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Get laced up. Let's go. It's time for Banter
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with the Boys. Anyway, what's going on? This
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is week 16 preview and picks Banter with the
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Boys. Great iron updates. We are back. Roberto's
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here. What's up, coach? Living, loving. Go bikes.
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School of Bikes. Jake's also here. That's right.
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Back out of the snow. Back out of the snow. And
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the cold. Back out of the snow. More of the cold.
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Yeah. Oh, it was cold this weekend. It was negatives.
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Yeah. You son of a bitch. Okay. Kev's here. Creating
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work for Kev in the back. There it is. Put the
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quacks on it. Anyway, what are we doing? Rams
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at Seattle. For our first game of our Week 16
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Preview and Picks. Wow. We're just going to lead
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off with the heavy hitter, I guess. We're swinging
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for defenses. Don't worry. If you don't have
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Prime Video, you're not watching. You're not.
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Anyway. Go to our friends. Find a friend. Yeah.
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Yeah. Phone a friend. Find a friend. Find a friend.
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Ask Smelty for his login information. Ask Smelty
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for his login. Don't ask Smelty for his login
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information. That's not going to work out well
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for you. Let's see. This one's in Seattle. I'll
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put his email in the comments. Yes, it is. It's
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in Seattle. All right. Here we go. I mean, shoot,
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this could be for The Division. If you listen
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to our other episodes that have came out recently,
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we have mentioned this game a couple times already.
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Wait, what? Are you giving us your pick? No.
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You're going sea chickens? Maybe. Spoilers. Go
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for it. What's going on here? Nothing. I just
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did that. You always say sea chickens. I do always
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say sea chickens. That's correct. Well, now that
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we're on you. I mean, this is going to be a fun
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game. I think this is where the matchup, where
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it's really going to hurt when you see Adams
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out. This is a secondary that can hang with the
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Rams' offense. They're front four, front seven,
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can control Williams. But I think Mr. Coach Flores
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from the Minnesota Vikings has shown the league
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how to stop Sam Darnold. Zero touchdowns offensively
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in the last three weeks. Rams are going to win
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this one. Ooh, okay. That was a big lead up for
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the Seahawks. But going with the Rams. I started
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laughing there because I was typing your name,
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and I was remembering episodes I wasn't here,
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and he kept calling you Jacob. And then he was
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like, oh, sorry, I don't think anybody actually
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calls you Jacob. Just me. That just cracked me
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up. Just Rob. Just Rob. That's good. So, Jake,
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what do we got for you? We got a really good
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matchup between two very stellar defenses. I
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think it's going to come down to quarterback
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play, which one's going to be more consistent.
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And I think over the course of the entire year,
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it's been Matthew Stafford over Sam Darnold.
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So I'm picking the Rams because of quarterback
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play. You sound like you're questioning your
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decision there. I'm picking the Rams. So I kind
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of think about the running game. I think the
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sea chickens have a better run game. They are
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also at home. I think the 12s are coming back.
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Oh, which coach smells. He said they were gone
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earlier this year. I thought that was me. I totally
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was gone. Yeah, it's OK. So I think we're going
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to get a 12 on Thursday, which will make it close.
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But still, it's going to be quarterback play.
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Which one's going to make the fewest mistakes?
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And it's. Over the course of the entire season,
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it's been Matthew Stafford. Darnold's been prone
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to making mistakes. Exposed. Yeah. So it's Stafford.
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We're going to see another MVP performance out
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of Stafford. Give me Rams. Do you think he wins
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MVP? I think so. I think he's the front runner
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right now. I know we keep talking about it. We
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talked about it last week. I think me and Justin
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were talking about the front runner, and it was
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actually Drake May. Really? Was the front runner.
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But obviously, I think that loss in Stafford
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coming out and having a real nice game probably
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flipped maybe the odds a little bit. I mean,
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everybody just likes something new. So that's
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why I think people feel like the NFL is going
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to pick the new guy, not the 40 -year -old who
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had his career best season. So Rams have won
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the last four out of five in Seattle. Okay. Fair
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enough. Rams have won the last four out of five
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in Seattle, but it will not be this one. It will
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not be this one. The Homer. Yeah, well, I'm only
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picking them because they are at home, honestly.
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And I do believe in the 12th man and JSN. I think
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JSN is going to have a great game. The Rams had
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troubles stopping Amon Ra and old Jameson Williams
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last weekend. Which is probably one of the...
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better duels in the league for sure no doubt
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i'm and who who's the second receiver in seattle
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uh cooper coppa not hasn't had a great season
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you know what i mean no no i'm saying he hasn't
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had a great season compared to you know seasons
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past but cup knows that knows that rams defense
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pretty well he does but i also want i want to
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see seattle get charbonnet and kenneth walker
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involved in the passing game this weekend i think
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that's how they can beat them and then go over
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the top of jsn and i I agree that the rushing
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game is really, really strong in Seattle. I think
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their defense can do enough to limit the Rams.
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But again, we saw what the Rams did to a defense.
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It's not horrible. That has some holes, though,
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in the secondary, like we mentioned in Detroit.
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But I'm going Seattle here. I think Seattle's
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going to. It'll be a competitive game. I think
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this will be a competitive game. It's for the
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division. A competitive L for the Seahawks? A
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competitive L for the Rams is what I'm saying.
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You're missing what I'm saying. You cracked me
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up. All right, all right, all right. Here we
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go. Packers traveling to the Chicago Bears. The
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Micah Parson -less Packers, who I believe are
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favored. The Packers are favored one and a half.
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Which is really interesting, especially with
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Parson on. Yeah. Is it Vegas? Doesn't believe
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in the Chicago Bears is what we're going with
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here? Kind of vibe? Is Caleb Williams? It was
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just a stinger, right? I think Caleb Williams.
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Because I know he went on and off the field a
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couple times. Yeah, he had some interesting limp
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action going on when he was walking off the field
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a few times. That was his pimp walk. Stop. Come
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on, meow. Come on, meow. That's hilarious. What
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do you got, Rob? NFC North fan, you know. I mean,
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I think this might be the Williams prove it game
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right here. Yes. I think this is that game. I
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think the Parsons loss is really going to affect
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the team. It's good. They're going to kind of
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have a hangover game and loved and they have
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enough skilled position receivers. Jacob's a
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little banged up that knee still, but he still
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had a couple of studies, had a really nice catch
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in the back of the end zone. I think their offense
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is good enough to make it a game, but I still
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think Williams is just going to start exposing
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their defensive line, not being able to get after,
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and the Packers will probably have to come with
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a little more pressure. And I think that's where
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Caleb's escapability comes into play. It is going
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to be cold up in old Chicago, but I'm going to
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go Bears. Going Bears? Okay, yeah. I'm going
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to also follow you. I'm also going Bears. I think
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Caleb Williams has shown, you know, the second
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half of the season that he can absolutely compete
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not only in his division but with the rest of
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the league. If you look at his stats compared
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to Love, you know, Love's throwing the ball a
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little bit deeper than Caleb is. But as far as...
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If you just compare them, stats to stats, it's
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actually a lot closer than people may think.
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And people keep talking about how Jordan Love,
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not as elite by any means, but absolutely a confirmed
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top -ten quarterback currently in the NFL. Okay,
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Williams is right there. He's playing very well
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right now. And I think there's, I don't know,
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I just feel the Bears, this is it. It is a prove
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-it game, but I think the Bears will capitalize
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on it since they're not playing the Vikings.
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So, therefore, the Bears do win this one. I mean,
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that's what that Christian Watson. And again,
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Micah Parsons. Yeah, and the Christian Watson
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injury, too. You can see that after Watson went
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out, Packers didn't really have anyone to threaten.
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Rams started, you know. But back on Jake's point,
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I think, you know, if you get a week now of practice
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without Christian Watson, and again, that receiver
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room deep, I love that receiver room. I hate
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to admit that. I do. I think they'd be fine.
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They don't have the over -the -top guy. Yeah,
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they do. Who? Reid. not Christian Watson level
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of height and speed. That's a different over
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the top. You got Moss over the top. And that's
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what he gives you. And that's, I think, the difference
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maker. That's the difference maker for you. Is
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that ability to go up and get the ball on a one
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-on -one contest. I just smell it. Do you remember
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who I picked two weeks ago? The Bears? Yeah,
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I did. I was all on the Bears, right? Yeah. I
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was like super excited, chanting, talking about
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Ben Johnson being shirtless. Yep. Absolutely
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embarrassed myself. Boy, was I wrong then. But
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you know what? I'm picking the Bears again. Yes.
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There it is. Going to the Bears again. I think
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the Micah Parsons injury is too much for that
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defense to overcome, and Caleb Williams' escapability
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has been second to none probably to anybody else
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this year. Yeah. So he's going to make plays.
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Again, it's a prove -it game for him, and it's
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their opportunity to take back the North. It
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is. Here it is. I mean, that's where that running
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game. I think that's the difference with the
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Bears is there's the ability to run the game
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because Caleb's pretty good off that play action.
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You get him out on the move. I mean, that's he
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needs to work on his play. Like his play action
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is so his so bad. I agree. I mean, yeah, but
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he works well off of it, but he does a terrible
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job of he's just athletic. He's able to recover
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well from those types of he doesn't even do well
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with hiding it. I'm just like. But, I mean, that's
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where if the Packers can slow down the rushing
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game, that's the only way I can feel like they're,
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you know. Have a chip and a chair? No, more than
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a chip and a chair. I still think this game's
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going to be close, but I just got to pick a team,
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you know. I'm going 29 -28. Okay, 29 -28. Okay.
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Okay. Okay. All right. All right. Third game
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here. The 10 -4 Jaguars travel into the 12 -2
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Broncos, both division leaders in their respective
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divisions. I'll go first on this one. I haven't
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gone first yet. I wonder who I'm going to pick.
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Who I've picked all freaking year. It's going
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to be the Jaguars, who are hot right now, and
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they're going to go give the Denver Broncos their
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first L in Denver this season. Tell me more,
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man. Tell me more. That's a bold statement. It
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is a bold statement. It's time for the Jacksonville
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Jaguars to not only win their division, but also
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say that we're going to win our first round playoff
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matchup, and we'll probably see you again. All
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right. I like it. What do you think, Jacob? I
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think that... I'm an idiot. Well, that's a little
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harsh. Do we have to say that out loud? Maybe
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we have a difference of opinion. Let's be polite
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about this. Thanks, buddy. I still love the Broncos
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defense. They gave Jordan Love fits last week,
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and they give everybody fits. Patrick Sertan
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II is back. He's looking great back there for
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that secondary. Uh, Bo Nix is being super consistent
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and he can throw it to whoever he wants anywhere
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on the field. Uh, I still don't believe in the
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Jags. I don't believe in Trevor Lawrence. never
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really have been. Boo. Boo. Jacob hates the sunshine.
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That's right. I don't believe in sunshine. Also,
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they're going to be in Denver. I still think
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altitude and cold weather is going to play a
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big role in that. So give me some Orange Crush.
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The Orange Crush. Broncos also riding an 11 -game
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win streak right now. Jaguars riding a five -game
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of their own. They hot. 11 games. You don't do
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that. every day in the NFL. I mean, Broncos favored
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by three here. Oh, yeah. Home team. Temperature
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actually is going to be in the mid -50s for this
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game per AI. I've got some co -workers that live
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in Jacksonville. 50 is freezing. That is true.
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They do wear sweatshirts and crap down there.
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Us Minnesotan folks will be in t -shirts and
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shorts and they'll be bundled up at 50 degrees.
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Bundled. Bundled. We're staying inside. They
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sell a lot of jackets. I'm going Broncos right
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now. I just think that defense is going to really
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get after him. ETN has had a wonderful year.
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I thought I saw a comment the other day when
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Urban Myers drafted him that he wanted to take
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away the position title next to it and just put
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weapon as his position. And he's been a weapon
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all year long. But that defense of the Broncos,
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like you said, Patrick's a 10. He did get hurt
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last game a little bit. He got banged up. But
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I think that front four is just going to get
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after him. And I think the Broncos are going
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to get another W. And Bo Nix is really impressive.
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Him, just the ability to move around that pocket
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and keep his eyes downfield. He's just hitting
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wide open receivers and really using his feet
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well. I hope we can watch this game here in Minnesota.
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I hope that's the game to decide to show in the
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afternoon. Because I think. Well, if you go to
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that website, I tell you, you can stream it for
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free. Shut up. Shut up. It'll be in the comments.
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Shut up. It will not be in the comments. All
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right. Did we all pick? Yes, we did. OK. OK.
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Oh, yeah. You guys picked under. Hold on. That's
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right. We put this down in case I ever get back
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to the picks. Yeah. We'll focus on the playoff
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picks anyway, because I might have screwed the
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pooch and all this stuff this year. All right.
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Oh, the Vikings. Yeah. They travel to the New
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York Giants. Please sit down, Jettas. I don't
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want him playing on this field. And McCarthy.
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Just sit him all down. Yeah, that field's notorious
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for blowing out sneezes. We're knocking on all
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the wood at the table. I saw that. Anyway. Yeah,
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I mean, Vikings all day. Sorry. I'm not going
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to explain really much here. Not that I have
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already this whole time. Two -game winning streak.
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Giants are weak, man. Come on. But you do make
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a good point about their front four. You do make
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a good point about that. And Aaron Jones did
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not play well at all, but Mason played okay last
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week. Mason ran tough. He always runs tough.
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Is this Aaron Jones last year, you think? I think
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he just called it. God, I don't know if I mean.
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Because when he's healthy, healthy, like, he
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still has some electricity about him. He still
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has enough speed. That's what I mean. It's just
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his availability is his number one thing. Yeah,
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yeah, yeah. And his contract, I don't think,
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is too bad. No, I think he's through next year,
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too. Yeah. If he's cheap. I'm just curious. Yeah,
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if he's cheap, he's in. Bring the sombreros back.
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Okay. Do you think Jeddah's with three games
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left makes 1 ,000 yards after seeing his stats
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the last four games? Yeah, he's going to go off
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this game. I mean, this would be one to might
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as well make the 1 ,000 right here. Let's do
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it. Are we calling? What do we need, 160? 168.
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That was a pretty good guess by me. It was. It's
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like you did your research. Actually, I didn't.
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Anyway, who are you picking? We're talking way
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too long about a game that shouldn't matter.
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Other than to us, obviously. I'm on Vikings.
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I think this is, like you said, a good test.
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I definitely want some Daricell back because
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that he wants some CD in his life. Well, that
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defensive line for the Giants can really get
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after you. And especially the left tackles of
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schools playing over there. That scares me. Lucky
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that the Cowboys didn't really have a. Their
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edge rushers aren't really that good. So I think
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school played pretty good. They did chip on that
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side. I noticed quite a bit on this. But, yeah,
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we got to get the running game going just like
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we did just enough against the Cowboys last week.
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And the Vikings defense is playing pretty good.
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Gennard being hurt. It does hurt. So we'll have
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Turner and Van Ginkle. probably running on the
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outside. So it'll be interesting who comes in
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to spell them. I guess we lead Vikings in sacks.
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Grenard or Eric Wilson? Dallas Turner and Eric
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Wilson are tied. Five and a half. Grenard had
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three. Yeah, I'm going Vikings. I think, you
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know, I... It's like what Giants team are they
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going to give up? Tracy Jr. had a nice game last
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week, so they'll be able to run the ball. And
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who's the Giants quarterback, actually? Jackson
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Dart. Oh, yeah, he's back. I mean, a quarterback
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like that gives the Vikings defense a little
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fits, you know? Good point. So that'll be the
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opportunity for them to stay in the game. And
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he's pretty loose. He's got that Bo Nix kind
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of, probably even a better runner than Bo Nix.
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style of gameplay. It's just whether he can stay
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away from the dumb play. Yeah, just a little
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bit more reckless. Exactly. It's the reckless
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plays where he tries to extend too much, and
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then he gets himself in trouble. But I'll look
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at the Vikes. I'm feeling the vibe right now.
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It's a cold nation. Yeah. I think Smelty feels
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like both teams have nothing to play for. I think
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that's far from the truth. really more the vikings
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still have a lot to play for as far as figuring
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out what is next year going to look like for
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the giants it's more of a crap shoot because
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you don't know who your head coach is going to
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be uh i think koc is staying around if there's
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talks about a new head coach i don't think he's
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going anywhere um because head coach and quarterback
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stability is important um seeing jj mccarthy
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play well is important getting on the same page
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with Justin Jefferson, continuing to run the
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ball. I felt the offensive line, while banged
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up, did a really good job the last couple of
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weeks keeping McCarthy upright. So something
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to hang their hat on there. So I'm taking Vikings.
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They're just going to be too much for the Giants.
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I think Jackson Dart's going to give them some
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fits, but it's not going to be enough. Yeah,
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Flores' looks. It'll be really to see how he
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responds to Flores' looks. Because that was really,
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they went double mug the whole game against the
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Cowboys. And it kind of got to Dak a little bit.
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It confused him a little bit. So it'll be interesting
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if they attack that way. Because that's the first
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time I've seen the Vikings play that so much
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double mug. A little bit against Darnold, too.
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But I'm still a Dak Prescott fan. I still like
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him a little bit. But I wonder if Dallas fans
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are kind of over it at this point. I mean, he
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signed a big deal, so he's there for a minute.
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It's like every fan, they want something new
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always. I know some Dallas fans that are like,
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Zach is good, but he's not good enough, and they
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don't believe that he's the one that's going
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to take him to the promised land type deal. But
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good enough to get to the playoffs. Yeah, like
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Romo -esque kind of. Yeah, he's a pretty good
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player. We love what he does for the community.
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Trent Dilfer gets Baltimore rings. That's what
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I'm saying. Sometimes it's not always just the
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quarterback. We'll see here. New England Patriots.
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Oh, we're moving on to the last one? Moving on.
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Last one. Patriots traveling to the Baltimore
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Ravens. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Pressure. Wonder who
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we're going to start with. Obviously, Rob. Yeah,
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that sounds good. Yeah. I mean, this is that
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game where the Patriots, you know. Being a younger,
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new team, having really experienced a ton of
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success together, after coming off a kind of
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a failure, an epic failure probably in their
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minds, a game that they felt like they probably
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had in hand. And now they're going against a
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team that most people consider one of the better
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teams. You got Lamar. Lamar is always an issue
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for any defensive coordinator. It's where the
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Ravens can stop. the Patriots running game, and
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I don't think they have enough out the middle.
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That's why I'm going to go Patriots on this one.
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Is it going to be a clean sweep, or did the Ravens
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get them earlier? What do you mean? Oh, they
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don't play in the same division. Interesting.
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I mean, I guess there is concern with the Patriots
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going away from the running game so early when
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they went up. If they did that again, I think
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that would be a massive problem against this
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Ravens team. I mean, the games the Ravens have
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lost, like, yeah, there was that Pittsburgh game.
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Don't get started about that. Sorry. Bringing
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up old wounds here. And then the Cincinnati game
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right before that was rough. But I don't know.
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Before that, they were on a little bit of a run,
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but against mediocre teams other than the Bears,
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they did handle. And then they just beat the
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crap out of the Bengals a little bit who had,
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like, no fight. I don't know. I feel like a surprise
22:20
here. I feel like a surprise here. I think I
22:23
got to go Baltimore because of the Lamar Jackson
22:25
and Derrick Henry effect. I mean, there is weapons
22:30
available on this team. It's just whether or
22:34
not the defense can hold up to what the Patriots
22:37
are bringing to the table. That's the problem
22:39
for me. Are they pretty healthy right now, the
22:42
Ravens defense? Yeah. Other than their D tackles.
22:46
Yeah. Obviously, Matabike has been the one that
22:52
everybody has been missing the entire year. We
22:56
lost one of our middle linebackers who's going
22:59
on IR for the remainder of the season. Buchanan?
23:02
Yeah. He's a rookie this year. ACL, yep. He was
23:07
pretty solid, so that's going to be missed. Are
23:13
Darius Washington's back from his freak Achilles
23:17
injury? Welcome back. Yeah. Great to see him
23:21
back, which is really good for that secondary.
23:25
So I think that's going to allow for Baltimore
23:28
to really focus on putting eight in the box,
23:33
putting Kyle Hamilton up there. I think we're
23:35
coming with a lot of pressure this week. Yeah.
23:37
And they're going to they're going to like. do
23:39
a lot of pressure, a lot of run blitz, and see
23:43
if Drake May can actually beat him over the top.
23:46
That secondary has been playing pretty solid
23:48
for the last few weeks. So I believe in that.
23:53
I believe in the Ravens starting to figure out
23:57
the ball control stuff. Derrick Henry got plenty
23:59
of touches, hit 100 yards just barely, but still
24:02
got it. And you're starting to see Keaton Mitchell.
24:08
more involved in the running attack too. That
24:10
dude's fast. Yeah. They're warming up at the
24:13
right time. Yes. I think Lamar is continuing
24:16
to look healthier and healthier and moving faster
24:18
and faster. So hopefully we're going to see some...
24:21
He was already fast. We don't need him faster.
24:23
I think we're going to start... Hopefully we're
24:25
going to start seeing some more RPO stuff for
24:29
him and more design runs. So I like everything
24:35
that the Ravens are looking and the direction
24:38
that they're headed. And of course, they've got
24:39
to win out to make the playoffs. Whereas with
24:44
Buffalo, I mean, it's crazy to think Buffalo
24:47
could still miss the playoffs. Yeah. Do you think
24:53
the Ravens are going for a lot of fourth downs?
24:55
They're going to be super aggressive all over
24:57
the field. I don't think they're. Because if
25:00
they lose the game, their season's over. Right.
25:03
I don't think they're going to be super aggressive.
25:05
I think they're going to be aggressive enough.
25:10
which isn't going to be anything different than
25:12
maybe what we're accustomed to seeing with Harbaugh.
25:15
If it's like a fourth and two at like the 45,
25:17
they're going to go for it kind of stuff. Really
25:21
a nod back to a couple of years ago where it
25:26
was just like, oh, it's fourth and two. And hey,
25:28
Lamar, you want to go for this? Yeah. Lamar's
25:30
like, heck yeah, we want to go for this. We want
25:32
to get this. Just trying to establish that. But
25:37
that was a lot of RPO. That's when they ran a
25:40
ton of RPO. And then it was like, you got to
25:42
pick one. And it was really hard to stop both.
25:44
But they don't run a ton of that currently. But
25:47
they could maybe throw that wrinkle in this week.
25:50
All right, you heard it here, coach. RPOs. Jacob
25:53
RPOs. Run it. Bring it. Steelers got not an easy
25:57
go of it either. So you're going with the Patriots?
26:03
Yeah, I'm going with the Baltimore. Ravens. I
26:06
still believe in the Baltimore Ravens. The other
26:09
purple has not given up yet. That's right. We
26:13
still got a chance. Yeah. Two and a half. Their
26:15
favorite Vegas believes in them. So one hypothetically,
26:18
if the Steelers were to lose tonight, if the
26:21
Steelers lose and then the then the Ravens take
26:25
possession of first in the north again when both
26:28
are at seven and seven. So you're not cheering
26:32
for the Steelers tonight? No. Go Dolphins. No.
26:36
Dolphins. They're losing 7 -3 at halftime right
26:38
now. Which I'm not a believer in because they're
26:41
playing in cold weather. We know how that Dolphins
26:43
team plays in cold weather. Not at all. They
26:45
don't. Yeah, exactly. Not at all. Oh, God. Well,
26:49
Jake, thanks for being here. Thanks for having
26:52
me. Thanks for having all this playoff talks.
26:56
Oh, yeah. We did preview and picks for Week 16.
26:57
Heck, yeah. That was good. Yeah. Thanks for being
26:59
here. Roberto. Thanks, Coach. Thanks for wearing
27:02
a polo and dressing for the Open. Yeah. It's
27:04
all business. We're just running people's seasons.
27:06
That's our goal. We're coming in, cleaning house,
27:09
taking over. And the Vikings could seriously
27:11
ruin some seasons right now. I mean, Giants,
27:14
not really this week. Well, but the next two
27:16
weeks. Yeah. I'd like to have a three -game winning
27:18
streak going into some house wrecking. You're
27:21
not about the tank for picks. Mentality. No.
27:24
I hate that. You don't sound like it. You sound
27:27
like you want to ting for picks. For what? What
27:28
would I pick? I don't know. Oh, we talked about
27:30
that, didn't we? Yeah, we did. Yeah. Anyway.
27:32
All right. We're rambling. Kev, obviously. Thanks,
27:35
Kev. Thanks for being here, I think. Thanks for
27:37
the trees. I mean, you're here anyway, right?
27:39
But yeah, thanks, Kev. Obviously, yeah. Kev,
27:41
put the Christmas trees up for those that are,
27:43
or holiday trees. I don't know. What are we doing?
27:45
I'm just kidding. No, these are Christmas trees
27:47
up here, son. Anyway, with that, yeah, let's,
27:51
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