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NFL Week 14 Pre: Showdowns With Major Postseason Implications – Bears Vs. Packers; Jaguars Vs. Colts · Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome to the inside the Birds. NFL Week
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Speaker 1: fourteen preview. I'm Jeff Mosher, and just hearing those words
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Speaker 1: come out of my mouth. Week fourteen Preview is it's
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Speaker 1: almost like a shot to the solar plexus. It's down
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Speaker 1: the stretch they come, and to me, it feels like
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Speaker 1: just yesterday that the Eagles were four and oh you know,
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Speaker 1: you know, blocking field goals, returning to win games. They
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Speaker 1: were off to a great start. That's why I always say,
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Speaker 1: probably you're probably blue in the face already of me
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Speaker 1: say hearing me say it. But the first six seven
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Speaker 1: weeks they fly by, and now we're already in week fourteen.
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Speaker 1: After this, we only got four weeks left and then
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Speaker 1: it's playoffs and then next thing you know, it to
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Speaker 1: be February, and it's hard to believe. You know, you
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Speaker 1: got a lot of things going on in between the
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Speaker 1: holidays coming up, but for us to already be fourteen
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Speaker 1: weeks into the NFL season is mystifying to me. And listen,
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Speaker 1: like I said, down the stretch they come. There are
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Speaker 1: to me two enormous games, two games that have enormous
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Speaker 1: playoff implications, and then about three or four that also
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Speaker 1: have some big ones, but the one, the two that
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Speaker 1: really stand out. The first one is the NFC game.
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Speaker 1: It's the four to twenty five game. You got the
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Speaker 1: nine and three Bears, who are currently sitting as the
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Speaker 1: number one post right now in the NFC versus a
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Speaker 1: eight three to one Packers game, Packers team that is
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Speaker 1: getting its act together. And this is a huge, huge
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Speaker 1: game for the Packers, especially it is in Lambeau. The
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Speaker 1: Packers have won three in a row. They have scored
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Speaker 1: on average of about twenty five points in their last
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Speaker 1: three games. I'm just doing some quick math. Thirty one
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Speaker 1: versus the Lions, twenty three versus the Vikings, twenty seven
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Speaker 1: versus the Giants, so that's eighty one. I can't do
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Speaker 1: eighty one divided by three very quickly, so I apologize,
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Speaker 1: But I feel like it's somewhere in that mid twenty
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Speaker 1: point range that I'm talking about. And obviously, defensively they've
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Speaker 1: been very good. They held a Lions team on Thanksgiving
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Speaker 1: that has a lot of firepower to twenty four points,
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Speaker 1: and they held the Vikings team that stinks to six,
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Speaker 1: a Giants team that's not very good to twenty and
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Speaker 1: then you know, you saw what they did against the
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Speaker 1: Eagles and the Panthers. They lost those games, but they
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Speaker 1: only gave up ten points to the Eagles and sixteen
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Speaker 1: to the Panthers. So the Packers are very very good
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Speaker 1: defensive team. They have won six of the last eight games.
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Speaker 1: They're obviously playing a Bears team that is on fire,
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Speaker 1: a Bears team that has won eight of their last
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Speaker 1: nine games and has back to back wins, especially over
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Speaker 1: the Steelers and the Eagles. So the Bears have cemented
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Speaker 1: they have solidified themselves as not the Bears that you remember.
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Speaker 1: They're not the Bears of the old. They're for real
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Speaker 1: to an extent. I mean, they still have an erratic
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Speaker 1: passing game. Their strength of victory is the lowest of
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Speaker 1: any NFL team with a that is a division leader
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Speaker 1: or sitting in a playoff spot. At the moment, it's
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Speaker 1: three forty one. The second worst would be the Patriots
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Speaker 1: at three to forty three. Okay, actually of the Seattle
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Speaker 1: which would be the fifth seed right now in the NFC.
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Speaker 1: So clearly the Patriots and the Bears have benefit from
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Speaker 1: playing the schedule. But that's just the way it is
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Speaker 1: the NFL. You know, the twenty seventeen. Eagles had a
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Speaker 1: very very easy schedule and they cake walked their way
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Speaker 1: to I think it was twelve wins, and they could
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Speaker 1: have been more if they played more at the you know,
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Speaker 1: Carson got hurt, Nick Foles took over the last two
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Speaker 1: games of the year. They didn't treat like real games.
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Speaker 1: But the point is they benefited from a cakewalk schedule.
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Speaker 1: But that didn't mean they were bad teams. They just
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Speaker 1: had a cakewalk schedule. And obviously the Eagles won the
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl that year. I don't know if I consider
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Speaker 1: the Bears true Super Bowl contenders. We will find out
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Speaker 1: over the next few weeks. And the same thing with
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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. But I will say this, like
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Speaker 1: I said last week, this is a wide open NFL.
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Speaker 1: Everybody knows that there are probably six or seven teams
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Speaker 1: right now that if they you told me, if you
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Speaker 1: gave me the crystal ball and said this team is
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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl where this team will win the
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, I wouldn't argue with you because it's that
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Speaker 1: wide open. And this week in particular, like I mentioned,
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Speaker 1: two very big games, So that game for the Bears
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Speaker 1: and the Packers, and really for me, you know if
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Speaker 1: the Bears don't. I think the Packers have more at
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Speaker 1: stakes only because of what is expected of them. Honestly,
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Speaker 1: if the Bears, you know, if the Bears had a
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Speaker 1: bad stretch here, let me just give you the Bear
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Speaker 1: schedule real quick, Packers this weekend, then Browns, Packers, forty
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Speaker 1: nine Ers, and Lions. If the Bears were to lose
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Speaker 1: to the Packers twice and the Lions, but beat the
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Speaker 1: Browns and forty nine ers, right, if they were to
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Speaker 1: finish two and three and finish eleven and six, guess
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Speaker 1: what that is great for the Bear I know they'll
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Speaker 1: be upset. I know Bears fans right now probably think
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Speaker 1: their team is amazing. Everybody remembers what you did last
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Speaker 1: and right now, you know, everybody remembers the Bears just
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Speaker 1: humiliating the Eagles with the ground game. But they're still
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Speaker 1: the Bears. And again, they don't have a whole lot
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Speaker 1: of quality wins. So if they went two and three,
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Speaker 1: if they went one in four even and finished ten
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Speaker 1: and seven, honestly, for the Bears there they went four
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Speaker 1: games last year. They won five games last year. So
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Speaker 1: if that were to happened to the Bears, who you know,
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Speaker 1: nobody saw being nine and three at this point. I
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Speaker 1: still think you would look at the Bears as a
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Speaker 1: team that is growing. Will add is young, even more
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Speaker 1: so than the Commanders last year, because the Commanders, we know,
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Speaker 1: have a very old roster, but not the Bears. The
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Speaker 1: Bears have some really good young talent, and I think
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Speaker 1: that they they are looking like a team that will
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Speaker 1: be formidable, and that Ben Johnson did a good job
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Speaker 1: and Dennis Allen did a very good job. I'm not
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Speaker 1: saying I think the Bears are going to crash. What
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Speaker 1: I'm just saying, simply saying, is I think the Packers
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Speaker 1: are a better overall team, and I think the Packers
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Speaker 1: have a lot more to play for. That tie they
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Speaker 1: had against the Cowboys Week four might really come in
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Speaker 1: handy when it comes to tiebreaker situations, and right now
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Speaker 1: they are technically I guess what the Bears being nine
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Speaker 1: and three and the Packers being eight three and one.
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Speaker 1: It's like being out a half a game behind instead
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Speaker 1: of a full game behind. So the Packers can make
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Speaker 1: some noise here in the NFC North with a win,
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Speaker 1: and then if they don't win, it's not going to
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Speaker 1: be the worst thing. I mean the Bears would get
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Speaker 1: to ten wins, the Packers would stay at eight, but
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Speaker 1: they get to play each other again in two weeks. Now.
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Speaker 1: The problem for the Packers is their schedule is Bears, Broncos, Bears,
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Speaker 1: Ravens Vikings. So the point I'm gonna make here is this,
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Speaker 1: if the Packers can win at least one of these
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Speaker 1: games against the Bears, even the series there, okay, and
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Speaker 1: then when one or two of those games get the
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Speaker 1: ten wins, will probably get in as a wild card.
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Speaker 1: But it's gonna be tough. But if they beat the
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Speaker 1: Bears and win four straight, they will look like the
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Speaker 1: team that they were supposed to look like. And to me,
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Speaker 1: they're a team that I think can make a late
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Speaker 1: push here and really start to get their act together.
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Speaker 1: They're getting healthier on offense. You just saw D'antavian Wicks
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Speaker 1: have the game of his life. You know they're hopeful
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Speaker 1: from what it sounds like about getting Jaden Reid back
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Speaker 1: for this game. If he doesn't play, it sounds like
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Speaker 1: he'll definitely play against the Broncos. So you get Jaden
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Speaker 1: Reid back, Christian Watson's playing well, wis You got Romeo
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Speaker 1: so you have your full receiving corps. Jacobs has been
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Speaker 1: beat up and he's getting healthier. In general, I think
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Speaker 1: you really like especially if the Packers win this game.
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Speaker 1: If the Packers win this game, I think that that
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Speaker 1: is going to be their own statement that they're back.
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Speaker 1: That you know, they struggled offensively, they had some blips
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Speaker 1: along the way, but when you all said and done,
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Speaker 1: they're gonna be what they're supposed to be. And then
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Speaker 1: of course it'll give them put them in a driver's seat.
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Speaker 1: They probably could afford to lose that game, that rematch
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Speaker 1: against the Bears in two weeks, as long as they
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Speaker 1: can either beat the Broncos or finish strong. But if
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Speaker 1: you win and then beat the Bears again in two
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Speaker 1: weeks in Chicago, then you are really in the driver's seat.
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Speaker 1: So and it looks like to me the Packers should
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Speaker 1: be again very very I don't want to say likely,
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Speaker 1: but if they win, if they beat this Bears team,
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Speaker 1: and if they get to nine to three and one,
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Speaker 1: depending on what happens with the Rams and the Eagles,
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Speaker 1: they could leap into the number one seat. Imagine that
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Speaker 1: they're right now the six seed. A couple of weeks ago,
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Speaker 1: everyone thought the Packers stink. Their offense is terrible, Jordan
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Speaker 1: Love isn't that good? And then all you know, a week,
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Speaker 1: a couple of weeks later, they could beat the Bears
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Speaker 1: and potentially hop in to the number one seed. If
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Speaker 1: they don't's not the end of the world. They got
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Speaker 1: the Bears in two weeks again, but that'll be in Chicago.
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Speaker 1: And then for Chicago if they win and get to
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Speaker 1: ten and three, man, are they really cruising? Okay? If
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Speaker 1: the Bears win and get to ten and three with
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Speaker 1: the Browns and Packers again up next, Now you got
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Speaker 1: to close out against the forty nine Ers, who have
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Speaker 1: been tough and the Lions, who have been tough. But
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Speaker 1: if you're good enough to beat the Packers to get
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Speaker 1: to ten and three, I got to think you're good
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Speaker 1: enough to win two of your last four and maybe
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Speaker 1: get to that twelve wins, and that might get them
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Speaker 1: the number one seed, depending on what happens with the
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Speaker 1: Eagles and the Rams. So that is to me, the
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Speaker 1: biggest game in the NFC. Now in the AFC, you
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Speaker 1: got I hate that I'm calling it one of the
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Speaker 1: biggest games because I've not in on this team at all.
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Speaker 1: But I got to give them their respect. The Jacksonville Jaguars,
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Speaker 1: they are going to be playing the Indianapolis Colts, and
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Speaker 1: right now the Jaguars are eight and four. The Colts
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Speaker 1: are eight and four as well so, but the Jaguars
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Speaker 1: are right now ahead of them in the standings. They
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Speaker 1: haven't played yet, so this is a lot like the
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Speaker 1: Green Bay Chicago thing. The Colts and Jaguars will meet
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Speaker 1: again in week seventeen, so it's not that there's a
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Speaker 1: pressure on either of these teams to win this game,
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Speaker 1: because they'll get a chance. But you gotta remember two
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Speaker 1: things about this this game. One is that the remaining
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Speaker 1: schedule is going to benefit one team over the other.
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Speaker 1: The Jaguars play the Colts. After that they get the Jets,
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Speaker 1: the Broncos, the Colts again, and the Titans. So they
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Speaker 1: got toughy there with the Broncos. But they get the
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Speaker 1: Jets and the Titans on the schedule. That should be
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Speaker 1: good if you're Indianapolis, I'm sorry if you're Jacksonville. Indianapolis
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Speaker 1: has to play Seattle, has to play San Francisco, and
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Speaker 1: then after play they play the Jags again, they have
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Speaker 1: to play Houston. That is a really really difficult schedule,
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Speaker 1: especially for a team that is now eight and four
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Speaker 1: after losing three of their last four games and two straight.
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Speaker 1: So right then and there, I think this is more
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Speaker 1: important game for the Colts because of the schedule, but
12:30
Speaker 1: it's important for both of them really because of the
12:34
Speaker 1: Houston Texans. The Houston Texans are not that far behind.
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Speaker 1: They're seven and five, all right. They are seven and five,
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Speaker 1: and they've already beaten the Colts feather in the Cap,
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Speaker 1: and they've already beaten the Jags feather in their cap,
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Speaker 1: all right, So they're one and one against the Jags,
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Speaker 1: so that's I don't obviously the tiebreaker if those two
12:55
Speaker 1: teams tied for the division would have to come from
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Speaker 1: conference record or a common opponent forget how it goes.
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Speaker 1: But the Texans have the Chiefs this weekend, so they
13:03
Speaker 1: got their own difficult opponent to worry about. But they
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Speaker 1: finished Cardinals, Raiders, Chargers before they play the Colts again,
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Speaker 1: so they got two. I don't call them layups. I
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Speaker 1: hate calling any game layups, but Cardinals and Raiders in
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Speaker 1: the next two weeks compared to say, Seahawks forty nine
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Speaker 1: ers like the Colts, this is. It's fascinating, and I
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Speaker 1: really like the Texans. You guys heard me talk about
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Speaker 1: them last show. I really believe the Texans can make
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Speaker 1: a move here. If they beat Kansas City and get
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Speaker 1: the eight and five, whoever loses the Jacksonville Indianapolis game
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Speaker 1: is going to be eight and five, and then Houston
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Speaker 1: will probably jump over that team into probably the sixth seed,
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Speaker 1: maybe the fifth, depending on what the Chargers Eagles game
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Speaker 1: is gonna be. So this is a great three horse race.
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Speaker 1: This reminds me a little bit of the NFC North
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Speaker 1: race last year between the Lions, between the Vikings, and
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Speaker 1: between the Packers. Those were all three very good teams.
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Speaker 1: The Lions were there for the whole way. I mean,
14:11
Speaker 1: they only lost two games, but you always felt like
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Speaker 1: the Packers and the Vikings were nipping at their heels.
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Speaker 1: And this case is a little bit different because it
14:22
Speaker 1: started off with the Colts being there. Now it's Jacksonville,
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Speaker 1: and two weeks from now, if it was Houston, that
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Speaker 1: wouldn't surprise me. And if all three AFC South teams
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Speaker 1: wind up making the playoffs, that would also not surprise me.
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Speaker 1: So those are really the two games that really jump
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Speaker 1: out to me on the schedule this week. If you're
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Speaker 1: looking from a betting line standpoint, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, the Colts
14:51
Speaker 1: are favored by one and a half in Jacksonville, which
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Speaker 1: is kind of interesting, all right, Colts are favored even
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Speaker 1: though Jacksonville currently quote unquote has the advantage. And in
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Speaker 1: Chicago Green Bay game. This is now, this one's astonishing.
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Speaker 1: For all I just talked about this game and what
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Speaker 1: it means and the significance and how much pressure there
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Speaker 1: is on Green Bay. You would think this would be
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Speaker 1: the type of battle, you know, divisional battle that's going
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Speaker 1: to come down to the wire will Vegas. The odds
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Speaker 1: makers have Green Bay as a six and a half
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Speaker 1: point favorite, So that's pretty substantial for a team that
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Speaker 1: is actually has a lesser record than the team that
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Speaker 1: they're playing. We know that doesn't mean anything, but I
15:33
Speaker 1: think green Bay six and a half point favorite shows
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Speaker 1: you that people believe the Packers. Certainly Vegas, I believe
15:41
Speaker 1: the Packers are the real deal here and that they're
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Speaker 1: the better team than Chicago and we'll take care of business.
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Speaker 1: That's the four to twenty five Fox game. A lot
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Speaker 1: of people will have the opportunity to watch. It should
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Speaker 1: be very, very exciting. Now the other games that I
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Speaker 1: think have interest and will also I mentioned Houston came
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Speaker 1: the city. I mean, this is a huge game for
16:03
Speaker 1: the Texans. They're trying to stay in it. You know,
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Speaker 1: if they've won four in a row. They are scoring
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Speaker 1: points now, not a ton. They beat the Colts twenty
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Speaker 1: to sixteen. They beat the Bills twenty three to nineteen.
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Speaker 1: All right, they're not scoring a ton of points. But
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Speaker 1: remember what they were doing earlier in the year. First
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Speaker 1: three games, it was fourteen to nine to the Rams,
16:21
Speaker 1: they lose twenty to nineteen to the Bucks, they lose
16:23
Speaker 1: seventeen to ten to the Jags, And ever since then
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Speaker 1: they have won seven of nine games. And their defense
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Speaker 1: is incredible. And right now they're getting ready to play
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Speaker 1: a Chiefs team that has injuries all over the offensive line.
16:37
Speaker 1: The left tackle is not going to play. The right
16:39
Speaker 1: guard Tray Smith doesn't sound like he's gonna play. The
16:42
Speaker 1: right tackle. Jwan Taylor might not play. You do not
16:45
Speaker 1: want to play this Houston Texans defensive front with Anderson
16:50
Speaker 1: and Hunter and all those guys that they can throw
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Speaker 1: at you, and a great secondary too. You don't want
16:55
Speaker 1: to play this Houston Texans defensive front if you don't
16:58
Speaker 1: have a good offensive line or you don't have a
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Speaker 1: healthy offensive line. So I really like the Texans in
17:04
Speaker 1: this game. It is in Kansas City. You never want
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Speaker 1: to count the Chiefs out. Chiefs are a weird team.
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Speaker 1: I mean, all their advanced analytics say that their offense
17:13
Speaker 1: is as good as ever, and yet you look at
17:16
Speaker 1: what they're doing. I mean they do score points, but
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Speaker 1: their defense. They lost thirty one to twenty eight to
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Speaker 1: the Cowboys, lost twenty two nineteen to the Broncos. They
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Speaker 1: just barely beat the Colt twenty three to twenty only
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Speaker 1: score twenty one against the Bills. They've lost three of four.
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Speaker 1: I mean this, The only reason why I think you
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Speaker 1: would favor the Chiefs in this matchup is because they
17:37
Speaker 1: are the Chiefs, and because Mahomes, and because of Reid,
17:42
Speaker 1: and because it is a do or die game, and
17:45
Speaker 1: nobody wants to count the Chiefs out of a due
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Speaker 1: or die game. They're actually three and a half point favorites.
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Speaker 1: I think Houston's gonna win the game. I really do.
17:53
Speaker 1: I just think that when the Chiefs don't have a
17:55
Speaker 1: good offensive line and they go up against a great
17:58
Speaker 1: defensive front and kind of remind you of what happened
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Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl, and just too many backups. Patrick
18:04
Speaker 1: Mahomes will be asked to do too much. They still
18:07
Speaker 1: don't have a great running game, so that their ball
18:09
Speaker 1: control is going to be dubious. And there's a lot,
18:13
Speaker 1: there's a lot riding on it for both teams, but
18:16
Speaker 1: very specifically the Kansas City Chiefs. They got to save
18:20
Speaker 1: their season. But Houston knows. Houston knows what's at stake here.
18:25
Speaker 1: They know the Jags and Cults are playing each other
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Speaker 1: and one of those teams has to lose unless they
18:29
Speaker 1: both die, of course, but the odds are one of
18:32
Speaker 1: those teams will lose and Houston will have a chance
18:34
Speaker 1: to keep moving up in the standings. Remember they were
18:38
Speaker 1: a playoff team last year. The Texans played that. This
18:41
Speaker 1: is actually their game against the Chiefs is a rematch
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Speaker 1: I believe of the Divisional round in the AFC last year.
18:50
Speaker 1: Some other games of interest, well we'll just go through.
18:53
Speaker 1: By the way, I wanted to talk about the Dallas
18:55
Speaker 1: Detroit game. Bad job by Dallas' defense. I mean, I
19:01
Speaker 1: know you're playing the Lions. I know you got Jamir Gibbs,
19:04
Speaker 1: you got Jamison Williams, but they are offensive lines beat up.
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Speaker 1: Unfortunately for the Lions, they lost Branch. That team cannot
19:10
Speaker 1: escape losing significant players to injuries. I don't know how
19:15
Speaker 1: or what the issue is. It might be one of
19:17
Speaker 1: those old school Dan Campbell how they practice things. But
19:21
Speaker 1: at some point the Lions are going to have to
19:24
Speaker 1: look and say, is it just bad luck or is
19:27
Speaker 1: it something we're doing? Is there some way we can
19:31
Speaker 1: change our process from OTA's to training camp to the season.
19:36
Speaker 1: And I don't know what their process is. I don't
19:37
Speaker 1: know if they use all of their alloted padded practices.
19:40
Speaker 1: I don't know if they hit at training camp. I'm
19:43
Speaker 1: not pretending to know any of that stuff. I know
19:45
Speaker 1: Dan Campbell comes from the Bill Parcells school, so I'm
19:48
Speaker 1: gonna assume a little bit that he likes an Oklahoma
19:51
Speaker 1: drill here and there at practice. Okay, I'm gonna assume
19:54
Speaker 1: it is. I could be wrong, But the point I'm
19:57
Speaker 1: making is when you go through two straight years of
20:00
Speaker 1: losing really significant players left and right, left and right,
20:06
Speaker 1: you gotta look at your process and see if there's
20:08
Speaker 1: an issue there. You know that happened to the Eagles
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Speaker 1: twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, even twenty and seventeen when they
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Speaker 1: won all they made some changes and they're one of
20:15
Speaker 1: the healthier teams in the league. You know, they follow
20:18
Speaker 1: the Rams lead. And the Rams are one of those
20:20
Speaker 1: teams that doesn't hit a training camp, doesn't play players
20:23
Speaker 1: in the preseason, doesn't believe in that stuff. Well, guess what,
20:26
Speaker 1: the Rams are looking pretty good right now. We'll get
20:28
Speaker 1: to them in a second. I know they're coming off
20:29
Speaker 1: a loss, but you know, the Rams are one of
20:31
Speaker 1: those teams that if I said, you gave me a
20:32
Speaker 1: crystal ball and you put what, you know, a couple
20:35
Speaker 1: of teams said that was the team that is in
20:38
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, the Rams could be won. I could
20:40
Speaker 1: believe it. Could the Lions be Now they're eight and
20:43
Speaker 1: five and they will get a nice little mini by now.
20:47
Speaker 1: They'll have the Rams ironically next week after that, and
20:52
Speaker 1: then they all the Steelers, the Vikings and the Bears.
20:56
Speaker 1: So can the Rams go too and three in the
21:00
Speaker 1: next two and one? I mean, you know, loose to
21:02
Speaker 1: the Rams beat the Steelers of Vikings, that would make
21:04
Speaker 1: them nine and seven with a very important game against
21:08
Speaker 1: the Bears. You know, to get to maybe ten and seven.
21:10
Speaker 1: Would ten and seven do it? That's tough, man. Right now,
21:16
Speaker 1: your fifth seed is Seattle. They already have nine wins.
21:18
Speaker 1: And if Seattle knocks the Rams out into the into
21:23
Speaker 1: the seed, you know, the wildcard round, then the Rams
21:25
Speaker 1: already have nine wins. San Francisco already has nine wins,
21:29
Speaker 1: Green Bay has eight, so if they knock Chicago or
21:32
Speaker 1: Chicago's got nine wins, so it'll be interesting. I mean,
21:37
Speaker 1: Detroit's got eight, but San Francisco, green Bay, Seattle all
21:43
Speaker 1: still have to play. Detroit just played to get the
21:46
Speaker 1: eighth to win, so they could be two games behind
21:49
Speaker 1: these teams with just a few weeks left. Of four
21:52
Speaker 1: weeks left, so it'll be difficult if they don't beat
21:56
Speaker 1: the Rams in week fifteen and then leave themselves in
21:59
Speaker 1: a situation where they have to beat the Steelers and
22:01
Speaker 1: Vikings and then the Bears in the season finale. I
22:04
Speaker 1: think I think it's doable, just not easy. I mean,
22:09
Speaker 1: they really put themselves in a bind when they lost
22:11
Speaker 1: to the Packers on Thanksgiving and obviously beating the Cowboys
22:15
Speaker 1: save their season. And speaking of the Cowboys, I'm not
22:18
Speaker 1: gonna put the official nail in their coffin. But you know,
22:23
Speaker 1: if the Eagles beat the Rams and get to nine
22:25
Speaker 1: wins and Dallas is sitting there at six six and one,
22:30
Speaker 1: it's going to be awfully difficult, especially if the Dallas
22:33
Speaker 1: defense isn't going to show up anymore after you know,
22:36
Speaker 1: convincing everybody it was back after beating you know, the
22:40
Speaker 1: Raiders and the Eagles and the Chiefs, and then you
22:42
Speaker 1: have a lot of points in the Chiefs. But they
22:44
Speaker 1: won the game, they got Vikings, Chargers, Commanders, Giants. Honestly,
22:49
Speaker 1: they could probably run the table, they really could. That
22:53
Speaker 1: would get them to ten. If they ran the table,
22:54
Speaker 1: that would get them to ten wins. But but we
22:58
Speaker 1: just talked about the Lions. Ian's finished with ten wins. Well,
23:01
Speaker 1: the Cowboys lose that tiebreaker out, so it's gonna be
23:04
Speaker 1: very difficult. You know, ten wins doesn't feel like ten
23:07
Speaker 1: wins is definitely going to do it. Might be the
23:09
Speaker 1: seventh seed who has it. You know, the forty nine
23:12
Speaker 1: Ers again are a team that has played really well
23:15
Speaker 1: and they already right now are sitting there with nine wins.
23:19
Speaker 1: And let's look at the forty nine ers schedule over
23:22
Speaker 1: the last few weeks, because that's another team that teams
23:25
Speaker 1: like Dallas and Detroit are looking up at. They're off
23:29
Speaker 1: this week. By the way Week four team buys, they
23:32
Speaker 1: just suck, all right, having a buy and Week fourteen
23:36
Speaker 1: just blows. They gotta figure out a way to get
23:38
Speaker 1: the bye weeks for every team done before Thanksgiving. But anyway,
23:43
Speaker 1: the Niners finish Titans, Colts, Bears, Seahawks, that's not easy. Now.
23:54
Speaker 1: They should get to ten with the Titans. That's a
23:58
Speaker 1: huge game for them because if they get to ten
24:01
Speaker 1: with three weeks to go, you've already hit that double
24:04
Speaker 1: digit baseline and it puts you in a better position
24:07
Speaker 1: than Dallas and perhaps Detroit, Colts, Bear, Seahawks. If you
24:13
Speaker 1: win one of those three, you're probably sitting pretty I mean,
24:17
Speaker 1: you might even win the division the way the NFC
24:20
Speaker 1: West is right now. Remember, the forty nine ers are
24:23
Speaker 1: a little fortunate they got that early win against the
24:26
Speaker 1: Rams in Week five, right before the Rams really hit
24:28
Speaker 1: their stride, because then they lost to the Rams badly
24:32
Speaker 1: in Week ten. All right, they got their win against
24:35
Speaker 1: the Seahawks in Week one seventeen thirteen, which was great
24:40
Speaker 1: because the Seahawks are not now what they were in
24:44
Speaker 1: Week one, the Seahawks are a lot better, and then
24:46
Speaker 1: they'll have to wait and play each other again in
24:48
Speaker 1: the season finale. So the Niners aren't that great of
24:50
Speaker 1: a team. They're really well coached. They've overcome great injuries,
24:54
Speaker 1: a terrific number of injuries. I mean, to be where
24:58
Speaker 1: they are. They've had a cake schedule. The toughest teams
25:01
Speaker 1: they played at the right time Seahawks Week one. They
25:04
Speaker 1: played the Rams week five, obviously, that really helped them out.
25:09
Speaker 1: They played the Panthers a couple of weeks ago. They
25:11
Speaker 1: won the game twenty to nine. That looks like an
25:13
Speaker 1: impressive win at this point because any given week the
25:16
Speaker 1: Panthers look like they're a really good team. Sometimes they
25:18
Speaker 1: look like they stink. But the bottom line is the
25:20
Speaker 1: forty nine ers won it. But this is a interesting
25:24
Speaker 1: schedule for them. They should get that tenth win coming
25:27
Speaker 1: out of the buy against the Titans. After that, Colts, Bears, Seahawks.
25:32
Speaker 1: So they only have one NFC West game left, which
25:35
Speaker 1: kind of favors them because if they beat the Seahawks,
25:38
Speaker 1: they will have a season sweep of them. They'll have
25:40
Speaker 1: a tie against the Rams and then it'll come down
25:43
Speaker 1: to some other things within the conference and common opponents.
25:48
Speaker 1: So the forty nine ers are in a good position
25:50
Speaker 1: here and they have to buy they're getting rest. All
25:54
Speaker 1: the credit in the world to Robert Sala and Kyle Shanahan.
25:57
Speaker 1: They have done an unbelievable job with that team. The
26:02
Speaker 1: Seahawks should keep it going. They are six and a
26:04
Speaker 1: half point favorites in Atlanta. Atlanta is one of the
26:06
Speaker 1: most disappointed teams in the NFL. I feel like I
26:08
Speaker 1: say that every week. So Seattle should have no problem
26:12
Speaker 1: keeping the heat on everybody else in the NFC West
26:15
Speaker 1: and in the conference. And again, if they beat the
26:18
Speaker 1: Falcons and get to ten and three and the Rams,
26:22
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, slip up against the Cardinals, then it's
26:25
Speaker 1: gonna be really interesting because those two teams will then
26:27
Speaker 1: play each other again in two weeks, and the Rams
26:30
Speaker 1: already have beaten the Seahawks, but at the Seahawks can
26:33
Speaker 1: tie it up, then get the win and the revenge.
26:35
Speaker 1: Then all of a sudden, you're looking at the Seahawks
26:37
Speaker 1: as one of those top three teams. That's another team,
26:39
Speaker 1: crystal ball team could the Seahawks beat in the Super Bowl.
26:43
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna argue it. They played great. If they
26:46
Speaker 1: win like they should, they'll be ten and three, so
26:49
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26:52
Speaker 1: anybody else. And if you want to know, they're a
26:55
Speaker 1: little bit like New England and Chicago and that their
26:59
Speaker 1: strength of win is only three forty three point three
27:03
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27:05
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27:08
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27:11
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27:15
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27:19
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Speaker 1: good game, Bengals at Bills. All right, the Bills are
29:40
Speaker 1: six point favorites. The Bengals got Joe Burrow back, and
29:45
Speaker 1: then all of a sudden they became, just like last year,
29:48
Speaker 1: a totally different team, and they beat the Ravens in
29:51
Speaker 1: Baltimore thirty two to fourteen. I mean, think about that.
29:54
Speaker 1: They went in to Baltimore and held the Ravens to
29:58
Speaker 1: fourteen points turnovers for the Ravens, So I don't want
30:02
Speaker 1: to make it seem like, you know, sometimes those things
30:04
Speaker 1: are fluky and they're not a big deal. I think
30:07
Speaker 1: five five turnovers, Okay, the Ravens never have five turnovers.
30:12
Speaker 1: So I'm not gonna look at this game and make
30:15
Speaker 1: some kind of long term conclusion that the Ravens aren't
30:17
Speaker 1: what we thought they were or this is a huge blip.
30:21
Speaker 1: I mean, they still to me are the favorites to
30:23
Speaker 1: win the AFC North. But the bottom line is this
30:27
Speaker 1: has happened last year when Burrow came back and he
30:31
Speaker 1: powered the Bengals to all those wins. Remember last year
30:35
Speaker 1: they were I forget what their record was, but they
30:38
Speaker 1: won their last five games of the year. They were
30:41
Speaker 1: four and eight, and then all of a sudden bam,
30:44
Speaker 1: they beat Cowboys and the Titans, and the Browns, the Broncos, Steelers,
30:48
Speaker 1: and they're nine to eight. But they did just miss
30:50
Speaker 1: out on the playoffs. Here they're four and eight, got
30:54
Speaker 1: the Bills, the Ravens, then the Dolphins, Cardinals, and Browns.
30:58
Speaker 1: So let me tell you this, they get if they
31:00
Speaker 1: can beat the Bills and then beating the Ravens again
31:03
Speaker 1: and get to six and eight and then have a
31:05
Speaker 1: chance to play Dolphins, Cardinals, Browns back to back back
31:09
Speaker 1: to end the year, get to nine. Could you believe
31:12
Speaker 1: that they could get to nine and eight and not
31:15
Speaker 1: make the playoffs again? Actually, if they did that and
31:19
Speaker 1: swept the Ravens, they probably have a pretty good chance
31:22
Speaker 1: of winning the AFC North, right, because well at all
31:28
Speaker 1: it would sort of be no. Let me just nine
31:30
Speaker 1: and eight might not win the NFC North because even
31:33
Speaker 1: if the Ravens lose, can fall to six and seven,
31:39
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, even if they yeah, even the Raiders play
31:41
Speaker 1: the Steelers. That's this is a big game, that's right,
31:43
Speaker 1: that's what I want to get to. So I think
31:46
Speaker 1: the Ravens will win, so they'll be seven and six,
31:49
Speaker 1: all right. Then they'll play the Bengals. So let's say
31:51
Speaker 1: they lost that game for whatever and got seven and seven,
31:54
Speaker 1: all right, Patriots, Packers, Steelers for the Ravens. That's that's
31:59
Speaker 1: really gonna actually be tough. Patriots, Packers, Steelers to end
32:04
Speaker 1: the year for the Ravens. I mean, of all those teams,
32:08
Speaker 1: you know, the Ravens are the easiest team. However, you know,
32:11
Speaker 1: playing the Ravens twice the Steelers twice in five weeks.
32:14
Speaker 1: Probably isn't ideal for the Ravens unless they're gonna win
32:17
Speaker 1: these games. Now they're they're healthy. The thing about Lamar
32:20
Speaker 1: is he's had one of those snake pit in years.
32:23
Speaker 1: It's been unhealthy with the hamstring. Then they came back
32:25
Speaker 1: one a bunch of games in a row, then they
32:27
Speaker 1: lose to the Bengals, they have this weird turnover game,
32:30
Speaker 1: and then he gets stepped on in practice this week
32:32
Speaker 1: and has to miss a day of practice. He's back
32:34
Speaker 1: the next day. It's just been a weird, weird year.
32:38
Speaker 1: So do they need to beat the Steelers. No, but
32:41
Speaker 1: it would be very, very helpful if they did. This.
32:45
Speaker 1: AFC North is a little bit of a jumble at
32:48
Speaker 1: the moment. Right now it's tied between Baltimore and Pittsburgh. So,
32:54
Speaker 1: howeverously whoever wins this game will continue to be well.
32:57
Speaker 1: If the Ravens win, they'll stay atop the NFC. If
33:01
Speaker 1: the Steelers win, I suppose that means the Steelers will
33:04
Speaker 1: then excuse me, be a top depending on how the
33:09
Speaker 1: percentages go. Again, these teams will have to play each
33:11
Speaker 1: other at the last week of the year. So given
33:16
Speaker 1: the how tough Baltimore schedule is, and given that, I
33:20
Speaker 1: don't think the Steelers are very good. So they're six
33:23
Speaker 1: and six. Now they lose to the Ravens, go to
33:25
Speaker 1: six and seven, and they get the Dolphins, the Lions,
33:27
Speaker 1: the Browns, the Ravens. Again. I mean they could only
33:31
Speaker 1: they could legitimately finish eight and nine. It would not
33:34
Speaker 1: surprise me. So when I said that if the Bengals
33:38
Speaker 1: went out, maybe there's a chance they win THEAFC worth
33:42
Speaker 1: it's possible. Ravens have a tough schedule, Steelers have a
33:46
Speaker 1: tough schedule and aren't that good to begin with, and
33:49
Speaker 1: the Bengals with Joe Burrow or a different team and
33:53
Speaker 1: have a very easy last three games of Dolphins, Cardinals,
33:57
Speaker 1: and Browns. So it all starts this week with the
34:00
Speaker 1: Let me take it back to that. If they can
34:02
Speaker 1: go into Buffalo and win this game and get to
34:05
Speaker 1: five and eight, you know that they're gonna feel those
34:08
Speaker 1: vibes from last year. They're gonna look at the schedule
34:10
Speaker 1: and say, next week, Ravens, that's everything. We win that game.
34:16
Speaker 1: We got smooth, We can make this happen. But it
34:19
Speaker 1: all starts this week in Buffalo. Buffalo's beat up. They
34:23
Speaker 1: are missing a lot of guys on defense. They tried
34:25
Speaker 1: to claim Slay. Slay didn't want to go now he's
34:28
Speaker 1: pondering retirement. So it's a good spot for the Bills
34:33
Speaker 1: to pull off. I'm sorry for the Bengals to pull
34:36
Speaker 1: off an upset, and the Bills have been just inconsistent
34:40
Speaker 1: enough to where you can see it. The Bills are
34:43
Speaker 1: kind of a team where you're not sure who's showing up.
34:48
Speaker 1: They've got some injuries. I know Dion Dawkins might be back,
34:52
Speaker 1: so that's good. Dalton Kincaid has been out, so that's
34:57
Speaker 1: not been great on that. At Oliver has been out
35:00
Speaker 1: for a while on injury reserve. I don't think he'll
35:03
Speaker 1: be back for this game. I know Bosa, Joey Bosa
35:07
Speaker 1: is out and Bernard Torell Bernard are gonna be out,
35:10
Speaker 1: so that's tough. There's a shot here. There really is
35:12
Speaker 1: a shot for the Bengals. So it's a big game,
35:17
Speaker 1: big AFC North game, well, a big game for the
35:20
Speaker 1: Bengals in the North, and obviously a big game for
35:22
Speaker 1: Buffalo that is still trying to hang in there. There
35:25
Speaker 1: are three games behind the Patriots in the AFC East.
35:28
Speaker 1: What really Buffalo is trying to do is hang in
35:31
Speaker 1: there for a playoff berth because they are the seventh
35:34
Speaker 1: seed right now at eight and four. With those teams
35:36
Speaker 1: I mentioned, Houston, Pittsburgh, Kansas City nipping at their heels
35:40
Speaker 1: a little bit, Tennessee at Cleveland su Door Sanders, I
35:45
Speaker 1: guess will start again. Cleveland's four and a half point favorites.
35:48
Speaker 1: This is a game that both teams will try very
35:52
Speaker 1: hard to win, but neither team should really want to win.
35:57
Speaker 1: If I'm the Titans, even if I win two and
35:59
Speaker 1: a if I lose on one to twelve closer to
36:02
Speaker 1: the number one pick. If they win and Cleveland falls
36:06
Speaker 1: to three and ten, top five pick, Cleveland needs the
36:11
Speaker 1: loss more. I mean, they need a quarterback. But you
36:13
Speaker 1: know what, I think the Titans will get the number
36:16
Speaker 1: one pick most likely and probably try to trade down
36:20
Speaker 1: because they don't need a quarterback. They needed a head coach,
36:25
Speaker 1: they need a wide receiver, they need offensive line talent,
36:28
Speaker 1: they need a lot of things. So it would make
36:30
Speaker 1: a ton of sense for the Titans that trade down
36:33
Speaker 1: from number one. Washington at Minnesota, the Commander showed you
36:36
Speaker 1: they're not laying down. They played the Broncos played a
36:39
Speaker 1: great game. I hate to say this because I really
36:42
Speaker 1: really like and respect the guy. Zach Ertz. Really had
36:46
Speaker 1: a tough zach Ertz wants that game back dropped the
36:49
Speaker 1: deep posts in the fourth quarter. That could have kept
36:52
Speaker 1: moving the chains and maybe put him in the end
36:53
Speaker 1: zone and avoided overtime. And then of course he dropped
36:56
Speaker 1: the ball in the end zone and overtime. I mean,
36:59
Speaker 1: you're talking about guy who's shorthanded. He I mean, he
37:02
Speaker 1: has occasional drops, but that was tough, really tough to
37:05
Speaker 1: see zach Ertz drop those passes. They would have upset
37:08
Speaker 1: the Broncos. And it doesn't matter though Washington's not laying over.
37:12
Speaker 1: Dan Quinn is coaching that team. They're getting healthy. Jade
37:15
Speaker 1: Daniels is gonna be back. Mclaurin's back, some other guys.
37:19
Speaker 1: I know their offensive line has been playing better, very well.
37:22
Speaker 1: Actually they can run the ball a little bit. Defense
37:25
Speaker 1: is still banged up. But when you get Jadan Daniels back,
37:28
Speaker 1: you get a spark. They go into Minnesota. We know
37:30
Speaker 1: how bad Minnesota has been for the last four or
37:33
Speaker 1: five weeks. They have no quarterback, got offensive issues. Commanders
37:37
Speaker 1: are one and a half point favorites. They should be.
37:40
Speaker 1: They'll probably win this game. And you know they got
37:43
Speaker 1: their sight set on the Eagles twice in those last
37:46
Speaker 1: three weeks. You guarantee it, guarantee you they will not
37:49
Speaker 1: lay down for the Eagles. That is a game they
37:51
Speaker 1: will have circled, no matter what their record is. Dolphins
37:56
Speaker 1: at Jets, you know it's a game between two bad teams. Teams,
38:00
Speaker 1: but you got to respect the job that both head
38:02
Speaker 1: coaches have done over the last few weeks. Miami, I mean,
38:06
Speaker 1: myself included, everybody thought that when they were one and
38:10
Speaker 1: six that Mike McDaniel was losing his job. He didn't.
38:13
Speaker 1: The GM did all right, and then they he turned
38:15
Speaker 1: round and he's won four of his last five wins
38:18
Speaker 1: over the and not just beating the bottom of the barrel.
38:21
Speaker 1: I mean, yes, Commanders and Saints are their last two wins,
38:25
Speaker 1: but they've also beat the Bills, and they beat a
38:27
Speaker 1: Falcons team that at the time was playing okay. But
38:31
Speaker 1: now obviously the Falcons are not very good. But the
38:34
Speaker 1: bottom line is through the Dolphins, they were one and six,
38:36
Speaker 1: they're now five and seven. All right, you beat the Jets,
38:39
Speaker 1: you can get the six and seven. Then you got
38:41
Speaker 1: Steelers and Bengals and Bucks and Patriots. So it's kind
38:45
Speaker 1: of a tough last three weeks, but heck, could they
38:48
Speaker 1: beat the Jets, then go beat the Steelers and get
38:49
Speaker 1: the seven and seven. Can you imagine how remarkable the
38:54
Speaker 1: bull that would be for where they were when they
38:56
Speaker 1: were one and six. I think I think that would help,
39:00
Speaker 1: if not already solidify that Mike McDaniel would be back
39:03
Speaker 1: next year. And I would really like to see Mike
39:05
Speaker 1: McDaniel back with the Dolphins and with a way better
39:09
Speaker 1: roster than he has right now, maybe even a different quarterback.
39:12
Speaker 1: And as for the Jets, you know they were I
39:14
Speaker 1: think they were the last winless team when they were
39:18
Speaker 1: oh and seven, right. Then they beat the Bengals, then
39:21
Speaker 1: they beat the Browns, lost of the Patriots, lost of
39:25
Speaker 1: the Ravens, bounce back with a win over the Falcons.
39:28
Speaker 1: So they got a chance here over the last few weeks,
39:31
Speaker 1: try to win one or two more games, and you know,
39:34
Speaker 1: give Aaron Glenn, or more so the Jets fans some
39:37
Speaker 1: reason to believe in Aaron Glenn. They didn't quit on
39:40
Speaker 1: Aaron Glenn when we were oh in seven. All right,
39:43
Speaker 1: if you can beat the Dolphins, you get the four
39:45
Speaker 1: and nine, then you got the Jags. Probably not gonna
39:47
Speaker 1: beat the Jags. But then you got the Saints. Maybe
39:49
Speaker 1: you get your fifth win there. Then you get the
39:50
Speaker 1: Patriots and Bills. Probably not going to beat those teams.
39:53
Speaker 1: Can you be competitive though? Can you hold your own
39:57
Speaker 1: with the Patriots and the Bills? Can you hold your
39:59
Speaker 1: own with Jacksonville? Those will all be questions, but it
40:02
Speaker 1: starts with Miami. If you're coming off a win against
40:05
Speaker 1: Atlanta and you want further that, could they get their
40:09
Speaker 1: second two game winning streak of the year. It's possible.
40:12
Speaker 1: I like the Dolphins in the game, but I think
40:14
Speaker 1: the Jets will keep this thing close. So the Jets,
40:17
Speaker 1: by the way, are two and a half point underdogs
40:21
Speaker 1: at home to the Dolphins. I wonder, how wonder how
40:25
Speaker 1: often the Dolphins have been favored this year. New Orleans
40:29
Speaker 1: is at Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is eight and a
40:30
Speaker 1: half point favorites. Tampa Bay. Another team getting healthier. I
40:35
Speaker 1: thought I read that it's possible they could get Mike
40:37
Speaker 1: Evans back pretty soon. Look at what Tampa Bay has
40:41
Speaker 1: had to withstand so many injuries. But they get god
40:44
Speaker 1: Win back, got Bucky Irving back, got through a really
40:48
Speaker 1: brutal part of their schedule that had the Patriots, the Bills,
40:52
Speaker 1: and the Rams. Yes they lost all of them, lost
40:54
Speaker 1: to the Lions, but they did beat the forty nine ers,
40:56
Speaker 1: they beat the Seahawks, and now they have got the
40:59
Speaker 1: Saints and Falcons up next. Good chance to get They're
41:02
Speaker 1: seven and five, good chance to get to nine and five.
41:04
Speaker 1: They will compete for the number one seed. If they
41:07
Speaker 1: win these two games and get to nine and five,
41:09
Speaker 1: they will be in the mix. And then they've got Panthers, Dolphins, Panthers,
41:13
Speaker 1: so they're in line to win the NFC South. And
41:16
Speaker 1: if you can win three of these last five, you
41:19
Speaker 1: get to ten wins, maybe four. Go four and one,
41:22
Speaker 1: which really you should be able to do against Saints, Falcons, Panthers, Dolphins, Panthers.
41:27
Speaker 1: You don't give the Panthers one game because it's an
41:30
Speaker 1: NFC South and the Panthers are on any given week
41:32
Speaker 1: pretty tough. Go four and one then, all right, then
41:35
Speaker 1: you get to eleven and six, probably in line for
41:39
Speaker 1: at least a two or three seed. Right now, they're
41:41
Speaker 1: sitting pretty as the fourth seed, and I think that
41:45
Speaker 1: they'll probably be at very least they'll win the division
41:47
Speaker 1: and get at very least the fourth seed. And I
41:52
Speaker 1: talked about it in nash Jacksonville, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Denver, Las Vegas.
41:57
Speaker 1: I mean, the Raiders are a bad team. They're the
42:00
Speaker 1: Broncos are seven and a half point favorites, probably win
42:02
Speaker 1: by that if not more. Rams at Arizona. Arizona's got
42:08
Speaker 1: a ton of injuries on defense. Now they've been able
42:10
Speaker 1: to stay in games because of their defense, but they
42:13
Speaker 1: got a ton of injuries at the running back position.
42:15
Speaker 1: They got obviously still on Jacoby Brissett. Marvin Harrison's hurt
42:19
Speaker 1: both corner They got two corners that are hurt, including
42:21
Speaker 1: Max Belton. So I think the Rams are going to
42:24
Speaker 1: go in there and be just fine. I have no
42:27
Speaker 1: issue with the Rams because they lost to the Panthers
42:31
Speaker 1: last week. They had three turnovers. Matthew Stafford threw his
42:34
Speaker 1: first two interceptions since the since he had that one
42:37
Speaker 1: early in the Eagles game, so he basically went almost
42:40
Speaker 1: an entire season without throwing a pick. You knew it
42:43
Speaker 1: was going to happen. Had Flukey turnovers, lost the game,
42:46
Speaker 1: No big deal. I think they're every bit as good
42:48
Speaker 1: as any NFC or NFL team right now, so they
42:52
Speaker 1: should be fine. And then of course Houston Kansas City
42:55
Speaker 1: I talked about, and then you got the Eagles at
42:59
Speaker 1: the Charge, a really really significant game for both of
43:04
Speaker 1: those teams, and we have that covered on the inside.
43:06
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43:11
Speaker 1: that's a look at the week end action in the NFL.
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46:13
Speaker 1: I didn't have a chance to get my picks in
46:15
Speaker 1: for last week. So going back two weeks ago, no surprise,
46:18
Speaker 1: went oh to three. So my total for the year
46:21
Speaker 1: is fourteen and twenty two. I have been horrendous on
46:24
Speaker 1: this show picking games, but I said I would make
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Speaker 1: up for not doing my picks last week by doing
46:29
Speaker 1: six picks this week instead of three, So here we go.
46:34
Speaker 1: I like the Titans getting four points against the Browns
46:37
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. I think that's gonna be a game that's
46:39
Speaker 1: gonna come down to the wire, probably a one point game,
46:42
Speaker 1: maybe a three point game. So the Titans are getting four,
46:45
Speaker 1: I'll take them. I like the Commanders getting one and
46:48
Speaker 1: a half points in Minnesota. I think the Commanders are
46:51
Speaker 1: a better team getting Jaydan Daniels back. I know going
46:54
Speaker 1: into Minnesota is tough. I think the Vikings are gonna
46:57
Speaker 1: be without a couple of guys on defense, so I
46:59
Speaker 1: read that could be tough there, but I would like
47:02
Speaker 1: the Commanders anyway. So give me the Commanders getting one
47:04
Speaker 1: and a half from the Vikings. I'm gonna take the
47:07
Speaker 1: Jets getting three against the Dolphins at home because they're
47:10
Speaker 1: at home. The Jets are at home. Dolphins aren't great.
47:14
Speaker 1: Jets got a little good vibe going. I don't know
47:16
Speaker 1: if they're gonna win, but I think they're gonna keep
47:18
Speaker 1: this game very close. So give me. They're getting points,
47:21
Speaker 1: I'll take them. Give me the Bucks to beat the
47:24
Speaker 1: Saints and cover even in New Orleans at eight and
47:26
Speaker 1: a half. I know it's a big number on the
47:28
Speaker 1: road against the division rival, but they're just getting healthy.
47:31
Speaker 1: I think the Bucks are gonna be ready to take off.
47:34
Speaker 1: They've got to me. Their issues were more health related
47:39
Speaker 1: than talent played it when they were losing those games.
47:41
Speaker 1: Now that they're much healthier, I think they can stomp
47:44
Speaker 1: out the Saints. I like the Ravens six and a
47:48
Speaker 1: half point favorites over the Steelers. If you've heard me
47:50
Speaker 1: all year long, I really don't think the Steelers are
47:52
Speaker 1: that good. I don't. I think the Ravens had a
47:55
Speaker 1: fluky loss with the five turnovers that I talked about
47:58
Speaker 1: last week against the Bengal. They should bounce back. They
48:01
Speaker 1: should be fine. I think there are at least two
48:03
Speaker 1: touchdowns better than the Steelers to be honest. The only
48:05
Speaker 1: thing is these games between the both of these teams
48:09
Speaker 1: are so crazy all the time, their typical cold weather
48:13
Speaker 1: AFC North battles. Somehow the Steelers always wind up keeping
48:16
Speaker 1: it close, even if the Ravens are the better fifty three.
48:19
Speaker 1: Sometimes it's a blowout, it's one sided. But in this case,
48:23
Speaker 1: I think the Ravens are going to get the best
48:25
Speaker 1: of the Steelers. And I like the Rams even at
48:27
Speaker 1: the big number minus eight getting giving eight to the Cardinals.
48:32
Speaker 1: It's in Arizona. Arizona plays tough, but the Rams, I believe,
48:36
Speaker 1: are going to be pretty annoyed by their loss, their
48:39
Speaker 1: turnover plague loss against the Panthers, and definitely on paper
48:43
Speaker 1: they're eight points better than the Arizona Cardinals, who are
48:45
Speaker 1: dealing with a lot of injuries. So I like the
48:47
Speaker 1: Rams to bounce back and have a huge game there.
48:50
Speaker 1: So those are my picks and that will do it
48:52
Speaker 1: for the Week fourteen NFL preview on Inside the Birds.
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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Mosher. Enjoy your football watching everybody name and