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Round and applause for another interesting week three of the football.
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Once again, welcome to the Deconstructing Topic Podcast.
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And not just the legendary host, but the legendary host of the podcast Woo,
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let's get it I'm a little bit.
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I gotta say a little bit of the heightenedness around me It's a little bit of
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that energy aura and all that good stuff Because, hey, I'm a Yankee fan We got
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some baseball postseason Yankees, Red Sox,
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We're gonna get it We're gonna make it happen Let's go Yankees Let's do our
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thing Let's show up for these playoffs Let's make it happen,
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And over here as a Giants fan, hey, we take it. And that's why I'm delivering.
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Delivering these scores in regards to the NFL.
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Week three, interesting week, to say the least.
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And, you know, we're just going to get down to the down, needy,
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greedy, or whatever it is, and get down to the point in regards to the NFL.
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So much going on, so many injuries, upsets, you know, disappointment.
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I mean, you know, people were playing a little bit kind of as if,
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hey, listen, we don't know about football anymore.
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But, you know, we started with an interesting score last Thursday in the Falcons-Packers game.
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Now, for those people out there, man, hey, you're always going to have to.
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Feel free to subscribe to my channel and all that good stuff.
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But, hey, we got the Packers and Falcons. And for those people out there who
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love fantasy football, I got the Packers defense. and said, let me tell you
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something about this game.
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I fell asleep once again. I saw that, you know, the Packers have 12 points,
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and I'm like, okay, Packers, all right.
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You got Michael Phoenix's back and all that good stuff, so perhaps,
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you know, they'll kind of throw some blitz packages, do it, whatever it is.
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And I just remember waking up the next day with a minus six on my scoreboard
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in fantasy football. Minus six.
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Jeez what the hell happened there package defense they just didn't show up at all,
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and michael penins just looked like and i love that dude good arm you know it's
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thinking if i'm not mistaken second year third year instead of young quarterback doing his thing,
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but the fact is that the package defense just didn't show up now the stock is just moved to one and two.
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They got that first dub of the season. And the Packers are a disappointing one and two.
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These are one of those games that, hey, in football, we don't know anything.
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It looks like the Packers are just one game where they just stunk up the joint.
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The next, it's like, okay, we got it. Then this one, stunk up the joint.
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Shout out to the Falcons. They get that first dub. Let's see.
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With Michael Penix and all that, you know, nonsense, you know,
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all that quarterback controversy and carousel.
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That's then and gone here. Let's make it happen. That we got Sunday's game.
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The first game that I'm going to talk about is the Jacksonville Jaguars versus
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the New England Patriots.
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The Jacksonville Jaguars just put on a display, winning 35-6,
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moving to their record 2-1.
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And the Patriots, the AFC defending champions, the team that got humiliated
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in the Super Bowl against Seattle, are stinking up the joint this season.
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So, you know, they only put up six points.
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Drake, babe, we don't know what's going on in that situation.
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But regardless of the fact, the Jacksonville, remember, they come in with this
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chip on their shoulders that they can, they can, they can.
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A couple of moving parts here in both the offense and the defense.
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They go two and one. Trevor Lawrence and all those people put in some work.
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So definitely with the Jaguars moving, ain't this? And you take those Ws,
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no matter what, how bad the other team is playing, because Patriots are just
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playing bad. They're just not playing like Patriots football or whatever football
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it is that they were playing.
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But the final score was 35-60. Jacksonville Jaguars beat the New England Places on that game.
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We got the following game, the Colts getting their first W of the year versus
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the Texans, the Houston Texans, who now move 0-3.
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The Colts beat them 19-7. It was an interesting close game, but a little bit
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of sloppiness here and there.
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Texas, you know, Texas is another team. Very disappointing. That's been one
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of the more disappointing teams of this season.
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Heading into this season, they're like, okay, you know, we could do our thing.
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We could do our thing. We could, you know, perhaps we could make a Super Bowl run.
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But for some reason, I don't know. That 0-3 start And they've been Done that
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before My understanding They started 0-2 Last year They made it to the playoffs,
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They had a strong run there But the Colts.
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The Colts, the team that last year, you know, started on fire.
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I guess the Colts went back to being the Colts. And, you know,
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in this win, this is one of those wins.
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Again, you mark those wins, not a good, you know, whatever it is, not a pretty win.
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The Colts move to one and two on their first, their first win,
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perhaps. Hey, they could turn it around.
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You know, a little bit of that injury on the side that's getting the Colts, whatever it is.
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But Houston Texans, they got to turn it around this. They got to turn around this fast.
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Because 0-3 could start looking like 0-4, and 0-4 could look like 1-7.
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1-7 could look like 2-10, and then, you know, coming back, that's definitely
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not playoff-looking numbers.
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But it is what it is. Congrats to the Colts. They made it happen. 1-2 now.
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Let's go. The next game on New York Football Giants versus the Tennessee Titans.
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Ugly game. Ugly game. The weather was just disgusting. Ugly. But you know what?
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It's one of those games that you said to yourself, we take it.
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Especially with last night losses with the Eagles. So we take it.
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We were going to take this kind of win. Again, it was an ugly win.
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The situation with the Giants is picking up J.J. McCartney because that's one
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of the reasons why they didn't do it with the week too because once I found
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out that thought it was out,
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and then out for the season, I just didn't have that kind of oomph to do a little
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weekly score. But I got you.
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You know, I'm coming back. That's why I'm coming back this week better than ever.
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Tennessee Titans, 0-3. That team, you know, hey, listen, new coaches,
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new everything, whatever it is, they put a lot of marvels on that camp board,
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but, hey, they just basically playing their record.
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You know, because there's a saying in football, if you're 0-3, you are who you are.
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And even though this was a sloppy game, we take it the Giants move to 2-1.
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We take it. You know, there's no if, and, or buts. These are games that any
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NFL team will take, especially if you come out in the winning side of the things.
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The most interesting poly score in the week was the Washington Commanders getting their first win.
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With Mark Mayor over there at the helm, getting their first win of the year
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versus the defending NFL football champions, the Seattle Seahawks.
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It was a close game. It was one of those games. But even though Seattle is a
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great defense, but the Commanders, you know, they just had a game plan.
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And Commanders, you know, for the most part, they've been in some close game.
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It's just that their defense has been kind of giving up. And this is the first
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time their defense come up big.
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Something to that effect. So, hey, they move one and two. They get that first
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win. You know, there's a lot of teams this week. On week three,
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they got their first win.
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And Seattle got their first loss. And I'll put it short, Seattle.
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And, you know, interesting. We don't got a quarterback controversial there in Seattle.
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But Sam Donald comes back and they lose. I'm just saying.
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I'm just saying. Put back Drew Locke. I'm just saying. But anyways, Seattle gets the W.
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I mean, I'm sorry. Seattle loses. Washington gets the W. The Washington Commanders.
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And, you know, one to two. And Seattle gets their first loss.
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They learn. They live and learn. They are your Super Bowl defending champions.
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So, hey, no aim and all buts about it.
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When you are the defending Super Bowl champion, you do your thing.
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We got the following game between the New York Jets.
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And the Detroit Lions, it was an interesting score, 31-24.
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The Lions are getting their second win. They are 2-1 in the young season,
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while the Jets, after their first win, it looks like they back to being the
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Jets. Jets just unable to capitalize on certain things.
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Interesting game. It was one of those games that you said to yourself,
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okay, perhaps the Jets are doing something, but the fact that the Lions were
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just a better team and they were just doing that thing.
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And they came out with the bigger plays. So the Lions go 2-1 in a division that
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ain't, listen, you need to go in the AFC, I mean the NFC North,
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I'm sorry. You need these wins.
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You know, the Vikings are playing like the Vikings this season and the Jets,
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well, hey, listen, on the AFC East there, you know, Buffalo is doing that Buffalo thing.
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So it's one of those games that you say to yourself in regards to the Jets, okay, it's a reminder.
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We got to go over the hump and win these games Another interesting game Between
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two teams that, hey, listen They came in here between the Carolina Panthers,
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And the Cleveland Browns The Cleveland Browns are 2-1, folks,
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With Deshaun Watson And Deshaun Watson has been playing As that old school Deshaun
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Watson Watson And the Carolina Panthers, once again It's that team that,
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you know, would come in here with some certain expectations.
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And these are one of those games that perhaps, maybe, maybe,
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maybe, they probably thought that this was one of those games,
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that the Browns probably had that W with the flu.
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This could be a trap game. You know, we could win this. But the Browns,
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hey, they stepped up. They came in.
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Good game. They did what they got to do. And the final score was 21 to 18.
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But with the Browns a 2-1, which, again, surprisingly, Surprisingly,
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I mean, the Browns start of the year, you already know, if you're a Cleveland Browns fan...
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I don't even know what else to tell you. But the fact that, hey, they got the win.
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Cavalino Panthers with Young, Mayor Bryce Young. You know, sometimes,
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you know, this is his first game that he kind of struggled.
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So the Browns came with that A game or that game plan in regards to the defense
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to stop the Panthers and, again, move 2-1. And the Cavalino Panthers, 1-2.
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And if we move on to another, you know, this is an interesting game.
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This is a game between the Chargers and the Bills Where the Chargers looked kind of like,
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You know, they could probably sneak in this one And the Bills is the first time
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that they're playing in that stadium And let me point this out,
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And somebody did mention this Whatever the name of this new Bills stadium It
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just didn't feel, you know Like that Buffalo kind of vibe It kind of,
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I don't know It kind of like made Buffalo like Vegas kind of I don't know.
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Buffalo fans are one of the best fans. You already know the Bills Mafia,
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but I just want to point that out.
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That game just seemed a bit weird to me because of the way they designed this
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new stadium. And I'm like, are they playing Buffalo? Are they playing the Charger?
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Are they playing whatever, the SoFi Stadium? I don't know. It was sunny too.
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But anyways, the Bills came on top 24-16, moving to a record of 3-0.
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So a lot of these Bills games have been somewhat of a close games.
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But Josh Allen and them boys are just putting work, whatever it is.
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Their offense, you know, Cook, all of them, they put in work. They put points.
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And this is one of those games where the Chargers, you know,
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Chargers can't seem to get something going on. And, you know,
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in the beginning, I remember seeing highlights or at least on the red zone that
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the Chargers had somewhat of an opportunity or at least something.
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But, you know, again, this is one of those why you 0-3, then this is why you 0-3.
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And this is one of those games for Buffalo Bills, why you 3-0, then this is why you 3-0.
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Because they're going to play that team that just became 0-3.
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So the Chargers, you know, they could turn it around.
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But this year so far, oof. But the Bills, hey, Bills are Bills.
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And the Bills know that, hey, that opportunity of becoming a Super Bowl contender
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or anything like that, you know, that window is, it's not as much as before,
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but they keep winning. They keep rolling.
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The other team that keeps rolling is the team that people want to forget,
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but they can't forget because the way they're playing is the Kansas City Chiefs,
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playing the Miami Dolphins and, you know, two-star franchises.
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One is in the up and up that you might think, okay, the Chiefs might be going down.
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But if Chiefs win and beat the Miami Dolphins 24-10 and the Dolphins in 0-3.
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And the Dolphins is just an aftermath in these last couple of years of whatever
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the Dolphins were supposed to be.
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Ever since that, they lost that playoff game that they got destroyed with that high octane offense.
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But, you know, Kansas City Chiefs, they just dialed in, how can I say,
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the old time. Hey, listen, keep in mind, what was it, a couple of years ago?
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If I'm not mistaken, was that a couple of years ago that the Kansas City Chiefs,
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three years ago, whatever it is, you know, Super Bowl champion,
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hey, listen, Kansas City ain't going nowhere.
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As long as they got that little nucleus that are getting there to the kind of
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perhaps over the hill, quote unquote.
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And I'm hoping that Kansas City, maybe are they listening to me?
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Maybe they call us over the hill, Patrick Mahomes and Kelsey and all them boys.
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I don't know. But the fact that Kansas City Chiefs are 3-0, they get this win 24-10.
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Dolphins, you know, I don't know what the Dolphins is doing this year.
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They say well it's.
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You know, the quarterback there, and then, you know, they were probably expecting
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something, something, something got to give. Because this is going to be a carousel here.
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We move on to the next game, bitter rivals. ASC North rivals.
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AFC North, and I said it right. That is correct. You got the sense in tants, eh, Bengals?
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Against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Interesting game.
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The Bengals headed to this game undefeated, but now they are leaving this game
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and left the game with one loss.
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They lost 27 to 30. Good game. It was one of those kind of hard-hitting 30 to
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27 kind of games. But Pittsburgh, hey, Pittsburgh is Pittsburgh.
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They just wind up getting that win. And Aaron Rodgers looking like a young Aaron
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Rodgers, looking like a 32-year-old Aaron Rodgers, looking like a 35-year-old
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Aaron Rodgers. You might say 35.
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Ain't he like 38? No, he's like 55.
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You know, with the fact that Pittsburgh, they get that dub. against their bitter
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rivals and their divisional rivals.
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It's going to get tough in that division. So, you know, you take these wins
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versus your divisional rivals. You take it.
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Steelers move 2-1. And the Bengals 2-1, so I'm pretty sure down the line,
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you know, that game two or whatever game they're going to play is going to be interesting.
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But kudos to the Pittsburgh Steelers coming in like woof.
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Another interesting game between the Vikings and the Buccaneers and the Vikings,
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hey, when the Vikings started the first game of the year in the first half,
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they looked like, but now they're 3-0.
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They beat and played the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 22-16.
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The Buccaneers, I don't know what to tell them. I mean, make a mixed field main field.
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Big contract. I don't know. I don't know. I don't even know what to say about
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the Buccaneers at this moment. It just looks like they find ways to give up the game.
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And the Vikings find ways to take the game. And this is why the Vikings are
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3-0 and the Buccaneers are moving to 0-3.
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Even though Justin Jefferson got hurt, but the Vikings managed to pull out the
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victory because Buccaneers find a way to lose the game.
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This is one of those perfect games where you either take the game,
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the team that won the Vikings, or you take the team that lost.
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And you might say, well, what do you mean by that, D?
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It's that the Buccaneers just gave this game away, basically.
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And they do, and they have been doing this all season long.
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The turnovers, untimely mistakes, penalties, so on and so forth.
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So you are what your record tells you. 0-3 Buccaneers, 3-0 Vikings. Let's make it happen.
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Perhaps the game of the week is the Ravens versus the Cowboys.
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Ooh, what a game. What a game in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. What a game.
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Ravens, 34, Cowboys 31. Came down to the field goal there.
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The Ravens moved to 2-1, and the Cowboys are a little bit disappointed 1-2.
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You know, the Cowboys will be disappointed at anything that's under 500.
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And they're going to act like we shouldn't be there. But maybe that's what the Cowboys is this year.
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They're just not up to par.
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But, hey, listen, it is a young season, but an incredible game,
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perhaps. So far, the game of the year, perhaps.
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Again, with some crazy stuff happening.
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One second to go, timeout. That's why timeouts are key. You always want to leave
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one timeout somewhere down the line.
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Don't make knucklehead moves there where you don't know how to call the play
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and then you just be like, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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You got one timeout left, you throw the ball. With one second left,
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you press, you know, you do the timeout. I'm over here thinking about video
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game and the press timeout. I'm sorry.
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But the fact that that's what you're doing, the Ravens come in with that sneaky,
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sneaky, sneaky, eeky win, and they take it.
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Two and one, we take it.
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Like I said, that AFC North is going to be looking a little bit crazy,
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and Cowboys won in two weeks.
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I'm pretty sure that the Cowboys will be like, oh, okay, whatever. or whatever.
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Another interesting game, the Raiders versus the Saints.
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The Saints, you know, for the most part, have been playing some good ball, but they came out short.
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The final score was the Saints, 27, and the Raiders, 35, which they are 3-0 with Kirk Cousins.
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Remember, you know, that this team had a bad, bad, bad, bad year,
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and then they picked up that Mendoza kid from Indiana,
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Looking like they're having a great season now with Kirk Cousins,
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the multi-million dollar man that signed multi-million dollar contract with
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like 10,000 different franchises.
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But the fact is that they are 3-0. They take this W, 35-27. What's a close game?
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But the Raiders managed to win. Kirk Cousins, bum, bum, bum,
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doing his thing. Defense come up big.
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Whatever the case might be, got a team.
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Perhaps, perhaps the most surprising team. Behind the Cleveland Browns 2-1 is
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the Raiders, the Las Vegas Raiders.
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If I did mention Oakland, no, no, it's Las Vegas. Did I mention LA Raiders? No, it's Las Vegas.
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And they move on. And then the Saints 1-2, 2-7. Again, that quarterback there
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from the Saints doing their thing, they got a good core there.
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But in the NFL, you play to win the game.
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You got Sunday night's game between the Broncos. After Broncos coming off bad
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week one, have won back-to-back weeks.
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They are 2-1. They play the LA Rams, who are disappointing at the moment at 1-2.
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So the final score, the Broncos. Then with Broncos 30, the Rams 26.
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Looked like the Rams is always scoring like 26.
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But it looks like they're always giving up something more. So in this case,
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they are four short, way short, couple of points short behind the Broncos.
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Little comeback thing going on there at 30 to 26.
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Broncos, once again, they have a little chip on their shoulders.
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They definitely might feel that they are Super Bowl contenders. I say, why not?
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They got an interesting team there. But, you know, lastly, I think a lot of
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teams had, a lot of people had them as a sleeper team coming into the postseason.
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But, hey, they said, you know what, forget about that loss in Kansas City. We were just sleeping.
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Now we're here, back to back. Let's go. 30 to 26, final score.
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Rams got to get it together real quick because the Rams came with this year
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with the expectations of winning it all.
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But if you're wanting to, you got a lot of work to do.
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And finally, the Monday night game between the Chicago, the Bears,
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and the Philadelphia Eagles. This score probably would be the most surprising
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with Williams not out. I could let Williams out. I'm sorry about that.
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The Bears managed to win 27 to make it a 2-1 record versus the Eagles,
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who did not show up and go 2-1.
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For some reason, the Eagles did not show up. I don't know what the hell happened.
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But the Bears, the Bears, the Bears, two and one.
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Bears want to capitalize on that. You know, the Bears historically,
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besides the 80s, but historically have been one of those teams that,
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hey, listen, every time that,
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they go on this little dark place of struggling, when they start to get this one season of winning,
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everything is like, oh, we don't need to make changes.
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They don't make changes And then they go back to kind of struggling They want
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to capitalize on the fact that last year They had a good run there in the postseason,
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And perhaps, perhaps, perhaps This can be somewhat of a sleeper Super Bowl contender,
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Going 2-1 Because you need those dubs Especially in the NFC North You need those
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dubs Especially if you are,
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The way the Vikings are playing at 3-0.
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So the Eagles go 2-1 Tied up with the New York Giants and NFC Oh my goodness, say what?
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How soon say what? Let's go But anyways, that's week three We make it happen.
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Crazy week three. Can't wait till week four. A lot of stuff going on.
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In the NFL going on with the injuries and so on. Even in my Giants taking some
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hits with Dart. Now Burns out for the season. So, listen.
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In the NFL, this is why you got a roster of 1,000 people.
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Practice squad, whatever squad, pom-pom squad. Hey, you get the call. You come in and you play.
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And I'm pretty sure that a lot of people are ready to play. Come in and,
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hey, listen. My boy got hurt.
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Let's make it happen Let's go all out But anyways, this is the Deconstructing
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Topic Podcast Hope you enjoyed this week three recap,
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