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NFL 2023 - Week 5
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The first BYE weeks have arrived, but that doesn't mean Bob will finally keep his promise of staying under an hour. Join Mack and Bob as they break down every game for week five of the 2023 NFL season.
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Introduction and Updates
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Bengals bad.
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Texans good.
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When the Jiminy crickets is going on.
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What?
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Dive right in.
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Welcome back to Making Waves, an NFL confidence pool podcast.
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I'm your host, Mac.
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And I'm your fearless host, Bob.
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And we just got to start this episode off with an apology, or I need to start this episode off with an apology, Waveriders.
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I was at a concert last week on our normal show.
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Recording Wednesday, I went and saw Maggie Rogers.
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Incredible show.
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Wish you all could have been there with me.
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But unfortunately, because of that, I was unable to be in the studio.
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We couldn't find a guest host in time.
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I know Bob was crying all Wednesday night.
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We've received texts, questions asking us, where is the podcast?
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Well, that's where it was.
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It was never recorded, but we're back.
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This week for week five, and we apologize in advance.
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I also think we should apologize because one of us runs our Instagram account and there was no update or anything for the wave riders about there not being a podcast last week.
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Yep.
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Thank you so much for that apology.
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That is much appreciated.
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I was the one that was receiving death threats from our fans.
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Oh, death threats.
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I never heard about death threats.
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Well, it was a little scarring.
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People were really upset.
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The Norwegian fans were really, really giving me a lot of crap.
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Guys.
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It's aggressive.
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Norway, it's getting a little aggressive.
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We're glad you're listening, but you know, let's tone it down a little bit.
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Okay.
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I mean, we're here for the fun of the game and to just really brighten people's weeks.
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And I got a lot of messages saying that we ruined their entire month.
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So entire month.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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Good thing.
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The month was almost over.
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It was the end of September and now we're in a new month.
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So thank goodness.
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It was only for a few days.
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Thank goodness it was only for a few days, but yes, as the Instagram aficionado, I do apologize for not updating the fans on why the episode wasn't available.
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We just got a text from one of our favorite fans, Lily, that big T. They were really excited to kind of just fill in their across the Atlantic flight to Europe tonight with making waves, and we really disappointed them.
Guest Host Plans and Podcast Duration Humor
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And got a couple other texts like, what the heck, who are you picking?
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So all that to say...
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The Instagram part's on me.
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We're going to get better.
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And yeah, Maggie Rogers is now officially, I guess she's kind of on her shiz list.
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No, she's not on my shiz list because she put on an incredible performance.
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And honestly, I was glad to have gone, but we're kind of on the shiz list, I feel like.
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Yeah, you're grouping me in there as well.
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I will accept.
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Sorry, I'm on the shiz list.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Yeah, it was a long Wednesday without making waves, but glad that Maggie was a great show per usual.
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Incredible, truly.
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Wow.
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Sounds amazing.
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Even more glad to be back recording.
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We have a lot to update our faithful wave riders on today.
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We sure do.
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Yeah, there's a lot going on.
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and yeah, appreciate you all just bearing with us.
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I know us not recording the podcast last week was bigger news than Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift.
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So we do apologize that we weren't there for that, but we're back now and we'll be, we'll be sticking with it, um, until two weeks from now when I will also be gone.
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So, Hey, if there's anyone out there listening that wants to be a guest host in two weeks, Hey, give Bob a text, shoot us a DM, uh,
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Like and subscribe, whatever Bob always says to these non-live podcast recordings.
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This is live.
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Oh, sorry.
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Live podcast recordings.
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It's Thursday morning, October 5th, right?
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Oh, right, right, right.
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Thursday morning.
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Yes, yes, yes, yes.
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Sorry, Thursday afternoon for the Norwegian fans.
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But yes, we will cross that bridge for a couple weeks from now when we get there.
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But as for now, let's just enjoy the moment and update the Wave Riders on how we've been doing the last couple weeks.
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Yeah, I think that's a great idea.
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How have we been looking in confidence pool, Bob?
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We've been looking pretty dang good.
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And before we hop in here, I want to officially put my podcasting name on the line.
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This episode will be less than an hour.
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And I noticed that you're keeping things moving.
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I appreciate it.
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I respect.
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Yes.
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I want to see if it's even possible.
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And I'm always the one that's saying we're going to do it.
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So obviously we have a lot to update.
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And this is kind of like two weeks in one ish.
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So if it is a little over an hour, hey, put down the Spears, but that is a promise and my podcasting reputation is on the line.
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So with that, I'm going to dive into the pick them synopsis.
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Okay.
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But before you do, I just have to quickly comment.
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I know it's adding more time.
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I apologize.
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But the fact that you say I put my name on the line, it might be over an hour, but don't come with the Spears, but it will be under an hour.
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Yes.
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All in the same sentence.
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It won't be, but it might be, but it won't be.
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Exactly.
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If it is over, don't blame me.
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But if it's under, please celebrate me.
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Okay.
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Perfect.
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I will celebrate the heck out of you, Bob.
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Thank you.
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I'm going to be like Michael Scott.
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I want all the praise with none of the consequences, please.
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Dun and Dunner.
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Thank you.
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Dun and Dunner.
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That sounds like the name of a Taylor Swift song.
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Is that right?
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Dun and Dunner?
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Nope.
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But you're making a lot of Taylor Swift references here.
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Man, I think the Swifties will be also, sorry, this will be under an hour.
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But just how Travis Kelsey gained all those followers last week, almost a million.
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I think the more we talk about Taylor Swift and Swifties, they will be giving us, you know, if we can get Taylor on this podcast, can you imagine how many millions we'd have?
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Oh my gosh.
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Yeah.
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I'll reach out to her.
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No problem at all.
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Yeah, let's do it.
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All right.
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Sounds good.
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Yeah, I'll reach out.
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I'll see what's going on.
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Maybe she'll be the guest host in two weeks from now.
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Can you imagine?
Waffle House Challenge Updates
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I'm sorry to my dear wife.
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I'm canceling our date night cooking class.
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If Taylor Swift is a guest host, I will be on this podcast.
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And honestly, I hope that she would understand.
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That would be a pretty unbelievable- She could also be on this podcast.
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Nick would be the number one wave rider on this podcast with us if Tay was here.
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So yeah, we got two weeks to make some moves.
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Perfect.
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All right.
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Sounds good.
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And with that, now how about you give us an update now that we've talked for two more minutes.
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With that, now I really got to do this lickety split.
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Sorry, I'm about to.
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Okay.
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Now that I got the foie, I got my float.
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Okay.
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So the hooligans, two weeks ago, we were like top five, top six, whatever.
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We didn't win.
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So I'm not going to go into two weeks ago.
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Last week, we got 10th place.
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Not great.
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We ended up getting 114 points, so usually the winning score is like... That's a lot of points.
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I know.
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It was a very high-scoring week, which tells me that there was not a lot of upsets.
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Unfortunately, the games that we did get wrong were like high-middle, which stinks.
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So the ones that we got wrong were...
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Uh, dolphins for two.
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Unfortunately, that was one of the ones that we disagreed on.
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Max had bills.
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I said dolphins.
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So, uh, Mac will update on the waffle house challenge, but that was when I got wrong.
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It's not, it's not looking good for me, folks.
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It's looking great for me, but it didn't ding, ding, ding, ding.
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Uh, we also, I don't know what that was.
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Uh, we also got my boys wrong for one.
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I'm not going to talk about that game.
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Uh, we got the bangles wrong for nine.
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to the Titans, Joe Burrow, you.
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Okay, we'll talk about him later.
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And then we got the Steelers wrong for 10.
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So I started the podcast off by saying Bengals bad, Texans good.
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Texans beat the Steelers pretty convincingly.
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We lost that game for 10.
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So overall, this is where the synopsis gets a little brighter.
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We're in third place.
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We're doing great.
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We're in third place alone.
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We have 386 points, so a little less than a quarter of the way through the season.
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We're at 386 points, third place, only 19 points behind the overall leader.
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So we have not won the Bucco Bucs.
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Easy money.
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Plenty of season left.
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Exactly.
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Easy Bucco.
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We have not won the individual week Bucco Bucs yet, but we've set ourselves up in a pretty good spot through four weeks.
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So pretty proud of us.
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All right.
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I like it.
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And you know what I've noticed is the past two years we've done this, we have won the individual weeks later on in the season.
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Both of them, both of the past two seasons, we've won right around like Christmas time, the last couple of weeks.
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So who knows?
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Maybe it will continue with that trend.
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I'd be fine with that.
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And we're just going to keep being smart and get that overall total as high as we can.
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Yes, and I was, and last thing, and then I'm going to let you get into the wall plows, I was really proud of us because we, technically the last two weeks when the afternoon window ended, we were still in it and we could have gotten crazy and we could have really thrown some Hail Marys and gone for the weekly prize.
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We didn't.
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We stayed true to our picks and we would have missed all those games if we would have been crazy.
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So we are, yeah, we're playing the long game while also playing the short game.
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Yep.
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Absolutely.
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And I think it's going to pay off for us.
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So thanks for that update, Bob.
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You're so welcome.
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Now for a worse update for me, a great update for you.
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Just to give everybody a little update on the Waffle House Challenge.
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If you'll remember the last episode we did, Bob and I had five games where we chose separately and
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And really unfortunately for me, all five of those games went in Bob's favor.
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Four out of the five of them were one possession games.
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So they truly were an absolute coin flip.
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And then last week, Bob and I chose three separately.
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Bob got one of the three correct.
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I got two, but unfortunately, obviously math.
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I only made up one game.
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So currently Bob is ahead by four games.
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I will just say, obviously, congratulations.
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There's a lot of season left.
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Thank you.
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He's over there dancing.
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There's a lot of season left.
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But I just will say, I also want to give us a little pat on the back.
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All of those games, except for two.
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So what is it?
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Five out of the seven games that we chose differently were one possession games in the two that were not, there were significant injuries that occurred.
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So the first one,
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I chose the Browns.
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The Titans absolutely whooped on them.
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Nick Chubb got hurt.
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The second one, I chose the Browns to get.
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I'm noticing a theme here.
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I chose the Browns and he chose the Ravens.
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Deshaun Watson ended up not playing.
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So injuries are a big thing.
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And because of that, Bob and I have actually made a minor adjustment to the way that we are going to run the Waffle House Challenge.
NFL Week Preview and Predictions
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So just to let everybody know.
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When we make these decisions, it's a Wednesday night.
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Or sorry, Thursday morning, according to Bob.
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It's actually a Wednesday night.
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Hey.
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A lot of things can happen between Wednesday and Sunday, such as injuries, which we just mentioned.
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So moving forward, Bob and I both have the opportunity up until the start of the games on Sunday or Monday, if it's the Monday game that we choose differently.
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Basically, we have up until the start of the game for that selection to make any adjustments.
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So if an injury occurs,
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like it did for the Browns last week, where Deshaun Watson ended up not playing.
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The Ravens absolutely destroyed them.
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Had I been paying attention, unfortunately I was at an apple orchard.
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Unbelievable.
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Those cinnamon donuts were worth it.
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It was worth it, okay.
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Yeah, but I'm not going to be saying that once I'm full of waffles at the end of the season.
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But I could have switched to the Ravens heading into Sunday.
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I need to pay better attention.
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We will both pay better attention.
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I think that'll help us overall as well.
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If we notice some injuries, we can make some changes to our overall selections that we make as well.
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So I think ultimately it's going to help us.
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But just to let everybody know, if there are changes made in between, it has to be...
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Within reason, we can't just switch because I didn't want to choose differently than Bob.
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But if there's a big injury or something like that, we can switch up till Sunday.
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We can't just switch because Bob's up by 12 games with three weeks ago or something crazy like that.
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Obviously, I just pulled that random scenario out.
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Oh, that is such a random scenario.
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Luckily for me, that won't be the case.
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But I'll be coming back.
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Don't you worry, folks.
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So we have a couple games this week where I have a chance to make up some ground or possibly lose some more ground.
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So I'm hoping it's the former.
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I think I'm really hoping it's the latter.
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And last little update on that, can I tell them about the double down scenario?
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Oh, yeah.
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Yep, please.
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So just me just being just such a stand-up guy, I was looking at the... Is it you being a stand-up guy or you just like things to be crazy?
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I definitely like to make things a little harder on myself, but I also, because I'm such a standup guy, I was sitting there.
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Okay, we'll go with that.
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Standup guy.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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I was sitting there looking at the standings of the Waffle House Challenge thinking, man, Mac is just never going to want to eat another waffle the rest of her life.
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I was thinking, it's got five for five, right?
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What are the chances of that?
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This could get ugly fast.
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So I made a little wrinkle.
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Basically, we're going to call it the double down.
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So Mac basically has to choose whether or not she decides to double down.
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Did we say on the podcast or same thing before the game started on Thursday?
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We can do it on the podcast to make it fun.
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Okay.
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I like that.
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So basically, so a couple of weeks from now, you better tell Taylor if you want to double down because you're going to be gone.
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But if Mac decides that she wants to double down, obviously we trade picks with each other.
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We don't show each other the confidences, but we know that.
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Prior to the podcast, how many games we have different.
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So in this instance, I'm adding this extra wrinkle on top to you right now.
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So you obviously can.
00:14:38
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Oh, geez.
00:14:38
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He's always shifting the rules.
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It's good.
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It's good for you, though, because if you decide to double down, I can't change my picks.
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Like if we have four games differently and then on the Sunday, I'm like, hey, I'm going to change this and this.
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Even if there's injuries, mine are locked in.
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That seems fair.
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Thank you.
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Yeah.
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So the double down, basically she gets one use of the double down.
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So if we had, for instance, four games differently and she felt really confident with three or four or even two.
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of the ones that I disagreed with, she could say double down.
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So all those games are worth double.
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So obviously two, if she gets them right, she gets two points.
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If she gets them wrong, I would still get one point just to make things a little interesting.
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Cause it's not just for me though.
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It's for both.
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We both have one week of a double down, correct?
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Oh, oh yeah.
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Sorry.
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Did I say it was only you, you get your double down.
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Oh, I mean, you might not have said that.
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That's what I was thinking that you were saying, but yeah, we both have a week to do that.
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We both get a double down and I'm using mine sometime in the future, but, but yeah, so that's a double down.
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So if all of a sudden I'm up by five or six and then we come on the podcast and I'm up by one, that's why is because someone, you know, put a double down into effect.
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So yeah, that's the double down.
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Got it.
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All right.
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No, I like it.
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And I also like that you say, Oh, I'm doing it because I'm such a standup guy.
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And then you're like, I'm five ahead.
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Max got no shot.
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I need to help her.
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Did I say that?
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That must have been someone else.
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It kind of came across in the tone.
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No, no, no, no, no.
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What kind of waffles?
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Do you like chocolate chip waffles?
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Speaker
Do you like, what kind of waffles do you like?
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Just plain.
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Okay.
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Oh, you're not going to like them.
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For extra calories.
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Are you kidding me?
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I don't eat anymore after I eat freaking like, well, there's no way in heck I'm eating 24.
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I think if you maybe eat 12 within 12 hours, I don't know.
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That feels like a lot.
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I like that we're speaking this into existence.
00:16:33
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You talking about what kind of waffles you like.
00:16:35
Speaker
You talking about when I eat.
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I love waffles.
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Speaker
I'm not talking about Waffle House Challenge.
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I'm talking about just waffles in general.
00:16:41
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Oh, during the waffle, you definitely do, and I do as well.
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If you don't like waffles, maybe reevaluate something because waffles are awesome.
00:16:51
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I would prefer a pancake, though.
00:16:52
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I don't know about you, but I think pancakes are better than waffles.
00:16:55
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Don't put the spear down.
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I'm sorry.
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I didn't say anything.
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You literally didn't say anything.
00:17:00
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Jeez, I can't believe you just did that.
00:17:04
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Oh, whoa, whoa.
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No, I mean, they're pretty similar.
00:17:07
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They're basically just both batter, but I would say I prefer waffles, actually.
00:17:11
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Okay.
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Okay.
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She's a waffle gal.
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I'm a pancake guy.
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But yeah, if I do indeed lose, big if, I'm probably going to slather a bunch of peanut butter on mine, some chocolate chips on some, some blueberries on some, maybe some extra.
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I don't recommend that.
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I did not recommend the extra calories.
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I would be in there for 24 freaking hours if that was the case.
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And I'll be there with you, apparently.
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You'll be rolling me out of there.
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Yeah.
00:17:40
Speaker
All right, well, without further ado, I think that's enough updates for the past couple of weeks, so we can dive into week five of the NFL.
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We have finally upon us some buys for this upcoming week.
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So the Cleveland Browns, the L.A.
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Chargers, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Tampa Bay Bucs will not be playing this week.
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Those four teams are on a buy.
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So as we look to week five, let's look at some injuries that occurred.
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And there are some that occurred on some of these by teams.
00:18:16
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Do you want those as well, Bob, or do you just want the ones that are playing?
00:18:20
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Good question.
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Up to you.
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You're the injury queen.
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Speaker
Do with the list what you want to do.
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Okay.
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Sounds good.
00:18:27
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Well, I appreciate you putting this list together for me.
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Once again, Bob coming through clutch, putting all the injuries together.
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I've been a little bit busy in this current season of life, but still making time for making waves.
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And Bob is helping support that a lot.
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So I appreciate you putting this together.
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Heck yeah.
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It looks like cornerback Tredavious White from the Bills was carted off with an Achilles injury this past weekend.
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Unsure how long he will be out, but if there's anything, if it's anything like some of the other Achilles injuries we've seen, it'll likely be for a very long time, if not the whole season.
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T. Higgins of the Cincinnati Bengals fractured his rib and left Sunday's game.
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He will likely miss some time.
00:19:12
Speaker
Do you think it makes it hard to breathe?
00:19:13
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Sorry.
00:19:14
Speaker
Do you think it makes it hard to breathe with a fractured rib?
00:19:16
Speaker
I'm sure it makes it really hard to breathe.
00:19:18
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I've heard they're very painful.
00:19:20
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Sounds terrible.
00:19:20
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Sorry, T. Yeah.
00:19:22
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Sorry, T. Higgs.
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Miles Garrett of the Cleveland Browns suffered a foot injury and was seen in the game after the game wearing a boot.
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He will have a bye this upcoming weekend, so we'll look to see if he comes back after that bye, but not looking promising if he was wearing a boot.
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Javante Williams of the Denver Broncos left with a hip injury on Sunday.
00:19:45
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He is, I believe I read a report that said he will likely still play this weekend, but something to monitor.
00:19:51
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Star rookie cornerback Christian Gonzalez of the Patriots suffered a shoulder injury and is unfortunately out for the season.
00:19:58
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Hate to see that, especially with a rookie in a rookie season.
00:20:01
Speaker
There was a lot of hype around him during the draft, so that is such a bummer.
00:20:05
Speaker
Laker alumni.
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Speaker
I love that note in there.
00:20:07
Speaker
Laker alum.
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Speaker
Matthew Judon, a huge force in the New England Patriots defense, tore a bicep tendon, and he will miss significant time.
00:20:18
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That really stinks for the Patriots.
00:20:19
Speaker
Tough week for the Patriots.
00:20:20
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Yeah, he's a big defender.
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That's rough on both of their front and secondary.
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Yes, it is.
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Speaker
And then finally, Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers left with a hamstring issue.
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Those typically last a few weeks, but he has a buy this upcoming weekend, so we will watch when he returns.
00:20:39
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Okay.
00:20:40
Speaker
Wow.
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Speaker
Take a drink of water.
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Speaker
Wet the whistle.
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Speaker
That was impressive.
00:20:43
Speaker
Yeah, geez Louise.
00:20:45
Speaker
Man, we hate to hear about injuries, and obviously there were some in the week that we missed, but we just decided for time's sake and to make sure to keep this under an hour.
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We wanted to just do this week's and proceed as such.
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Sounds great.
00:20:59
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Well, I think with all of that in mind, as we look ahead to the week, we can start with Thursday night, 8.15 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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And I think any other week, maybe prior to current circumstance, heading into Thursday night, you would probably be a happy boy because we have the Chicago Bears at Washington Commanders.
00:21:29
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I know this is my game, but I know you also said you had a lot to say about your boys.
00:21:33
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So I'm happy to give my analysis after.
00:21:36
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I am just curious, kind of what are your thoughts on what's going on with the bears right now?
00:21:42
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I'm sad.
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Speaker
I'm defeated.
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pessimistic.
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Speaker
I'm beaten down into the ground.
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I'm, I feel disrespected.
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I feel like they're just wasting my time.
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I just feel disgusted.
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I feel sick.
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I feel nauseated.
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This team, this, excuse my French, this freaking team,
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For all the love and support and time and money and freaking just everything, blood, sweat, tears that I put into this team.
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Speaker
And they, what do they give back?
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Speaker
Heartbreak.
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Speaker
nausea, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea.
00:22:23
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You need a pecto bismol, my friend.
00:22:25
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They give me all the bad things.
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They don't give me any good feelings.
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They don't give me any warm fuzzies.
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They just give me cold icicles just straight up the nostrils.
00:22:37
Speaker
And it's just the worst.
00:22:40
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I was telling you on the phone earlier, I was fully...
00:22:45
Speaker
fully convinced that this team couldn't hurt me anymore.
00:22:48
Speaker
And they found a way to hurt me.
00:22:49
Speaker
They found a way to just, just beat me even farther into the ground.
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Speaker
And it's, it's, it's the worst.
00:22:57
Speaker
We were up 28 to seven late in the third quarter at home against the,
00:23:04
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what a lot of people think is the worst team in football.
00:23:07
Speaker
I disagree.
00:23:07
Speaker
I think the Chicago bears are far and away the worst team in football.
00:23:11
Speaker
Oh my goodness.
00:23:11
Speaker
Which is a far cry from what I was saying on this podcast four weeks ago.
00:23:15
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Yeah.
00:23:15
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I'm expecting all the DMS.
00:23:16
Speaker
I'm expecting all the ha ha have come down to earth a little bit here.
00:23:20
Speaker
Huh?
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Just wait until my confidence on this game.
00:23:23
Speaker
But yeah, I've definitely come down to earth.
00:23:24
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They've beat me down to earth.
00:23:27
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First last year, they make me take 13 pies to the face.
00:23:30
Speaker
Now this year, they're having me lose bets left and right.
00:23:34
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So yeah, I'm really not looking forward to my boys playing your boys twice in November because I'm going to have a lot of spicy things forced upon me.
00:23:41
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And just, it's going to be the worst.
00:23:42
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So to answer your question, I feel great about the Bears long-windedly.
00:23:47
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Yeah, I mean, it sounds like it.
00:23:49
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Yeah.
00:23:50
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So that sucked.
00:23:51
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And I think, I mean, this might be pessimistic me after a tough loss.
00:23:56
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And by the way, we've lost 14 games in a row.
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The last time I saw my team win an NFL game was October, 2022.
00:24:03
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It's October, 2023.
00:24:04
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So they've put me through the freaking ringer.
00:24:06
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The only, only good news is we have, as of now, the number one and two picks in the
00:24:12
Speaker
NFL draft.
00:24:14
Speaker
Thanks to the Panthers also sucking it up.
00:24:17
Speaker
So will we go Caleb Williams and Marvin Harrison, Jr. One, two, who knows?
00:24:22
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But also I saw a rumor that our coach, Matt Eberflus, who has the worst winning percentage in his first 15 games in NFL history as a head coach.
00:24:33
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If we don't win tomorrow, he will be fired is what word on the street is, which would be incredible.
00:24:38
Speaker
So yeah.
00:24:39
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Yeah.
00:24:40
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That's where I stand on the Chicago Bears right now.
00:24:42
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Okay.
00:24:43
Speaker
All right.
00:24:44
Speaker
Interesting.
00:24:46
Speaker
That was so depressing.
00:24:47
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No, I'm sorry that I asked the question.
00:24:50
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I do also have one more question, and I truly do not mean any of this offensively, but I genuinely am curious, and I'm sure some Wave riders are also curious, knowing how much you love the Bears, how passionate you are about the Bears.
00:25:02
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And trust me when I say, I have been there, my friend.
00:25:05
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It is a tough place to be.
00:25:06
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I will not kick you when you're down.
00:25:08
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But I am curious, do you think, I've heard a lot of rumors and stuff swirling around,
00:25:15
Speaker
Do you think Justin Fields is the future of the Bears?
00:25:19
Speaker
It's tough because he had the best game of his young NFL career.
00:25:22
Speaker
He was 15 out of 16 in the first half.
00:25:25
Speaker
One incompletion was a Hail Mary into the end zone.
00:25:27
Speaker
So he was basically perfect in the first half.
00:25:29
Speaker
Threw for his first 300 plus yard game.
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Speaker
Threw for four touchdowns.
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Speaker
He was as good as you can be until the very end with that fumble and that interception.
00:25:41
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I'm going to get a lot of slack for this because I know we have thousands of people listening and I am going to get crap from Justin because I've been a devout
00:25:48
Speaker
supporter and defender of him, but I think we've just messed him up so much with our offensive scheme.
00:25:55
Speaker
And I think both parties are just so disgusted right now.
00:25:58
Speaker
I think he needs a new place.
00:26:00
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He's going to flourish somewhere.
00:26:01
Speaker
He's a great, a great football player.
00:26:03
Speaker
But if we have the number one pick, we're going to grab Caleb Williams, who people say is the best quarterback prospect since Andrew Locke.
00:26:09
Speaker
We can't not get him have another Mahomes situation.
00:26:12
Speaker
So if we get the number one pick, I say Fields is going to go kill it somewhere else.
00:26:17
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Yeah, I mean, I definitely could see that.
00:26:19
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Also, I have tried to think about what would happen with him.
00:26:23
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And I think what you said is true, that it would likely be mutual.
00:26:29
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I'll be honest, he has never really seemed happy there.
00:26:33
Speaker
I don't know that he seems any happier now with how rough things have been going.
00:26:37
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So, yeah, maybe he can go somewhere else and they can build around him rather than trying to fit him into a box.
00:26:45
Speaker
And, and some new coaching changes.
00:26:47
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So, Hey, rock bottom is a good place to be only because there's only one way to go.
00:26:52
Speaker
So hang in there.
00:26:55
Speaker
And thank you.
00:26:55
Speaker
It's beautiful down here at the bottom of the ocean.
00:26:57
Speaker
There's a lot of cool fish and a lot of nice coral to look at.
00:26:59
Speaker
So rock bottom is not all that bad.
00:27:02
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Um, but yes, it's, I'm happy that, uh, I'm finally able to take, you know, other people's place, rock bottom and little old me is just chilling down here.
00:27:11
Speaker
Yeah, well, that's all right.
00:27:13
Speaker
I've been there many times and you pulled me up.
00:27:16
Speaker
So, well, maybe you didn't really.
00:27:18
Speaker
No, I did.
00:27:18
Speaker
I think you might have tied some sandbags around my ankles and said, stay there.
00:27:23
Speaker
That wasn't me.
00:27:23
Speaker
That wasn't me.
00:27:24
Speaker
I was trying to help pull you up.
00:27:25
Speaker
That wasn't me.
00:27:26
Speaker
That was a different Bears fan.
00:27:28
Speaker
Yeah, that was another Bears fan.
00:27:29
Speaker
I was pulling you up.
00:27:30
Speaker
Other people were tying it to your ankles.
00:27:31
Speaker
That was not me.
00:27:33
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:27:34
Speaker
All right.
00:27:34
Speaker
Well, anyways, I just genuinely was curious.
00:27:37
Speaker
Obviously you mentioned a lot.
00:27:38
Speaker
There's the bears have been struggling clearly very significantly.
00:27:41
Speaker
This game is away for them.
00:27:43
Speaker
It's in Washington.
00:27:46
Speaker
against a commanders team that has a fairly decent defense, at least, and some weapons.
00:27:51
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Sam Howell, he was putting up a really good fight this past weekend.
00:27:56
Speaker
And I don't know.
00:27:56
Speaker
I just think the commanders are going to take this game.
00:27:59
Speaker
I did not want to do double digits because I did not want to kick my friend while he was down.
00:28:05
Speaker
So I didn't.
00:28:06
Speaker
Thank you.
00:28:07
Speaker
But I do have them kind of high in the middle at nine.
00:28:13
Speaker
Oh, she says, I didn't do double digits, but I'll do the next best thing.
00:28:17
Speaker
Honestly, you could have said 15 and I would have just gone.
00:28:21
Speaker
Yeah.
00:28:21
Speaker
I mean, I, I already crapped on my boys enough.
00:28:24
Speaker
They know I love them to death and appreciate you not tying, tying the, the, the bricks to my ankles there.
00:28:31
Speaker
I have the commanders higher.
00:28:34
Speaker
I think the bears are going to lose their 15th game in a row tomorrow night, but I'm going to watch every play.
00:28:38
Speaker
I'm going to be cheering.
00:28:39
Speaker
Absolutely.
00:28:40
Speaker
I will too.
00:28:40
Speaker
I'll cheer for them.
00:28:42
Speaker
Thank you.
00:28:43
Speaker
Promise?
00:28:44
Speaker
Oh, she made a face.
00:28:45
Speaker
She made a face.
00:28:47
Speaker
Oh, here come the sandbags.
00:28:48
Speaker
Oh, bubbles coming up.
00:28:50
Speaker
Down to the bottom of the ocean.
00:28:51
Speaker
If we choose the commanders, it will be hard for me to cheer that hard for the bears, but... Well, spoiler alert, we're choosing the commanders, so... Okay.
00:29:01
Speaker
I guess you'll be choosing the commanders and you'll be waving at me at the bottom of the ocean.
00:29:05
Speaker
I have commanders.
00:29:06
Speaker
I have them for 10.
00:29:07
Speaker
We stink and I'm sad.
00:29:09
Speaker
Oh no, I'm sorry, Bob.
00:29:11
Speaker
It's okay.
00:29:11
Speaker
If the commanders did not just put up such a good fight against the Eagles, I would have considered this to be a much more 50-50 game.
00:29:19
Speaker
But clearly they showed a lot of grit sending that game to overtime and...
00:29:25
Speaker
Actually, they didn't show grit.
00:29:26
Speaker
The only team that shows grit is the Lions because that's our little slogan.
00:29:30
Speaker
But they did show some flashes of good.
00:29:34
Speaker
They showed a little bit of grit.
00:29:36
Speaker
And if the Bears would have beaten the Broncos and the Commanders would have gotten smoked, maybe this could have been something that I could have persuaded you.
00:29:42
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Absolutely.
00:29:43
Speaker
If those two things happened, we for sure would have won Bears.
00:29:46
Speaker
But unfortunately, that's in an alternate universe, and we are not there.
00:29:50
Speaker
That made me even hurt again.
00:29:55
Speaker
All right, well, let's move along.
00:29:58
Speaker
Let's get you some tea.
00:30:00
Speaker
Let's get you some crumpets as we head to Sunday morning across the pond to London.
00:30:08
Speaker
We have... What?
00:30:09
Speaker
I was going to say, we're going to London town, but sorry.
00:30:14
Speaker
We're going to London.
00:30:16
Speaker
We have, the first game in London was last weekend.
00:30:19
Speaker
Unfortunately, we couldn't do our whole London skip because goddammit Maggie Rogers.
00:30:23
Speaker
Did you say goddammit?
00:30:26
Speaker
Goddammit Maggie Rogers.
00:30:29
Speaker
Thanks for nothing, Maggie.
00:30:30
Speaker
I don't even know if that's British.
00:30:32
Speaker
Goddammit Maggie.
00:30:35
Speaker
Anyway, the Jags stayed in London.
00:30:38
Speaker
They are still there for another game this upcoming weekend.
00:30:43
Speaker
It's the Jacksonville Jaguars at Buffalo Bills, but not really.
00:30:46
Speaker
It's actually in London, but Bills are technically the home team, quote unquote.
00:30:51
Speaker
It'll be at 9.30 a.m.
00:30:53
Speaker
Eastern Standard Time.
00:30:54
Speaker
So set your alarm.
00:30:55
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Wake up.
00:30:56
Speaker
Football is on.
00:30:58
Speaker
Football's on.
00:30:59
Speaker
Wake up.
00:31:00
Speaker
Come on.
00:31:01
Speaker
Have your tea.
00:31:01
Speaker
Have your crumpets.
00:31:02
Speaker
This is a big one.
00:31:03
Speaker
This is a big one.
00:31:04
Speaker
And why don't you tell us about it?
00:31:05
Speaker
Who's going to win this game?
00:31:06
Speaker
Yeah.
00:31:07
Speaker
And this is weird because you said the Jags were in London, but I could have sworn that the Jags were in Andy's room playing.
00:31:13
Speaker
Oh, they were a little bit of both.
00:31:15
Speaker
So maybe Andy lives in London now.
00:31:17
Speaker
Cause that I need to hear your quick.
00:31:19
Speaker
I don't, I know you were at the apple orchard and you were doing fun fall things on Sunday morning, but did you, did you see some of the highlights from Andy's room?
00:31:25
Speaker
I mean, what were your thoughts on that?
00:31:27
Speaker
I did see some of that.
00:31:28
Speaker
And just to fill everybody in, if, if you have no idea what we're talking about,
00:31:32
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Sorry, Maddie and Vince.
00:31:34
Speaker
They did on Sunday morning.
00:31:36
Speaker
They obviously had like the regular broadcast, but then they did a separate broadcast.
00:31:41
Speaker
Broadcast of, sorry, I just had a little frog in my throat.
00:31:44
Speaker
Oh my gosh, it scared me a little bit.
00:31:47
Speaker
Oh my gosh.
00:31:48
Speaker
Oh my god, broadcast, broadcast.
00:31:51
Speaker
Broadcast of the game, and they turned them somehow through technological advancements.
00:31:59
Speaker
I have no idea how they do that.
00:32:01
Speaker
They turned the game into essentially look animated and look like it was a game being performed by...
00:32:09
Speaker
Toy Story characters and they look like characters in Andy's room playing the game.
00:32:15
Speaker
So I did see some clips.
00:32:16
Speaker
It was pretty neat how they were able to do it like step for step.
00:32:20
Speaker
Like you could see I watched the play of the regular play versus the the animated one right side by side next to each other.
00:32:29
Speaker
And every step like the toy was making the same moves as Trevor Lawrence was.
00:32:35
Speaker
So it was pretty cool.
00:32:37
Speaker
Very cool.
00:32:38
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know how they did that.
00:32:39
Speaker
But I mean, hey, for people that don't like football, just, oh, you know, for football.
00:32:47
Speaker
Sorry, something just popped up on my computer.
00:32:49
Speaker
I was like, whoa.
00:32:50
Speaker
Are you good?
00:32:51
Speaker
You were probably like, what is happening?
00:32:52
Speaker
But yeah, for people that don't like football for football.
00:32:55
Speaker
You got that computer there, Bob.
00:32:56
Speaker
Wow, wow.
00:32:58
Speaker
Wow, wow, wow.
00:32:59
Speaker
I was like, geez.
00:32:59
Speaker
We don't want to know your search history, man.
00:33:05
Speaker
We don't want to know.
00:33:06
Speaker
Hey, hey, my hands are up.
00:33:08
Speaker
I'm good.
00:33:08
Speaker
I'm good.
00:33:11
Speaker
For... God, I'll tell you about... Listen!
00:33:13
Speaker
Jeez!
00:33:14
Speaker
Jeez, we're doing... Don't have it!
00:33:16
Speaker
Jeez, we're talking about Andy's room one second, and then you're saying that it was literally just an MLB playoff thing that popped in.
00:33:22
Speaker
Whoa!
00:33:24
Speaker
But Matt has to just put it in the gutter.
00:33:28
Speaker
But yeah, Andy's room was unbelievable.
00:33:31
Speaker
And I just, you know, for people that can't really watch football for football, then, you know, making it Andy's room from the Toy Story.
00:33:39
Speaker
Maybe that's just what gets it over the edge.
00:33:42
Speaker
I thought it was really fun.
00:33:43
Speaker
Yeah, it was pretty cool.
00:33:45
Speaker
And hey, you know, it was early in the morning.
00:33:47
Speaker
I saw a lot of videos of like little kids watching it.
00:33:49
Speaker
So maybe the parents wanted to watch football, but the kid usually watches a show in the morning.
00:33:54
Speaker
So that's both worlds right there.
00:33:56
Speaker
I mean, hey, best of both worlds.
00:33:57
Speaker
Gotta love that.
00:33:58
Speaker
Shouts out to those people that know how to do stuff with animations.
00:34:04
Speaker
It's impressive.
00:34:05
Speaker
Shouts out to those people.
00:34:06
Speaker
But anyway, why don't you give us your synopsis now that we're 34 minutes into the podcast.
00:34:12
Speaker
this is not going to be less than an hour.
00:34:14
Speaker
Shoot.
00:34:15
Speaker
Yeah.
00:34:16
Speaker
The only reason I had to think about this game for a second is because the Jags have been chilling in, they've been J chilling in London for like two weeks and the bills had to hop on a flight and get there.
00:34:28
Speaker
So it's definitely advantage Jags in that sense, because they didn't have to have a cross the Atlantic flight, you know, just days before the game, they're just chilling in London town.
00:34:38
Speaker
So I don't,
00:34:39
Speaker
That's kind of strange that Jags had two straight games in London.
00:34:42
Speaker
If I was a fan of the Jags, I'd kind of be annoyed by that.
00:34:44
Speaker
But hey, we love expanding the game internationally and people show up at Wembley.
00:34:49
Speaker
So all that to be said, Bills, sorry.
00:34:53
Speaker
I was just going to say, and they actually in London,
00:34:57
Speaker
They kind of really like the Jags for some reason.
00:35:00
Speaker
I've heard that that's like one of the teams that they really root for in London.
00:35:03
Speaker
So that might be interesting, man.
00:35:06
Speaker
People in London choosing an interesting team there with the Jags.
00:35:11
Speaker
But hey, whatever floats.
00:35:13
Speaker
Well, he is a lord.
00:35:14
Speaker
Trevor Lawrence is a lord.
00:35:15
Speaker
That's why.
00:35:17
Speaker
Lord Farquaad.
00:35:18
Speaker
That's why.
00:35:20
Speaker
It makes sense.
00:35:23
Speaker
But yeah, all that to say, the Bills, in my opinion, just had the most impressive win of the NFL season.
00:35:29
Speaker
People were saying Dolphins this, Dolphins that.
00:35:31
Speaker
They just hung 70 on the freaking Broncos.
00:35:34
Speaker
Best offense we've seen in decades.
00:35:36
Speaker
And then the Bills just, you know, as the Bills do, had an unbelievable game and smoked the previously undefeated Dolphins.
00:35:43
Speaker
So Bills are back on my Super Bowl train after that dominant win they had on Sunday.
00:35:49
Speaker
So this is tough.
00:35:51
Speaker
Jags have been looking better.
00:35:53
Speaker
I think they'll be a playoff team, but I have Bills winning.
00:35:56
Speaker
I have them winning at 12.
00:35:58
Speaker
Oh, okay.
00:35:59
Speaker
Sounds good.
00:36:00
Speaker
Not too far off there.
00:36:03
Speaker
Honestly, I also had the Bills.
00:36:04
Speaker
And man, if only one of us had chosen the Bills against the Dolphins last week, that would have been nice.
00:36:09
Speaker
That would have been huge.
00:36:10
Speaker
Wish you would have listened to me.
00:36:12
Speaker
Oh, well, next time.
00:36:13
Speaker
Next time.
00:36:14
Speaker
But I also have the Bills, and I actually have them one higher than you.
00:36:18
Speaker
I have them at 13, so very close.
00:36:21
Speaker
Okay, look at us.
00:36:21
Speaker
10, 9, 12, 13.
00:36:21
Speaker
This is a good start.
00:36:24
Speaker
This is a good start.
00:36:25
Speaker
This has me feeling good for the week.
00:36:27
Speaker
This has me feeling so good.
00:36:29
Speaker
So looking ahead to the Sunday early afternoon slate of games, we have the Houston Texans at Atlanta Falcons.
00:36:40
Speaker
And for me, the Houston Texans have been quite a surprise.
00:36:44
Speaker
For you, they haven't been because you had them a little higher up in your standings, apparently.
00:36:49
Speaker
So good on you for...
00:36:52
Speaker
Viewing them as what they were and CJ Stroud as what he could be in the NFL.
00:36:57
Speaker
He's really doing a great job for the Texans.
00:36:59
Speaker
And honestly, I think they have a really good chance to continue their little streak here this upcoming Sunday against the Falcons.
00:37:06
Speaker
And the reason I have the Texans winning this game is because it has been clear to me over the past couple of weeks that if you can shut the run down against the Falcons, you
00:37:19
Speaker
Desmond Ritter just saying it.
00:37:21
Speaker
I apologize to say that to the Ritter family, not trying to bring you down.
00:37:26
Speaker
But I just feel like if you can shut the run down, you are in a good position.
00:37:31
Speaker
Obviously, Bajon Robinson is a huge threat that you need to kind of take out of the game.
00:37:36
Speaker
So if you take that out, you are going to be looking good.
00:37:41
Speaker
I think that the Texans are set up to do that.
00:37:44
Speaker
They have only allowed 116 rushing yards over the course of the first four weeks.
00:37:50
Speaker
So they've been doing really well on their rushing defense.
00:37:53
Speaker
Obviously, their number two pick, Will Anderson Jr., I'm sure is doing a great job adding to that defensive line.
00:38:03
Speaker
midfield, right?
00:38:04
Speaker
He's a linebacker.
00:38:05
Speaker
No, he's actually, he's a defensive lineman.
00:38:08
Speaker
Oh, so defensive line.
00:38:09
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:11
Speaker
So yeah, obviously he's adding to that.
00:38:13
Speaker
I think that the Texans are going to continue their little streak here and I've got them at eight.
00:38:21
Speaker
Okay.
00:38:21
Speaker
I like it.
00:38:21
Speaker
I like it.
00:38:23
Speaker
I agree with everything you said.
00:38:25
Speaker
I am a little less confident just because even though I did say Texans, I think are going to finish second in the ASC South as Mac alluded to good word.
00:38:33
Speaker
I, yeah, I mean, it's still the Texans.
00:38:35
Speaker
They've still struggled mightily.
00:38:37
Speaker
One or two more really good weeks from Strout and Nico Collins, and I'm really going to be buying in.
00:38:42
Speaker
But yeah, I mean, they look great.
00:38:44
Speaker
Yeah, they look great.
00:38:45
Speaker
The defense looks awesome.
00:38:46
Speaker
And as Max said, not to pile the shiz on top of Mr. Ritter, but he ain't it.
00:38:51
Speaker
He looked so bad in London.
00:38:54
Speaker
If Andy was watching that game, I'm sure he was ready to break that toy in half because he was just not...
00:38:59
Speaker
not playing a good sound game of football.
00:39:01
Speaker
So yeah, I got the Texans winning in hot Atlanta and I actually have them at four.
00:39:06
Speaker
So a little less confident.
00:39:08
Speaker
All right.
00:39:08
Speaker
Not, not too far off there though.
00:39:11
Speaker
But yeah, no, I, I think that you had a great prediction prior to the season because CJ Stroud, he's having, I believe I saw it's the best start to a rookie career like ever.
00:39:24
Speaker
Oh, I did not see that.
00:39:25
Speaker
But yeah, in terms of like yards, touchdowns and zero interceptions, I think he's like right on track for either the best or one of the best starts to a rookie career ever, which is incredible because the Texans heading into this season, I don't think people had a lot of high hopes.
00:39:41
Speaker
I mean, they had the number two overall pick should have been the number one overall pick heading into this year.
00:39:47
Speaker
And so, yeah, it's pretty cool what they're doing there.
00:39:49
Speaker
Yeah, he'd be balling out.
00:39:51
Speaker
And sorry, Carolina, I think you might have chosen the wrong out of two really good rookie quarterbacks with Bryce, just saying.
00:39:57
Speaker
I think they might have, but that's good for you.
00:40:00
Speaker
Yes, it is.
00:40:01
Speaker
All right, so I got your boys, you get my boys.
00:40:06
Speaker
Heading into the next game, we have, speaking of Carolina, the Carolina Panthers at Detroit Lions.
00:40:16
Speaker
That's the crowd screaming.
00:40:18
Speaker
I was going to say, let me get, let me get some noise.
00:40:20
Speaker
Got it.
00:40:20
Speaker
Got it.
00:40:20
Speaker
Got it.
00:40:21
Speaker
Yeah.
00:40:21
Speaker
Crowd noise.
00:40:23
Speaker
That is how loud it's going to be in that stadium this weekend.
00:40:25
Speaker
If that is, if that's going to be how loud it is, I need to change my confidence.
00:40:29
Speaker
Cause that was crazy.
00:40:30
Speaker
That was crazy.
00:40:31
Speaker
That probably blew your ears out.
00:40:32
Speaker
Didn't it?
00:40:34
Speaker
I can't even hear it.
00:40:34
Speaker
I'm just like reading your lips right now.
00:40:36
Speaker
Last time I did that, the editing, the podcast does automatic editing and it cut that out.
00:40:42
Speaker
So I hope everybody can hear that.
00:40:45
Speaker
It's literally just going to be you saying Detroit lions.
00:40:48
Speaker
And then like seven seconds of quiet.
00:40:49
Speaker
And everyone's like, wait, what are we talking about here?
00:40:53
Speaker
Oh, also we also, we, we obviously do our, our own editing.
00:40:56
Speaker
So I don't know what she was talking about with the software, but we love our wave riders and we do, this is live.
00:41:03
Speaker
So we don't have any editing.
00:41:04
Speaker
Oh, right, right.
00:41:05
Speaker
Sorry.
00:41:05
Speaker
No, yeah.
00:41:06
Speaker
It's, it's a Thursday morning at 10 20.
00:41:09
Speaker
Right.
00:41:09
Speaker
Anyway, lions, panthers,
00:41:13
Speaker
This is the year where all the wave riders, when we're really big and we have all the new fans and we're making just too much money that we don't even know what to do with it.
00:41:22
Speaker
This is going to be the season where people look back and say, Bob finally came down to earth this season.
00:41:27
Speaker
He stopped thinking with his heart.
00:41:29
Speaker
He started using the brain.
00:41:32
Speaker
And yeah, I think this game's really going to prove it.
00:41:36
Speaker
And I really hope that you soak this moment in.
00:41:39
Speaker
So here you go.
00:41:41
Speaker
Lions, they looked great on Thursday night against the Packers, and I was happy to see it.
00:41:46
Speaker
I don't hate the Lions.
00:41:47
Speaker
I hate the Packers.
00:41:48
Speaker
Of course, I was cheering for my best friend's team.
00:41:50
Speaker
I wanted you all to beat the Packers in Lambeau again.
00:41:53
Speaker
You did just that very convincingly.
00:41:55
Speaker
The game got weirdly in the realm of closeness in the second half, but that was all smoke and mirrors.
00:42:01
Speaker
The game was not as close as the score indicated.
00:42:03
Speaker
The Lions dominated from start to finish.
00:42:06
Speaker
And this is most definitely the Lions division.
00:42:09
Speaker
What are you, what are you smiling at?
00:42:10
Speaker
Oh, nothing, nothing.
00:42:11
Speaker
None of this makes me so happy to hear because I don't know that I've ever heard any of this come out of your mouth.
00:42:15
Speaker
So yeah, I'm, yeah, I think I need to reel back a little bit.
00:42:19
Speaker
Lions.
00:42:19
Speaker
Okay.
00:42:21
Speaker
My pick, but no Lions looked really good.
00:42:24
Speaker
And for the first time in a long time, I can truly say without any doubt, this is the Lions division to, uh,
00:42:30
Speaker
to lose if they, if they want to lose it.
00:42:32
Speaker
So yeah, I mean, in a week where there's a lot of 50, 50 games, Lions are three and one at home Ford field, as Mac showed you with how loud that was, is going to be really loud.
00:42:42
Speaker
Panthers are all in four.
00:42:43
Speaker
This is another game with what the bears have on the line with draft picks.
00:42:47
Speaker
I'm going to be cheering hard for the lions.
00:42:49
Speaker
And I think they're going to win very convincingly.
00:42:51
Speaker
I have them really soak this one in Mac.
00:42:53
Speaker
Cause I don't know if it'll ever be this high.
00:42:55
Speaker
I have them at 13.
00:42:57
Speaker
Wow.
00:43:00
Speaker
13 for me?
00:43:03
Speaker
13 literally just for you.
00:43:04
Speaker
Wow.
00:43:05
Speaker
Thank you, Bob.
00:43:06
Speaker
And isn't it interesting sometimes that we're like, I think we're sometimes harder on our own voice.
00:43:14
Speaker
Are you not that confident?
00:43:15
Speaker
I am right there, but slightly less.
00:43:18
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:19
Speaker
But yes, I don't want to add too much because I know we're almost at an hour, but I just have like a little bit to add, if I may.
00:43:24
Speaker
Thank you.
00:43:25
Speaker
Give it to us.
00:43:26
Speaker
You're the one that promised under an hour.
00:43:27
Speaker
I didn't say anything about it.
00:43:28
Speaker
Oh, right, right, right.
00:43:29
Speaker
Okay.
00:43:30
Speaker
Well, I just got to say, I am, number one, very proud of Lions fans all around the world because, especially those ones in Norway, because we travel so well.
00:43:41
Speaker
I don't know if you tuned in last Thursday night.
00:43:44
Speaker
I know you did.
00:43:44
Speaker
I sure did.
00:43:45
Speaker
Because you were texting me and we were kind of watching together.
00:43:48
Speaker
Yep, yep.
00:43:48
Speaker
And...
00:43:50
Speaker
The field Lambeau field is one of the toughest places to play.
00:43:54
Speaker
And also one of the strictest that they try to like implement these like strict rules for selling tickets and stuff.
00:44:00
Speaker
And it was so blue.
00:44:03
Speaker
There was so much blue in the crowd.
00:44:06
Speaker
People were just showing up, traveling for the Lions.
00:44:11
Speaker
Freaking love to see it infiltrating these different stadiums, starting with the Arrowhead Stadium, now Lambeau Field, and just taking over and dominating and winning.
00:44:21
Speaker
Now to bring it back home, as you said, inside where it has been rocking and rolling.
00:44:27
Speaker
The amount of noise level in there, you can hear it coming through the screen when they're playing at home.
00:44:32
Speaker
Super exciting to just have them be going back home and doing that.
00:44:37
Speaker
And then finally, I would just say my second thing.
00:44:40
Speaker
First was the fans, obviously.
00:44:42
Speaker
Second thing.
00:44:43
Speaker
Honestly, against the Packers, we dominated both sides of the ball starting on the line so heavily.
00:44:52
Speaker
Like, we attacked Jordan Love nonstop.
00:44:55
Speaker
It's so exciting for me to see our defense starting to step up.
00:44:59
Speaker
Obviously, last year was all about offense, offense, offense, and the defense was kind of...
00:45:04
Speaker
Not so good.
00:45:05
Speaker
So to see them step up and to be getting all of these sacks, I mean, they had like four sacks in the first half.
00:45:10
Speaker
It was crazy.
00:45:11
Speaker
So it's just exciting to see both sides of the ball.
00:45:14
Speaker
We're doing really good.
00:45:15
Speaker
And we're also getting Jameson Williams back this week, who's been suspended for the first four weeks.
00:45:20
Speaker
And, or, or he's back, I guess, in the practice.
00:45:23
Speaker
He's allowed to practice now.
00:45:24
Speaker
I don't know if he's back in the game.
00:45:27
Speaker
Good question.
00:45:28
Speaker
That is a good question.
00:45:29
Speaker
But anyways, we're going to be getting him back soon as well.
00:45:32
Speaker
That's another great weapon.
00:45:33
Speaker
So all that to say, yes, I have the lions and I have them at 12.
00:45:39
Speaker
And I also have a little surprise for you.
00:45:42
Speaker
So I would love to hear your live reaction as, as you narrate this for it.
00:45:49
Speaker
So until then you can do a little nugget.
00:45:54
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:45:55
Speaker
I'll be down here going underneath the desk.
00:45:57
Speaker
One second.
00:45:58
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:45:59
Speaker
Okay.
00:46:01
Speaker
This nugget is brought to you by Nuggets.
00:46:06
Speaker
Yeah, it's going to be a really great game.
00:46:08
Speaker
I'm not sure what's happening right now.
00:46:09
Speaker
Mac is still gone.
00:46:11
Speaker
This was not planned, but I think the Lions are going to win this dang game.
00:46:16
Speaker
Here comes Mac.
00:46:16
Speaker
That was a really juicy nugget.
00:46:19
Speaker
Okay.
00:46:19
Speaker
What was the nugget?
00:46:21
Speaker
I just literally was humming.
00:46:22
Speaker
Okay.
00:46:22
Speaker
Here we go.
00:46:27
Speaker
She has some sort of Lions jersey on.
00:46:31
Speaker
It's a gray away jersey with some Honolulu blue.
00:46:35
Speaker
She's turning around.
00:46:35
Speaker
I cannot see the name.
00:46:37
Speaker
It says St.
00:46:39
Speaker
Brown.
00:46:40
Speaker
Mac has a number 14.
00:46:42
Speaker
Oh, yeah.
00:46:43
Speaker
Mac has a number 14.
00:46:46
Speaker
A Monra St.
00:46:47
Speaker
Brown jersey.
00:46:48
Speaker
She is currently holding up the shoulders to pimp it out a little bit.
00:46:53
Speaker
And...
00:46:54
Speaker
Mac, it's a very nice jersey.
00:46:56
Speaker
I'm absolutely swimming in it, but I got myself a nice Detroit Lions jersey, so I wanted to show it off for you.
00:47:04
Speaker
She's swagging it out.
00:47:06
Speaker
It definitely is a big jersey, but hey.
00:47:07
Speaker
I'm absolutely swimming.
00:47:09
Speaker
It's like down to my knees, but hey, those football players, they're big boys.
00:47:13
Speaker
The bigger the jersey, the bigger the fan, right?
00:47:16
Speaker
Exactly.
00:47:16
Speaker
That is what they say.
00:47:18
Speaker
Well, Mac, I'm so happy that you chose the show to unleash the jersey, and hey.
00:47:23
Speaker
I love that you have, is that your first like actual like game type jersey that you purchased for yourself?
00:47:29
Speaker
Yes, my first game type jersey.
00:47:31
Speaker
So Nick got me a jersey for Reggie Bush.
00:47:36
Speaker
Her last name is Bush, if you didn't know.
00:47:39
Speaker
So her family does this thing where a lot of them have, not you, the wave riders.
00:47:46
Speaker
does this thing where they all have reggie bush's jersey and they all wear it on like thanksgiving and it's a thing that they do so when i married into the family her dad gave me permission to get a reggie bush jersey so she got me one but it's kind of like a it's not like a game jersey it's more of just i mean it's a great jersey but it's not like an actual gigantic game jersey it's more like a shirt jersey send recording to mr bush he hates the bush jersey
00:48:14
Speaker
Well, like, I'm so happy that you got a jersey.
00:48:16
Speaker
And that, I mean, hey, what better season to get your first Lions jersey than when they're 3-1 and currently in first place in the division?
00:48:25
Speaker
Exactly.
00:48:25
Speaker
Are you interested in a Lions jersey?
00:48:27
Speaker
It sounds like you're a fan.
00:48:29
Speaker
Man, really, really, really tempting.
00:48:31
Speaker
I'll buy you one.
00:48:35
Speaker
Also, still... There was a little spark there.
00:48:38
Speaker
Still super.
00:48:39
Speaker
Anyone that says they're going to buy me anything, there's a little spark.
00:48:42
Speaker
I think I'm going to pass, but I so appreciate that offer.
00:48:45
Speaker
Do you want a Justin Fields jersey?
00:48:48
Speaker
Yes.
00:48:48
Speaker
If you want to buy me a Justin Fields jersey.
00:48:51
Speaker
You would wear it after that little commentary?
00:48:54
Speaker
Yeah.
00:48:55
Speaker
If you want to buy me a $150 Justin Fields jersey, you could do that for me.
00:49:00
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If you could pick one person to have on your team or one person to have from your team, who would it be?
00:49:07
Speaker
Jersey wise?
00:49:08
Speaker
Yeah.
00:49:08
Speaker
Would it still be Justin Fields?
00:49:10
Speaker
I'm just curious about that commentary.
00:49:12
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DJ Moore.
00:49:13
Speaker
Okay.
00:49:13
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Cause number two.
00:49:15
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Nice.
00:49:16
Speaker
And I do love number two.
00:49:17
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Wow.
00:49:17
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Very good Jersey number recognition.
00:49:20
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Um, impressive.
00:49:21
Speaker
I, yeah, I feel like I wasn't really crapping on Justin.
00:49:24
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I was just crapping on the team as a whole.
00:49:25
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He played great.
00:49:26
Speaker
Sorry, sorry, sorry.
00:49:27
Speaker
You're right.
00:49:27
Speaker
You're right.
00:49:29
Speaker
I didn't know if you would like want to support him if maybe he gets traded away.
00:49:33
Speaker
I don't know.
00:49:34
Speaker
I would still support him.
00:49:35
Speaker
And I so appreciate you buying me a Justin Fields jersey.
00:49:37
Speaker
Everybody heard it.
00:49:38
Speaker
This is live.
00:49:39
Speaker
She said she asked me if I wanted a jersey.
00:49:40
Speaker
I said yes.
00:49:41
Speaker
So that would be crazy if she offered that and didn't buy it.
00:49:44
Speaker
So I will let the fans know when it comes in.
00:49:46
Speaker
But yes, I am a adult large.
00:49:48
Speaker
And yeah, you know the address.
00:49:51
Speaker
I don't want to say it on I don't want to say it on live radio because, you know.
00:49:55
Speaker
Are you sure you'd be a large?
00:49:56
Speaker
Because this is a small.
00:49:57
Speaker
It's literally to my knees.
00:49:59
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Like I said, I'm probably a medium.
00:50:03
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But thank you so much, Mac.
00:50:04
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That's great.
00:50:04
Speaker
Early Christmas present for me.
00:50:05
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Yeah, yeah, no problem.
00:50:06
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No problem.
00:50:07
Speaker
New Jersey for Bob.
00:50:08
Speaker
DJ Moore coming at you.
00:50:09
Speaker
Heck yeah, let's go.
00:50:11
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All right.
00:50:13
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This is going to be under an hour, I promise.
00:50:15
Speaker
Oh, right.
00:50:15
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Yeah, we have 10 minutes left and only 10 games left.
00:50:18
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Boom.
00:50:19
Speaker
Next up, we have the Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts.
00:50:25
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And I'll be honest, this is one I went back and forth on quite a bit.
00:50:29
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The Titans have been doing really, really well, but surprisingly, actually, so have the Colts.
00:50:33
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I know we've come a long way from last year when Bob wanted to burn Indianapolis, the city itself, to the ground.
00:50:41
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I never said that.
00:50:42
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they've really kind of come a long way.
00:50:43
Speaker
Anthony Richardson is doing a great job there.
00:50:46
Speaker
They are potentially getting Jonathan Taylor back off of the pup list coming up this week.
00:50:51
Speaker
Depends.
00:50:51
Speaker
We'll see if he actually wants to play for the Colts.
00:50:54
Speaker
There's a lot of rumors that he doesn't, but if he does come back and play, that's obviously a good benefit.
00:51:00
Speaker
I feel like they've been doing well and it's, I kind of think Jonathan Taylor should just come back with them.
00:51:05
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He needs to get some games in to continue his contract and all these different things.
00:51:10
Speaker
So yeah,
00:51:10
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We'll see what happens, but Colts have honestly been doing pretty good.
00:51:15
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All that to say, I feel like we do this all the time.
00:51:18
Speaker
I'm talking about the Colts.
00:51:19
Speaker
All that to say, I am going to still go with the Titans here.
00:51:24
Speaker
This was a tough one for me, but the Titans have just had some impressive wins, specifically against the Chargers and then against the... Who was it?
00:51:36
Speaker
Oh, well, they whopped on the Bengals, which that's apparently...
00:51:40
Speaker
less impressive nowadays, but they did win in OT against the Chargers, which was a really good win for them, and I think showed some perks that they have.
00:51:52
Speaker
I'm a little nervous because then they went around and lost to the Browns, so they've kind of done this win-lose, win-lose streak, so if that continues, they would be at a loss this upcoming weekend.
00:52:06
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But hopefully they can continue.
00:52:07
Speaker
Get Derrick Henry in the game.
00:52:09
Speaker
Just keep managing the game, Ryan.
00:52:12
Speaker
Tannehill and Ryan's at one.
00:52:16
Speaker
Okay, so you were very, very 50-50 on that game.
00:52:19
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I am very 50-50 on this game, yes.
00:52:22
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I wasn't as 50-50, and I agree with everything you said.
00:52:26
Speaker
Both of these teams are a little bit of a surprise, a little better than we expected.
00:52:30
Speaker
Yeah, I just think the Colts are a little less good.
00:52:35
Speaker
The Titans...
00:52:36
Speaker
Defense has been so impressive.
00:52:38
Speaker
That is true.
00:52:39
Speaker
I forgot their defense has been really good.
00:52:41
Speaker
Their defense has been shutting everybody down, and obviously they just held – I mean, like you said, everyone's got to hold Burrow to nothing right now.
00:52:48
Speaker
Sorry, Joe.
00:52:49
Speaker
They got to check their undies again.
00:52:50
Speaker
There's a lot of skid marks in Cincinnati right now.
00:52:53
Speaker
But we'll get to that when we talk about the Bengals.
00:52:57
Speaker
But, yeah, I got Titans going into Indy, which I love that city.
00:53:00
Speaker
Do not want to burn it down.
00:53:01
Speaker
Just wanted to shoot that out there.
00:53:03
Speaker
I got them winning at six.
00:53:05
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:53:05
Speaker
You're a lot more confident than I am.
00:53:07
Speaker
I am a lot more confident.
00:53:08
Speaker
I am five more confident than you are.
00:53:09
Speaker
Five more.
00:53:10
Speaker
Okay.
00:53:11
Speaker
Well, yeah, we can certainly look at that.
00:53:14
Speaker
Their defense is super strong.
00:53:15
Speaker
I don't know.
00:53:16
Speaker
There's just, there's something in the air about the Colts maybe snapping their losing streak that they're on right now.
00:53:23
Speaker
But I'm comfortable if you're that confident.
00:53:27
Speaker
Yeah, now that I say that, we'll talk about that because I'm not super confident, but Titans defense is looking good, and Tannehill is playing consistent with Hopkins and King Henry.
00:53:41
Speaker
Yeah, there you go.
00:53:42
Speaker
That's all you need.
00:53:43
Speaker
I think if they can get Henry going, I think they'll be all right.
00:53:47
Speaker
I would have to agree.
00:53:49
Speaker
I have a feeling we both agree on this next game pretty high up there.
00:53:53
Speaker
We have the New York Giants at Miami Dolphins.
00:53:58
Speaker
Oof, if it's dark days for me and all Bears fans, got to send my condolences to your bro, Eli.
00:54:06
Speaker
Have you seen him at the bottom of the ocean?
00:54:10
Speaker
He's also down here with me.
00:54:11
Speaker
We've been kind of just
00:54:12
Speaker
giving each other a little dab up.
00:54:14
Speaker
So we've been, we've been playing some patty cake.
00:54:16
Speaker
So yeah, he's, he's down here with me.
00:54:19
Speaker
James from the, from the Colorado G-Men made a quick appearance.
00:54:22
Speaker
And I know AMO likes the Giants as well.
00:54:25
Speaker
So she came down with, with baby Ivy and they all said hi, but Giants fit.
00:54:28
Speaker
She put that baby out of the bottom of the ocean.
00:54:31
Speaker
She can't hold her breath.
00:54:32
Speaker
Oh no, she was, she was, she was swimming around.
00:54:33
Speaker
She was loving it down there.
00:54:35
Speaker
Oh, wow.
00:54:36
Speaker
Yeah.
00:54:36
Speaker
Apparently my niece is really strong swimmer.
00:54:38
Speaker
Yeah.
00:54:39
Speaker
She's, she's loving it down there.
00:54:40
Speaker
And she was playing with,
00:54:41
Speaker
I was a little fishy, so she was loving it.
00:54:43
Speaker
But, yeah, times are tough in New York with Aaron Rodgers going down and then on the other side of New York with the Giants.
00:54:50
Speaker
I mean, if I thought the Bears were embarrassing, the Giants have had two home playoff games.
00:54:57
Speaker
They have scored zero touchdowns in those games.
00:55:00
Speaker
And I saw a stat ready for some nuggets.
00:55:03
Speaker
This is going to be a juicy one.
00:55:05
Speaker
Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom.
00:55:07
Speaker
Why did that just blow up my eardrum?
00:55:09
Speaker
No, no, no.
00:55:10
Speaker
That was so loud.
00:55:11
Speaker
But the Giants have won one game.
00:55:14
Speaker
They came back from like down three touchdowns to, yeah, that's the Nugget.
00:55:17
Speaker
They won one game.
00:55:18
Speaker
They won one game.
00:55:19
Speaker
Wow, good Nugget.
00:55:20
Speaker
Yeah, that was juicy, right?
00:55:21
Speaker
That was literally all breading.
00:55:24
Speaker
But they came back from like three touchdowns to win at the very end.
00:55:28
Speaker
The Giants have run this many plays with a lead all season.
00:55:31
Speaker
The Giants have had zero plays because they had like a game-winning touchdown with like no time left.
00:55:36
Speaker
I saw stat that they've had zero plays run with them being in the lead.
00:55:41
Speaker
So maybe I guess they took the lead and then they didn't get the ball back when they beat the Cardinals, but they've had zero offensive snaps run with a lead.
00:55:47
Speaker
At least the bears had a three touchdown lead.
00:55:48
Speaker
Wow, that is a juicy nugget.
00:55:49
Speaker
Nom, nom, nom, nom, nom.
00:55:51
Speaker
Nom, nom, nom, no bread, all chicken.
00:55:53
Speaker
So it was a really good one.
00:55:54
Speaker
That is a meaty, juicy nugget.
00:55:57
Speaker
It's meaty, it's juicy.
00:55:59
Speaker
Another juicy nugget is they gave up 12 sacks to the Seahawks on Monday.
00:56:03
Speaker
The bears have had literally two sacks as a defense.
00:56:06
Speaker
Uh,
00:56:07
Speaker
They, the giants let up 12 in one game on Monday.
00:56:09
Speaker
So that was a little, little shot in my voice, but all that to say, the giants are really, really bad.
00:56:14
Speaker
Really, really, really, really, really.
00:56:17
Speaker
That was, that was overkill.
00:56:18
Speaker
Sorry.
00:56:19
Speaker
They're bad.
00:56:21
Speaker
And the dolphins are extremely good.
00:56:23
Speaker
Dolphins just had a tough loss.
00:56:24
Speaker
I don't want to waste any more time.
00:56:27
Speaker
I know the giant stands at the bottom of the ocean with me.
00:56:29
Speaker
Dolphins are in Miami.
00:56:30
Speaker
They're going to win this game so easily.
00:56:31
Speaker
It's going to be a joke.
00:56:32
Speaker
I have them at 14.
00:56:33
Speaker
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
00:56:39
Speaker
This is our highest confidence of the week.
00:56:42
Speaker
Obviously with those buys, 14 is the highest this week, not 16.
00:56:46
Speaker
So yeah, we agree there completely.
00:56:49
Speaker
I'm not going to add anything more.
00:56:50
Speaker
Let's move along to the New Orleans Saints at New England Patriots.
00:56:59
Speaker
And as we just discussed in our injury report, Matthew Judon, Christian Gonzalez, some big defensive pieces for the Patriots.
00:57:09
Speaker
are now out against the Saints team.
00:57:12
Speaker
I do want to watch this game closely because what screwed me before was Derek Carr has been out for the Saints.
00:57:20
Speaker
He left that game in Green Bay, which then Green Bay came back to win.
00:57:24
Speaker
by one point to give you that fifth game of the lead.
00:57:29
Speaker
And so I do want to watch that.
00:57:30
Speaker
He is still questionable.
00:57:32
Speaker
He played in a limited capacity at practice today.
00:57:35
Speaker
I did see that.
00:57:35
Speaker
Good word, capacity.
00:57:37
Speaker
Hopefully it is good word, capacity, he says.
00:57:43
Speaker
So hopefully he's on the right track to playing this Sunday, but we do obviously need to watch that.
00:57:47
Speaker
If he is out, I would consider at the very least lowering this game because it is in New England.
00:57:54
Speaker
But currently, I do have the Saints winning this game.
00:57:56
Speaker
I think defensively, they are a lot stronger team.
00:58:00
Speaker
It's hard to bet against Bill Belichick, but it's just not looking good.
00:58:03
Speaker
They ended up actually benching Mac Jones at the end of last game.
00:58:07
Speaker
He says it was just to let him rest, and who cares?
00:58:09
Speaker
We didn't need it.
00:58:10
Speaker
But I don't know.
00:58:11
Speaker
That seems like it's a sign or a signal to me that he's on thin ice.
00:58:16
Speaker
I think it's because Mac Jones is booty cheeks.
00:58:18
Speaker
Sorry, that was unnecessary.
00:58:21
Speaker
He's booty cheeks?
00:58:22
Speaker
Yeah, I think he's booty, but sorry.
00:58:24
Speaker
Sorry about that.
00:58:25
Speaker
Continue.
00:58:26
Speaker
Anyways, all that to say, Saints, I think, are going to be able to win this game, especially as long as Derek Carr is playing.
00:58:33
Speaker
I've got the Saints.
00:58:34
Speaker
I've got them at seven.
00:58:35
Speaker
Okay.
00:58:36
Speaker
Okay.
00:58:37
Speaker
I agree.
00:58:38
Speaker
It's in New England, which makes it a little lower than it probably would have been.
00:58:41
Speaker
For sure.
00:58:42
Speaker
Saints have been playing better ball.
00:58:43
Speaker
We'll definitely keep an eye on Carr.
00:58:44
Speaker
Good call out on that.
00:58:46
Speaker
But yeah, I got the Saints winning this game and just dumping more you-know-what on top of the Patriots already crap season.
00:58:52
Speaker
So yeah, I got him at five.
00:58:53
Speaker
So pretty similar.
00:58:54
Speaker
Okay.
00:58:55
Speaker
Yeah, I agree.
00:58:56
Speaker
I mean, being in New England, obviously that's a tough place to play.
00:58:59
Speaker
So it's got to consider that.
00:59:01
Speaker
And for the fans that think that was a little brutal on Mac Jones, I'll send some swag.
00:59:04
Speaker
We'll be fine.
00:59:05
Speaker
We'll be fine.
00:59:07
Speaker
All right.
00:59:08
Speaker
Looking at the last game of the one o'clock slate, we have the Baltimore Ravens at Pittsburgh Steelers.
Rivalry Game Highlights
00:59:16
Speaker
So an interdivisional matchup.
00:59:18
Speaker
What do you feel about this one?
00:59:20
Speaker
I think that this is going to be a juicy game.
00:59:22
Speaker
I mean, Ravens and Steelers, they hate each other.
00:59:25
Speaker
They've been AFC North division rivals for a long time.
00:59:28
Speaker
These games are always gritty.
00:59:29
Speaker
They're always ugly.
00:59:30
Speaker
They're always dirty.
00:59:31
Speaker
They're always just, just really down in the muck.
00:59:34
Speaker
But yeah, Steelers just lost to the Texans.
00:59:36
Speaker
And I know Kenny, small hands.
00:59:40
Speaker
I always get, get picket and pickings.
00:59:42
Speaker
Pickens is receiver, picket quarterback.
00:59:45
Speaker
Correct.
00:59:46
Speaker
And yeah, actually wait.
00:59:47
Speaker
Yeah.
00:59:47
Speaker
He's out.
00:59:47
Speaker
He wasn't on the injury report, right?
00:59:50
Speaker
He was not, but I saw on my phone.
00:59:51
Speaker
This is why he was not, is that he is going to be playing on Sunday.
00:59:54
Speaker
Oh, sorry.
00:59:55
Speaker
Apologies.
00:59:55
Speaker
Yes.
00:59:56
Speaker
Why did I even question the injury, Kane?
00:59:59
Speaker
Also, we just passed an hour.
01:00:01
Speaker
So, Bob, your podcast name and your standing for that, you're done.
01:00:08
Speaker
I also just got an update that my – your computer will sleep soon unless plug it in.
01:00:11
Speaker
So I'm going to do this quick, go grab my charger and give the mic to you for about 10 seconds.
01:00:15
Speaker
But, yeah, I mean –
01:00:18
Speaker
Trubisky, if he was starting for the Steelers, shout out Trubisky, best Bears quarterback of all time.
01:00:21
Speaker
We miss you.
01:00:22
Speaker
We love you.
01:00:25
Speaker
Mitch, Trubisky.
01:00:26
Speaker
Mitch with an M. Mitch with an M, explicit.
01:00:28
Speaker
We're doing so good.
01:00:30
Speaker
So good.
01:00:32
Speaker
Until that freaking baseball ad popped up and you had to make it explicit.
01:00:36
Speaker
But anyways, if Mitch was starting, then maybe, maybe, maybe, maybe I'd go with Steelers.
01:00:41
Speaker
But Ravens are playing good ball.
01:00:44
Speaker
They're playing together ball.
01:00:45
Speaker
Lamar Miller is looking more like his MVP form.
01:00:47
Speaker
Who is Lamar Miller?
01:00:50
Speaker
I'm sorry, Miss Jackson.
01:00:51
Speaker
Lamar Jackson.
01:00:54
Speaker
Lamar Miller.
01:00:54
Speaker
Lamar Miller.
01:00:55
Speaker
Who the F is that?
01:00:57
Speaker
Who the F is Lamar Miller?
01:00:58
Speaker
Sorry.
01:00:59
Speaker
I'm sure there's a great Lamar Miller watching this.
01:01:01
Speaker
Send us a DM.
01:01:02
Speaker
We'll send you some swag, Mr. Miller.
01:01:04
Speaker
But yeah, Lamar Jackson's playing some good football.
01:01:07
Speaker
This is probably a little too high for a rivalry game in Heinz Field, which one of our fans, Mr. Michael,
01:01:13
Speaker
He told me that it's no longer Heinz Field.
01:01:14
Speaker
It's called something else.
01:01:16
Speaker
I don't care.
01:01:16
Speaker
It's still Heinz Field.
01:01:17
Speaker
Stop correcting me.
01:01:18
Speaker
We're the football experts here.
01:01:20
Speaker
Thank you very much.
01:01:21
Speaker
But we're going to go with the Ravens, and I have them at 9, and I'm going to go plug in my laptop.
01:01:26
Speaker
Oof, 9.
01:01:28
Speaker
Okay.
01:01:30
Speaker
That is scary because completely like Bob said,
01:01:35
Speaker
This is an interdivisional matchup that feels pretty high to me, especially being an away game for the Ravens.
01:01:41
Speaker
I agree.
01:01:41
Speaker
They've kind of been firing on all cylinders.
01:01:44
Speaker
But with it being that interdivisional matchup at Akersher Stadium, I did just look it up.
01:01:51
Speaker
So Akersher Stadium in Pittsburgh is actually where it's at, not Heinz.
01:01:57
Speaker
But with it being there, I don't know.
01:01:58
Speaker
That's just a little high for me.
01:02:00
Speaker
So I have a little lower.
01:02:01
Speaker
I have them at five.
01:02:03
Speaker
You have them at five.
01:02:04
Speaker
I'm sorry not to interrupt.
01:02:04
Speaker
I'm back.
01:02:05
Speaker
No, no problem.
01:02:06
Speaker
I'm sure you didn't see me pop up, but here I am.
01:02:09
Speaker
No, not at all.
01:02:10
Speaker
Didn't see you running around trying to get your charger at all.
01:02:14
Speaker
We're charged and we got nine five.
01:02:16
Speaker
Love it.
01:02:16
Speaker
Perfect.
01:02:17
Speaker
And did you hear it's Accra sure stadium, not Hyde's.
01:02:20
Speaker
Gosh.
01:02:22
Speaker
I did not hear that, but thanks for letting me know, and I will continue calling it Heinz.
01:02:25
Speaker
Sorry, not sorry.
01:02:27
Speaker
No problem.
01:02:27
Speaker
I don't know.
01:02:27
Speaker
It's hard to keep track of, like, when the stadiums change and the different sponsors and all these things.
01:02:33
Speaker
And speaking of sponsors.
01:02:35
Speaker
Oh, God.
01:02:37
Speaker
That was silly.
01:02:39
Speaker
That was pretty good.
01:02:40
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01:03:43
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I'm going to need to talk to my lawyer.
01:03:45
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Yeah.
01:03:45
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You better get your lawyer on the phone.
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Sorry.
01:03:47
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Our lawyer.
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Spirit Airlines.
01:03:49
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Oh yeah, our Making Waves rep.
01:03:52
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Spirit Airlines, thanks for always getting this place as cheap.
01:03:55
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Yeah, hey, at least the flights are cheap and hopefully you get to your destination.
01:03:59
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It's 50-50 chance, but thanks Spirit.
01:04:03
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Hey, it's been 100% good success rates for us so far.
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So Spirit, we'll send some swag.
01:04:09
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I love that that's the solution to everything.
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We'll send you some swag.
01:04:12
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We crap on you, we'll send you a shirt, all good.
01:04:17
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Oh, my goodness.
01:04:17
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Okay, well, speaking of flying.
01:04:21
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This might be my favorite episode of all time, but sorry, continue.
01:04:23
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This is a pretty good one.
01:04:24
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I was going to say, speaking of flying, it's time to fly Eagles fly because the Eagles are taking on the LA Rams afternoon slate of games, 4.05 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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Do you have a question?
01:04:40
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I just realized, did you give us confidence for Dolphins Giants?
01:04:45
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Yes.
01:04:46
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14.
01:04:47
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Oh, that was a ding, ding.
01:04:48
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Oh, sorry.
01:04:48
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Okay.
01:04:50
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Okay.
01:04:50
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I love that you go back like three games.
01:04:52
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I thought you were going to ask Ravens and Steelers and I was like, oh, that makes sense.
01:04:55
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He was running around getting his charger.
01:04:57
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I got that one.
01:04:58
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No, I got that one.
01:04:59
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Just went back three games.
01:05:02
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My apologies.
01:05:03
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That was such a good transition as well.
01:05:04
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Is this my game?
01:05:05
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No, this is mine.
01:05:06
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I was on a freaking roll, man.
01:05:09
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Man, I just really, I just really put a road bump in it.
01:05:13
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The mic is all yours.
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Like I said, Eagles fly.
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Against the LA Rams, Sunday afternoon, 4.05 p.m.
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Eastern Standard Time.
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I've got the Eagles in this game.
01:05:27
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The Rams have been looking really pretty
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good.
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They've got Pupinakua.
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They've got Kyron Williams.
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Some newer names that have been showing up big time.
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Their defense, obviously, there's a very familiar name, Aaron Donald.
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He's been doing really well for them.
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And, of course, Matthew Stafford as well.
01:05:45
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This game is in L.A., but I think we've talked about this before where that's not as much of an advantage necessarily because L.A.
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has a lot of come-and-go fans.
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They share that stadium.
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So, ultimately, I think it's going to come down to the better team here.
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Obviously, that's a lot of times what happens.
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And I think that that's just the Eagles outright –
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The Eagles did show a couple things.
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Big T, don't get mad.
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But to go to OT in, I don't know, against the Commanders, they showed a few weaknesses that some teams may be able to exploit at some point in time.
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So something they need to work on there.
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But ultimately, I still think they're the much better team.
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I've got the Eagles.
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I've still got them very high to represent that at 11.
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Whoa.
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Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding.
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Why did you just sound so scared?
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Because I was so excited.
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I haven't got to say the ding-a-la-ding-ding in so long.
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It's always me doing it, then you get to do it.
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I was pumped.
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Ding-a-la-ding-ding.
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11, couldn't agree more.
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Rams definitely hit surprise.
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The people played better than we expected.
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Looking solid at 2-2, but the Eagles are 4-0 for a reason.
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Big T, hope you have a great time in Europe.
01:06:56
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So sorry that we couldn't accompany you on your flight over there with Lills, but hopefully this makes it a little better.
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I also got Eagles.
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I'm just going to leave it at that.
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Eagles for 11.
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Fly, Eagles, fly.
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Fly, Tyrese, fly.
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Perfect.
01:07:10
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That sounds good.
01:07:13
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I'm glad we agree on that game because the next game is another one that we disagree on.
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We have the Cincinnati Skidmark Bengals.
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Oh, my God.
01:07:25
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At the Arizona Cardinals.
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I'll let you take this away before I give my rebuttal.
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Speaking of skid marks, you're going to have to be kissing some serious booty in Cincinnati after that one.
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Whoa, whoa, whoa.
01:07:38
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Woo.
01:07:39
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Woo.
01:07:40
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Cincinnati, that was McKenzie that said that, not Robert.
01:07:43
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I would never, never call your team skid mark bangles, but you're kind of playing like poop.
01:07:49
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Uh, yeah.
01:07:50
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If you would have looked at this game earlier on in the season, I think we both would have agreed this would be a slam dunk for survivor pool if we were still around, which spoiler alert, we are, uh, would have said easy 14, easy 13, because it's 14 games.
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Absolutely.
01:08:04
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Yeah.
01:08:05
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I still, the eye test.
01:08:08
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I mean, the bangles have got to turn it around.
01:08:10
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They have too many weapons.
01:08:11
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Higgins did just fracture a rib though, which is not insignificant.
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but you still got Joey B. Is he playing like complete dog?
01:08:19
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You know what?
01:08:19
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Yes, he is.
01:08:22
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Is his contract looking a little premature?
01:08:25
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Good word.
01:08:26
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Yes, it is.
01:08:27
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Is he probably fighting?
01:08:29
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That was a long, well, you good over there.
01:08:30
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That was quite the face.
01:08:32
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Oh yeah.
01:08:33
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I'm sorry.
01:08:33
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I'm just waiting.
01:08:34
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Oh, sorry.
01:08:35
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I didn't know if you were, you had something to say, but that was, yeah.
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Nope.
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Nothing to add here.
01:08:41
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Not yet.
01:08:41
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Anyways.
01:08:42
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Okay.
01:08:42
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Good, good, good.
01:08:43
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Well, I'll continue on.
01:08:44
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forward and upward then in that case.
01:08:46
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But yeah, without T and with the team that's been struggling, this is definitely closer than it should be.
01:08:56
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But yeah.
01:08:59
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Oh, she just messaged me and said she was burping.
01:09:01
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So disregard all that.
01:09:02
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Thanks for calling me out.
01:09:03
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You're so welcome.
01:09:04
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You did the same thing for me.
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But yeah, Cardinals are still the Cardinals.
01:09:07
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This is indoors.
01:09:08
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Joey B always plays well indoors.
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And Dobbs, speaking of guys, speaking like Ritter, guys that they just aren't him.
01:09:15
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They're not it.
01:09:16
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Dobbs isn't it.
01:09:18
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I just think the Cardinals offense is too lethargic.
01:09:20
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I think the Bengals are going to figure it out when they need to the most.
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So this is kind of scary that we have this one.
01:09:26
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different and I'm so high with it but yeah I got the bangles and I got them for eight holy smokes you have them for eight darn tootin oh my word okay that's that's gonna be for sure our biggest difference wow that's crazy okay yeah I mean I get why I get why you're going with that but also at the same time have you not seen Joe Burrow at the bottom of the ocean because he is at rock bottom my friend
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He's been chilling here too, but he also said, peace out, Girl Scout.
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And he left after last week.
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I'll be down there all season with Eli and the rest of the Giants fans, but he's going back to the surface.
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Just letting you know.
01:10:04
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All right.
01:10:05
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We'll see.
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We'll find out.
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I don't know.
01:10:07
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I think that injury to T Higgins is...
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Not going to help matters by any means.
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But I do, unfortunately, have some juicy nugs to support my Cincinnati skid mark Bengals comment.
01:10:19
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So, Cincinnati, hold the phone.
01:10:21
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Hold the phone.
01:10:22
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Stop coming at me with Spears because I've got statistics to back it up.
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Let's take a peek.
01:10:28
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I'm hungry.
01:10:29
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I'm hungry.
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I'm hungry.
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They have scored three or fewer points twice this season already in the first four weeks.
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Three or fewer.
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They've been held to a field goal.
01:10:42
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That's bad.
01:10:43
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In two games.
01:10:44
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That is crazy talk.
01:10:48
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That is not good whatsoever.
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I think I could have more touchdown passes than Joe Burrow at this point.
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Oh my God.
01:10:56
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Beyond that.
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Burrow has been throwing for 4.8 yards per pass attempt, and it is the lowest average since 1950 for a quarterback.
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That is how bad he is doing statistically.
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That is how bad he is doing in timelines.
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That is how bad he is doing overall in the NFL.
01:11:18
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Not good.
01:11:19
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Additionally, the Bengals have punted on 52.3% of their drives this season.
01:11:28
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They are clearly struggling all the way around.
01:11:31
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They're struggling on offense.
01:11:32
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They're struggling on defense.
01:11:34
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I was watching a little bit of their game on this past Sunday, and it honestly looked like the offensive line didn't even care to be there.
01:11:41
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Guys were just walking past them to get to Joe Burrow.
01:11:43
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So I don't know.
01:11:44
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I think that's going to be an okay thing for the Cardinals to try and exploit.
01:11:49
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Granted, yes, it's still the Cardinals.
01:11:51
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I would have thought heading into the season, like you said, this game, easy win.
01:11:55
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You asked me this preseason, easy.
01:11:58
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It was going to be the Bengals, no doubt in my mind, no matter what.
01:12:01
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Cardinals were going to be the worst team in the NFL, and I think they're still not...
01:12:06
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incredible, but I don't know.
01:12:07
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They've been on a little bit of a hot streak lately.
01:12:11
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They beat, let's not forget the Cowboys, who have arguably the best defense in the NFL.
01:12:16
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They were able to put up several points against them, and I think they're going to be able to take advantage of a struggling Bengals defense who have allowed a ton of rushing yards.
01:12:27
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So who knows, maybe a big day for James Conner and
01:12:30
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I think it'll be close, but I am going with the Cardinals in a home game upset.
01:12:36
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And I have them at two, so way more moderate than you.
01:12:40
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Okay, good.
01:12:40
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So that means since I'm at eight, you're at two, we'll probably end up going with the Bengals, huh?
01:12:45
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Well, we'll see.
01:12:47
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I don't know if the math shakes out there, but.
01:12:49
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Man, you just went at Cincinnati and the Bengals, like they cost you a million dollars.
01:12:54
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Well, they cost me my freaking name as a podcast host because I picked them to win the Super Bowl this year.
01:12:59
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And I absolutely had skin marks in my pants after the first couple of weeks.
01:13:04
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I forgot that you did that.
01:13:06
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Absolutely not at this point.
01:13:07
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It's easily the 49ers.
01:13:09
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And I am pissed at myself for that.
01:13:13
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Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.
01:13:15
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That's the last time I bet on...
01:13:19
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That horse.
01:13:21
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I can't imagine week five, but the team that I guess would win the Super Bowl is already out of it.
01:13:27
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Oh, my gosh.
01:13:29
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Couldn't be this fella.
01:13:30
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How embarrassing, right?
01:13:32
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How embarrassing.
01:13:33
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Well, this is, you know what?
01:13:35
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Okay.
01:13:36
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Last thing on this game, and then we're going to move on because we're keeping this under an hour.
01:13:39
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Thank goodness.
01:13:41
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I'm so sure on this one, and you honestly just made a lot of great points.
01:13:44
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So that was like a very, very good argumentative situation between Bengals and Cardinals for the both of us.
01:13:50
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I'm going to put my hat on the line here a little bit.
01:13:52
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That's not a saying, hat on the line.
01:13:54
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But I'm so sure that the Bengals are going to bounce back and win this game.
01:13:57
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I'm just going to throw you a bone here.
01:14:01
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If you agree on air right now to go Bengals in the survivor pool, I will make this game and the Waffle House Challenge worth three for you and one for me.
01:14:11
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So that, that being said, if, if the bangles do win, I, Oh, that was, I thought I was okay.
01:14:17
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Really?
01:14:18
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Yeah.
01:14:19
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I mean, that
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01:14:20
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seems like a win-win for me.
01:14:22
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Okay.
01:14:22
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Great.
01:14:24
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So you have it here, folks.
01:14:25
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Definitely tune into bangles Cardinals.
01:14:27
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Cause this is a big one for us.
01:14:29
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I think it's going to be the bangles, but yeah, if the Cardinals win, you get three points back in the wall floss challenge.
01:14:34
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And this is why Bob had to shave his legs in college folks.
01:14:38
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Yeah.
01:14:38
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That didn't happen.
01:14:40
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Someone shaved him for me.
01:14:42
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Yeah, that happened.
01:14:43
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Yeah, that was kind of a silly bet, but it's done.
01:14:48
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It's signed, sealed, delivered.
01:14:49
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Go Bangles, Burrow.
01:14:51
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I will be coming to Cincinnati to talk to you if you don't win this game.
01:14:55
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Oh, my gosh.
01:14:56
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I'm going to be cheering so hard for the Cardinals this weekend.
01:14:59
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Okay, moving along to the Jets at Broncos.
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Oh, man, this was another one that I kind of went back and forth on a little bit simply because they both have struggled quite a bit.
01:15:11
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If Aaron Rodgers is playing, easy money once again, but that's not the case.
01:15:15
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Alternate universe.
01:15:16
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This is a Zach Wilson-led Jets offense.
01:15:20
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And I don't know.
01:15:21
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I got to say, there was a lot of smack talk happening about Mr. Zach Wilson from both of us.
01:15:28
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But specifically you, I was kind of surprised by some of your comments about how you hated him.
01:15:32
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Oh, no.
01:15:34
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Okay, sorry.
01:15:34
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Not hate.
01:15:35
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Sorry.
01:15:36
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About how he talks this big game and he doesn't back it up.
01:15:39
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Yada, yada, yada.
01:15:41
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It is kind of interesting because you know who has more wins as the starter of a team in the NFL?
01:15:48
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Yeah.
01:15:48
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Don't.
01:15:49
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Zach Wilson has more wins than Justin Fields.
01:15:52
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You're a sicko.
01:15:54
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That was sick.
01:15:56
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That was.
01:15:59
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Please go back to the part of the podcast.
01:16:01
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Our editors, please.
01:16:02
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When she said not 45 minutes ago, I don't want to kick you while you're down.
01:16:06
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That was unnecessary.
01:16:07
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There's another bag of sand.
01:16:09
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Just, just tied on me for no reason.
01:16:12
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That promise expired at an hour after an hour.
01:16:15
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It was all bets were off.
01:16:16
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I get to just destroy the bears.
01:16:18
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What basically just happened is I'm already at the bottom of the ocean, Jay chilling, and Matt came down.
01:16:22
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I'm like, oh, she's coming down to give me some company.
01:16:25
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She just punched me in the mouth and went right back to the surface.
01:16:27
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That was insane.
01:16:29
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I'm sorry to do that.
01:16:31
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I sent that stat over your way, and you said, don't bring this up on the podcast, but I had to.
01:16:36
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I had to.
01:16:36
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That's a good one.
01:16:37
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Eddie Hooter, I think that... And you wonder why I expose you for burping on the podcast.
01:16:44
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Yeah, fair enough.
01:16:47
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I think that the Jets are going to win this game simply because of their defense.
01:16:51
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They showed a lot of fight.
01:16:53
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I'm not going to lie this past weekend.
01:16:55
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They honestly could have won that game against the chiefs had Zach Wilson, not fumbled the ball last minute.
01:17:02
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So I think if he can hold his ish together, um,
01:17:06
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Do what you got to do, Zach.
01:17:08
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Just hand off the ball, manage the game.
01:17:11
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The defense, I think, is going to take care of business.
01:17:14
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I don't think they're going to have any problem showing up against that Russell Wilson offense in the Broncos, who are honestly not doing a good job all the way around.
01:17:24
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So I've got the Jets here, and I've got them at three.
01:17:26
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Ding-dilla-ding-ding-ding-ding-doo.
01:17:31
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We have got another ding-dilla-ding-ding-ding-ding.
01:17:35
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The third of the night, third time's a charm.
01:17:37
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That's good for us.
01:17:38
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I'm going to leave it at that.
01:17:40
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I would apologize to Mr. Wilson, but no, I refuse.
01:17:46
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This is just a game of two crap teams, and I think the Jets are less crappy.
01:17:51
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They've shown some fight, like Max said, and the defense is better, for sure, because every defense is better than the Broncos.
01:17:57
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But yeah, Jets for three.
01:17:58
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I'll leave it at that.
01:18:00
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All right.
01:18:00
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Sounds like a plan.
01:18:02
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I'm glad we agree there.
01:18:04
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And we have one more game.
01:18:06
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It looks like in the afternoon slate, the Kansas city chiefs at Minnesota Vikings.
01:18:12
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What you got for us, Bob?
01:18:14
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Yeah, this is, this is another interesting game.
01:18:17
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Vikings got their first win early.
01:18:20
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in the beautiful state of North Carolina last Sunday.
01:18:22
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They were down 10-0, and they came back, and they skated out a win of the 0-3 teams to improve to 1-3.
01:18:30
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Vikings still look like they're not really putting it together.
01:18:31
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They got a win, but that was a pretty ugly win.
01:18:34
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Chiefs also didn't look great on Sunday night, as Matt just alluded.
01:18:37
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Great word, too.
01:18:39
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Mahomes had his worst statistical game of the season, but if I was a betting man, I would be betting that Miss Taylor Swift will be in Minnesota for this game.
01:18:48
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And she is 2-0 as a Chiefs fan.
01:18:52
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So I think Swift Nation will continue to win football games.
01:18:57
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I think that Mahomes will continue finding ways to win football games.
01:19:02
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So I have this a little probably higher than it should be.
01:19:05
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But the Swift effect does add a little juice into this pick.
01:19:09
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I have the Chiefs.
01:19:10
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Taylor, come on the podcast in two weeks, please.
01:19:12
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I have this game at seven.
01:19:15
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So Chiefs and Swift at seven.
01:19:18
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Okay.
01:19:19
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Yikes.
01:19:20
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If you think that's high.
01:19:22
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I also had a really hard time with this game.
01:19:25
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I also have the Chiefs.
01:19:28
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I'm scared about this one.
01:19:30
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I honestly am.
01:19:30
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But I was looking at the other games, and there are some that I'm –
01:19:34
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really scared about so and it because it's spooky season and so I just I'm nervous about this I don't know I feel like the Chiefs just find ways to win the Vikings unfortunately this season has been going have been going the opposite direction where they've been finding ways to lose last season obviously was a lot different they won all those one possession games and they had an incredible record to show for it
01:19:58
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This season, it seems to be the opposite where they're losing these one possession games on just unfortunate mistakes.
01:20:04
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And I think a team like the Chiefs are a team you cannot make mistakes against.
01:20:10
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I hope the Chiefs bounce back in their typical fashion where Mahomes is just going to skyrocket and do great things.
01:20:18
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I am super scared about this one, so I'm willing to look at it, but I have them at 10.
01:20:23
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Oh, oh.
01:20:25
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Okay, 10.
01:20:26
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I like it.
01:20:27
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And we will chit chat offline.
01:20:29
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You will indeed.
01:20:31
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All right.
01:20:32
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Well, that concludes the Sunday afternoon slate of games.
01:20:36
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So moving into Sunday night, 8.20 p.m., we have the Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers.
01:20:47
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And actually, as I'm saying that, I have one quick note.
01:20:50
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I got a notification that the Lions game was getting moved to 425, I thought.
01:20:59
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Oh, I didn't see that.
01:21:00
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Or maybe that's a future game.
01:21:02
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I did not see that.
01:21:03
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We'll have to dive a little deeper into that.
01:21:06
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Yeah, we might have to look.
01:21:07
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Maybe that's a future game.
01:21:07
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Maybe I'm making stuff up.
01:21:09
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But I got some sort of notification that they were getting bumped.
01:21:12
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Oh, wait.
01:21:12
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I lied.
01:21:13
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That's against the Bucs in like two weeks.
01:21:14
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Sorry.
01:21:15
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Disregard.
01:21:17
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man and we pride ourselves on accurate information i'm so sorry fans oh my gosh what is wrong with me like i said nothing to do with anything just pretend that last i don't know 30 seconds never happened it happened and this podcast is going to be under oh that was me reminding oh sorry i would have never guessed
01:21:38
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That never happened, and this is going to be under an hour, by the way.
01:21:41
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Oh, thank goodness.
01:21:42
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Okay, so anyway, like I was saying, Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers.
01:21:46
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I don't even know what made me think of that.
01:21:48
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But this is going to be a good game.
01:21:51
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Sunday night, I think, going to be one of the best matchups of the weekend.
01:21:56
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We have...
01:21:58
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Great defense in the Cowboys going up a great defense in the 49ers.
01:22:03
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And we have some solid offenses.
01:22:06
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We have some guys that have been just getting it done left and right.
01:22:11
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Ultimately, though, as I already said, right from preseason, I said this is going to be a Super Bowl-bound team.
01:22:19
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This is going to be the team that wins the Super Bowl.
01:22:21
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I did not say the Cincinnati Bengals.
01:22:23
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That was jobbed.
01:22:24
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I'm going with the 49ers.
01:22:26
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It's at home for them in San Francisco.
01:22:29
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They are hot.
01:22:30
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They are looking good.
01:22:31
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Brock Purdy has not lost a game except for to the Eagles when he hurt his elbow.
01:22:37
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I have to caveat that every time because otherwise Big T will probably come and be like, hey, he lost to the Eagles.
01:22:44
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He talks like that too.
01:22:45
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Yeah, hey, we lost to the Eagles.
01:22:47
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Anyway, 49ers, keep it up.
01:22:50
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I've got them at six.
01:22:53
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Oh, scary.
01:22:54
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Hi.
01:22:54
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It is spooky season.
01:22:57
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It is spooky season.
01:22:59
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That scared me.
01:23:00
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I did not like that at all, actually.
01:23:02
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I didn't like that at all.
01:23:03
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And what I do like is our... I'm trying to pretend that you didn't just smile like that on camera.
01:23:09
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What I do like is our Halloween themed episode, which will be happening in a handful of weeks.
01:23:12
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So tune in for that.
01:23:13
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It's going to be awesome.
01:23:14
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That's a fun one.
01:23:15
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That's a very fun one.
01:23:16
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I agree with everything that Max said.
01:23:18
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Oh, wait.
01:23:18
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Did the Lions-Panthers game just get moved to four?
01:23:22
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Oh, sorry.
01:23:23
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Disregard.
01:23:24
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That was inaccurate information.
01:23:27
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Yeah.
01:23:28
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Niners Cowboys.
01:23:28
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It's going to be a good game.
01:23:29
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A lot of people are saying this could be a, a, a, what's the word I'm looking for?
01:23:35
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Not a conference championship matchup.
01:23:38
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A preview.
01:23:39
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Yes.
01:23:39
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I wish this wasn't, I wish this wasn't live.
01:23:42
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But yeah, a lot of people are saying that this could be a preview.
01:23:46
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No offense to the Eagles.
01:23:47
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Yeah.
01:23:48
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Cause I mean, you're still four and O, but yeah, some people think that he's going to say, Hey, don't say that about the Eagles.
01:23:52
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He's going to say, what the heck?
01:23:54
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So many big T shouts out tonight.
01:23:55
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He would have loved listening to this flying to Europe, but oh, well, you can listen to it on the way home.
01:24:00
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There we go.
01:24:01
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Listen to it on the way home.
01:24:03
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But yeah, I agree that the Niners are going to win this game.
01:24:05
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I think it's going to be a close game.
01:24:07
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I'm a little less confident than my counterpart here.
01:24:09
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I have them winning at two.
01:24:11
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I think the Cowboys defense is so dynamic.
01:24:14
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Uh, this is in San Francisco, which we'll tell the scales a little bit more, but, uh,
01:24:18
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I think I'll be good with, with going a little bit more confident.
01:24:20
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Cause we want to have some points to play with if we're, we're close to winning the Bucco buck.
01:24:26
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So yeah.
01:24:27
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I respect it.
01:24:28
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Honestly, I, I don't blame
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you for putting them lower.
01:24:31
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I think it was, I think the Cowboys lost the Cardinals really just took me by surprise.
01:24:35
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That wasn't even an interdivisional or anything.
01:24:37
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They just, they just lost.
01:24:39
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It was inexplicable.
01:24:40
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Good word.
01:24:41
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Clearly they, you know, have some weaknesses.
01:24:43
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So haven't seen that much from the 49ers and CMC is,
01:24:47
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I think unstoppable, honestly.
01:24:49
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I play your dad and Wendy in fantasy this week and CMC, we're going to need you to chill out for one game, please.
01:24:55
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And thanks.
01:24:56
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It's a pretty good week to play against them though, because if he is playing against Cowboys defense, that's not bad.
01:25:01
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No, and I've been chatting with CMC and he's got my back.
01:25:03
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So he said he'll chill, maybe not get in the end zone four times this Sunday.
01:25:06
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Perfect.
01:25:07
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And I know we only have one more game and I know you thought that I maybe forgot, but I did.
01:25:13
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And I saw you kind of looking at me before you delved in and I just wanted to make it a little bit more, a little bit more of a surprise.
01:25:19
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But yeah, I'd love to hear one more advertisement.
01:25:22
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We got spirit.
01:25:23
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What else we got here for week five?
01:25:25
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All right.
01:25:26
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Week five, Making Waves episode.
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No, just the Baja Blast.
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I didn't mention Taco Bell.
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Didn't.
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Didn't you?
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Am I allowed to talk?
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Yeah.
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That was scary.
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I didn't.
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I was just going to say, go to another fast food restaurant.
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Oh, my God.
01:26:35
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That was people that people listening in are going to think that was I'll be like, slow that down.
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That was that was a molasses podcast.
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Wow.
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Did you like what I did there with the rhyme, though?
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Taco Bell and hell.
01:26:51
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I did like that.
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That really that.
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You thought I was going to say hell.
01:26:55
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I just, I wish I could see people's eyes going like a saucer and then going, oh, she did not say hell.
01:27:01
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Because if you would have said go to hell, all of our listeners, I would have said, we're starting this podcast over.
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Thank you.
01:27:09
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Wow.
01:27:10
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That was very good, McKenz.
01:27:12
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Very good.
01:27:13
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Oh, I like that.
01:27:14
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Oh, my gosh.
01:27:15
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Anyways.
01:27:16
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Moving into Monday night, grab your Taco Bell, grab your Baja Blast, hop on a spirit in a run to flight to see this game at 8.15 p.m.
01:27:25
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The Green Bay Packers at the Las Vegas.
01:27:31
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Our fans love that.
01:27:33
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Got so many positive feedbacks about that one.
01:27:35
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Yeah, we disagree with this game.
01:27:37
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I know we're way over, so I'm going to make this quicker than it usually would have been.
01:27:41
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Next week is for sure going to be under an hour, I promise.
01:27:44
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I put my podcast reputation on it.
01:27:46
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But we're just so excited to be back in line.
01:27:49
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In two weeks, it's definitely going to be under an hour.
01:27:50
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But anyways...
01:27:52
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I got the Raiders.
01:27:53
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I couldn't believe when I was looking at our picks and I saw that my counterpart had the Packers after what they just did against the Lions, but maybe it's just a testament to the Lions and not the Packers.
01:28:03
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I like to think that Mack went Packers because she just wants to say that her boys are just so good.
01:28:10
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Exactly.
01:28:11
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But yeah, Raiders, they're at home.
01:28:12
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Devontae Adams is very good.
01:28:15
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Max Crosby is very good.
01:28:17
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Jimmy G, not great, but respectable.
01:28:20
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And the Packers just looked so out of it.
01:28:23
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And
01:28:24
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I saw a nugget and this is a juicy nugget for you.
01:28:26
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I almost didn't bring it up, but my nugget game has been so lacking.
01:28:29
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I'm just going to bring it up.
01:28:31
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And this was, this was kind of a bear.
01:28:33
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This was kind of like a Chicago bear, like stab in the back nugget.
01:28:37
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So I'm not going to compare it to the bears.
01:28:39
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I'm just going to compare what I saw at the top in terms of QB rushes.
01:28:43
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So when a QB gets like hurried, Oh, looks like Max has raised her hand.
01:28:47
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It says Mackenzie for you.
01:28:48
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Say something.
01:28:48
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Sorry.
01:28:49
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I didn't mean to hit that.
01:28:50
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Oh, okay.
01:28:51
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She does not have something to say.
01:28:52
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Thank you.
01:28:54
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It just totally threw me off my game.
01:28:56
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What was the nugget?
01:28:56
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Okay, yes.
01:28:57
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So in terms of QB hurries, I think for those non-football enthusiasts, a QB hurry is when someone either is able to rush the quarterback and successfully get a sack or...
01:29:11
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I guess just kind of like influence the play.
01:29:13
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But in the NFL right now, do you want to give me a guess off the top of your head, McKenz, who has the most it's tied?
01:29:19
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There's two guys tied for the top.
01:29:21
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Who has the most QB hurries or rushes in the league through four weeks?
01:29:27
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I'm going to guess Max Crosby is one because otherwise why would you bring it up right now?
01:29:31
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Yes.
01:29:33
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And I'm going to say Hutch.
01:29:35
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Have you seen this nugget?
01:29:36
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The other.
01:29:37
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I have not, but that's my guess.
01:29:39
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Ahead of TJ Watt, ahead of both Bosa's.
01:29:42
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Wow.
01:29:44
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Ahead of Cole.
01:29:46
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ahead of Khalil back who I forgot because he had a buy.
01:29:48
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So my wave maker of the week kind of get thrown off.
01:29:51
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It would have been Khalil Mack who had six sacks last week.
01:29:53
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We don't have to do this flash, but Khalil shout out to you.
01:29:55
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We miss you in Chicago.
01:29:56
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He had six sacks, but ahead of Khalil Mack, ahead of the, ahead of TJ Watt, ahead of the bosses, Watt and Max Crosby have 27 QB hurries each through four weeks.
01:30:07
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And the bears as a team is the bad part about it.
01:30:10
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They had in the high teens as a team.
01:30:12
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So,
01:30:13
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I saw that and thought, I can turn this into a nugget without hitting on my... No, that's a... Oh, my God.
01:30:19
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That was a hard TT.
01:30:19
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Jeez.
01:30:20
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That's a great nugget because he made a really large impact against the Packers.
01:30:24
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And I'm guessing that's where you're going with this.
01:30:26
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And that's where I'm going with this.
01:30:26
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You're like, where are you freaking going with this?
01:30:29
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No, I can see the correlation.
01:30:31
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Thank you.
01:30:32
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Oh, my God.
01:30:32
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We hit an hour 30.
01:30:33
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Yay.
01:30:34
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But...
01:30:35
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Yes.
01:30:36
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Obviously Hutch with his, with his, uh, pass pass rushing prowess really got to love last game.
01:30:44
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And I'm assuming Max cries, we're going to do the same thing.
01:30:47
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The bears defensive line doesn't do much of that.
01:30:50
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That's why he succeeded week one.
01:30:51
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And the Falcons are also way at the bottom of the league, and he had success against them in week two.
01:30:56
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So when Love sees pressure, he doesn't do well.
01:30:59
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I think he's going to see a lot of pressure on Monday night, and I don't think he's going to do well.
01:31:04
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That's why I have the Raiders ultimately winning this game, also because they hate the Packers.
01:31:08
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But I have the Raiders, and I have them at uno.
01:31:14
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Okay.
01:31:14
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All right.
01:31:15
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One, I can respect that, keeping them low.
01:31:18
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And yeah, I totally think those are great nuggets.
01:31:22
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I think that's huge, especially love to hear that for Hutch.
01:31:26
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And I think that's a great comparison for Max Crosby.
01:31:29
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He's an incredible defensive lineman as well.
01:31:30
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So I think that they're going to do well.
01:31:33
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I think the only thing that I would add in a little bit of why I lean towards the Packers is that, number one, they were clearly extremely embarrassed.
01:31:42
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I mean, love to see Matt LaFleur getting frazzled on the sideline.
01:31:46
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I mean, he was pissed off.
01:31:48
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He was yelling at reporters afterwards just because he was so, quote unquote, embarrassed is what he said of the performance that they put out there, which was obviously not great.
01:31:58
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I will say, and this is not to take anything at all away from my boys at all, because I think we did a phenomenal job on our D-line and just all the way around.
01:32:09
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I will say that they had some injuries, the Packers did, on their O-line, specifically Bakhtiari.
01:32:17
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I'm sure you've heard of him as an offensive lineman.
01:32:20
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He is a really strong O-lineman that does a lot of protecting for Jordan Love and gives him that time to get the ball out.
01:32:29
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Also, their secondary was completely second string.
01:32:35
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So their cornerbacks, their...
01:32:36
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safeties and stuff.
01:32:37
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They had a lot of injuries there as well.
01:32:39
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So again, I'm not taking anything at all away from my Lions.
01:32:43
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I think a lot of those guys are coming back in healthy this week.
01:32:46
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So that I think is going to be a difference.
01:32:49
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And I also just honestly believe that they are going to come up with some sort of game plan to slow Max Crosby down because they saw how much of a difference that made with Hutch.
01:33:01
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So I think if they can get that under control, that's why I'm leaning towards the Packers.
01:33:05
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I also think they have a stronger – they do have some strong weapons, and the Raiders just haven't shown me much prowess yet.
01:33:13
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So that's why I went Packers.
01:33:14
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And I went with them also kind of spooky at four.
01:33:17
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Hey, well, I can't believe you just minimized the Lions' win so much.
01:33:21
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Gosh, what is wrong with me?
01:33:23
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That's what I took from that –
01:33:25
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from that little takeaway there, but yeah.
01:33:28
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Okay.
01:33:28
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One in four.
01:33:29
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So we got three games that we have different.
01:33:30
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We'll obviously discuss offline.
01:33:32
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We'll see if Mac can make up some ground, keep an eye and start this game.
01:33:37
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Bengals Cardinals.
01:33:38
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That's going to be a big one for me.
01:33:40
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So that is going to be a big one.
01:33:42
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We got some big ones for sure.
01:33:44
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So yeah, I don't know.
01:33:45
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Big injuries and things to look at as of right now.
01:33:48
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Yeah.
01:33:48
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I don't think any of those injuries are for the Packers.
01:33:51
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I was just trying to look real quick.
01:33:53
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No, I think we're good.
01:33:55
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So we will decide on those three.
01:33:56
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We've obviously already gone with Bengals with my three-for-one deal there.
01:34:00
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So we'll have to decide Packers, Raiders, and what's the other one?
01:34:04
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Oh, we just have two.
01:34:05
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So those are the only two that we have.
01:34:06
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So just Packers, Raiders.
01:34:07
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Just the two.
01:34:09
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Perfect.
01:34:09
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Well, we are both so happy to be back.
01:34:11
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Thank you all for tuning in.
01:34:13
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Once again, apologies for last week, but back in better than ever.
01:34:16
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And we will see you all next week.
01:34:20
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Peace.
01:34:21
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Peace.
01:34:34
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Go Bears.