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Speaker 1: to believe. It is Week five tonight coming up shortly.
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Speaker 1: We are live in Denver with the latest. Who is
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Speaker 1: and who is not expected to play at Mile High
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Speaker 1: Tonight is we get the Broncos and the Colts to
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Speaker 1: This is NFL Network. My name is andrews Ceciliata. We
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Speaker 1: are in our newsroom here in Los Angeles with all
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Speaker 1: kinds of news. Let's start with two, a tongue of
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Speaker 1: bloa and the investigation into what went down week three
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Speaker 1: and subsequently week four with the care given to the
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Speaker 1: Dolphins quarterback. Ian Rappingport or NFL Network insider Cam Wolf
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Speaker 1: is here as well. Ian. There're two moving parts here.
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Speaker 1: Number one, there's the investigation into his treatment. Number two,
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Speaker 1: there's a new concussion protocol which could be in place
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Speaker 1: possibly by week five, which is a couple of hours away.
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Speaker 1: What do we know first of all on that investigation
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Speaker 1: into two is medical care? Yeah, that investigation still ongoing.
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Speaker 1: I let's say close to wrapping up as far as
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Speaker 1: as twas medical care and and that whole thing too
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Speaker 1: was interviewed on Tuesdays. As colleague Tom Plicero reported, generally,
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Speaker 1: the person in the center of it too in this
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Speaker 1: case is interviewed among the last people. So that gives
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Speaker 1: you an indication for how quickly this is going. And
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Speaker 1: Dr Allan Stills and we talked to him early early
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Speaker 1: on Sunday morning. I said, the hope is to do
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Speaker 1: this within a week or two. This would be about
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Speaker 1: a little more than a week, so the timeline makes sense.
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Speaker 1: I think there is generally a possibility that the report
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Speaker 1: and the new NFL concussion protocol changes come out at
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Speaker 1: the same time. We'll see if that ends up happening,
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Speaker 1: because there is emergency. The week starts tonight with the
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Speaker 1: Broncos and Folks game. I know the NFL would like
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Speaker 1: if if everything goes perfectly well, would like a new
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Speaker 1: protocol in place by these week, so all games would
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Speaker 1: be able to have the same rules. So that would
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Speaker 1: be the goal. It is still being finalized, and and
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Speaker 1: it's not just cam, you know, making sure that the
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Speaker 1: NFL and the NFL p A are on the same
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Speaker 1: page as far as how to treat gross motor instability.
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Speaker 1: It's also making sure that the mackew White Committee from
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Speaker 1: the NFL p A that had that conspired committee from
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Speaker 1: the NFL, that they finalize it and make sure there
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Speaker 1: are no unintended consequences. But there is a little bit
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Speaker 1: of a deadline with tonight's game alright, So the announcement
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Speaker 1: was made last Saturday early evening by both the league
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Speaker 1: and the NFL PA the Union that the concussion protocols
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Speaker 1: will be changed. They just need to finalize everything here
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Speaker 1: to make sure they get it done and get it
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Speaker 1: done properly. Meantime, in Miami, we know camwellf the Teddy
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Speaker 1: Bridgewater is going to start for the Dolphins this week
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Speaker 1: in New York against one of his team's former teams,
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Speaker 1: the Jets. What is the latest go on to his health. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: Andrew too has actually been in the Dolphins building throughout
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Speaker 1: this He's been doing well considering the circumstances. Several players
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Speaker 1: have talked this week about seeing him in the locker
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Speaker 1: room smiling, joking around. And as we know, a lot
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Speaker 1: of his tests have come back to m r I
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Speaker 1: the CT scan X ray all clean. Now that being said,
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Speaker 1: he does have a concussion and he's still in the
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Speaker 1: concussion protocol and the Dolphins are being very cautious with
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Speaker 1: him moving forward. Hence they're early ruling him out this
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Speaker 1: week on a Monday. And as you mentioned, Teddy Bridgewater
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Speaker 1: will start going forward. But when you look at this situation,
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Speaker 1: one thing that has stood out is that everybody wants
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Speaker 1: to blame someone. And Mike McDaniel was asked this week
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Speaker 1: about some of the criticism he's received. He's remained adamant
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Speaker 1: that he felt like they've handled things appropriately, and he said, look,
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Speaker 1: everything is gonna be reactionary based on how we handle it,
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Speaker 1: but we care about the health of our players and ultimately,
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Speaker 1: as long as everybody inside this building feels great about
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Speaker 1: how we treat things, then we feel good about it
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Speaker 1: moving forward. He also did admit that to us having
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Speaker 1: some fomo, some fear of missing out from missing practices,
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Speaker 1: but he is a meeting room helping some of the quarterbacks,
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Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater, their young rookie Skyler Thompson, and so two
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Speaker 1: has been a big part of the Dolphins three in
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Speaker 1: one start. But moving forward, they will be with Teddy
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Speaker 1: Bridgewater for as long as it takes for Two to
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Speaker 1: get healthy. In yeah, and as a backup option really
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Speaker 1: hard to imagine getting a better one than Teddy Bridgewater.
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Speaker 1: Dolphins paid a lot for him, but if if you
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Speaker 1: want an expensive insurance policy, would be nice if you
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Speaker 1: didn't have to use it, but you gotta pay for it.
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Speaker 1: And the fact that they can roll Bridgewater out there
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Speaker 1: with plenty of starting experience, has basically been in every
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Speaker 1: single situation and knows the offense well enough where the
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Speaker 1: playmakers have confidence in him. You'd love too to be
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Speaker 1: out there. But considering you've got Bridgewater after him, not
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Speaker 1: a bad situation from that. And I said the Jets
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Speaker 1: are one of his former teams. He never did play
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Speaker 1: in the regular season. It was eeen offseason thing and
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Speaker 1: then traded in August to New Orleans that year. Thank you, Ian,
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Speaker 1: and thank you Cam Cam stay oh, Cambelle back a
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Speaker 1: little bit later. Ian, you stay right there. Let's talk
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Speaker 1: about Tom Brady here. These are shots of Brady in
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Speaker 1: practice putting something on that right a him, that right elbow.
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Speaker 1: He was. However, back at practice today, remember Wednesday has
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Speaker 1: kind of been a work in progress. Maybe they give
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Speaker 1: it to him off, maybe they don't give it to
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Speaker 1: him off. But Brady has acknowledged that he is working
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Speaker 1: through some kind of right arm issue I and is
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Speaker 1: back Tom Pellicero with us as well. We have the
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Speaker 1: Bucketeers getting ready here on our insider report for the Falcons,
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Speaker 1: Tom Brady has never lost a game, including the postseason.
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Speaker 1: I can think of a memorable one against the Falcons. Tom.
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Speaker 1: What do we know of Brady's right arm, Well, we
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Speaker 1: know that based upon reporters at the scene, including our
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Speaker 1: Sarah Walph, that he was slinging around in practice when
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Speaker 1: he was back today is listed on the injury report
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Speaker 1: with right shoulder and right ring finger issues. Again, both
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Speaker 1: of those know and the ring finger goes back a
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks. The shoulder got banged up in last
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Speaker 1: week's game. Brady tweeted on Monday says he's just gonna
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Speaker 1: do a little bit of TV twelve on that shoulder
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Speaker 1: and should be just fine going forward here. But let's
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Speaker 1: be honest, it's a forty five year old quarterback who
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Speaker 1: has not had that many significant types of injuries through
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Speaker 1: the course of his career. So it's something that bears monitoring, certainly.
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Speaker 1: All indications as you watch them throwing here that Tom
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Speaker 1: Brady is going to play this week against the Falcons.
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Speaker 1: But at what level did some of those things start
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Speaker 1: to add up. That's just gonna be something that you
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Speaker 1: have to be keeping an eye on here as we
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Speaker 1: move forward in the seat. And when Brady did tweet
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Speaker 1: that he was getting some in your words, TV twelve
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Speaker 1: on that elbow, he did tag TV twelve official account
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Speaker 1: on the Twitter here, of course he did. Meantime, he
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Speaker 1: and the Giants are taking the three in one record
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Speaker 1: to London. We're getting some somewhat encouraging news on their
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Speaker 1: quarterback situation for Sunday. What do we know? First of all,
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Speaker 1: they're taking both quarterbacks in London, so uh, obviously Daniel
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Speaker 1: Jones is where the focus lies. With the fact that
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Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor, the backup quarterback, still in the concussion protocol,
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Speaker 1: the fact that he's making the trip is at least
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Speaker 1: indication he's got somewhat of a chance to play. We'll
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Speaker 1: see if it's Davis web or if it's Tyrod Taylor,
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Speaker 1: but anel Jones is obviously the headline. And you know
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Speaker 1: the fact that they report encouraging progress at practice, the
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Speaker 1: fact that he worked out yesterday at a limited basis
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Speaker 1: and came out of it. No worse for wear, really
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Speaker 1: didn't have any setbacks. Still, it seems like going as
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Speaker 1: well as they have wanted, as well as they had hoped.
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Speaker 1: It's all good for the Giants and and for Daniel Jones.
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Speaker 1: And look, my understanding earlier this week was that they
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Speaker 1: were optimistic that he'd be able to play in this
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Speaker 1: Ancho Sprain. Nothing has changed at it seems that, however
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Speaker 1: close to he is, it seems that he'll be out
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Speaker 1: there for the Giants. Okay, if they take on the Packers,
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Speaker 1: a couple of three and one teams the Totten the
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Speaker 1: pot Spur Stadium. We are live in London, coming up shortly.
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Speaker 1: Thank you Ian, Thank you tom Oh. Yeah, it's some
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Speaker 1: horseplay tonight. Got a couple of horses, got the Colts
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Speaker 1: and got the Broncos. Uh. It is week five with
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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks Tonight Russell Wilson and Matt Ryan. James Palmer,
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Speaker 1: who was sitting at this very desk with us yes
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Speaker 1: terday live now in Denver, Adham Power. Last time these
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Speaker 1: two teams faced each other, it was Week A twenty nineteen.
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Speaker 1: Who was in Indie James looked it up. It was
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Speaker 1: Joe Flacco and Jacoby Brissette. Times have changed a bit, Yeah,
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Speaker 1: they have, Andrew, How similar are both these teams going
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Speaker 1: at it on this field behind me tonight? Right? They
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Speaker 1: both in the off season make a trade for a
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Speaker 1: veteran quarterback, you could say, a potential Hall of Fame
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Speaker 1: quarterback to boast up their offense, and it hasn't gone
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Speaker 1: well for both of them. Look at Matt Ryan sacked
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Speaker 1: more times and turned the football over more in the
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Speaker 1: first four games than any season in his fifteen year career.
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Speaker 1: You look at Russell Wilson, he has the lowest passer rating,
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Speaker 1: He is the lowest completion percentage of his NFL career.
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Speaker 1: And with that Broncos offense. When I talked to people
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Speaker 1: in the building this week, really the phrase that was
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Speaker 1: being used was self inflicted wounds, specifically on first and
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Speaker 1: second down. Whether it's penalties, which they lead the NFL,
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Speaker 1: and whether it's a sack or or a table for
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Speaker 1: loss or a run that didn't work out, they're getting
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Speaker 1: themselves behind the sticks and that's where they have to
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Speaker 1: go to a portion of their play sheet. And Andrew,
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Speaker 1: I'm not joking about this. Their gbt O plays there,
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Speaker 1: get back on track plays they've been having to go
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Speaker 1: to that portion, use those to try to get these
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Speaker 1: drives back up and running, because on third down they're
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Speaker 1: not very good. They ranked twenty three in the NFL.
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Speaker 1: But the interesting part about it is Russell Wilson has
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Speaker 1: thrown for more yards on third down than any quarterback
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Speaker 1: in the NFL. Hence why they're playing behind the sticks
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Speaker 1: so frequently. So they feel if they correct some of
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Speaker 1: these issues, they can get this offense up and moving.
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Speaker 1: But Russell Wilson also dealing with a little bit of
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Speaker 1: shoulder sore nows in that right shoulder, obviously in practice
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Speaker 1: this week, but I talked it to people this morning.
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Speaker 1: He is good to go, but something to keep an
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Speaker 1: eye on tonight. Something to keep an eye on tonight
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Speaker 1: in Denver as we open up here week number five,
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Speaker 1: the Broncos in prime time yet again. James Palmer back
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Speaker 1: with us a little bit later, Thank you. James. Are
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Speaker 1: hustling back to Denver after working yesterday. The Packers flag
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Speaker 1: flying at St. Andrew's maybe and do the math there
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Speaker 1: an eight hour drive I from Tottenham Hotspur Stadium where
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Speaker 1: the Giants are gonna have to deal with Aaron Rodgers
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, some of the challenges that kind of present
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Speaker 1: themselves in terms of facing the Giants, UH, specifically on
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Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball. Wink does a great
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Speaker 1: job of giving you a ton of different looks, and
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Speaker 1: you never are quite sure what you're going to get.
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Speaker 1: He's he just does a good job of game planning
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Speaker 1: you and presenting a lot of challenging looks, so you
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Speaker 1: can never get enough work really on on all the
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Speaker 1: different things that you may get. That is Matt Lafleur.
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Speaker 1: They're speaking of Wink Martindale, the new Giants defensive coordinator,
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Speaker 1: formerly of the Ravens in her his first year now
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Speaker 1: with a three and one team high. They're Stacy Dale's live.
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Speaker 1: I believe that's Kensington Palace in the background. How the
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Speaker 1: Giants getting ready for Aaron Rodgers. You know the hotspots here? Andrew,
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Speaker 1: well done. Actually, Princess the Great Princess Diana, the late
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Speaker 1: Great Princes Stan actually lived here once. Katon William This
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Speaker 1: is Royalty behind us. Uh, listen, just before we get
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Speaker 1: to Aaron Rodgers and Daniel Jones practicing today. That is important.
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Speaker 1: That makes the second straight day in which he's been
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Speaker 1: limited at least getting those raps. So again, all signs
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Speaker 1: point towards possibly him playing to Rodd Taylor again, still
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Speaker 1: in that concussion protocol. As for this Wink Martindale defense,
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Speaker 1: how about a forty two blitz rate. It is second
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Speaker 1: in the NFL, so that's what Aaron Rodgers will be
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Speaker 1: dealing with. But listen, it is Aaron Rodgers. This is
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Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame quarterback, and the New York Giants
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Speaker 1: know very well of that. I talked to Xavier McKinney
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Speaker 1: starting safety with this defense, and he told me, listen,
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Speaker 1: as much as you can try the idea of confusing
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, that's the objective. It's not easy to do
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Speaker 1: a lot of disguise they're gonna try to give him,
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Speaker 1: which is very typical of a Wink Martindale defense. But
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Speaker 1: above all, don't overthink it. This is important. Davier McKinney
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Speaker 1: telling me, hey, last year we played Tom Brady and
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Speaker 1: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and he said to me, he
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Speaker 1: kind of beat us before we stepped on the field
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Speaker 1: because of that Hall of Fame mystique. So don't overthink it,
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Speaker 1: meaning just understand, if you trust in the preparation and
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Speaker 1: execute and follow coach. Hey, you can get good results.
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Speaker 1: So they're gonna come in with a plan. But Aaron
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Speaker 1: Rodgers first trip here, he is going to be amped
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Speaker 1: up for this sold out game on Sunday. Yeah, Roger
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Speaker 1: says he'd actually appreciate a little time to do some
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Speaker 1: sight seeing and head to a pub and get a
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Speaker 1: pint and all that. Don't know if he is going
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Speaker 1: to get a chance to work that in on the
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Speaker 1: other side of those days. How about the injuries for
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Speaker 1: the Packers, specifically in the secondary. How are they looking.
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Speaker 1: I think they're looking actually better than we thought they
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Speaker 1: might look. Jay Alexander is for the second straight day
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Speaker 1: back on the practice field. He missed the Patriots game
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Speaker 1: this past week, a win for the Packers because of
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Speaker 1: that groin injury. That is a good sign. Adrian Amos,
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Speaker 1: who has been going through the concussion protocol, really the
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Speaker 1: leader of that sect, and Darry the hard hitting safety.
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Speaker 1: Uh all signs point towards him returning because he's on
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Speaker 1: the practice field today. So this is all really good news.
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Speaker 1: Because guess what, Andrew, they're gonna face Sae Kwon Barkley.
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Speaker 1: You're gonna hear me talk about it all week right now,
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Speaker 1: and Joe Barry, the defensive coordinator and company know it.
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Speaker 1: He is the best running back in football. There is
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Speaker 1: no team averaging more yards per game on the ground
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Speaker 1: than the New York Football Giants. Has become their mantra inside, outside,
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Speaker 1: every which way you want to look at it. Barry
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Speaker 1: understands everything starts and ends with Sa Kwon Barkley, and
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Speaker 1: especially if Daniel Jones is banged up and does play
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Speaker 1: with that ankle injury that left ankle sprain, will he
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Speaker 1: be the mobile guy we know of him, maybe even
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Speaker 1: a bigger load for Sae Kwon Barkley. K Barkley leading
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Speaker 1: the league and rushing after four weeks by a full
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Speaker 1: three yards over Nicholas Jamal Chub and he's taking the
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Speaker 1: Giants there to London. Thank you. Stacy Dale's live outside
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Speaker 1: Kensington Palace and full disclosure she told me during the
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Speaker 1: commercial where she was I may or may not have
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Speaker 1: been able to get it on the fly. Giants Packers,
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Speaker 1: Coming up next dak is not ready Cooper Rush is
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Speaker 1: what does he have in store for the Rams on Sunday?
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Speaker 1: We'll ask another former Cowboy quarterback. Nothing can stop me.
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Speaker 1: Look right here, let's go text down Stafford fe Ay
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Speaker 1: Rob for the touchdown, rushed out, runs, sack gets career sacked,
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Speaker 1: one hundred plea catch, Anderson squeezes through on bunch He
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Speaker 1: dog Cooper Cofred that should be six. Pitt Is intercepted.
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Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey called game Cowboys with never a doubt, never
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Speaker 1: a doubt. Also not a doubt that we might see
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Speaker 1: these two teams maybe again in the postseason. This guy
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Speaker 1: will be calling the games Sunday here at so five
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Speaker 1: state him in a subsequent game because he's been doing
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Speaker 1: it for twenty seven years. Former Cowboy quarterback Babe Laffenburg.
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Speaker 1: Great to have your good morning, Andrew, good morning, Thank
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Speaker 1: you for having me. So let's just call it now.
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Speaker 1: I'm kind of sick of the daily doctor updates from Dallas.
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Speaker 1: Here it's gonna be Cooper Rush right and with as
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Speaker 1: well as he is playing, I am not in the well.
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Speaker 1: Maybe he should start above dock crowd. Why is there
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Speaker 1: such a rush to breathlessly report on Dax Thumb and
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Speaker 1: if maybe he could be back this week. I honestly
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Speaker 1: have no idea, and to be quite honest, I don't.
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Speaker 1: I don't really pay attention. We're gonna call the game,
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Speaker 1: and whoever's out there playing quarterback, we'll call it with
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Speaker 1: that player. The interesting thing Andrew to me about the
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Speaker 1: dark timetable that's come out, Doctors owner, whoever. Um, there's
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Speaker 1: only one thing that's going to determine when Dak Prescott returns,
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Speaker 1: and that's right here. It's thumb. So when he can
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Speaker 1: grip a ball and he can throw it, he'll be
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Speaker 1: back until that time. Let's all enjoy Cooper Rush Baby.
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Speaker 1: Can can you ever imagine a world where, let's say,
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Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin, let's go back to Mike tom Win. On Tuesday,
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Speaker 1: reporter asked a question, Hey, um, Calvin Austin is due
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Speaker 1: to come off i R this week potentially, how's he looking?
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Speaker 1: And his response was He's due to come off IR
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Speaker 1: this week, and that was it. Do you guys like
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Speaker 1: kind of yearn for that kind of world where there
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Speaker 1: isn't a daily update? But I would say most of
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Speaker 1: them don't because they the reporters here kind of hang
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Speaker 1: on every word that the owner says. Uh, And quite honestly,
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Speaker 1: it keeps the Cowboys in the forefront of discussion, just
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Speaker 1: like we're discussing today. I think most teams would say,
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Speaker 1: here's my quarterback, we'll go with him. We'll let you
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Speaker 1: know when the other guy is ready to play. But
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Speaker 1: that doesn't happen here, all right, So tell me what
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Speaker 1: you think, Cooper Rush looks like Sunday afternoon at one
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Speaker 1: o'clock local against a Rams defense that had its moments, obviously,
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Speaker 1: but not enough of them Monday night. Well, it's still
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Speaker 1: a very good defense. Obviously. They have Hall of Fame
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Speaker 1: players on three levels. With Aaron Donald, Bobby Wagner in
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Speaker 1: the corner, m Jalen Ramsey's probably the best corner. I
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Speaker 1: think we'd all agree that Aaron Donald is the best
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Speaker 1: defensive lineman in the NFL. So when you got that
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Speaker 1: combination going and then Bobby Wagner in the middle calling
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Speaker 1: things out, it's always gonna be a difficult day. Uh.
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Speaker 1: Cooper Russell has been great. Hey, He's had only one
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Speaker 1: turnover in his three starts, has not fumbled the ball,
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Speaker 1: had the one interception, and the big thing to me Andrew.
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Speaker 1: The old saying is you can't miss touchdowns, and Cooper
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Speaker 1: Rush has not missed touchdowns. When he's had a guy open,
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Speaker 1: he's delivered the ball and he's done a great job.
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Speaker 1: And I always hate the word or the term I
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Speaker 1: should say bus driver um because it really belittles what
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Speaker 1: he has done. Um. And he's been effective. They've obviously
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Speaker 1: won his three starts. I don't think anybody anticipated that.
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Speaker 1: And I'll go back to the opener against Tampa Bay,
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Speaker 1: the game that Dak Prescott did start and played all
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Speaker 1: the way into the fourth quarter before he had that
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Speaker 1: thumb injury. They looked awful. So there there was definitely
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Speaker 1: doom and gloom here when they lost to Tampa. Uh,
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Speaker 1: they were terrible on offense. They played good defense. But
18:57
Speaker 1: after that he said, Okay, we we looked awful and
19:00
Speaker 1: we just lost our starting quarterback. And what has happened.
19:04
Speaker 1: They've won three in a row. You mentioned Aaron Donald there.
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Speaker 1: Obviously we know what the Cowboys pass rush has done
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Speaker 1: best in the league. Going up against a very banged
19:14
Speaker 1: up Rams offensive line this coming Sunday, I know I
19:18
Speaker 1: know that Micah kind of sort of wants to be
19:20
Speaker 1: in the Aaron Donald conversation. One day Jerry is intimated
19:23
Speaker 1: as much that he could see it. Do you see
19:26
Speaker 1: that possibly one day? Baby? Oh? No question. Um. What
19:30
Speaker 1: Michael Parson's has done is is really off the charts. Um.
19:35
Speaker 1: He was a strong candidate last year for Defensive Player
19:39
Speaker 1: of the Year. He was a defensive Rookie of the
19:40
Speaker 1: Year in the Landslide obviously, but he's just been fantastic.
19:44
Speaker 1: You can't underestimate. Also, I think what dan Quinn has
19:48
Speaker 1: done in his utilization of Michael Parsons. Uh. Dan Quinn
19:51
Speaker 1: of course Cowboys defensive coordinator. So so they're a handful.
19:56
Speaker 1: I kind of I don't want to say a pity
19:58
Speaker 1: the Rams, like clever laying a pity the fool you're
20:03
Speaker 1: coming up against a pass rush as has been phenomenal
20:07
Speaker 1: in the first four games of the season here for
20:09
Speaker 1: the Cowboys, and as you mentioned, Rams are a decimated
20:12
Speaker 1: offensive line. I will say Kevin Carberry one of the
20:15
Speaker 1: best in the business. Rams pime coach, so he will
20:18
Speaker 1: have something scheme up for the Cowboys, but you can
20:22
Speaker 1: only scheme so much. Eventually becomes one on one matchups
20:26
Speaker 1: and the Cowboys have won a lot of those one
20:27
Speaker 1: on one matchups across that defensive front. This year, Rams
20:31
Speaker 1: on Monday Night played the majority of the game with
20:33
Speaker 1: their second left guard, their third center, and their fourth
20:37
Speaker 1: right guard. Remains to be seen. If David Edwards can
20:39
Speaker 1: get through concussion and protocol, maybe they get left guard back,
20:42
Speaker 1: but still trying to figure out center and right guard
20:44
Speaker 1: against a defense that has been bringing it weekend and
20:47
Speaker 1: week out. Babel Offenberg, it's always great to have you on.
20:50
Speaker 1: Travel safely see a Sunday here in l A. Andrew,
20:53
Speaker 1: thank you very much. I appreciate it. In l A
20:55
Speaker 1: is my hometown, so we'll see some family out there.
20:57
Speaker 1: Welcome home, man, Welcome home to a Rams team that's
21:02
Speaker 1: trying to figure out how to get the offense going. Look,
21:05
Speaker 1: the old line is an issue of the injuries. You
21:08
Speaker 1: can't say it's the only issue. They have played nine
21:10
Speaker 1: old lineman already through four games, but for the second
21:13
Speaker 1: time in four games they're held under ten and then
21:15
Speaker 1: oh yeah, Sean, the Cowboys are coming with that defense. Obviously,
21:21
Speaker 1: when you look at them defensively, they've got excellent players
21:24
Speaker 1: coming off the edge. I think they're really aggressive on
21:26
Speaker 1: all three levels. They've got great speed, I think coach
21:28
Speaker 1: Quinn does a great job mixing it up. And then offensively,
21:31
Speaker 1: I've been really impressed, you know, I've I got tremendous
21:33
Speaker 1: respect for Dak Prescott and what he's been able to do.
21:35
Speaker 1: And then obviously Cooper Rush stepping in, um being able
21:38
Speaker 1: to get both those backs going. You've seen Ceedee Lamb
21:41
Speaker 1: make a lot of plays. Um, I think Kellen has
21:44
Speaker 1: done an excellent job being able to mix it up
21:46
Speaker 1: and kind of play to their strengths. And then Bones
21:48
Speaker 1: always does a great job on special teams. So this
21:50
Speaker 1: is a really good football team that's got a three
21:52
Speaker 1: game win streak, and um, we gotta be ready to go.
21:55
Speaker 1: I gotta be ready to go with an offense that
21:57
Speaker 1: seemingly was not ready to go against the league's number
22:00
Speaker 1: one defense. And Monday night that would be the forty Niners.
22:02
Speaker 1: Now they get the Cowboys. This is KAYLEB Burton Either
22:05
Speaker 1: Hay covered the Ramps for us this week. How does
22:07
Speaker 1: that offense turn the corner now against a very good
22:10
Speaker 1: defense on a short week. Well, Andrew, as you mentioned,
22:13
Speaker 1: it starts with the on line. But do you remember
22:14
Speaker 1: the last time I was up here on this desk?
22:16
Speaker 1: I actually talked about the old line in Week one
22:19
Speaker 1: because how many times in Matthew Stafford gets sacked against
22:22
Speaker 1: the Bills. I want to say seven, Lakwan is at
22:24
Speaker 1: seven seven. It's seven seven times. We're back up here
22:29
Speaker 1: on this desk talking about Matthew Stafford being sacked again
22:32
Speaker 1: seven times, and a big part of it has to
22:35
Speaker 1: do with this offensive line. They have rotated through so
22:37
Speaker 1: many different moving parts. As Andrew just mentioned, I think
22:41
Speaker 1: back to their first round pick Logan Russ, who's not
22:44
Speaker 1: able to play this season. So and then they of
22:46
Speaker 1: course center Brian Allen has been out with a knee injury.
22:50
Speaker 1: He is trending in a positive direction, could be back
22:52
Speaker 1: in the next couple of weeks. Uh. And then they
22:55
Speaker 1: went from Tremaine Acram Coleman Shelton had to move over
22:58
Speaker 1: towards center. He's now out for four to six weeks
23:01
Speaker 1: with a high ankle sprain, and David Edwards also not
23:04
Speaker 1: in the picture. Just on Monday. He is trending in
23:06
Speaker 1: a better direction, feeling a lot healthier as well. But
23:09
Speaker 1: right now Matthew Stafford has to play with different backups,
23:12
Speaker 1: including Aleric Jackson as well as center Jeremiah Cologne, and
23:16
Speaker 1: I asked Matthew Stafford, how do you handle all of
23:19
Speaker 1: the moving parts? And he said two things. One communicating
23:22
Speaker 1: with the offense. And I'll tell you this. When Colone
23:24
Speaker 1: went in the game on Monday, he got in his
23:27
Speaker 1: era and he said, I'm going to be in your
23:29
Speaker 1: ear all night. He understands that he hasn't been on
23:32
Speaker 1: the plane field at all with him. This is really
23:34
Speaker 1: their first full week of practice, not even full week
23:36
Speaker 1: of practice together, and they got a lot coming their
23:38
Speaker 1: way against the Cowboys defense. There's also a chance Matt Skura,
23:41
Speaker 1: the former raven could be up in the practice squad
23:43
Speaker 1: as well as a veteran backup. Either way, the Ramps
23:45
Speaker 1: have to fix that against the Cowboys defense with Michael Parsons.
23:49
Speaker 1: Thank you, Caleb. Haven't really talk much Bengals Ravens yet
23:54
Speaker 1: on NBC Football Night in America, but we will. That's
23:59
Speaker 1: coming up next on NFL Now on a game day
24:01
Speaker 1: here on NFL Network. Head, I've gotten you're watching NFL
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Speaker 1: now NFL Network. Here is a Cincinnati Bengals tweet of
24:13
Speaker 1: their quarterback. He's pretty good. He's also really good against
24:16
Speaker 1: the Ravens last year in two games against the Ravens
24:20
Speaker 1: nine hundred and forty one yards passing. I think that's good.
24:28
Speaker 1: You got protect the ball, and there's the main thing.
24:31
Speaker 1: I know. I said that every game, but they I
24:34
Speaker 1: think they leave the league in turnovers right now with
24:36
Speaker 1: ten and so if we can limit those turnovers, I
24:39
Speaker 1: think we'll be able to move the ball up and
24:40
Speaker 1: down the field. Um. They do a great job of
24:43
Speaker 1: getting pressure, getting tips of the line of scrimmage and
24:46
Speaker 1: capitalizing on those opportunities. So we're gonna have to protect
24:49
Speaker 1: the ball around the ball well. And you know, I
24:52
Speaker 1: can't get behind like we did in the first two games.
24:54
Speaker 1: So last year, guys, Baldy, Mark Ross, it was Wink
24:58
Speaker 1: Martindale and he said before one of the Borough games,
25:01
Speaker 1: I'm not ready to give him a gold jacket yet,
25:03
Speaker 1: and Burrow put up in two It is nine and
25:06
Speaker 1: forty one yards most ever by one quarterback against one
25:09
Speaker 1: team in one season. This year, though, Baldy, it's Mike
25:12
Speaker 1: McDonald calling the defense, and they've given up two huge
25:16
Speaker 1: fourth quarter leads. Yeah, they have, and they run into
25:21
Speaker 1: hot quarterbacks in twa and last week with Josh Allen.
25:24
Speaker 1: They've been out scored forty three to nine in the
25:26
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. It's really a combination of things because, like
25:29
Speaker 1: Joe Burrow explained, they got ten takeaways. They do a
25:31
Speaker 1: lot of good things. But if you go back to
25:33
Speaker 1: just the Miami game Week two, like you know, down
25:36
Speaker 1: at the bottom here, they've got a disguised Cover two. Look,
25:39
Speaker 1: they're gonna blitz. So it's gonna be a rotation to
25:41
Speaker 1: a Cover one basically man and man coverage. Kyle Hamilt
25:44
Speaker 1: changed the rookie. He's also a free safety and his
25:47
Speaker 1: number one rule is don't let anybody get behind you.
25:50
Speaker 1: And tyrock Hill runs right past him. So they've got
25:53
Speaker 1: some young players and key spots, uh you know that
25:56
Speaker 1: have to learn the game, and you make mistakes, you
25:58
Speaker 1: learn from the mistakes. But you know, also at fourth
26:02
Speaker 1: quarter they got Jalen Armor Davis, you know, a rookie,
26:05
Speaker 1: and they're gonna show blitzero look back out. They don't
26:08
Speaker 1: give any help to Jalen Armor Davis. They flogged the
26:12
Speaker 1: other side of the field although he thinks he's supposed
26:14
Speaker 1: to get help, and so tyrenk Kale runs by him
26:17
Speaker 1: for sixty So they run into some hot quarterbacks and
26:19
Speaker 1: they've broken down in the back end. You break down
26:22
Speaker 1: the back end, you give up six points. This is
26:24
Speaker 1: fourth and one. There's a chance for stock. They're taking
26:26
Speaker 1: the quarterback step away. They got Josh Allen out in
26:29
Speaker 1: the primer. They've got athletes out there. There's all way
26:32
Speaker 1: right there. He runs past him to get Paul and
26:34
Speaker 1: Humphrey jumping up in the air. You have a chance
26:36
Speaker 1: for a stop on fourth and one, and Josh Allen
26:39
Speaker 1: slides in the second base for a first down. So
26:42
Speaker 1: you get a situation here all right. Late in the game,
26:46
Speaker 1: here comes digs across the formation. Right here you can
26:48
Speaker 1: see Peters and Chuck Clark are talking to each other.
26:51
Speaker 1: Is it a banjo? Is it? Man? What is it?
26:53
Speaker 1: For a brief second here they both look like they're
26:55
Speaker 1: taking digs and Josh Allen they got out Josh. I
26:59
Speaker 1: mean here he is. He hits the north gosson knock
27:01
Speaker 1: for twenty yards and then to get into field goal
27:04
Speaker 1: range for the game. When he field goal, they got
27:06
Speaker 1: exactly what they wanted. They got Josh down right there
27:08
Speaker 1: in the They got corral and they get out Joshed again.
27:12
Speaker 1: It gets outside the pocket gets away from him right here.
27:15
Speaker 1: You got kind of reverses field, finds receiver on the
27:17
Speaker 1: other side of the field, picks up enough yards get
27:19
Speaker 1: the field goal range. Their quarterbacks that they've seen have
27:23
Speaker 1: been better than them in the fourth quarter this year,
27:25
Speaker 1: and they're two losses and they're gonna see Joe Burrow
27:27
Speaker 1: this week. You just mentioned all the stats from a
27:30
Speaker 1: year ago. They know what you Borrow could do. They
27:32
Speaker 1: gotta be better against these quarterbacks. Uh in t spots. Yeah, Baldy.
27:38
Speaker 1: You mentioned the breakdowns in their secondary and going against Burrow,
27:42
Speaker 1: who's five and oh against bottom five teams in his career,
27:46
Speaker 1: against passing bottom five passing teams in the league, and
27:49
Speaker 1: obviously the success he's already had with the Ravens, and
27:52
Speaker 1: the problem is not just the breakdowns and the lack
27:55
Speaker 1: of communication, but then if the Ravens blitz and go. Man,
27:59
Speaker 1: you know, you look at all we got Marlin and
28:00
Speaker 1: Humphrey and Marcus Peters who can shut down most receivers.
28:03
Speaker 1: But when you're looking at mar Chase and Tee Higgins
28:06
Speaker 1: and Tyler Boyd, I'm taking those receivers over those guys,
28:10
Speaker 1: you know, just about ninety percent of the time. So
28:12
Speaker 1: you've got Burrow been efficient, effective and his playmakers. Any
28:15
Speaker 1: one of those three could break the game open. So
28:17
Speaker 1: this is a bad matchup, I think for the Ravens
28:20
Speaker 1: defense going against Burrow and the prolific UH Bengals offensive
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