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Ep.55: No brotherly love · Football Junkies podcast

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Now see this was supposed to be
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Victory week it's supposed to be a week where you know, I can talk my stuff to Eagles fans, but you know, I
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Didn't happen
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so
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Yeah
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Yeah, this is
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This is gonna be one of those episodes. I
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You know, I had a lot planned and a lot said, you know, I definitely was talking a lot of
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a drunk to a lot of people about this game and
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It's it's it's messed me up. So
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This is getting to everything, you know the laundry Campbell, you know quits on his team Travis Hunter wins the Heisman
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You know, Steve was versus Eagles Lyons versus bills
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Washington versus the Saints and the Packers against the Seahawks on the 55th episode of the football junkies podcast. Yeah
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Yeah, this is this is how I'm gonna sound, you know, because of my disappointment within my team
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Is what I would say if I was one of these delusional
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Steelers fans or any of these others fans that would think that it is the end of the world
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Because we lost to a team that is way better than our team
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But you know what none of that matters because you know why this is the 55th episode of the football junkies podcast
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Okay, I am your host with the most. Okay. I am your chief bad road diamonds. I am the man with the plane
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I am I am currently a GM who currently is not on a team by now
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But don't you worry about it. Okay, because guess what?
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Everything is gonna be all right because guess what we play on Saturday. We're gonna win the division
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We're gonna hold the third seed and we're gonna go to the Super Bowl this year. So guess what?
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I know you're happy. I'm happy too
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We got a lot to talk about with this episode a lot of hot takes a lot of hot opinions
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But guess what it's gonna be amazing. Okay, so guess what? I know you're ready. I'm ready to so let's do this thing
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Okay on three one two three. Let's lock in. Oh
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All right folks, let's not waste any more time
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Let us get into the meats and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league right now
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So before we get to the games, we got to talk about some hot things that have happened
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Okay, and some people may not like what I'm about to say
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But I like to look things from different perspectives. So let's just get into the most talked about situation that has happened
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Since last week the Vondry Campbell walked out on the team during the game. So when I was watching the game, you know
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I'm seeing the Vondry Campbell. I got a towel on he's walking back something. You know, maybe got going to the bathroom
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Maybe something's bothering him. Maybe he's you know sick or something. No, he quit on the team
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And then that's the thing. I know I'm just my phone was just going on
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I'm just like, oh man this this maybe he just told that just just to say maybe he was just being sarcastic
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Maybe he was upset or whatever, but no, he actually did quit on the team
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And now he's officially suspended for three games. So he cannot sign with any other team
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But this is what Kyle Shanahan had to say about this whole debacle. So and I quote we are working through the semantics of exactly
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How to deal with it, but you guys heard from me last night
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You guys heard from our players his actions from the game is not something you can do to your team or your teammates and still be a
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Part of your team. Okay, that's one person. It's our various war. That's some suck of shit
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It definitely hurt the team probably going to get cut soon
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Okay, that's too George Kittle. It's hard to win football games when someone doesn't want to play football
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I think that's ignorant. I think that it's done. I think it's just stupid and it's very immature
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I just don't see how you could do something like that to your team and I quote now
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I probably seem like I probably just mashed them all together, but it was just quote after quote after quote
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so
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Let's just get into his stats because basically his season is over with the Vondry Campbell finished this season with 44
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tackles into past deflection now I'm going to
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Do try to break things down and try to do things from different perspectives
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Okay, so I need you to to follow me my fellow junkies. So on one hand, I understand
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the frustrations of the team I do I get it
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It's I am not trying to justify the Vondry Campbell's actions. I think they are, you know, very
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Troubling and I think you know that definitely says a lot or Devon Dre Campbell
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It looks bad on you because
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You walk down on the team and one of the most important games of the season if they would have won that game
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They still would have had somewhat of a chance of making it into the playoffs because they lost that game
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I think now they are officially eliminated from the playoffs
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My whole problem with this is
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What gives you the right to walk out on the team?
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Chalvarius Ward is still dealing with the passing of his one-year-old daughter prayers thoughts and prayers to him
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Trent Williams is dealing with injuries while also coping the loss of his new born babies
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prayers and thoughts to his family as well
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Ricky Pierce all almost died in the summer because he got robbed for his watch
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Fred Warner is playing on a messed up ankle George Kittle is dealing with injuries
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Brandon Ieuacus is out for the season Christian McCaffrey is out for the season and
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The fact that you decided to walk out on the team
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Definitely says a lot and now what's gonna happen is
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You are gonna have to figure out a way of how you can eliminate this image that is now being painted about you
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because
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You walked out on a team
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That needed you and you can't say well they did me wrong or all this and that
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Can't do all that
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Because you know why because you're a free agent after this season teams are gonna look at that
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everyone saw that game and
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I wouldn't be surprised if there's more conversations that are being had behind closed doors
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So again, this was the wrong time for you to do it if you did not want to play this game
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Then you should have found a way for you not to play this game
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simple as that compared to
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Walking out during the game is going while the game is still at a point where
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Something can happen a play could be made that can put the team in a winning position
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But you walked out on the team
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now
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From his first step of Purton perspective, I can't even speak it's definitely the coffee from his perspective. He's probably thinking
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Man, I'm about to lose a majority of my step snaps because
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Drey Greenlaw is back
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Man, what am I supposed to do now?
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But at the same time it shouldn't matter because guess what Drey Greenlaw
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He's probably on a snap count anyway. So either way you would still be getting some snaps
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You probably will be splitting them, you know with him
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But for the majority Drey Greenlaw is going to get those snaps because why he plays a pivotal role on the defense
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This was expected. You knew what you were getting once you signed with the team
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Now my only question is this was there an agreement in place?
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Prior to him signing when it came to this very this very situation
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because
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Someone isn't just going to just walk out without there being something
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You know said and agreed upon prior to him signing with the 49ers
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Now I know there's probably some people that are probably thinking and probably have a scrunched up face right now
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They're probably thinking what are you talking about the Vondre Campbell could have signed with any other team
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He could have signed with 31 other teams, right?
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What exactly what was said?
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That gave him the reassurance that okay, I'm going to get a majority of the snaps
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I'm going to be working with Fred Warner and whatnot. I'm fine
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What exactly happened?
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Because since then all we've heard is from the the players perspective
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We haven't heard anything from Devon Drey Campbell at some point. You're gonna have to say something
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At some point because
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Now this thing is
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Continuing to go on and it's going to continue to go into the end of the season
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Because why you have yet to say anything you have yet to tell your side of the story and I think for me personally
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I would love to hear his side of the story just so I can understand
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The entirety of this entire situation
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Because now all I'm hearing is all the frustrated, you know players
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Who have every right to be frustrated because a lot of them are dealing with real-life situations outside of this football?
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like
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People have lost children people have lost family members people are dealing with you know injuries that they should be you know trying to rest
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But they're trying to go to the playoffs. They're trying to get back where they once were a few years ago and for you to leave
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Come on, bro
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Come on. You just cannot do that
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And I've said this to a few friends of mine and I will say this publicly this is going to affect him in free agency
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tremendously
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because whenever
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They start talking about money and agreements and contracts and whatnot. They're gonna bring this up. I
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Guarantee you watch watch what I say. I know I may be a little bit crazy and whatnot
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But watch what I say. This is going to come back in a different way and it's probably gonna haunt him it is
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There's just certain things you just don't do and this is one of them
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You never walk out on your team. You always fight with your team to the end. I don't care if the score is
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98 to 0
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You still
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Fight with the team
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Now another controversial topic that definitely needs to be talked about Travis Hunter winning the Heisman
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now
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This is just my personal opinion. I would have thought that
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You know, they would have gave both Travis and Ashton Gentie
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The Heisman me personally
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I feel like both of them should have been co-Heisman winners because both of them were
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Were 1a and 1b the best college football players this season, right?
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People were watching
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You know just as many Colorado games as they were, you know when it came to the Boise State games
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So there's no way that you can really say. Oh, this person was better than that person
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But ultimately it happened now when we look at their stats, right Travis Hunter's offensive stat
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offensive snaps
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stats
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It's definitely the coffee
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92 receptions for
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1152 receiving yards he averaged
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12.5 receiving yards per reception in 14 touchdowns his defensive stats
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31 total tackles 11 past deflections one force fumble for an exception. Okay
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Ashton Gentie
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344 carries for
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2497 rushing yards 29 touchdowns and he averaged
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7.3 rushing yards per carry
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Now granted I understand that the last two-way player to win the Heisman was Charles Woodson in the late 90s
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I think it was 97 if I'm not mistaken
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I understand that and I understand
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You know the ramifications that come with winning the Heisman
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However, if I am a media person if I'm a person that is on the board when it comes to voting for the Heisman
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I cannot say this person is better than that person and I understand there are people that are probably saying well
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You've never played football before so you wouldn't know yes
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I understand that but at the end of the day when you have two dynamic players that are doing this
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You can't really you can't really weed out and say oh this person was better than that person
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You just can't and even when you look at the votes
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Travis Hunter earned
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552 first place votes while Ashton Gentie only earned 300 and I that's a
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243 first place point differential
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Okay, when we look at the total votes Hunter had
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2231 total votes while Gentie had
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2017 votes that's a 214
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total vote differential and
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so the reason why I'm saying all these things is because
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What we have here is a
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situation where
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the media in some ways voted for Travis Hunter and now I
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Just be before I go any further. I don't want to make it seem like I'm hating on Travis Hunter that I don't like Travis
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Hunter no, I'm really big Travis Hunter fan
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Love them. I know he's gonna be a top three pick. I know he is
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I know he's gonna do phenomenal things, but when it comes to this Heisman stuff when it comes to the voting
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It got a little bit shaky for me
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It really did and I kept on saying it leading up to the Heisman
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Both of those two should have just gotten the Heisman
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They you should have just gave it to the both of them because you can't say this person is better than the other person
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Now the only difference between the two is
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Ashton Gentie
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Carry the team into the college playoffs
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Because now if I'm not mistaken, I think they have a first round by so they don't have to face anybody
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They have to wait they can rest recoup and you know prepare a game plan for whoever whoever they have to go up against
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Colorado didn't make it to the college playoffs. So if you want to base that
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For the Heisman voting, okay, that's perfectly fine
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But all of this other stuff. Oh, he's a two-way player. Oh, he did this. Oh, he did that
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If I'm not mistaken and I've been trying to find it, you know for the longest time I
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Don't think Travis Hunter was first in any in any of the the statistics when it comes to receiver and corner
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Meanwhile asked to Gentie if I'm not mistaken. He was
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so again
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This was
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Just a little bit too close to count. It really was and
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You know ashton gentie, you know, he he said how how he felt, you know once once everything was done. I
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Since the frustration coming from him. I really do but
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That's just
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Unfortunately that that's just how the cookie crumbled sometimes now. I will say this I think if
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Ashton gentie would have broken Barry Sanders record
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For sure they would have had to give it to the Astor Jets
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It's 100% they would have had to make him the unanimous Heisman
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Winner they would have had to but those are just my thoughts and opinions if you got anything
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Contradicting that guess what you can go on our Instagram at football underscore junkies pod
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Go in the comments. Let me know your thoughts about the whole Heisman situation now. Let's get into these games
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Okay, oh, I forgot I got to put this out here and I'll probably say it again at the end of the episode
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There may be or may not be an episode next week simply because you know
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Christmas is is next week and you know
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Gotta get things together and whatnot. So there may or may not
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If there is or if there isn't I'll be sure to let you guys know and you know all all that great stuff now
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Let's get into the game that I thought I was gonna be able to talk my stuff
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But I couldn't because we lost but it's okay because guess what doesn't really affect us
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And that is the Pennsylvania Bowl as I call it
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Let's just get into it. Let's just get it over with Russell Wilson 14 for 22
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128 passing yards one touchdown 5.8 yards per 10 in a 63.6 completion percentage
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Najee Harris six attempts for 14 for 14 rushing yards 2.3 rushing yards per carry Calvin Austin five targets for five receptions
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65 receiving yards 13 receiving yards per reception Jalen Hertz 25 for 32
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290 passing yards two touchdowns
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9.1 yards per attempt in a 78.1 completion percentage
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Sequin Barclay 19 attempts for 65 rushing yards
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3.4 rushing yards per carry in one rush of 10 plus yards of more AJ Brown 11 targets for eight receptions
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110 receiving yards one touchdown and 13.8 receiving yards per reception now
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This is what I will say this was a really good game. It was a very chippy game
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As much as I want to you know be that fantasy
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Well, they didn't call anything about Jalen Carter or they didn't call anything about TJ
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What being held or they didn't call this they didn't call that
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Most likely they wasn't gonna do it anyway, especially of how rooted
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This rivalry is they wasn't gonna do that. Just it's like the Ravens and Steelers
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If you would lose your mind off of every call that's not that that isn't you know, that isn't being noticed
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You would have lost your mind, but
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This is what I will say and I'm gonna start with the Eagles first
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Get them out the way and then I can talk I can talk about my students
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But before we go any further Mike from the not that serious podcast
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Hey, bro, you got it y'all won. All right. Congratulations to y'all
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Congratulations, you know, not that serious podcast Mike Elsie
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dr. Woff
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Cory
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Q Mike all them guys shout to them great podcast to listen to but most importantly Mike Elsie
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Congratulations, you guys won if you guys don't know
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They're very big Eagles fans and me and Mike was going back and forth on Twitter about it and whatnot
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But don't nobody care about that. This is what I will say the Eagles control this game from start to finish
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They control this game. The reason why I say that is because when you look at their time possession
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Their time possession was 39 minutes and 52 seconds
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Pittsburgh's time of possession was only 20 minutes
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This team was controlling the field
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We have now entered that part of the season even though the regular season is about to end in the playoffs and you're ready to start
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We have hit that point where the time possession to me is going to be one of the most crucial
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Things that I'm going to be looking at because a lot of times like a team like the Eagles
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They're going to be on the field for like 20 or 30 or 40 minutes and they can dictate how the game goes
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And that's exactly what what happened Pittsburgh was not able to get
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Filly off the field as much and in doing so that's probably one of the reasons why we lost and then not to mention
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Filly was able to convert on third down
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Pittsburgh was struggling when we look at these stats, right? Pittsburgh's third down conversion
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three for ten
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Phillies third down conversions ten for 17
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The stats don't lie folks. I
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Understand that there are some steelers fans that are you know a little bit frustrated about it and and you know
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Upset and whatever whatever the case may be but the fact of the matter is
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The Eagles are what the Steelers are trying to be it's like that. It's like that older sibling
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You're trying to you know always get a chance to beat your old your older sibling where that be in
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Racing where that be in sports or where that be in whatever, right?
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And most of the times you won't be able to because they're just better than you and that happens
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the Eagles roster from start to finish is
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Is very much more equipped than what Pittsburgh is now Pittsburgh is trying to mimic what the Eagles are doing
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But the Eagles are just more complete
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when we look at it, they have a
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Great receiving well not really a great receiving court, but they have a really good receiving core and AJ Browns Vontae Smith
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They have a solid elite run game in say Cron Barkley
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They still have a top five offensive line even with the departure and retirement of Jason Kelsey
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The defense is starting to look amazing, especially with Jaylen Carter and Jordan Davis
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Zach Bond is looking like an all-pro when your Mitchell is looking like the rel revis you have Cooper Dijine
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You have CJ Garner Johnson. They got stars everywhere, right?
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They got dogs everywhere and they are more battle tested
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Then what Pittsburgh is and that's fine now when we shift things over to Pittsburgh
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They were going to struggle anyway because why George Pickens wasn't gonna play
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The Sean Elliott was gonna play and Larry Oh was not gonna play
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Especially George Pickens
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We are now seeing that this Steelers team is a completely different Steelers team without George Pickens being on the field
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And granted I understand there are you know the Mike Williams fans that are saying well, what about Mike Williams?
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What about Mike Williams? I've been able to fully see the all 22 film from start to finish
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But there were some instances where you know Mike wasn't really creating a whole lot of separation
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And he really wasn't getting open a few times
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That's just what it is and that's okay
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But you know the one thing that I definitely said as the halftime as halftime was was ending
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the one thing I said was put up in the air and
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Lo and behold guess what happens they do a flea flicker
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Russ gives it to Calvin Austin boom big play and then they just started marched down the field marching marching marching marching
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And then that's saying you know they're getting close to the red zone and then what happens nausea fumbles the ball now
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Understand there are some people are saying all this is the reason why you know
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Nausea is not gonna be with the Steelers no more it happens
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It happens. It's okay
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This game really doesn't mean a whole lot this game is just for bragging rights. That's all it is
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It doesn't have any playoff implications whatsoever because why we already clinched our playoff birth anyway
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Because why Miami loss in the Coastal loss yesterday, so it's okay. We're fine
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We're fine serious fans. It's okay. Hey, listen, I need you to breathe with me. Okay, I
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Need you to woo saw I need you to woo saw with me for a moment. Okay, everything is gonna be fine now
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Back to this game
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The offense was struggling. Okay at this point
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I think we have to be a little bit more creative with with the play calling especially trying to put it up in the air
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You know, you have Calvin Austin a very shifty fast receiver that is able to create separation fairly quickly
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You know, you have Pat Fiery move. You know, you have Mike Williams. You know, you have all these other receivers
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You have to be a little bit more creative and utilize and utilizing them
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Because now we don't know exactly how long George Piggins is going to be out for
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So we have to prepare that he is not going to be with us for the entire regular season
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And he'll be ready for us, you know, what wants to play off starts that is that is a realistic scenario that the team has to prepare for
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And so that means that you have to switch up the play calling a little bit
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When we switch it over to the defense the defense was doing their thing Tj y was you know being TJ Y
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Alex high spin was being Alex high Smith cam was being cam
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But again, you started to see the struggles that the team was having because
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Even though they was preventing seguan from, you know running here there everywhere. Guess what?
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They was being beat up in the air and so what happened was instead of Minka playing in the backfield
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You have Minka playing in the box. You have the Monte KZ playing, you know in the backfield
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Even though yes Minka is a really good tackler
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You would have rather had him be in the backfield because you know
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He's gonna be able to keep a lid on any of those deep passes
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And that's why you you wouldn't needed the Sean Elliott even more because the Sean Elliott is a big enough safety
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That for one he can play in the box and two when it comes to those downhill downhill hits he can deliver them
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Compared to having someone like a Minka who is your ball hall type safety
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Just saying when we saw Dante Jackson Dante Jackson was definitely struggling a little bit
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There were a few plays where he looked like a deer in headlights, but the secondary was getting beat up
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AJ Brown was being them up. Devonte Smith was being them up
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And so this is ultimately, you know the reasons why the Steelers lost and that's okay. That's perfectly fine
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We have to focus on getting healthy
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Preparing ourselves for Saturday because we have to go big in sports more and then we have to prepare ourselves again
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For the Chiefs next week and then you have to face the bangles, right?
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So again, it's okay Steelers fans. I understand that you're upset. It's alright
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So it's all good in the hood man, but listen
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Don't worry
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They're gonna have their time
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Because guess what when they lose when they don't go to the Super Bowl. Oh, guess what? I'm gonna be right there
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I'm gonna be right there
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Popcorn in hand in the most comfiest chair I can find the biggest drink that I can find
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I'm going to be he he and ha ha from here to there
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There's nothing they can do about it better yet
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I might even use the picture of them walking off the field in disappointment as the profile picture
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Well, not a profile picture, but an episode picture just you wait
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Now that now that we're done with with with that game. Let's get into the other games. Alright, so lions and bills, okay?
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As I said as I predicted it was gonna be a high-scoring game. What happened? It's a high-scoring game
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So Josh Allen 23 for 34
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362 passing yards to touchdowns 10.6 yards per 10 in a 67.6
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completion percentage James Cook 14 attempts for 105 rushing yards
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7.5 rushing yards per carry two touchdowns and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more tie Johnson five targets for five receptions
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114 receiving yards and
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22.8 receiving yards per per reception
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Jared golf 38 for 59
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494 passing yards five touchdowns 8.4 yards per attempt in a 64.4 completion percentage
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Jameer Gibbs eight attempts for 31 rushing yards
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3.2 rushing yards per carry one touchdown and one rush of 10 plus yards or more
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I'm on Ross St. Brown 18 targets for 14 receptions
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193 receiving yards one touchdown and 13.8 receiving yards per reception
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This was a really good game me personally
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I feel like this should have been the Sunday night football game just of how great it was
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Okay, this was a heavyweight bow. Okay one person scores the other person scores
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And it just kept on going for four quarters straight
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This is the game in my mind that I feel like this seals the envy the MVP conversation up
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Okay, right now in my mind Josh Allen is the MVP 100% of the way I
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Understand, you know say Juan is close to you know getting 2000 yards and you knows Lamar is you know
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He's he's starting to win again and whatnot. I get all that
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But Josh Allen right now is the MVP what he has been able to do
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Without a Stefan digs type of receiver
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Has been phenomenal. They have now relied more on the run game
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The other pieces that they have on that offense to win them games
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Not to mention the defense looks a little bit more polished than what they did against the Rams because the Rams torch them
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Especially in the secondary they torched them cooked them
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How Bachi grilled get the rosemary get the time get the butter and scoop scoop scoop scoop
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That's just how crazy was but back to this game though for the Lions
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You lost but you lost even more
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Now apparently David Montgomery is out for the season
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Carlton Davis is out for the season
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Aline McNeill is out for the season and Khalil Dorsey is out for the season
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I'm just gonna read off
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Some of the players that are that are on the injured reserve list right now. Well that are injured. Okay
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Aiden Hutchison Aline McNeil Kyle Peckle Marcus Davenport John Kaminsky
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Mackay Wingo Nate Lynn David Bada Alex Anzalon Derek Barnes Jalen Reeves Maven
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Malcolm Rodriguez
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Carlton Davis Aniz Rickstraw Jr. Khalil Dorsey Afitu Melafonu David Montgomery Khalif Raymond Anton Green
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Connor Galvin Nate team Muti and Michael Bagley
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That is a very extensive list flows and a lot of these injuries are season ending injuries
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That's why they've been trying to pluck different players from other teams as practice qualifiers just to you know
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Just try to make things fit because as of right now their spot for the number one seed is a little bit shaky right now
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Because why there is a three-way fight on who will get the number one seed and those three teams are the Lions
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The Vikings and the Eagles and all of this depends on the remaining games in this season
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So right now. Yes, the Lions are quote-unquote the number one seed
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But it's not come completely locked in because any of those teams can get it from the Lions. So again, I
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Don't know how things are going to shape up
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But if I'm the Lions, I am pushing hard to try to get that number one seed so you can get that first round by
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You can get some of these players that are injured
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you can have them, you know back in the lineup and
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You can prepare yourself for a more I wouldn't say weaker opponent
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But you can prepare yourself for you know a better matchup that favors that favors you more
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compared to
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Having to grind to get to the NFC championship and then let alone the Super Bowl because remember hutches still out
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Hunch won't be able to come back until the Super Bowl even though hutches said publicly that you know
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Just make it to the Super Bowl guys and then I got you guys blah blah blah, but I
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I just don't know I don't know because right now the Vikings are on a hot streak
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The Eagles are on a hot streak and the Lions are banged up bad
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Now I don't know how exactly they're gonna be able to you know
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Continue to win, but hey, it's the Lions. They always find crazy ways to win now
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Onto the Washington and New Orleans game. Yes, we have to talk about that game
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Jaden Daniels 25 for 31 226 passing yards to touchdowns
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7.3 yards per attempt in a 80.6
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completion percentage Jaden Daniels again
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11 attempts for 66 rushing yards six rushing yards per carry and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more Terry McLaurin
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10 targets for seven receptions 73 receiving yards to touchdowns and 10.4 receiving yards per reception
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Spencer rattler 10 for 21 135 passing yards one touchdown
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6.4 yards per attempt in a 46.6 completion percentage
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Kendra Miller 9 attempts for 46 rushing yards
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5.1 rushing yards per carry and three rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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Marquez Valden scantling seven targets for two receptions 64 receiving yards and 32 receiving yards per reception
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This is what I will say about this game
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And this may be somewhat of a hot topic, but we'll talk more about it once the season is completely over
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Spencer rattler showed a little bit of something now. I'm not saying he's you know the franchise quarterback, but I am saying he had a little
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Grit-tomb, okay? He he almost carried this team to victory over Washington. I'm just saying
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Just saying alright because the quarterback that they had in prior to that. He was a deer in headlights
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He could not do a ding-durn thing. All right, but when we shift things over to Washington though Washington was really doing their thing
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Okay, Terry McClure was making some crazy catches the offense
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Start to look like you know its old self before they started to lose against a few teams Steelers, but moving forward
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Okay, the defense was doing their thing as well now
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Once the game started to unravel a little bit that's when things started getting a little bit shakily because then Spencer Ravler was just like
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Okay, you know what? I really don't have nothing really to play for but you know a roster spot and just to you know show teams that you know
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I'm that guy because originally when he was coming out of
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South Carolina if I'm not mistaken
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People were saying he was the first round pick me personally. I don't I didn't see I thought he was a second round pick
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But that's another story for another day, but he was showing a lot
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He was showing a lot of grit. He was you know when the pocket was collapsing. He stood in there made some key throws
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He was just doing it all he was putting on a clinic if you are a Saints fan
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I think that's something that you can you know ride into
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Next year because right now you have uncertainty with Derek R
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You don't have another quarterback on this roster right now that you can say oh
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They can be a good replacement or a good bridge for the time being like no Spencer Ravler. I think he could do it
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He showed the arm talent. He showed the mobility. He showed the play calling
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He showed his ability to adapt to the different types of coverages and the different types of schemes and blitzes that Washington was throwing at
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He was holding his own. He was doing his thing. I'm sorry
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If I am the Saints GM, I'm riding with Spencer Rattler
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Young quarterback cheap and you can build around him compared to trying to roll it with Derek R
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And you guys don't get anywhere just saying now for Washington though. We're getting to the end of the season
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Hey
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You want to keep on stacking up these wins because again you are in a spot where
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Most likely you're gonna go up against a tough opponent in the playoffs
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I'm just just letting you know right now
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You may have to go up against one of those teams on the West either Rams or the Cardinals if I'm not mistaken
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You do not want that because I know you're gonna lose
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But at the same time
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This is a game that you can you know leave your hat on because Jaden Daniels looked really good
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from running to
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Passing to everything else Jaden Daniels look like him old self
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He looked comfortable and that is something that you can bank on the run game was actually
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Looking pretty good. I'm not gonna lie now
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I'm not just saying that because Jaden Daniels was was the run game. No, but again this team
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Has surpassed all
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Expectations I think that everyone had of this team prior to the season starting because if you would have told me that
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Washington will be where they are right now. I
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Would have called you a liar, but so far they have proved the naysayers wrong and
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This further proves that the front offense hit on the Jaden Daniels draft pick
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And now you have to continue to surround him with talent because I'm telling you right now
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If they continue to hit on their draft picks
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And if they bring in a big fish of a receiver for Jaden Daniels, this team is gonna be super competitive
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I would not be surprised if they make an NFC
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Championship run because they're not making to the Super Bowl. I'm just letting you guys know that for all you commander fans out
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There just letting it be no having a whiner what I'm even talking like this. It's the ADHD now onto the last game a
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Game that I'm low key was was actually starting like it was a really good game
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I had to watch this game a few times back Green Bay, Seattle, okay, Jordan love 20 for 27
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229 passing yards to touchdowns 8.5 yards per attempt in a 74.1 completion percentage
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Josh Jacobs 26 attempts for 94 rushing yards
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3.6 rushing yards per carry one touchdown and one rush of 10 plus yards or more Christian Watson
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six targets for three receptions
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56 receiving yards 18.7 receiving yards per reception Geno Smith 15 for
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1919 149 passing yards one interception 6.8 yards per attempt in a 78.9 completion percentage
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Sam Howell 5 or 14 24 passing yards one pick 1.7 yards per attempt in a 35.7 completion percentage now before I go any further
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You're probably wondering why do I have two quarterbacks in?
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Because Geno Smith got hurt and then Sam Howell had to come in I think you have to finish the game
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All right, cool moving forward Zach Charbonnet eight attempts for 54 rushing yards
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6.8 rushing yards per carry and one touchdown and two rushes of 10 plus yards or more
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I was getting ahead of myself Jackson Smith and Jigba 12 targets for 10 receptions
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83 receiving yards and 8.3 receiving yards per reception Josh Jacobs since going to the Packers has been phenomenal
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like I think we have to talk about how
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There's someone of like a little bit of a renaissance with the running back position
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When we look at you know some of the tier one and tier two running backs who were free agents and signed with other teams and
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The impact that they've had since joining those teams like safe one Barkley
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Their run game elite the Packers run game low key could you could probably make a strong argument that it's either
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You know really good to close to elite. Okay
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Christian Watson this young receiving core. They're doing their thing. Okay, Jordan love was doing their thing
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And you know when we look at when we look at this game this shows the
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inexperience when it comes to the Seahawks, especially with their defense, right?
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Everyone is still getting used to the new scheme
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Everyone's getting used to you know new players being guiding whatnot
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So it's a lot of growing pains for this Seahawks defense because it is fairly young
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But you know, this is this isn't as bad as what people think it is
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I still believe the Seahawks are definitely gonna be in the playoffs now
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Are they gonna be behind the playoffs loan the playoffs in the middle?
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I don't know because even in their division
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it's still too close to call because
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You still have the Rams that are still in it. You still have the Cardinals that are still in it
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Half of the division is still in it. So it's still anyone's division at this point now
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If I could make a prediction right now, who do I think will probably win?
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I would say right now it's the Rams the Rams right now since their buy have been red hot and
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They have gone up against some very tough defenses
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They have gone up against some tough teams and they have been able to hold their own
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You have a veteran quarterback and Matthew Stafford who is very experienced
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You have a dangerous receiving core and Pukinacua and Cooper Cup the run game is sufficient
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The defense is also a you know a core that you cannot sleep on with Jared verse
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You know creating the pressure that he's been able to create and Brandon fist being just a wrecking ball on the defensive line as well
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This isn't a team that you can sleep on so only time will tell but I'm gonna end this episode here
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