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  laced up let's go it's time for better with the
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  boys welcome back to banter with the boys excuse
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  me gridiron updates sorry i didn't mean to stumble
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  through that there rob that was a smooth entrance
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  like that's about as rough as it gets as it can
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  possibly get but rob thanks for being here for
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  another episode buddy thank you it's exciting
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  another week of football even though the bikes
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  are on a buy that we definitely need for injury
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  reasons but uh there's some other really interesting
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  fun games and so we'll get at them yeah we'll
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  get at them right away here for week six uh kev
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  obviously thanks for being here buddy as always
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  so to start it off our first game rob is san
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  francisco 49ers the four and one San Francisco
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  49ers traveling to the 4 -1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
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  That's going to be a toughie. Yeah, yeah. It's
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  going to be a toughie. 49ers coming off kind
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  of a surprising win, wouldn't you say, last week
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  with the amount of injuries that they had going
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  on with receivers out and still Brock still out.
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  I mean, I would have picked the Rams to win that
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  game. For sure. But it did go to OT. Jesus, I'm
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  sorry, guys. Unbelievable. And Beckway is having
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  an amazing year. Baker's envy caliber, probably.
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  Will you say that? Would you put him in the MVP
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  right now? I would probably say definitely. I
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  mean, I don't see why not at this current time.
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  1 ,200 yards, 10 tutties, only one pick. But
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  on the other side of the ball, Mac Jones has
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  been impressive filling in for Brock, continuing
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  them to a 4 -1. So most analysts kind of have
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  this Tampa close one. San Francisco's D could
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  kind of flip the script, I think. No Bucky Irving
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  this week. I was just looking that up. for at
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  least maybe two more weeks. Robert Sell has got
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  that young defense really rocking up there and
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  holding that ship. But, God, the Bucs are kind
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  of – I'm going to the Bucs. Here you are. You're
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  talking yourself in and out of stuff. I'm going
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  Bucs. I'm inside home. That's my tiebreaker right
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  now is home. Well, Dom, Jake, and Ben all agreed
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  with you. Also all going Bucs. Smart gentlemen.
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  Smart gentlemen. Mr. Consistent, you know, I'll
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  be in his boat every time. Well, all right. Yeah,
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  I'll go Bucs too. I don't know. Just when I said
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  I wasn't going to sit here and just him and Ha
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  quite literally. But no, I got to go Bucs too.
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  I mean, who am I kidding? Baker Mayfield's that
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  dude right now. I mean, he just shows up every
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  game. Confidence high. Confidence even minus.
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  Literally, it's not like Mac Jones played that
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  bad either. Mac Jones played really well as well
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  against the Rams. So it's going to be a great
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  battle. I wouldn't. This would be a game I wouldn't
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  be all that surprised if San Fran actually won,
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  even though I'm out on them. I'm still not very
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  afraid of them. That 4 -1 record is, I don't
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  know, it's not fake. It's obviously there, but
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  I'm not concerned about the 49ers right now.
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  And they just beat the Rams, the team that you
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  consider a playoff team, right? Which is true,
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  very true. Which is very true, and they played
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  them well. I don't know how you can really hate
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  on them that much on that aspect. But this one's
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  going to be the Bucs. This one's going to be
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  the Bucs. That's it. That's it, Rob. We're just
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  moving on real quickly. That's it. Screw them.
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  Although that's that's borderline game of the
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  week. No, I mean, that's I mean, Seattle and
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  Jaguars are going to talk about that game here
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  in a little bit. That'll be a big one, too. But
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  but Buccaneers and 49ers might be game of the
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  week for us here. It's possibly I mean, it's
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  two and a half is Vegas odds right now for the
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  Buccaneers. You know, the next game, Detroit
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  versus or at I'm sorry, Kansas City. Before we
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  get into it, Dom took the Chiefs, and Jake and
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  Ben took Detroit. Interesting. Chiefs coming
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  off of a tough game, obviously, against the Jaguars.
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  If you don't know about that game or missed it,
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  go back and check out our Week 5 recap episode.
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  We touched on that one briefly. But with that,
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  though... For me, I'm going Chiefs as well, actually.
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  I'm going to agree with Dom on this one. I think
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  that Chiefs offense is finally starting to get
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  it going again. We're still begging for that
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  rushing threat. We need a rushing threat in Kansas
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  City bad right now. We need somebody that's not
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  Patrick Mahomes to be leading the team in rushing
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  yards. So until that gets fixed, it's going to
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  be tough for Kansas City. But they're starting
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  to get Guy again. Somebody like Xavier Worthy,
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  the ball early and behind the line of scrimmage,
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  and now he can go make a play. You know what
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  I mean? You definitely could see there's a change
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  on the Chiefs' offensive side of the ball of
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  their explosive abilities. Compared to earlier
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  this season, I would agree 100%. And that's why
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  I just, I'm trusting the Chiefs to get it done
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  at home in front of their fans. Is this Sunday
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  night football this week? You are correct on
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  that. So, come on. It's Patrick Mahomes, Sunday
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  night football. Arrowhead. What are we even talking
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  about here? She's favored by one. Everybody has
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  got the Chiefs vibes except me. The roar has
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  been restored. Red Hot. jared goff jared goff
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  is red hot he is is rolling 34 .8 points per
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  game uh detroit's defense top five and sacks
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  right now so they're really gonna get after patrick
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  right now and i just think the explosive ability
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  right now between montgomery and gibbs and then
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  they're also the receivers it's just it's gonna
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  be a really tough spot so i just think detroit
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  has enough firepower to come into a beast of
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  a place to play Well, it's not that hostile,
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  but it's tough play. It's a tough place to play.
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  And I think grass kind of slows down the Lions
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  a little bit, but I still think they got a team
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  speed enough where the Lions are going to pull
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  this one out. So I'm going to the Detroit. Detroit
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  Lions. Okay, we got a little bit more of a split
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  there. Interesting. This one, our game three.
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  This one's probably not going to be as much of
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  a split, which is why I might just have to shake
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  it up. But Buffalo Bills traveling to the Atlanta
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  Falcons. We have not talked too much about the
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  Falcons this year. Falcons coming off a bye,
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  right? Monday Night Football. Right. Falcons
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  coming off a bye. Buffalo coming off that tough
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  loss. So for me. In Atlanta. In Atlanta, for
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  me, B. John Robinson's going to come in and have
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  a day. at home in front of in front of the atlanta
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  fans pennix is going to do just enough hopefully
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  he was able to kind of reset during that bye
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  week he's going to come out strong right away
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  yeah and it's going to be atlanta but it's going
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  to be a close one it's going to be it's going
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  to be close i know the bills are favorited i
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  already know what four there are by four so you
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  know buffalo's obviously looking to rebound off
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  that game um all the fellas took buffalo by the
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  way did they um bijan definitely and you know
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  it's always it's nice to come off a refresh of
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  a week from injuries and some bang -ups too so
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  um bill's revenge game after again kind of and
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  would you say that's an embarrassing game coming
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  with the bills are the patriots well i think
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  so and their eyes division game division game
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  okay it is in in buffalo and their nice little
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  shiny stadium but i don't know And is Michael
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  Pinnock up to the big lights of Monday night?
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  He's played enough football. I'm going to go
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  with the Falcons on another upset on this one.
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  I think with you on Bijan's side is going to
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  be the difference maker. But he is that dude.
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  It's like the Jordan Mason of last year when
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  he went off on you. So now it's kind of haunting.
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  No. What? I would never put Jordan Mason in the
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  same contest as Bijan. Well, he went off on us
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  last year. But Mason haunted us, so I was excited
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  that he joined our team. But I never would have
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  thought he'd be like a Bijan. No, no, no. I'm
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  not putting him at the same class. But if you're
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  saying if he's haunting me. Like Mason did that
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  game. Yeah, for sure. I got you. So, yeah, I'm
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  going to go with a little opposite here. All
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  right. All right. A couple. I mean, four. You
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  think four is a big spread? You know? I mean,
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  that's. Which way? I don't know. I don't know.
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  You're going Bills? No, no. I went Falcons already.
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  Oh, okay. Yeah, Bijan. You agreed with me, buddy.
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  Yeah. I'm falling in a great football mind. Of
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  course. Obviously. Let's see. This is not. Oh,
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  I'm looking at the wrong game here. My bad. Seattle
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  traveling to also the hot Jacksonville Jaguars,
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  if you will, coming off that tight game against
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  the Chiefs, beating the 49ers, beating the Texans.
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  Whoa. Who is this Jaguars team right now? So
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  I'm going to go ahead and let you start off with
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  it. Oh, hold on. Give you a little help. Give
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  me a little help. Give me a little help. Dom,
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  he went Seattle. Ben and Jake both went Jaguars.
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  So now they've been listening to me too much.
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  That's the problem. They're starting to trust
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  the Jaguars too much. I wanted to pull up Seattle's
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  who they've played so far. I'm going to go quick.
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  Should I go quick? Yeah, go quick. Seattle. Sea
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  Chickens. The Sea Chickens are going to get it
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  done. Even though it's in Jacksonville, I think
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  Seattle travels well. The fans? Yeah. But Sam
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  Darnold played a heck of a game. He did. To be
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  honest with you, the one mistake, yeah. Yeah,
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  that hurt him. But I think it's great to see
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  Kenneth Walker getting the ball more, and I just
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  can't wait to see how this offense keeps progressing.
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  Can Sam Darnold bounce back from that mistake?
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  Okay. Can he bounce back from that pick that
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  looks, again, reminiscent to... Our Vikings playoffs.
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  Yeah, just a bad one that's going to sit in your
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  craw for a little bit. But, again, if you take
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  that away, the rest of his season has not looked
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  that bad. He's really starting to get going now,
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  getting comfortable there in Seattle. So I think
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  this is a good bounce -back game for Seattle.
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  Yeah, I think it's a really interesting matchup,
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  I think, for the Jaguars' defense because they've
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  been playing pretty good right now, leading the
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  league in takeaways with a matchup against Seattle's
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  top 10 defensive metrics, too. They're probably
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  one of the best secondaries we're kind of talking
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  about that was in that shootout against the Buccaneers
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  last week, so they kind of lost definitely in
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  that matchup. oh this is a tough one for me it's
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  one and a half jaguars are favored at home and
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  i'm gonna kind of go with vegas on this one i'm
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  going jaguars um just at home i think there's
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  a difference maker i think that they have enough
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  ryan thomas is gonna be is a tough matchup and
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  etn's and playing well and trevor lawrence if
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  he doesn't make mistakes I think they're going
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  to get it done. I think that defense and the
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  Jaguars, that defensive coordinator, they got
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  them playing good ball. I agree with you. I agree
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  with you. And if you've listened to our shows
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  the past few weeks, I've been very heavy on the
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  Jaguars. I'm still heavy on the Jaguars. But
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  I just have a gut feeling they're going to let
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  this one drop. Okay. They're going to let this
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  one drop. A big downfall after the surprise win
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  against KC. No, because then they're going to
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  go to London, and I think it's going to be. That's
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  going to be a tough matchup against the Rams.
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  So we'll see. We'll see. But I think they do
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  drop this one. Okay. Let's see. Dallas at Carolina.
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  Again, Ben and Jake pretty much agreeing. Did
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  they talk about this? They have the exact same
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  picks. Both taking Dallas, Ben and Jake. Okay.
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  Dom going with Carolina. Yeah, how are you feeling
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  on this one? Carolina's a curious pick, to be
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  honest with you. They've been starting to play
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  better football themselves. They are. But they
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  did just come off playing a very poor -performing
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  Dolphins team. However, they were down 17 -0
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  and were able to climb back into that game. That's
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  my thing. They did have that slaughter of the
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  Falcons earlier this season. Was that the Falcons
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  just having a horrible day, or is that the true
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  Carolina potential? I think it's the Falcons
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  having a horrible day, more than the Carolina
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  potential. Don't get me wrong. I think Carolina
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  is trending in the right direction. I think next
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  week against the Jets. I mean, they'll probably
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  win that game. You know what I mean? And then
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  they got the Bills after that. That's tough.
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  Then Packers and Saints. And Saints, they could
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  win there, too. So I think there's going to be
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  some up and down yet for the Panthers. I think
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  they could maybe be competitive and start getting
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  more of those competitive L's, we like to say.
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  But as far as the current week game against the
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  Cowboys, I got to give it to the Cowboys. There's
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  no way. There's no way the Cowboys lose to the
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  Panthers. to the Panthers. I don't care if they're
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  in Carolina or not. Buckle up, he says. No, there's
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  just no way. You know who's going to get it done?
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  Who's that? Take a wild shot in the dark on Dallas.
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  I'm going to go with the former receiver for
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  the Steelers. No, no. Well, yeah. Oh, your boy
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  Javante Williams. My boy J. Will. Javante Williams.
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  He's having an excellent season. He is? He is.
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  He's having a nice little season. You're proving
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  me wrong. You're proving me wrong. Currently.
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  Good for him, though. Coming off an injury -prone
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  trip up to Denver. So, Brickell Dowell, former
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  Cowboy, playing Russian against his former team
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  with Carolina. Dolphins kind of gifted a win
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  last week to the Panthers. So they could look
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  at them as almost one in four. So I think the
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  Cowboys will get it done. I don't know what Cowboys
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  team is really. Are they a playoff team right
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  now? I mean, when Dak's in the game, he's such
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  a difference maker. And his confidence and ability
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  to run that offense and extend plays. Where Dak
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  is a great regular season quarterback. MVP level
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  regular season quarterback. So, Panthers defense,
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  you know, they've been playing okay. But I just
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  think Dallas will just get this done. And C .D.
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  Lamb, maybe possible return? Ooh, let's see.
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  Is he back? so lamb carolina's gotta get after
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  the quarterback and dax just kind of crafty and
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  tough to get after too so i think that'll be
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  kind of a difference maker too unless the panthers
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  can get after him um cowboys always have an opportunity
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  to chip in a chair when mr dak press got us at
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  the helm with jerry jones world Not seeing if
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  he will be back for sure this week or not. Which,
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  again, against the Panthers, you don't necessarily
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  want to rush them back if you think you can handle
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  them with what you've got going on. And they
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  played well enough last week without him. The
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  following week is the Commanders, right? So you've
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  really got to get right before that game. So,
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  yeah, it's a big one for them. So you've got
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  to win this one if you're Dallas. It's a must
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  -win. This is a must -win game. It is. If you're
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  an actual playoff team, you know, you got to
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  win this one. I totally agree. Get back on track.
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  Above 500, because otherwise Washington and Philly
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  start walking away with the, you know, and then
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  they're contending for that last wild card position
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  at best. And right now in the NFC, I don't think
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  you want to be there. There's a couple teams
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  in the NFC West right now that are playing well.
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  There's a couple teams in the NFC North that
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  you don't really know which direction they're
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  going to go yet, all four of them. You know what
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  I mean? So that wild card might be really coveted
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  for the NFC by the end of the year. Must win.
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  The old playoff bubble, nine wins. Yep, yep,
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  yep. Playoff eligible. Playoff eligible after
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  nine wins. We got her down on gridiron updates
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  now. But man, Rob, thanks for being here. Thanks
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  for... Pounding out a few episodes tonight. Obviously,
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  if you missed them, we, you know, go back and
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  listen to our week five recap and then our week
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  five tent, or I'm sorry, week six tent talk.
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  And then, of course, this current episode being
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  our week six. Yes. Preview, Rob. Yeah, check
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  out our shorts, check out our reels, all kinds
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  of stuff. We're all over the internet. Send us
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  a message on Facebook, whatever. Yeah. You know
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  what it is. Tell us about what you think. Talk
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  some smack. That works, too. And if we can get
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  the remote stuff working, let us know if you
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  want to be on the show. Give us your thoughts
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  on your favorite team, whoever that may be. Obviously,
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  we're Vikings fans here, and we don't hide that.
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  No, I guess not. Look at this. Boom. We're full
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  of stuff now. Full of stuff. Studios. Yeah, look
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  at that. Filling up. I love it. Yeah, all of
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  it. 2K. 2K. Yeah, you already know. Classics,
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  but whatever. All right. That's, of course, me
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  nerding out a little bit. I had to bring him.
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  Had to bring him. Had to. Had to. With that,
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  Kev, thanks for getting everything done behind
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  the scenes. As always, he's the reason why you
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  guys see all of this or hear it right now. Don't
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  forget to like, comment, subscribe, wherever
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  you listen to the banter, whether that's YouTube,
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  Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or iHeartRadio. Wanted
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  to come up with something better to close it
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  out with, and I got nothing. Hey, we can take
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  a week off and just enjoy it. No stressful feelings
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  of the bye week going on. So let's get a fantasy
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  reason. We're not taking a week off. Well, you
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  can still just chill and watch football. You
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  don't have to worry about the W. Oh, I don't
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  have to stress about the bikes? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  I guess. I suppose, yeah. Yeah, all right. That's
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  how we finish out. A little Minnesota goodbye
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  right here. Yeah, Minnesota goodbye. There it
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  is. All right, peace. Yeah. Don't forget to follow,
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