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NFL Wild Card Round Recap 2024 · Banter with the Boys

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Get laced up.
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It's time for Bantor with the Boys.
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What's up everybody?
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Welcome back to Bantor with the Boys.
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Smeltzy, you're back today brother.
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How was Arizona?
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It wasn't as warm as I really thought it was going to be to be honest with you.
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Guess guess the high or no.
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Yeah guess the high.
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The whole time I was there for a week.
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45.
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What?
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No that's chilly as hell bro.
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I was just figuring it'd be so good.
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It went above 60 degrees one day while I was there.
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So that part was a little disappointing but more appropriate.
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So better than the **** we have here.
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No no doubt.
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When I came off the whatever the hell it is the little thing from the plane to the damn
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terminal.
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No the terminal is the whole thing.
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It's whatever the little walkway that leads you from the plane back into the terminal.
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Whatever that thing's called and you can feel the air.
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I was like oh hell no.
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Take me back.
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It was colder than hell.
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I got in on Saturday morning.
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It was like negative five that morning or whatever.
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Yeah it's real chilly here in Minnesota.
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Finally winter is finally here.
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But with winter here it also means we have playoff football.
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This weekend was I mean overall pretty disappointing.
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If you're the majority of the teams that were in the playoffs pretty exciting if you're
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the only if you're the winners of those games.
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We had one real good game which we predicted to be the game of the week.
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But let's get this slate started.
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We're going to start it off with the Browns traveling down to Houston and taking on the
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Texans.
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Browns coming into this game is a two and a half point favorite.
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All three of us were on the Browns to cover that two and a half man.
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Boy did they not see J. Stroud smell tea.
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Yeah no he definitely showed up to play and we I mean we all thought I mean I listened
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to the episode last week and all three of us thought of course me saying that I thought
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because I wasn't here but I agreed with you guys.
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I thought the defense would step up massively for Cleveland and be a real problem no matter
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they were playing in Houston.
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I figured it didn't matter.
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I figured the Cleveland defense would be a massive problem for the rookie quarterback
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but he proved me wrong.
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What was it the first play was Nico Collins deep ball.
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That was last week.
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Oh okay my bad my bad.
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But just ridiculous though.
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They played outstanding.
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I mean they did.
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CJ Stroud leading this offense to a 45 14 win was just crazy.
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Stroud looked like he was a 10 15 year vet back there just tearing apart this Browns
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defense that was historically the best defense of all time going through you know six to
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eight weeks of the season.
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He just tore him apart.
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This team did not show up.
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They couldn't get anything going offensively in the run game and Flacco you know we had
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a lot of yards those two picks really hurt him but you know Houston was in control of
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this game from really from start to finish.
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Well they were and the thing is is in the second quarter Cleveland still had a chance
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but then as soon as Joe Flacco threw back to back pick six is right.
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That was it.
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It was it.
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Yeah.
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That takes any momentum away that they really never had any but they were clawing back
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into the game slowly but surely and then pick six and you're like okay well that that sucks
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but you know get it get them get back out there see what happens but then another one
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immediately right after.
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I mean that's it.
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There is no coming back from that.
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I mean that's that's just the end of it but I will say that Cleveland's probably not in
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the playoffs if Joe Flacco didn't show up.
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Hundred percent.
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So you know.
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Yeah you got to give it to Flacco.
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He took the team you know beyond way beyond any expectations after Deshaun went out and
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took him to the playoffs that's pretty incredible.
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That's pretty incredible.
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No it is.
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Especially at his age.
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Do you think he plays somewhere next year.
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Yeah but I don't know if he's going to be a one year deal you know.
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One year deal with maybe a young quarterback behind that he wants to like so you can sit
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and learn.
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I don't know who right but yeah or if they know Deshaun Watson's not gonna be a hundred
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do they bring him back to start the season but like hey when Deshaun's healthy he's starting.
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That's interesting.
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I would expect Deshaun to be you know ready to go but.
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I would think so too but.
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That's interesting but I mean we just have to talk about CJ Stroud.
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This cat is just proving that he's the future of the NFL quarterback doing all of this as
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a rookie you know going 16 of 21 for 274 and three touchdowns.
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That is for a quarterback rating of 157.2 which is.
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Darn close to perfect.
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1.1 from perfect.
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That took me way too long to figure out but hey that's okay we're not mathematicians.
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No we've established that multiple times on this putt.
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And then you know ESPN has their own quarterback ranking the QBR he was at a 98.4 which was
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the third highest of all time.
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Wow.
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Wow.
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Of all time in the playoffs.
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Sorry.
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Sure.
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In the playoffs.
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Yeah in the playoffs of all time and your first go at it.
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That's crazy and that place was rocking too.
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Them fans were ready.
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What's crazy is the person who had the first overall best QBR we're gonna talk about later.
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We'll get to that a little bit later here.
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To wrap up this game the Texans you know who would have thought they would have won this
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game by a touchdown let alone a complete and utter domination.
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31 point blowout.
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One of the worst playoff losses in Brown's history.
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Not much needs to be more needs to be said about this game except for Nico Collins just
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continuing to show he's he's gonna be a stud in this league and gonna grow with that offense.
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That's literally what I was about to bring up.
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The last thing is that Nico Collins continues to prove that he's he's literally CJ's number
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one target.
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I mean seven targets second most was John Metchie and Singletary with three apiece.
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So that just tells you who he's looking at immediately.
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Yeah and that's all he really needs to look at.
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He's just an absolute beast.
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In the way it's going.
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Yeah he's shown he's shown he can be a big body receiver and go up and be physical for
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sure.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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We'll see what happens with them going forward but we will talk about that later.
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Let's get into the next game.
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We had another AFC game happen.
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The Miami Dolphins traveling to Kansas City taking on the Chiefs.
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Chiefs were coming in as a four point favorite and they ended up annihilating the Dolphins
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26 to 7.
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Smeltzi you got this one right.
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Cole and I both took the Dolphins to cover that four points.
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I actually thought the golfers are gonna win this game but Patrick Mahomes back to what
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looks like to be a Patrick Mahomes that we know.
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Yeah and I mean I thought it would be a lot closer game than it than it was.
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You know I mean 26-7 I mean that's ridiculous but touching on Patrick Mahomes the dude just
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some of his throws and I saw some staffer it honestly make a couple too that we'll talk
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later but some of his throws are just ridiculous and Jordan Love actually made a couple of
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the similar throws just how they fit it in to these windows.
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I just don't understand the little sidearm action.
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I just I don't get it but it's so perfect.
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Yeah they just think the ability to drop down and just you know any arming will be able
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to complete that pass extend the play when needed and for Shea Rice man what a year he
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had just as a rookie overall and then continued in the playoffs 130 yards for a rookie going
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against a Miami defense that has Xavier Howard and Jaylen Ramsey on the outside.
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That's crazy.
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His route running was ridiculous all game for sure and he's got sneaky speed.
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Like he's fast but he's got that sneaky speed like he can turn it on quick.
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Not Tyreek yet but he can turn it on really quick.
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Yeah he's definitely not even close to Tyreek let's just not even put him in the same conversation
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but you know he could turn into that little player that they do have there and then Isaiah
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Pacheco continuing to just run angry love watching that guy play football.
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I really really enjoy watching him play football.
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They didn't average a lot of yards per carry at 3.7 you know but he gave him a balance
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overall as a team Kansas City rush for 147.
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But like you said he runs angry he's violent when he runs like it's insane and you wouldn't
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expect it out of a guy maybe his size but the way he runs I mean that's just the best
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way to put it is angry violent like aggressive like he'll lower his shoulder truck you know.
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For sure for sure and he's also just like quick with his eyes it's just weird he looks
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like a bull running but has that quick twitch ability but what won this game was his Kansas
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City defense Miami did not couldn't get anything going whatsoever run game passing game they
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just looked completely dead on offense man.
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Yeah and then it seems like they got behind and really started trying to huck the ball
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all second half and it just wasn't working for him I mean not that trying to establish
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a run game in the second half in which you're already down is a good idea anyway when it
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hasn't been working but you still got to try otherwise what do you think the defense is
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going to expect.
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Yeah when you can just rear back play two high yeah two high safety back is you know
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they're going to pass like what are you really going to do Miami they have the deep threat
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ability with a Tyrekan and Jalen Waddle but they they they think you can't do that when
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you're playing two high safeties and covering those deep two halves so it's if you're expecting
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that then you're relying on them catching the underneath and making a play and Kansas
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City just has too good of a defense and swarms to allow that to happen without a run game
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the Miami's offense is just stagnant.
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Well right that's just it so they really needed I wanted to say they really need Moser to
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have a better game but he also only had like what eight touches or something like that
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so you got to give him the rock a little bit more.
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Yeah you have to at least try you know you only had 18 rushes as a team.
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Well 18 yeah that's that's not good enough it's not good enough especially in a playoff
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game where it's going to be I guess I can't really say like not as many big plays because
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it depends on the game right there's a couple games later that had some pretty big plays
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on it but you just you have to establish that run game and when you don't you also don't
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control it I feel like you don't control the ball as often and looking at the time of possession
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I mean it was almost a nine oh I'm sorry 11 minute difference I'm sorry nine minutes I
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was wrong nine minute difference again not not good at math but that's that's a pretty
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big difference at the end of the day to me.
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Yeah it really is it really is a big difference so we'll see what happens with the Chiefs
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next week they got a pretty tough opponent next week we'll get to that later that one
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is going to be one heck of a game one heck of a game but let's get to it my Packers went
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down to Dallas going into Lambeau field down there Lambeau South taking on the Cowboys
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the disrespect by the books Packers a seven and a half point underdog just slapping them
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in the face and what do the Packers do just route the Cowboys 48 32 48 32 that 32 has
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a big old asterisk they scored a bunch of points in garbage time when our backups were
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in and we'd let the foot off the gas pedal but oh boy oh boy I don't know if I have have
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had as much of a good time watching a game since Super Bowl 45 you know I was just smiling
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ear to ear throughout this whole thing and man Jordan freaking love Smelty just tell
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me a little bit about what this cat did.
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Let me just say that Lambeau South is pretty ridiculous but unfortunately it's kind of
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true and also you said the 32 points with asterisk that's that's a fact coming from
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a Vikes fan I mean the Packers absolutely dominated this game from start to finish I
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was jaw open when it was 27 7 at half and that 7 came right at the end of the half too
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like it was I could not believe what I was seeing Jordan love transforming into the somebody
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who we've already seen flashes of all year it just couldn't quite get the consistency
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down well towards end of this season boy as he has he turned on that consistency and we
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just saw one of the best I mean I did not expect that from him the defense the team
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as a whole I really thought Dallas would would dominate I thought they were different this
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year and they just weren't I mean Jordan love really really carried it I mean 16 for 21
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that's not that much that's not a ton of attempts but 272 and three tots that's that's about
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as efficient as you can get it is it's actually one incompletion less efficient than a perfect
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passer rating and that one incompletion came when it was third down and we did a little
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swing pass out to Tucker craft and he dropped it he catches that he has a straight on him
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he's straight drops that yeah 100% but nonetheless man J love just showed out it was not only
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that was I mean J love was incredible don't get me wrong the throws he would make and
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were almost all of them were off his back foot almost fading away but just the separation
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in like the wide openness of our receivers was this was one of the best games of the
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first ever called yeah no oh yeah for sure that LaFleur's ever called sorry I blanked
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out there for like two seconds but yeah no I totally agree with you the play calling
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was on point he had a rhythm going that's what I was trying to explain to one of my
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buddies here recently is offensively defensively like you have to establish a rhythm right
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and if that rhythm is not working okay now you got to switch over to plan B whatever
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that may be and try to establish a rhythm that way well Packers never even needed to
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think about a plan B their plan a they are right on schedule with whatever they are trying
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to do you could tell they are making it happen yeah absolutely were and it was on it was
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both things you know Aaron Jones 118 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns himself
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one and that's just it that's that's that just goes to show you what happens when you
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establish a run game early he was on fire early he was he was and I mean the unsung
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heroes of this game are Rashid Walker and Zach Tom are two tackles holding Micah Micah
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Parsons and Demarcus Lawrence in check like they did love really wasn't even like yeah
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he was pressured but that was after the plays were developing like he had a clean pocket
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for the most part didn't have any sacks and it's just the ability that this Packers offense
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has shown or offensive line has shown to pass block it's very very underrated but they are
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one of the top pass blocking units in the league I mean that really we just have to
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say I mean I know that yeah especially since week 11 now the Packers offense has been buzzing
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since week 11 that's when J love's kind of turned it on but yeah they they're just they're
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so underrated for sure I mean the whole team's underrated that's why and we'll touch on it
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later you know I'll just save it for later I'll just save it for later because we're
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gonna talk about these matchups coming up this week don't don't you worry about that
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but um Romeo dobs hello hello how are you how are you not covering this dude he was
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open all the time he like I almost wanted him to come out and Jamar chase this stuff
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and be like I'm always open because he just was it was crazy like like they just they
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just couldn't cover him for whatever reason again schematically but not even just schematically
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he made Stefan Kilmore look like absolute just dust on that one play where he stumbled
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Roman up stumbled into Marcus not to Marcus sorry Stefan Gilmore just lost his footing
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and then Dobbs completely was a completion for a big play and the crazy thing was was
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J love wasn't even hitting these guys in stride that's how open they were that he they were
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able to stop come back for the ball and still you know run after catch like Musgraves touchdown
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that thing was just floated up there and Musgrave almost got tackled because it was so lofted
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but it didn't matter it didn't matter they were just so open no for sure and the thing
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is is like it was just a complete game it wasn't just the offense that defense showed
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up to big time big time that that pick by Jair that was ridiculous oh just ran the route
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for him just ran the route for him and then the one to pick six by Savage that was you
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know basic cut route concept two slants on the left it was the motioned over then they
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got CD over there two slants on the left so Savage is actually responsibility is actually
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the guy coming on the other side but he jumped the route knowing it was lamb on that inside
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slant jumped the route came down and just oh what how I was just a pretty play but that's
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just it dude that Dak Telegraph that so much like he was clearly targeting trying to give
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the ball and CDs hand rich rightfully so right but he was doing it too much oh crazy I mean
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you know it's wild CD had 17 targets nine completions after I was done talking actually
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just read that I was like oh my god yeah 17 targets and nine completion 60 attempts overall
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for Dak I mean that just goes to show you that they were that the Cowboys were trying
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to push it too much which obviously when you go down 27 wasn't it 20 it was 27 nothing
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27 at one point like when you're down 27 nothing yeah this time start hocking it and trying
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to make some of that up a little bit quicker but and they were still running the ball they
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still ran for 123 yards right right but I just it was too late for that though they
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didn't they didn't run it efficiently earlier no it wasn't efficient and I mean that that
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yardage really comes from Dak if you take him out it drops down under 100 because we
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held Tony Pollard you know 3.7 yards for carries not good no no you guys kept Tony Pollard
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in check we did indeed we did indeed let's move on sir I have to just sit here and bask
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in this glory as much as I can because I don't know how much longer it's gonna last we have
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a tough test ahead of us we're gonna have a debate about that oh we are we are but we
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got three more games to talk about and up next we have our game of the week the Los
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Angeles Rams are traveling up to Motor City taking on the Detroit Lions Lions coming in
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as a three-point favorite me and Cole were on the Rams to cover that three points you
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thought the Lions were going to cover that three points and the Lions ended up winning
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24-23 and boy what a game it was it definitely took game of the week honors with the play
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of the game not even just going into it you know the return of Matt Stafford just start
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to finish overall great great game yeah I mean honestly both teams showed up I couldn't
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stop watching that game to be honest with you great like you said great game great playoff
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atmosphere in Detroit I know those fans were lit you had people crying in the stands after
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the game like that that game meant so much to more than just the players for Detroit
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for sure oh I really did I'm really I'm really happy to see Detroit get a win in the playoffs
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especially with Dan Campbell he's quickly turning into my favorite coach in the NFL
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if he's not already and it the city Detroit deserves it they've been through so damn much
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dude they've been through so much so to see him successful and get the win especially
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with how they got it it was a hard-fought gritty type of Detroit game and I feel for
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Matt Stafford he played more than well enough to win this game oh and 100% and he was taking
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shot after shot he's banged up after that game 100% and he stood in there like he always
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has for Detroit that's just who he is absolutely man that's that's just who he is it's who
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he is and how about this Rams team this year you know they deserve a round of applause
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nobody would have expected them to make the playoffs or even sniff the playoffs this year
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and for them to go in give this Detroit Lions team a run for their money and you know it
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shows a lot of promise for what they have next year puka nakuwa that's it that's all
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we're gonna say puka nakuwa nine receptions 181 and a tud and a record for a rookie in
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the playoffs just stupid brother but I mean and I've tried to like downplay him all season
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right because I'm so used to watching JJ play at a high level and all these other receivers
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but dude puka just does it that he's just different I don't I don't get it now I'm
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curious if he'll continue that on into his sophomore season here next year but I have
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no reason to believe he won't yeah man his ability to get open and then his yards after
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catch the guy doesn't go down he kind of reminds me and now it's not they're very different
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player types overall but the way that he runs in like the inability to tackle him gives
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me shades of Debo okay now again different players completely
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different ways too but like the ability to yeah not go down it's not go down it's just
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like the slippery right right right you know I can see that overall powerful guy he just
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slippery so I he's fun to watch you know and and without him I don't know what the Rams
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would be this year they don't because you know Cooper Cub didn't have a great game five
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catches 27 yards you know targeted nine times so he's kind of taking a down year altogether
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injuries have banged him up obviously he just hasn't been a hundred all year I would imagine
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but I I don't know if you're gonna bring this up or not but like there's a play towards
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the end of the game of a non call of a pass interference which I don't I like seeing
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non calls in the playoffs like let him let him play you know what I mean I don't want
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the game to be decided by flag or whatever but there's a throw later in the game where
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Puka was kind of pulled down on his jersey a little bit that is kind of being talked
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about a little bit do you remember that play yeah sure do what do you think what's your
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opinion on is it a flag yeah I mean by the record of the book but like I agree with you
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man it's the playoffs you gotta let him play and it I mean we single out one play in these
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games right let's that right but the other thing though is like let's look at every single
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play and slow down the footage and look to see when it was called when it wasn't called
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when it was in whose favor who's not favor we focus on one play because we saw the replay
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on TV and they showed that one particular thing when I guarantee you on almost every
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play that's happening to me it's not whether the call it's a good or bad call it's whether
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it was consistently called throughout the game that's all I asked for with refereeing
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is sheer consistency if it's bad it's bad whatever that and I'd rather calls course
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the ball was thrown at Puka on that one but I would also rather calls not happen if it's
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like away from the play or like behind a play unless it's like a personal foul and like
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it's totally egregious then yeah you should probably throw that flag but like if it's
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like a whole but it's like behind the play don't throw that flag dude that's not going
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to impact the play yeah but yeah I don't think much more needs to be said about this one
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though like I said I think we're gonna have more about the matchups next week for anything
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in this one let's move on here we have the Pittsburgh Steelers traveling up to Buffalo
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taking on the Bills Bills coming in is a heavy 10-point favorite and they don't need even
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need the 10 points man they beat him by 21 yeah I mean 117 that's not 21 points sorry
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for my bad math that is indeed 14 but it is more than 10 oh man boy we're really killing
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it we're mathin um but yeah I mean again another team that really had control almost the entire
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game the Bills the Bills are scary and I can't wait to talk about the matchup they have coming
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up this weekend but yeah I mean they just controlled it throughout Josh Allen the thing
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about Josh Allen is you really got to watch out for him on the ground man and he again
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proved it again again proved it again nice good call good call but he approved it again
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well this weekend just he's just a tough guy to bring down as well he's not he's not slippery
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like the Debo and what we were just talking about but he's more or less just big and it's
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just hard to bring him down he's just he's just a bowling ball when he starts running
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as a quarterback nobody wants to hit him right that 52 yard run he had like every other quarterback
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in the NFL would have gone down on that play no 100% even Lamar it's not that like it's
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not that it was a matter of speed it was like he was going you thought he was gonna go down
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and then he just hit the afterburners and he just didn't and then nobody could catch
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him I think he could have ran another 20 yards without somebody catching him he was able
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to keep his own bro he was running like a straight four four forty in that time that
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boy was moving moving but Josh Allen man three touchdowns like he's he seems to be back in
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in his typical fashion he didn't the thing with the Bills this is this whole year with
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how they've been it's a it's a turnover game if they turn the ball over they're not gonna
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win if they win the turnover margin they're going to win the game what do they got they
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got one coming man they I agree I agree they really got to keep it in check here looking
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forward and obviously this game they did and exactly what you said they ended up winning
25:30
the game with no did they fumble at all or no turnovers no turnovers no turnovers so
25:35
there you go that just proves your point Mason Rudolph didn't look terrible in this game
25:42
the interception was not a very good play but he he's not the future no you know but
25:53
he looked good enough where he deserved to be a backup in the NFL yeah yeah I mean I
25:58
would absolutely again once again I would totally start him over Trubisky after seeing
26:02
what Trubisky had going on this year Trubisky's back up not anymore and I was I was I almost
26:09
had some wild I was really backing him up all season you know as a backup in the NFL
26:15
like a career back like I think he's the guy but dude I I think he's borderline done after
26:21
what he showed this year and Mason absolutely earned the opportunity and he did ball out
26:25
a little bit the pick like you said was bad but other than that he was finding the open
26:30
guy he was moving he was moving them downfield so yeah they didn't they didn't keep up with
26:35
what the Bills had going on but well how can you when Alan was just on a groove like he
26:40
is that Bills offense is just buzzing he was using his receivers he's using his tight ends
26:45
he spread the ball around big time he did and it was to you know it wasn't people that
26:50
would like jump off the page to you know they're down Gabe Davis that's obviously gonna hurt
26:54
when your number two is down but it gives an opportunity for someone like Khalil Shakir
26:58
to shine and then getting more Dawson Knox and Dalton Kincaid on the field together is
27:02
never gonna hurt no and that's just it right like I think he does need to use his tight
27:07
ends a little more obviously he killed it with Kincaid but I get Dawson Knox a little
27:12
more involved they got a lot of weapons they have a lot of weapons on offense and they
27:17
got Dawson Knox ain't bad either no Dawson Knox is good.
27:21
Kincaid came out of you know he's a rookie this year or last year this year yeah so
27:26
Kincaid's obviously shown his true potential and like you said I think you said last week
27:30
that you wish the Packers would have took him.
27:32
Hell yeah I did.
27:33
Which you're fine right now right turns out you're alright.
27:35
I'm always telling them I'm doing Musgrave and Kraft dog.
27:38
And they showed up.
27:40
They did they did.
27:43
And honestly the Buffalo defense looked alright.
27:45
They did and they have so many injuries bro they have so many injuries.
27:49
But that's just it and they've been dealing with that all year that they yeah they might
27:53
be okay heading into the playoffs.
27:55
Man up mentality is just live and die that.
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Alright well let's finish up this slate.
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We head to Philadelphia Eagles traveling down to Tampa Bay taking on the Buccaneers.
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Eagles coming in as a three point favorite.
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We both had the Eagles covering that three points Cole thought the Bucs were gonna do
28:13
it and boy did they do it Smelty.
28:16
32-9 the Buccaneers took this one.
28:18
And this one was actually a lot harder to pick for me than than I would have thought.
28:22
I just figured the Eagles would get out of their little funk.
28:25
But Baker proved us wrong there.
28:30
This boy Baker Mayfield Smelty.
28:33
Baker Mayfield Smelty.
28:34
He's back.
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He's won two playoff games.
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He's back.
28:38
You know how many Dax won?
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Zero.
28:42
Two playoff games.
28:43
He's won many games.
28:44
That's one more than Kirk fudge.
28:46
That's funny I don't care who you are.
28:50
But this story of this game Baker Mayfield man this Bucs offense is rolling with Baker
28:54
under center.
28:55
Dude he's.
28:56
He.
28:57
I just he's back dude.
28:59
He's showing what he showed coming out of college right now.
29:02
He's playing at the top of his game.
29:04
If the Buccaneers do not give him like a three year deal they're stupid.
29:08
Agreed.
29:09
If they let him walk they are stupid.
29:11
Agreed.
29:12
They need to absolutely see what else he has left in the rest of his career and just see
29:16
what happens.
29:17
Give him like a like a three year you know.
29:19
I think he's earned at least that like you've said a couple weeks ago like a Gino deal.
29:23
Give it to him.
29:24
Mike Evans dropped a big ball otherwise he would have almost had another Todd and that
29:28
ball was perfect.
29:29
That's a ball that Mike Evans doesn't usually drop actually.
29:33
But like I after that throw I was like dude pay this man bro like you guys need to see
29:38
what he's got.
29:40
Yeah absolutely.
29:41
Absolutely.
29:42
I mean even if you look at the ball distribution pay Baker threw for three hundred and thirty
29:47
seven yards Godwin had forty five and Edmonds had forty eight.
29:51
They didn't even have a hundred yards collectively and Baker threw for three thirty seven.
29:56
Yeah.
29:57
You would never expect that.
29:59
You hear Baker throwing for three thirty seven.
30:01
Evans is at one fifty and Godwin's at at least eighty eighty five.
30:05
But not not this week.
30:06
Not this week you had what's his name Cade Otten.
30:08
Yeah.
30:09
Is that a tie down.
30:10
Yep.
30:11
Is he a rookie.
30:12
No.
30:13
No two years of experience young young fellow out of Washington of course out of Washington
30:17
too.
30:18
But yeah no I mean like you said his ability to spread the ball around he's able to find
30:26
his receivers something that unfortunately on the other side of the ball wasn't wasn't
30:30
seen as much this week.
30:31
I mean he still spread it around but as far as like gaining yardage you know it was more
30:38
than just these little dinkin donks.
30:39
I mean it was 10 12 yards at a time.
30:43
It was.
30:44
It was.
30:45
And it wasn't even like that he was throwing the ball down the field.
30:47
The Buccaneers are the best wide receiver screen plan wide receiver play calling scheming
30:53
execution wise team in the league.
30:55
They just they give these wide receiver screens they get the linemen out there the receivers
30:59
aren't afraid to block they throw their body around and they get eight to twelve yards
31:03
a frickin screen bro.
31:04
Yeah that's hard to stop.
31:07
That's hard to say even if you know it's coming.
31:09
Yeah.
31:10
Even if you know it's coming it's hard to stop but it's I think it's the screens and
31:13
then the medium passes to those medium passes bro them receivers are just on the money with
31:19
their routes.
31:20
They were made the Eagles pay.
31:22
They really were and not having AJ Brown killed this Eagles offense.
31:26
They were already in such a lull as it is that you take out AJ Brown you have to you
31:31
know target Devante Smith eight or twelve times he caught eight of them and had one
31:35
forty eight.
31:36
You know he had a real good game but it's so much more than that.
31:40
It's all you have.
31:41
The next targeted receiver was Deandre Swift with four targets.
31:44
And it's just so much more than than just losing AJ Brown.
31:48
Deandre Swift had 10 carries.
31:51
Yeah 15 carries as a team.
31:53
It's just they couldn't get anything going offensively.
31:57
They couldn't finish a drive let alone even get one going.
32:00
So it was just it was just so weird.
32:02
It was exactly what we saw at the end of the season and I feel like an idiot for choosing
32:06
him because they've proved it to us the past few weeks that this is exactly who the Eagles
32:11
are right now today.
32:13
That's it.
32:15
It's so weird to say that when they were in the Super Bowl last year.
32:18
I'm with you bro.
32:19
I feel silly picking them but that's exactly why I picked them was because they have the
32:22
experience and they were in the Super Bowl last year.
32:24
I figured what better now time than now to put them together.
32:27
That's what I thought.
32:28
And look at Cole.
32:30
Yeah.
32:31
Prudent is wrong.
32:32
Cool.
32:33
He proved us wrong quite a bit this week.
32:35
For those taking their keeping score at home.
32:38
Smelsey we had a rough week as our rough season continues two and four on the week.
32:43
Oh and four and two.
32:44
Maybe we should start getting his own segment for just betting because maybe somebody can
32:48
make people some money.
32:49
Right.
32:50
Right.
32:51
And then we're going to just do a little playoff tracker and then when it's all said and done
32:55
we'll add the season and the playoffs altogether.
32:57
But you know for the playoffs then as well we're both two and four obviously because this
33:00
is the first week.
33:02
Well Smelsey we had one heck of a super wild card weekend on to the divisional round.
33:09
But first let's get to 10 talk.
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9 1 1 what's your emergency.
33:16
All right.
33:17
Smelsey we're going to start off 10 talk with some injuries.
33:20
We don't have too much here.
33:22
You know we only have eight teams left and those the only teams really worth talking
33:26
about.
33:27
So we'll start it off with some surprising news.
33:29
Mark Andrews you added wasn't actually aware of this until you told me about it.
33:33
Here's what he'll tell me a little bit.
33:35
Yeah apparently he practiced today.
33:38
That's based off of what our boss said per NFL dot com.
33:43
But he said quote we'll see how it goes.
33:45
So I mean we'll see if he'll actually be available on Sunday.
33:49
But considering when he went down with a severe left ankle injury back in like week 11 and
33:55
they were like that he's done for the season.
33:57
I mean that's got to be promising news ahead of a pretty big match a bigger than we thought
34:01
it was going to be.
34:03
Absolutely brother.
34:04
I mean even if he doesn't play this week if the Ravens do make it make it through if he
34:08
could potentially play next week and then again in the Super Bowl that's huge for this Ravens
34:12
offense.
34:13
He's he's one of the best.
34:14
I would say he's a top three tight end in the league.
34:17
So you know what a threat to add at this time of year.
34:20
No they need them.
34:21
They need them bad.
34:22
All right.
34:23
That goes on to then Jair Alexander.
34:26
So he left in this game.
34:27
You know we got the pick and then he left.
34:29
A lot of people thought it was said to be if the pack was a closer game he would have
34:33
maybe stayed in.
34:34
Well Fleur actually came out and said that no he was not going to return in this game
34:37
regardless which gives you a little concern.
34:40
But I just don't see him missing this game.
34:42
You know do you know what it was was it an ankle.
34:44
OK.
34:45
It's the same ankle injury.
34:46
Yeah.
34:47
And then he re injured it.
34:48
So you know rest up throw some ice on that bad boy.
34:51
We need him this week bro.
34:52
Yeah no doubt.
34:53
No you definitely need him this week.
34:54
100 percent.
34:55
He's going to go.
34:56
And then in that same game Christian McCaffrey he was a full grown practice so he's playing.
35:01
Yeah.
35:02
No no doubt.
35:03
I would expect to see McCaffrey this weekend.
35:08
That's all we got for injuries.
35:09
Like I said we don't have much there because we only have a handful of teams left here.
35:12
So let's get into some news.
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Jason Kelsey retiring after 13 years.
35:18
Smeltzi.
35:19
And you just kind of knew it when he was talking to his O-line coach on the sideline and like
35:25
his O-line coach obviously you can't he was facing away so I couldn't lip read what Kelsey
35:29
was saying but you know the way his facial expression was and how he kind of like backed
35:35
off a little bit and was like kind of dead faced.
35:38
I assumed Kelsey told him right there like I am retiring right now.
35:42
That was it.
35:43
That would make sense.
35:44
Yeah.
35:45
And I mean the dude's given everything he's got.
35:47
You know I honestly think he could probably still play for another couple of years but
35:50
he's still at the top of his game.
35:51
He was first team all pro.
35:53
Yeah.
35:54
So but I mean why not go out on top instead of you know petering out like a lot of pro
35:58
athletes do.
35:59
It's kind of a cool thing and I mean you still want a Super Bowl.
36:03
What else has he got to prove you know.
36:05
You have a Super Bowl.
36:06
This ending to this season I think told showed him that this team's really not in a win now
36:10
mode especially with all the salary caps they're gonna have to deal with now and like you said
36:15
he has a Super Bowl.
36:16
He also has another form of income that does not take any toll on his body.
36:20
Right.
36:21
With the podcast now that him and Trav have.
36:23
Right.
36:24
And he's kind of set himself up for future and all respect to you know to Kelsey out
36:29
in Philly dude 13 years playing incredible football.
36:32
I want to say it's like nine years pro bowl something like that.
36:35
Nine years all pro or something.
36:37
You know something just crazy.
36:38
So like you said at the top of his game it just sucks to see such a such a dude who's
36:44
turned out to be right now an icon you could say in the NFL because of the pod.
36:48
But you know he just everybody loves that guy.
36:50
Yeah.
36:51
No.
36:52
It just yeah.
36:54
Hats off to him.
36:55
Great career.
36:56
I'd imagine he just doesn't want to play for any other team knows his time is done probably
37:01
in Philly anyway so it's just it's just time just time.
37:04
I think he's got like three kids or something right.
37:07
Two kids.
37:08
So maybe just wants to go spend time with his family now you know.
37:11
Yeah.
37:12
Good for him.
37:14
Good for him man.
37:15
He deserves it.
37:17
And Caleb Williams officially announces he is entering the NFL draft.
37:22
No surprise there.
37:24
Caleb Williams welcome to the Chicago Bears.
37:27
Yeah we knew we knew he would enter the draft.
37:30
I just don't know if he'll be a bear.
37:32
I'm curious with the quarterbacks that are you know slated to go on those first few picks
37:37
now what's LSU Jaden.
37:40
Jaden Daniels.
37:41
Jaden Daniels is trending up now as well.
37:44
I'm just curious if we see some trades coming here soon in the next few months trading up
37:50
to get to get a Caleb Williams or something.
37:54
Maybe the Bears are committed to Justin Fields.
37:56
Do they draft Marvin Harrison number one overall.
38:00
That's the thing is do you need to can you.
38:02
So I don't know without here actually I can look at it.
38:04
They need a lot of pieces you know as for the Bears you know.
38:07
I'll look at it right now.
38:09
What are you looking for?
38:12
It's Bears then Patriots Cardinals.
38:13
The Cardinals aren't drafting a quarterback and then it's the commanders.
38:16
So do the commanders jump up maybe try to get that one to get a quarterback if the Bears
38:20
stick with them and then do you still get Marvin Harrison at four or is Arizona you
38:25
do chance Arizona.
38:27
Oh I don't know if you chance Arizona.
38:30
I really don't but Arizona's got a couple decent pieces to Rondale Moore and where's
38:35
he got Marquis Brown and Rondale Moore's who they have yet.
38:37
They both want to more still there.
38:39
I think they signed Marquis Brown.
38:40
No mistake.
38:41
No he is there but I don't.
38:42
I think he's still there.
38:43
I think he's pretty sure he is.
38:45
But then they got a good tie down.
38:48
You don't pass on Marvin.
38:49
I wouldn't.
38:50
You can't.
38:51
I wouldn't.
38:52
You can't if you're the Cardinals.
38:53
No I wouldn't.
38:54
So they that's tough.
38:55
So what do you do if you're the Bears?
38:56
Do you do lose the potential on Marvin Harrison because I think you can because the only thing
39:00
is are you committed to Justin Fields if you're the Bears.
39:03
It also that well that's the first question.
39:05
I'm in the camp personally that I think they should.
39:08
I don't know if they are but does that mean the Patriots try to move up and get their
39:13
choice of Galea Williams Drake May if they're going to worry about who gets the number two
39:17
or do they view them equally enough where you can keep you fall for whatever one you
39:22
don't have to worry about it.
39:23
I think the Patriots hold the most important decision here.
39:27
Yeah.
39:28
Somebody's going to try to move up the commanders for example will try to get move up and get
39:31
that number one pick.
39:34
What do you think the Bears would need out of that to move back to form.
39:38
Probably the number four pick.
39:39
Yes.
39:40
But you get number four.
39:41
What else is another first rounder and probably a second rounder.
39:46
I don't know.
39:47
I don't know.
39:48
They just have to answer that first question.
39:49
Are they committed to Justin Fields.
39:51
Yes or no.
39:52
Because it's like from then on it might be game on or you're committed to fields and
39:56
you say F it.
39:57
I'm getting Marvin Harrison with the normal overall pick and I'll give a damn what anybody
40:00
else thinks.
40:01
Yeah.
40:02
Yeah.
40:03
They could do that 100 percent.
40:04
It's it's going to be exciting.
40:05
Actually it's I'm excited for this draft man.
40:07
I am too a little bit.
40:08
I think those first five picks are huge.
40:10
I do too.
40:11
And I get really into it.
40:12
I watched the whole thing like a clown because it takes like five hours.
40:16
It's just ridiculous.
40:17
I watched the entire thing but I just love seeing these kids lives change before their
40:22
eyes and like I love seeing what moves teams make the trades.
40:26
It's just it's a whole thing man.
40:28
It's a whole thing.
40:29
And with Caleb Williams coming out it's a big deal.
40:32
Drake may could pass maybe Drake may goes one overall.
40:34
We don't.
40:35
Who knows.
40:36
It's going to be wild.
40:37
It really is.
40:38
It really is.
40:39
Well let's move on to some coachy news.
40:42
Mr. Belichick debatably not really the greatest coach and GM of all time is done in New England
40:52
after 24 years.
40:56
What a surprise that was.
40:58
Smeltzi.
40:59
Yes.
41:00
Yes and no.
41:01
Right.
41:02
Like I think they both just realized and it was a mutual thing turns out but I think at
41:05
the end of the day they both just realized it's time for some new scenery for both of
41:09
them.
41:10
There's.
41:11
Holy cow.
41:12
I guess I can't talk.
41:14
But like what Bill has done there in his 24 years is ridiculous.
41:20
I mean the six titles obviously is the biggest deal but the teams they were able to build
41:26
and the success they had there he's going to have no issue finding a job obviously probably
41:32
a Hall of Fame coach I would imagine.
41:35
Where do you think he goes.
41:36
That's.
41:37
So far.
41:38
I don't know if we have the time to get into that quite yet.
41:42
So far all he's interviewed at is in Atlanta.
41:45
I to be to be honest with you I think the biggest thing that matters is what happens
41:50
in Big D if they keep McCarthy.
41:52
If McCarthy's gone Belichick's a shoe in for that down and he's taken it.
41:56
He's not.
41:57
Then I think he goes to Atlanta or the Chargers and between the two.
42:01
I would take the Chargers personally.
42:03
I would take the Chargers as well but there's also rumors out there that he wants to take
42:07
a young developing team that's underdeveloped or under under promising.
42:13
So and Atlanta's got that shiny new stadium.
42:15
I mean so the Chargers but the thing with Atlanta though I mean you know you don't have
42:19
you have the one two three four five six seven eight nine you have the ninth pick you'd have
42:23
to move up to get one of the top quarterbacks.
42:27
But there you could make an argument there a quarterback away from being the best team
42:30
in that division.
42:31
They're not bad.
42:32
They're really not that bad.
42:33
You got Kyle Pitts you got Drake London you got Algier and Bijon.
42:39
Their defense ain't bad.
42:40
The backfield yeah their defense when your offense is off the field so much and you're
42:44
on the field as much as you are you're not going to have great stats.
42:47
So I don't know I like this Atlanta team.
42:49
I really want to go to Atlanta.
42:52
I would love to see what Deshaun could do down there.
42:55
But that's not here or there.
42:57
But yeah Bill Belichick done in New England.
42:59
It'll never be it's unmatched and it'll never be matched to the dynasty they created the
43:04
overall success that he had granted having 12 back there made that a hell of a lot easier.
43:09
But it's it's incredible.
43:10
You have to but who went on got 12.
43:12
That's just it right.
43:13
And I'm sick and tired of people saying oh Brady carried him or oh Bill Belichick carried
43:17
him.
43:18
No dude it was a combination of the two.
43:20
It was just a lack of better terms.
43:22
It was just a magical combo that worked right.
43:25
It's the greatest tandem in the history of sports.
43:28
That's it.
43:29
It was both of them.
43:32
Yeah they they they they pull the excellence out of each other and you just create this
43:36
overall aura and just bubble of let's go be great.
43:40
So let me just throw some match it if I'm going to touch on McCarthy here in a second.
43:45
But if he is let go and Bill is a shoe in because I totally agree with you if he's still
43:50
available at that point.
43:53
Does he try to run with Dak or does he want to move on from Dak immediately.
43:58
He's a quarterback.
43:59
Yeah.
44:00
You think so.
44:01
Percent.
44:02
OK.
44:03
OK.
44:04
Percent.
44:05
Yeah I mean for one he's on the books and two like Dak isn't a bad quarterback right.
44:07
He's not.
44:08
He chokes on the pressure and I think Belichick is a great coach to get you out of that.
44:13
Sure to unlock to unlock the other side of Dak that we've been waiting to see.
44:18
And he'll game plan accordingly.
44:20
He's not going to have to put so much pressure on it.
44:23
You put Belichick in that offense that great defense becomes excellent.
44:26
Sure.
44:27
Sure.
44:28
Now it's going to be now Dan Quinn is the mastermind of that.
44:31
So that matters.
44:32
He's probably going to be a head coach somewhere.
44:34
Right.
44:35
Right.
44:36
But I think what Bill Belichick man like just what he brings to a team and if he goes to
44:42
the Cowboys he's going to have a similar like GM influence.
44:45
He ain't going to be the GM like he was in New England.
44:48
There is no GM the Cowboys and never will be.
44:51
Right.
44:52
Right.
44:53
Right.
44:54
But it's he'll still have that heavy influence you know but it's you'd be silly to get rid
45:00
of Dak.
45:01
Yeah.
45:02
Yeah.
45:03
No I.
45:04
It's the same thing for the Vikings.
45:05
Who are you going to go out and get that's going to replace a Dak like talent.
45:08
Nobody right now.
45:09
There's nobody right now and there's still plenty of Vikings fans calling for not resigning
45:13
Kirk Cousins of course.
45:15
But whatever.
45:16
Don't get Dak.
45:17
No.
45:18
We can't afford him.
45:19
We got to pay JJ soon.
45:20
And if we want JJ here there's no way.
45:23
That's why everybody's like oh Russell Wilson.
45:25
Dude do we have to be a lot of money missing from that deal in order for Russell Wilson
45:29
to be a Viking.
45:31
But I've heard that I've heard that recently.
45:35
Yeah.
45:36
I don't know if I like that to be honest.
45:39
I don't even want to talk about it.
45:41
We don't have to talk about it if it becomes more relevant.
45:44
Yeah.
45:45
Well let's move on here.
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So Mike Tomlin has told his team he plans to coach in 2024 amongst the ongoing rumors
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and speculation.
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I love to hear it.
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I love Mike Tomlin.
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He's one of my favorite coaches in the league.
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He's perfect for that Pittsburgh organization.
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They'd be silly to move on.
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They do not need to let him go.
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How many years now that he's had a winning record?
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Enough.
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He literally has never had a record.
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That's what I mean.
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I wasn't almost all his season.
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No it's not almost.
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It's all.
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He's literally never had a losing record.
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Yeah.
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There's no reason to let him go.
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It'd be silly to move on.
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They're a quarterback away from a really really good freaking team.
46:18
They're not a head coach.
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No.
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So that just ends then with some McCarthy talk there which is surprising.
46:25
Yeah.
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So I'm just curious right.
46:29
Now obviously both the Cowboys and Eagles have lost this weekend and now there's obviously
46:39
already rumors circulating.
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Does either coach in your opinion deserve to be let go at this point?
46:46
Absolutely not.
46:47
They're you know how many they're a year away from being removed from the Super Bowl.
46:52
Jalen Hurts was hurt the end of this last year.
46:55
They were dealing with a lot of injuries.
46:57
I think losing your offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator both from that Super
47:01
Bowl team really really hurts you know.
47:03
So you have to you have to build that team back up and Nick Sirianni isn't the issue
47:09
at hand here.
47:10
I don't believe that one bit.
47:12
So I think that team is still in a position they can go and they can compete and they
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can be a contender.
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And the same thing goes for the Cowboys.
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I mean Mike McCarthy's had what three straight 12 win seasons.
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How do you let a guy like that go?
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You can't.
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That's what I mean.
47:25
I'm kind of right on right there with you.
47:27
I don't think you can let either guy go.
47:29
Like you said your year moved from a Super Bowl in Philly and you needed a new OC in
47:35
DC because they moved on.
47:37
That's going to be a learning curve for all your players and your staff in general right.
47:43
And then in Dallas though I guess the only the only thing I could say is playoff success
47:49
hasn't happened yet.
47:51
But you can't argue the 12 win seasons.
47:54
You can and eventually like there has to become a time that that regular season success translates
47:59
into playoff success.
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The two did hope so.
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I thought it was this year for sure.
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I did too.
48:05
I did too.
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They just happened to catch a red hot Jay love my guy.
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Lord Jesus.
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They did.
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They caught a red hot Jay love my guy.
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I can't wait for this to be over.
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Oh baby.
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Well let's hope it's not next week.
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But let's move on here Smelty.
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We got my favorite segment of the week is back everyone.
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What's your bonehead move of the week my guy?
48:30
So yeah I mean low key Cole's probably gonna hate me but it's about Bill's Mafia and I
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love Bill's Mafia.
48:38
Remember there was a play where the ball is thrown to George Pickens I believe it was
48:44
Pickens is either Pickens or Deontay Johnson I can't remember which one into the end zone
48:48
and you can clearly see so balls being thrown like in the direction of the receiver.
48:53
They didn't none of them hit him right.
48:55
And even if they did is it gonna hurt.
48:56
No probably not.
48:58
Is it gonna impede play.
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Most likely not.
49:02
But come on man.
49:04
Like I know there's snow all over the stands.
49:06
I don't mind when they people score touchdowns and stuff and they're throwing the snow in
49:10
the air and stuff happen.
49:12
Like that's fun.
49:13
That's all right.
49:14
I don't mind that right.
49:15
But like literally like snowballs at the guy on the field.
49:19
Come on bro.
49:20
That's too much.
49:21
Yeah I saw that dude.
49:22
It's just that's just childish like you can't do that like heaven forbid that actually affect
49:27
the play and like again it probably won't right.
49:30
Like the likelihood of it is very very slim but if it did I mean what are you gonna do
49:35
like that's just that's just too much.
49:37
You can't do that.
49:38
You're.
49:39
I'm not trying to be a Karen right.
49:40
Like I like to have fun too.
49:41
I get it.
49:42
I just told a story actually about having too much fun.
49:46
But like why.
49:47
Throw them at each other.
49:49
Throw them at a Steelers fan.
49:52
Yeah yeah yeah.
49:55
Let's go with that.
49:56
Yeah throw it at a Steelers fan or something.
49:57
Yeah but don't throw it at the actual game that's being played.
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A lot of people paid a lot of money to see.
50:03
Because they I mean I don't know if there's rules or stuff but they could throw a flag.
50:06
100 percent.
50:07
I don't know if it's a bench penalty at that point or what.
50:10
It's 15 yards unsportsmanly conduct though.
50:14
You know I wonder if they ended up giving a warning.
50:16
I didn't hear any sort of warning over the stadium speakers or anything on the TV but
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like yeah so I don't know that was just ridiculous to me.
50:24
A little too far by Bill's Mafia.
50:29
Agreed brother and I love Bill's Mafia.
50:31
I know I do too.
50:32
Just just take about 20 percent off there.
50:35
Just 20 percent.
50:36
Just 20 percent.
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Just 20 percent.
50:38
All right brother well I love that segment but boy oh boy do we have a weekend ahead
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of us.
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Divisional weekend is upon us Smelty.
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We have four bangers of a game.
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We'll start in the AFC.
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The Houston Texans traveling to Baltimore taking on the number one seed.
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Baltimore coming in as a nine and a half point favorite.
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I just want to say there's some giant spreads in this week and it's kind of crazy that there's
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just no faith in these teams.
51:08
One of them will get to shortly that just kind of stings a little bit but we'll stick
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to this game for now.
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There's no way the Texans don't cover that nine and a half man.
51:15
I don't know if the Texans are going to have it to win it but this is a three to seven
51:20
point game.
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No I totally agree with you.
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I think that nine and a half is completely disrespectful to be honest with you.
51:26
I don't I don't know.
51:28
I mean Baltimore is Baltimore is that good.
51:33
We could see Baltimore go off like some of the games we saw this weekend and they're
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going to be healed up ready to go.
51:40
If you add in Mark Andrews to that it's you know they don't even have to finish drives.
51:46
They got Justin Tucker too at the same time.
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So it's like I don't know.
51:50
It could be.
51:51
Man that's tough.
51:52
But how can you put a nine and a half point spread in this?
51:54
That's what we saw last week with the Texans did to the Browns defense.
51:59
I know.
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Granted at home different environment than playing in Baltimore but one other just side
52:03
note that I literally just noticed all the divisional winners won for the AFC.
52:10
It's one two three four is the seeds.
52:12
I just for whatever reason that's just cool to me.
52:15
Oh yeah you're right.
52:16
But wild cards.
52:17
Well and your pack was the first seven seed to ever win.
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First seven seed to ever win.
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Yeah.
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That's wild.
52:25
That is wild.
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That's scary too.
52:28
But we'll get to that one in a second.
52:30
Yeah I think I just got to go with the Ravens will probably win but I don't think they'll
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cover that nine and a half.
52:34
It's just too much.
52:35
It's just a lot.
52:36
It's a lot.
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Yeah it's just too much man.
52:39
It's just too much.
52:40
I think it'll be a good game.
52:41
I do think the Texans fall though.
52:43
I do too.
52:44
I do too.
52:45
I think the Ravens are just like the one true powerhouse in the league right now.
52:48
And they're just they're just so good.
52:51
Top to bottom both sides of the ball.
52:53
So we're on the same page.
52:54
We don't necessarily think the Texans are going to win this game but nine and a half
52:57
points is just too much.
52:59
Let's move on brother.
53:00
The other number one seed in the NFC is taking on my Packers.
53:04
The Niners coming in as a nine and a half point favorite.
53:08
Another slap in the freaking face.
53:10
What is going on with these odds makers?
53:12
We all know where I'm going with this one but I want to start off with you.
53:15
As much as it hurts my soul the nine and a half is absolutely ridiculous for this game
53:20
as well.
53:21
I mean the way the Packers just dismantled one of the top defenses of the year and then
53:29
the way Jordan Love is playing right now and the rest of the offense.
53:33
I think nine and a half is absolutely ridiculous to be honest with you.
53:35
I think this the Packers are going to surprise some people this weekend.
53:39
I think this is going to be a lot closer than people think.
53:42
I obviously I hope that's freaking wrong.
53:45
I think McCaffrey is a freaking monster.
53:47
I think George Kittle is going to be really hard to stop this weekend.
53:50
I think you'll be able to shut down Deebo.
53:52
I don't know I just got feeling.
53:54
I think Brandon Ayuk you might be able to handle but just I think Kittle, McCaffrey,
54:00
I don't know man.
54:01
Deebo might be able to get it going on y'all too.
54:04
But I don't think I can say the Niners will cover.
54:09
Seriously don't.
54:10
I'm with you on this one obviously.
54:12
I mean as a Packer fan I'm obviously not going to think we're going to lose by 10 freaking
54:15
points.
54:17
But I legitimately think we have a very very good chance of winning this game.
54:21
I really do.
54:22
I mean obviously there's a ton of bias behind this.
54:25
But nine and a half points that's way too much.
54:27
I mean again I think this is a three to seven point game.
54:32
But to me this game truly comes down to one person and one person only and that is the
54:37
Packers defense stopping Christian McCaffrey.
54:40
The run game has been our Achilles heel in the playoffs especially against the San Francisco
54:46
49ers.
54:47
Luckily they don't have a running threat as a quarterback now.
54:51
But it's just it's going to come down to that.
54:53
So not only that it's not only stopping McCaffrey but stopping Deebo's gadget plays.
54:58
I think Deebo is a receiver we can control.
55:01
I think we've proved that last week that our secondary can hang on their own and they can
55:05
do that.
55:06
Jair is going to be big if he plays this week.
55:08
But it's can we stop the run game?
55:11
I mean as well as we played last week Daleks still had over 100 yards rushing down the
55:16
whole game.
55:17
But didn't Dak have like 40 yards?
55:19
Again you take Dak's yards out they don't have it.
55:23
But I think that I was so impressed with our pass protection last week I'm not too terribly
55:29
worried about the Niners pass rush.
55:32
Because I don't know I had a gut feeling the Packers would win last weekend but I felt
55:36
like they would squeak it by with how dominating they were.
55:40
I just don't see I don't see the nine and a half.
55:44
I think they're gonna hold their own this weekend.
55:46
Do you think the money line what do you think in there?
55:49
Do you think they have what it takes to win it?
55:58
Yes and it's only because and I really got that really hurts but yes and it's only because
56:02
of how they just mantled Dallas.
56:05
Like I really did not think it would go that way.
56:08
So that was just so eye opening to me and honestly was the defense I kind of knew could
56:12
do it it was the offense to me that has now came around to the point where it's like now
56:17
there's like a couple weapons that you kind of got to watch out for and you can't really
56:21
let them go by anymore.
56:22
You know what's crazy about that win against Dallas?
56:25
Guess who didn't have any targets or catches?
56:29
Jayden Reed.
56:30
Jayden Reed had no targets and he still won that much with our offense because Romeo Daab
56:36
he did what he did.
56:37
He did what he did yeah.
56:38
That's if we I'm 100% with you if we win that Dallas game by three four points.
56:44
I don't feel as confident.
56:45
I don't think we we're gonna win this game but I truly think I'm still probably thinking
56:50
we're gonna cover nine and a half because that's just egregious but it is I truly think
56:55
we can win this game.
56:56
If we can get one or two turnovers and J-Love continues to play like he has been and we
57:01
can get the run game going then I don't know man.
57:05
I still think the Niners pull it off though.
57:08
I think it's gonna be a good game dude but I don't think they cover nine and a half straight
57:13
up though.
57:14
I think it's gonna be close.
57:15
As crazy as it sounds bro this this team reminds me a lot of that that 2010 team that's just
57:21
put it together at the end of the year.
57:24
And we have a young quarterback.
57:25
Ah dude I don't know bro it's getting me feeling good but let's move on we're on the same page
57:31
Niners aren't gonna cover that four and a half.
57:33
Nine and a half nine and a half.
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Yeah I'm sorry I don't even know where I saw four and a half nowhere on this page here
57:38
shows four.
57:40
So let's just move to the Bucs Lions.
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Lions coming into this game here is a six and a half point favorite again another big
57:47
spread brother.
57:48
Another big spread and this is gonna be this is gonna be another great game.
57:53
I mean the way Baker played if he's coming off healthy hopefully he seems okay.
57:58
After last game if he gets another week of you know recoup that's gonna be tough.
58:04
That's gonna be a tough game.
58:05
I think there's too much going on for the Lions right now and at home.
58:09
I think that is a factor for Detroit.
58:11
I think they love playing in front of their fans right now.
58:13
I think the passion is there between the city the fans the players like they want to win
58:19
so bad.
58:21
I just I just don't see the Bucs escaping out of there with a dub.
58:26
Six and a half though I think I am gonna go with the Lions on it because I think it's
58:30
gonna be straight up seven.
58:32
I think the Bucs lose by a tug but I think it's gonna be another great game.
58:37
I think the Bucs showed a lot this weekend.
58:41
I'm I'm with you I think it's gonna be a really really good game and I think the Lions are
58:45
gonna win this game with just how much their offense is popping right now and they have
58:48
that two headed monster to think the Lions won that game against the Rams without the
58:52
running game really getting going.
58:54
They only had 70 some yard rushing and that's really surprising to me.
58:58
I really think that the running game is the core driver of this offense.
59:03
And we didn't really see the rush defense for the Bucs against Philly because they really
59:07
never had a chance to get it going.
59:09
So we don't really know how they'll hold up you know for the whole game we can only go
59:14
off of the regular season.
59:15
Yeah to be honest with you I think what the what the Bucs are doing right now this game
59:19
in my opinion should be a pick them or a one to two point spread.
59:22
No I agree.
59:24
Saying that I'm picking the Bucs I just think six or half's too much but I think the Lions
59:27
gonna win this game.
59:28
Yeah fair.
59:29
And I want them to.
59:30
I would love to see Lions Packers NFC Championship in Detroit.
59:34
That would make me happy.
59:37
I would if you would have told me that at the beginning of the season I would never have
59:39
seen that coming.
59:40
Somebody would have shot you right in the kneecap.
59:42
Yeah probably.
59:43
Well Smelty that leaves us with one game the game of the week Sunday night.
59:51
It's been a game we've had this seems like the last 10 years it's really only been three
59:54
or four.
59:55
Right.
59:56
Patrick Mahomes.
59:57
Josh Allen.
59:59
Battle of the two superstar franchise quarterbacks.
1:00:02
This time there's a curve.
1:00:04
The games played up in Buffalo for the first time in the playoffs.
1:00:09
Bills coming in as a two and a half point favorite.
1:00:13
Boy what a game we got on our hands brother who do you got.
1:00:16
Bills winning Bills are winning this game.
1:00:19
This this.
1:00:20
More than two and a half points.
1:00:21
Yes they are.
1:00:23
This is when Josh Allen finally gets his chance to beat Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs and
1:00:29
succeeds I think.
1:00:30
I think the Bills are way too hot right now.
1:00:32
Don't get me wrong.
1:00:33
What we saw with the Chiefs against the Dolphins was ridiculous.
1:00:37
I mean they absolutely annihilated the Dolphins in every aspect of the game.
1:00:43
But I think this is it in at home excuse me at home in Buffalo.
1:00:49
This is it for the Bills right here.
1:00:51
This is their opportunity to I don't know if they could beat Baltimore but this is their
1:00:57
opportunity to go to the Super Bowl and I think they're going to capitalize at least
1:01:01
on this part of the journey.
1:01:06
Cole would be happy brother.
1:01:07
That's hard for me to say because I'm a believer in like Patrick Mahomes little magic in the
1:01:11
playoffs dude.
1:01:12
The dudes ridiculous.
1:01:15
It's a tough call but I honestly think this is the time for the Bills they're too hot
1:01:21
right now at the end of the season.
1:01:23
They found their stride.
1:01:25
Cole would be proud brother because we're both picking the Bills on this one man.
1:01:29
I did not see you picking the Bills to be honest.
1:01:31
The Bills are just too hot right now.
1:01:33
You're right they're the hottest team in the NFL.
1:01:34
They're the last team you want to play if you're any team right now and Josh Allen is
1:01:39
finally going to get his redemption to Mahomes in the playoffs.
1:01:42
You're right Mahomes magic especially in the playoffs it's something else.
1:01:46
It's something else you know he just finds this whole new level and the game should have
1:01:52
even been more out of hand than it was against the Dolphins.
1:01:55
Kelsey had some big drops that he just doesn't have and he's still at 71 yards.
1:02:00
Yeah dude.
1:02:01
But he thought there's two massive drops.
1:02:03
Massive.
1:02:04
Literally right in the big ass hands.
1:02:07
He catches that ball 98 out of 100 times.
1:02:10
Yeah seriously.
1:02:12
So I like the Bills.
1:02:14
It's in Buffalo dude.
1:02:15
That's a whole nother ball game.
1:02:16
That's a whole nother ball game.
1:02:18
We might get snowballs.
1:02:19
Yeah.
1:02:20
We might get snowballs dude.
1:02:21
We might get snowballs brother.
1:02:22
Is it the Sunday night game too?
1:02:23
Yeah it's the Sunday night game.
1:02:24
I hope so.
1:02:25
It's the recap of this.
1:02:27
It's the cap of this weekend but you know I don't think anybody would have predicted
1:02:31
this weekend for the divisional weekend.
1:02:34
You expect the Ravens.
1:02:35
You expect the Niners.
1:02:36
You expect the Bills and Chiefs.
1:02:39
But Packers, Chee or Packers, Bucks, Lions, Texans man.
1:02:45
Who would have thought to start this year these would be the games and I truly think
1:02:48
all of these games are one score or less games.
1:02:51
And even halfway through the season who would have thought the Bills the way they were playing.
1:02:54
They were playing horrible early in the season.
1:02:56
Oh Packers too for sure.
1:02:57
Yeah.
1:02:58
Nobody would have thought we would come to this.
1:02:59
But we're here.
1:03:01
The Pack are back as Jair has said.
1:03:04
Whatever it's a great slate in general.
1:03:05
Whatever.
1:03:06
It really is a good slate though.
1:03:07
We're excited to watch football this weekend and just be horizontal.
1:03:11
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