
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: That's got to be fixed. A lot going on. The
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: defense is okay.
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: That really wasn't the issue, which is obviously curious when
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: you fire a defensive minded head coach.
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: But things just weren't clicking.
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: Not at all. They get the Buffalo Bills, who need
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: a win that game on Monday night, which will be
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: a very intriguing matchup. We'll have the post game in
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: the pregame show on NFL Network for you. Cincinnati at
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: twenty four, I get it. They score thirty eight points,
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: it goes over time, and they figured they actually they
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: shouldn't have lost that football game. Let's just call a
• 20:39
  Speaker 2: spade of spade here. They lost to the Ravens. They
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: lost to the Chiefs. Like I think they're better than
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: this ranking that you gave them.
• 20:44
  Speaker 4: Well, I always say, at some point, you are what
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: your record is, and it's hard not to ignore the results, right.
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: I mean, Burrow is on pace right now for a
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: forty five hundred yard, forty touchdown, seven interception season. He's
• 20:57
  Speaker 4: been pretty terrific, at least since Week one anyway, and
• 21:01
  Speaker 4: yet this defense has not been able to stop people.
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: Consistently played pretty well.
• 21:05
  Speaker 4: On that side of the ball, all things considered in
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: the first half, but second half and overtime weren't able
• 21:11
  Speaker 4: to get those stops. We mentioned how Baltimore came back
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: from three different ten point deficits and then this might
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: have been the play of the year. Look, sometimes you
• 21:19
  Speaker 4: face the Mahomes or Lamar Jackson and they just beat you
• 21:22
  Speaker 4: with a couple extra plays. So the spot on the
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: power rankings reflects their record, and you know, and how
• 21:27
  Speaker 4: they've lost the good teams, like you said, the Commanders
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: as well, but you know, they just can't find a
• 21:32
  Speaker 4: way to close things out.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I gotta tell you. And just as an example,
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: the Jets. I think Cincinnati's a better team than Gangreen
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: and two teams I put them ahead of your Jets.
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: I thought, are your Giants. I mean, I thought maybe
• 21:43
  Speaker 4: I'd guess some credit for that.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: You know, by the way, my gimn figured out a
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: way to get it done. Oh that opening drive, I'm like,
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: oh my god, this is the season in a microcosm
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: of the season, and it wasn't pretty, but they figured
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: out a way to get it done. Let's get your
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: teams twenty five through thirty two. The Raiders, Minshew gets pulled,
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: we see Ocondle. They sit at twenty five. We know
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: DeVante's going to get treated. At twenty sixth the Rams.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: How about this squad. Worse start to a season in
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: Sean mcvay's coaching career. The Dolphins are at twenty eight.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: Found a way to get it done against the Patriots.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: The Jags, they get a win. They're at twenty nine.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: At number thirty, this is rough to watch this Brown squad.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: The Patriots are thirty one. They're also at times a
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: little difficult to watch, especially on the offensive side. And
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: the Carolina Panthers at thirty two. There's some teams here
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: that there's a reason why they're at the bottom. I
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: think maybe the biggest surprise considering what I thought they
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: could be the Cleveland Browns. Explain to me what is
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: going on for this squad.
• 22:39
  Speaker 4: It's not fair to put everything onto Sean Watson's head,
• 22:42
  Speaker 4: but obviously he has been a big part of this problem.
• 22:45
  Speaker 4: Considering what they paid two hundred twenty million dollars, considering
• 22:48
  Speaker 4: a full off season of.
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: Health and work in the program.
• 22:52
  Speaker 4: You know, the fact that he wasn't able to really
• 22:54
  Speaker 4: play as much in the preseason may have some effect,
• 22:56
  Speaker 4: but I just cannot believe that how far he's regressed
• 22:59
  Speaker 4: as a player. He and Stefanski maybe have never been
• 23:01
  Speaker 4: a great stylistic match anyway.
• 23:03
  Speaker 3: Football wise, the offensive.
• 23:05
  Speaker 4: Line injuries, the running back injuries, and that defense too,
• 23:09
  Speaker 4: Let's call them out. They have not been as dominant
• 23:11
  Speaker 4: as they were a year ago.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: I'm with you. I'm with you in a big way
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: because defensively, there has been struggles for this squad. Hey,
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: before we wrap up here, the Jags, I made reference
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: to it getting a win. They're playing like the home
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: away from home game in London? Is this Are we
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: going to see this again? They're gonna beat the Bears?
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: Hey, they could.
• 23:30
  Speaker 4: I think they have a little bit of momentum, but
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: got to finish it off better than they did against
• 23:34
  Speaker 4: the Colts.
• 23:34
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• 23:37
  Speaker 2: Raki the best Man will do it again next week.
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