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Surprise surprise surprise surprise. Yep. You thought you guys just gonna get two episodes

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No, not really cuz we still got some things we got talk about if we can be honest here

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So this episode's probably be fairly light

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But you know, we do have some things that we do need to talk about especially last night's game, which is very controversial

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Okay, we got to talk about the Ravens and Browns game that's gonna be coming up on Sunday

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Texans and Colts Cowboys and 49ers and

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Something that I think we need to be talking about at this point in the season

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Well, and we'll probably do it probably around Thanksgiving again

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And then probably once the season is getting ready to end but who's that across Rose?

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Who's that across road who is on the right path who is on the wrong path and who right now is at the fork in the road?

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All of this in more

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Okay on the 44th episode of the greatest football podcast that you could possibly listen to on a week

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Two-week day-to-day basis. Okay, I am your host your chief back row diamonds chief head of the table

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Okay, chief bag meteorologists. Okay, I am your GM who currently is not on a team right now

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But don't you worry about it? Okay, because guess what I got some things lined up. You just got to trust me

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Okay, I'm all these things and more but most importantly

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I am your host with the most kale. You already know what I'm getting ready to say folks. Okay?

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One two three. Let's lock in. All right folks

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Let's get into the meat and potatoes of everything that is going on in the league right now

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So we have to talk about last night's game. Yes, it was a really good game

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Great that the well it sucks for Steelers fans because the Rams did win and so basically that sort of shoots down

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Any speculation any rumors any person that's saying? Oh?

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There's a tree going on right now, but seeing the Rams and the Steelers. No, it's not it's over

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That birdie has been shot down. Okay with the Rams winning last night. So let's get into everything

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So Matthew Stafford was 25 for 34 279 passing yards for touchdowns one pick

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8.2 yards per 10 in a 73.5 completion percentage. Okay, Kyren Williams 23 attempts for 97 rushing yards

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4.2 rushing yards per carry for rushes of 10 plus yards or more. Okay, Puka Nakua

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Finally, he comes back nine targets for several exceptions a hundred and six passing yards

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15.1 receiving yards per reception Sam Darnold 18 for 25

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240 passing yards to touchdowns 9.6 yards per attempt is 72 completion percentage

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Justin Jefferson nine targets for eight receptions 115 receiving yards 14.4 receiving yards per reception

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Aaron Jones 19 attempts for 58 rushing yards 3.1 rushing yards per carry now when we look at this

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You know, this was a really good game

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You know, this is a game between

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mentor but between the men the apprentice because

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People forget Kevin O'Connell was under Sean McVade before he became you know the head coach for the Vikings

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So, you know, all we know it was a really good game

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It really was for for Cooper cut to come back and then Puka Nakua to come back definitely

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Put a put an extra, you know a little pep a little more juice into that Rams offense because let's be real here

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The Rams offense, you know, it doesn't look the same without those two playmakers

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It just doesn't and for them to be you know available and to play the entire game last night

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It was it was needed. It was definitely needed and they got away with the win, which is great

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now the only thing I think that does need to be talked about though is that the

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leaks in the Vikings defense is starting to grow and the reason why I say that is because

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When when you're blitzing like like the way the the Vikings have been blitzing

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Yes, you're able to create pressure faster and then you know

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Sometimes you can create a turnover or get a sack or fumble whatever the case may be

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But a lot of times is that opens things up for you know a quarterback to make a big play

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There are certain quarterbacks that you just don't blitz

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You just don't I don't care, you know who you have as a patch rusher. I don't care who you have in your defense

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there's just certain quarterbacks that you just do not blitz right and

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You know probably the best version Matthew Stafford that we have seen this season so far

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honestly speaking here and

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You know the scheme that you know at first when the fit when the season first started that was looking really good

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You know and Brian Flores it's starting to look a little bit shaky now

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Because again now people are starting to realize. Oh, okay, so this is what they're doing

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Okay, so then we're gonna do this this and this one to scheme it this way

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We're gonna have the receivers do this we're gonna have this person do that boom done and that's exactly what happened

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now the only problem with this was how the game ended and

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It was a face mask

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I don't care what anyone says that was a face mask and it and to add salt into an open wound

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What makes it worse is the simple fact that the referee was right there and

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Did not throw a flag

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Even if you want to throw a flag and then you talk with you know you're and you talk with the other

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Referees and you have them look at the replay just to see exactly what happened. Okay, cool. If you do that great

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But to just not call it when it is blatant where you can see Sam Darno's neck is

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twisting from a face mask and

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Nothing is called. That's not how you want to end games. I understand refereeing is hard. I get that I understand

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There's gonna be a lot of calls

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They're gonna be missed and there's gonna be some calls that don't that don't need to be called at all

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I get all that but the fact of the matter is you do not want the game to end

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Because of the referee you want the game to end because okay?

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This team made a play before this team made a play. That's how you want things to end

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Because let's be real here folks. If something like this happened in the playoffs

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Let alone in the Super Bowl. Oh man, it would be a firestorm

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When it comes to the media the media would eat it up. They eat up for breakfast lunch and dinner and maybe even for a late-night snack

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That's just what it is now

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You know not not to be a little bit bison whatnot

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but I guarantee you if Patrick Mahomes was Sam Darno and that same thing and Brian Young

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Did what he did to Sam Darno best believe that call would have been that flag would have been thrown nine times out of ten

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No questions asked so again

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I'm just trying to figure out why why wasn't a call or a timeout or something

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Done just so they can review it

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You have to do it New York you have to call and you have to say hey listen. That's a face mask

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But at the same time I think this is why a lot of people have been asking the league to

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implement a sky judge

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Just so you know, okay

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And if there is a questionable call that may not make sense or may make sense

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Guess what they can look at it review it come to a decision and then you know move forward with the game

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instead of leaving it into the hands of refs who

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Yes, they may not get it right all the time

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But there are some calls that are blatant calls that you can see it

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You can see that this was a face mask

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You can see that he grabbed his face mask and turned you can see it

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Even when you look at the defense everybody on the defense knew oh man, that's a face mask

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That's automatic first down and they didn't call it

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That's not good. That is not how you want to end things but again, this is football

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This happens it happens more more times than than what we know honestly speaking here, but you know all in all

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Congratulations to the Rams this puts them back, you know in the winning column and you know all that good stuff now

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Let's talk about a few of these games again telling you guys this episode is going to be short

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I am I've given you an hour banger this week. I've given you I think a 30 pull a 30 minute plus banger

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Yesterday or whatever. I'm not I don't want to keep on giving you our bangers in 45 minutes and half an hour

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I don't want to keep on doing that. Okay now

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Ravens and Browns division rival game everybody knows that game is is is definitely a knockdown drag-out type of fight

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Okay, but here is just some junkie nuggets that I found that you know definitely caught my eye

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So so far Derek Henry has scored a touchdown in every single game and Lamar Jackson

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Has the second highest first down conversion rate on play-action drop-backs at 50%

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Now when we look at this, you know with the Sean Watson not being not being able to play because he tore his Achilles

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You know James Winston is going to be in the question is

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You know with Nick Chubb coming back will they be able to put up a fight against this Ravens defense?

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Because right now this Ravens defense is on a tear. They're hot

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They're red hot right now and the only way that you can you know sort of tamper things down

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You got to be able to be you got a master of physicality

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And you got to be able to beat them and I get it the Browns don't look so good right now

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Their season look like it's going to be a bust

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It looks like they're probably going to have a you know a high pick of the draft, but let me tell you something right now

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The division rival games are not the games that you sleep on

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They are not because it'll be the team that's at the bottom of the division that you think oh man

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This is going to be that this gonna be easy and guess what they're the ones that give you that first L

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Or that second L or that L that you know that sort of humbles you honestly speaking here

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I've seen a multiple times where a team like you know for instance the Panthers

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Go up against the Buccaneers and then guess what happens?

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Everyone is down that the Panthers aren't gonna win and then for some reason

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I don't know how they do it the Panthers win and that's just an example

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It's not it's not you know real or anything like that, but that's what I'm saying

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Okay now for the Ravens you have to continue on with this

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Consistency that you have in both the running game and the passing game you do but you have to be better with it

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Okay, people are starting to get healthy, which is great. You want to continue feeding the rock to Derek Henney

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Henney Derek Henry you want to continue to feed the Rocks who Isaiah likely mark Andrews is starting to you know

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It is starting to the heat up and whatnot. So everything is starting to come together

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Okay, which is great. This is the perfect time for things to like really start to you know lock in and glue in and

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Whatever other words you want to use now for the defense the defense of play calling

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Execution all those different types of things it has to be better

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It has to be better because again

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We are getting deeper and deeper into the season and the margin for mistakes

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Has to has to narrow down even more because if you're continuing to make the same mistakes

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That you made in the first six weeks and you're doing them in the last six weeks

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That's a that that's that's gonna put you at a disadvantage because guess what there's gonna be an offensive coordinator or a head coach

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That's gonna be able to see okay, so that's a tendency. So this is what happens. Okay in this situation this formation

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Okay, yep that that's when okay. He's in when it's that drive. Okay. Yep

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He's in there when it's that formation and then they start picking picking you apart

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We've seen him before so again if the Ravens really want to be legitimate

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If if they want to be a team that people have to take them seriously

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To possibly make the run and go to the Super Bowl this year. They have to continue to be dominant

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You have to continue to be dominant

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You have to button up the play calling button up the the execution all those different types of things you have to come out and

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You have to come out guns blazing because right now the cheese done done retooled

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And I wouldn't be surprised if if they're not done making more trades and whatnot to boast throughout that team

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And if they make one more trade

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That puts them right back in the driver's seat

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So right now the the Ravens are in the front that's right on their bumper and then everybody else

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So you have to do you have to make sure a lot of the unnecessary

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You know things that you do you just have to because again if you don't do this now

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somebody's gonna get you whether that be your division rival or

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You know somebody else not to mention you also have the Steelers who are right behind you in in the division

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So if you lose this game technically speaking in the Steelers win their game

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I think on Monday night that puts the Steelers at the first in in the division just saying just saying Ravens fan

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Texas and Colts that's also a really good matchup as well because CJ Stroud apparently according to NFL pro shout out to them as well

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They give me all my junkie nuggets CJ Stroud has thrown two touchdowns and zero interceptions in every single matchup against the Colts

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Let's be real here folks. The Texas do look good, but

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They're not they're not dominant right

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They can be dominant sometimes it you know it takes a little bit longer than others

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But I think with them giving with them getting Devon white. I take things

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I think it might take that defense to another level. I do you have someone who is a veteran middle linebacker

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Who's already won a championship who knows what it takes to win a championship?

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And you know who can sort of you know add a little bit of a spark in that in that linebacker room

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That's been you know riddled with injuries and whatnot. That's what you need

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Okay, and the Colts the Colts are not a team that you just sleep on they're not even though their record says one thing

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Best believe the forest Buckner. He's if I'm not mistaken

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He's supposed to be playing and then other there's supposed to be other players that they're supposed to be getting back for this game. That's belief

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They're gonna come out guns blazing. They're gonna do their thing

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They're gonna be the game-breakers that everybody knows for them to be and you know the Texans

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If the Texans really want to be legitimate like how they were last year and taken serious

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They themselves have to be you know dominant within their division because the division is weak

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The division is weak the only team that you really have to worry about is the Colts for right now

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That's all I'm saying for right now

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But if you really want to position yourself in a good place, you know

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Not only in your division, but you know for the playoffs you guys start knocking down these these division games

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You have to because if you don't you were going to put you were going to put yourself at a disadvantage

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And you do not want that I promise you you do not want that

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Okay, because again, this is why I emphasize division rival games so much simply because

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You may not feel the effect now, but you're gonna feel the effect after Thanksgiving

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When all of those games are you know are must win games and you know

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It can determine if you know you're gonna have a high seed in the playoffs a middle seed in the playoffs

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Or you're gonna be going up against a team that is red hot and is ready to steamroll you, right?

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That's just what it is and again CJ Stroud

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He hasn't been looking the best

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But you know, I think if he really wants to you know, let I am who I am

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Then this is the game that you have to do it now on to another game

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That is somewhat historical

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But you know a game that everyone is definitely gonna be talking about the Cowboys and the 49ers now this game

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It is a must-win game for both team and the reason why I say that is because the Cowboys right now

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It's a lot of yapping. You gotta talking a lot of unnecessary

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Conversations that are being had about the Cowboys, right? And if you want to tamp those things down you got to win

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You got to win you got to win this game because if you don't win this game

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There's gonna be a lot of questions that are gonna they're gonna have to be asked and are gonna have to be answered

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You know moving forward

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Neither side of the ball looks looks productive that isn't the type of quarterback

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Who is just gonna be finger-pointing and name-dropping and you know doing he is just trying to you know

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Be honest and basically state the obvious which is yes, they're not playing the best right now

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There are some internal distractions as well as you know

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Exterior distractions that that is affecting everybody and those things right but it also doesn't help that Troy Aitman

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You know said what he said and then you have Jerry Jones sort of like reinforced and what he said and then you have Mike McCarthy

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That's trying to you know basically say that's not true

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So it's like it's a whole bunch of hoopla if if I would say the the best it's a bunch of hoopla and right now

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You got a silence that and the only way you guys silence that is if you have a dominate game

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If you have a dominate game, they'll talk about they'll talk about you in a more positive way than they will in a negative way

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Now as far as for the 49ers, this is you know, this is this is important for y'all

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simply because again

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The team has not looked good. It is not look good

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I doubt if Dibo is is gonna play because you know, he he's recently got a discharge from from the hospital

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If you guys do not know he had pneumonia and fluid in his lungs

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Brandy Eulich is out for the season with a torn ACL

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I mean sure you have Ricky Pierce all who was gonna be playing but

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Again, this team just it does it doesn't have that spark. It doesn't and you know to say

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That they're basically wishing upon the star that

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Christian McCaffrey is gonna be playing soon. I don't know. I

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Really do not know because again this team

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relies on on its star players so much that you know when those star players aren't playing this is it's a whole

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It's a whole different team and even then I would venture to say, you know

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If the 49ers win this game it puts it sort of tampers things down just a little bit

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It doesn't necessarily, you know

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eliminate them from you know playoff contention or anything like that

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But you know with the Rams winning the Rams could could low key go on a run

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Low key they really could low key

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They they could go on a run and start stacking up some wins the 49ers

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The weight of the world is on your shoulders

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Because again, you brought everybody back together for one more year and you know

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this is supposed to be the last who raw and

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So far it has not looked good for you guys. You guys have been, you know riddled with injuries, you know, very poor quarterback

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play and

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All of those coordinators and and people that used to work on his staff

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They've all gone to other places and they've picked up and and applied a lot of the

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Teachings and the formations and whatnot that Kyle Shanahan used and applied it to what they're doing now in their scheme

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And in doing so you have defensive coordinators who are able to pick up on it pick it apart and then keep pushing

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That's just what it is now

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Is there a chance that you know, maybe maybe the 49ers can can look dominant? Yes, there is

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There's always a chance the season is not necessarily

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Too far out for a team to make a run

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But it's starting to reach that point where if you don't have enough wins by Thanksgiving

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There's gonna be some conversations that gonna be they're gonna be had to have our team is gonna prepare for the draft or teams

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Gonna, you know, try to fight this thing out too for now

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Who knows but there is something that we do need to talk about and I like to call it crossroads

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It's not because of Cody Rhodes. It's not because of his signature move. It's not because of any of those things

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I just like crossroads because yes crossroads. I'll just leave it there now. I've broken things up into four sections, okay?

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losing season

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Undecided on the right track path to a championship. Okay, and so let's start with losing season

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So for the teams that I have, you know in this category

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Panthers Browns Raiders Patriots Titans Jacks

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and the reason why I say that is because

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Most likely these teams are gonna be top five top ten within the draft next year. Okay, simply because again the Panthers

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They're they've basically, you know from their actions. It basically comes off as you know

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They realize that they probably whiffed on Bryce young and now they're trying to tank and get a high pick and you know

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Try see they can get a quarterback the Browns

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Their season hasn't really turned up the best and you know, I wouldn't be surprised after Sunday nights

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I mean after Sunday's game if they do lose to the Ravens that there's a fire sale because again

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So Darius Smith and Miles Garrett are two names that you know have definitely been linked to other teams when it comes to trades

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And then you know when you look at the Patriots the Patriots are going through a rebuild

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They're going through rebuild. So this is the the expectation

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You know for them to lose a lot of games get high draft picks and you know and all those different types of things

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The Titans on the other hand, I don't think nobody expected the Titans, you know to

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To be losing the way that they're losing

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I don't think they did especially with all the moves that they made, you know

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You trade for a luxurious knee and you pay him you get Calvin Ridley and you pay him you get Tyler Boyd

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You know, you have a will levis

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You make him the starting quarterback and you know, you're thinking, okay

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Everything's gonna go in the right direction and so far it hasn't it has not looked good and then not to mention, you know

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They trade away de hop and so now you have Calvin Ridley

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But Calvin Ridley has been complaining about his lack of you know production lately. So again, it's not looking good for them

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It really is not looking good for them now for the undecided

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You may be a little bit upset, but guess what this is these are just my opinion

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So for the undecided to have Broncos Rams 49ers Chargers Miami, Arizona

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The Bengals Jets Giants Cowboys Bucks Saints Colt Colts and Miami and the reason why I have some of those teams is especially for

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The Broncos is the Broncos are in a place right now where yes, they are winning

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But yes, you know if they lose two two or three games, they can go into the losing losing season, right?

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Right now they're in a really good place

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They are but again, they have to continue to win

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They can they continue to have to show, you know, that you know that that they're that they're on the up and up

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Basically same thing for the Chargers as long as they can continue to stack wins

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And I think as long as Justin Herbert is able to play then, you know, things could change

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Things could definitely change because again the Chargers went through a lot of you know turn turnover with you know

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Them getting a new head coach and you know bringing all of his staff on offense of coordinator defense of coordinator and you know

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All those different types of things so, you know, you have then and then even for Miami

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The reason why I put Miami in here specifically is simply because you know

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They're season rides on to a shoulders. That's just what it is. They're season rides on to a shoulders

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if it wasn't for to an you know being concussed and

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You know basically being out for for these past few games

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They probably would have a winning record right now, but you know

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They they had to go through and they had to figure out exactly what's going on with to and figure out. Okay

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Does he have CTE? How bad is the CTE? Can he continue to play all those different types of factors?

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And you know, it's actually great relief for the the Dolphins because to has been cleared and he will be playing on Sunday

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So they should be they should be able to stack more wins be more productive and be the Dolphins

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You know be the Dolphins team that everybody has known for them to be for the past few years

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Same thing with the Jets, you know, the reason why I have the Jets is simply because you know again

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They're season rides on

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Error Roger so much that it's like, you know, if they continue to lose the way that they lose

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Things are starting things are going to start getting ugly. It really is and granted. Yes, they have a song ready back

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That's good. But exactly but you don't know exactly, you know, how is he gonna play in this?

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You know in this conundrum that is the Jets. You really don't. Yeah, I'll just leave it there

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I'll just leave it there for the Bucks

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There their season is undecided as well because again, you lost both of your best, you know

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Offensive weapons for a while Chris Garmin is out for the season

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Mike Mike Evans is out for a while

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You're gonna you're gonna have to rely on the run game more

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You really are and then the the rest of your players that are on the practice squad and whatnot. So again

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I can do I can do the bangles as well

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The bangles are a team where they can they can low key be a dark horse for the playoffs

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Okay, they're not a team that you can just instantly just say, oh, yeah, they're done for they're not gonna go anywhere

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No, as long as Joe Burrow is healthy and as long as he is is throwing footballs best belief

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They can they can low key get you they can get you stack up some wins and that's thing, you know

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They are neck and neck

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Just trying to find a way to get into the playoffs

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But moving on to the next section on the right track now for the teams on on the right track

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I have Buffalo Seattle Houston Philly Pittsburgh

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The commanders Vikings Bears Falcons now with this section. These are teams that are

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Are, you know, they are winning more than losing

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They have a lot of upside on on their roster and you know moving forward with their schedule

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They're in a good place, right?

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There are teams that are teetering on the line of being playoff teams, but they're not there quite yet, right?

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They still have a they still have a few games that you know that they have to prove it, right?

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So for instance like Pittsburgh, right with them winning against the Jets that moved them from being

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Undecided to on the right track simply because again, there was a lot of questions

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Leading into the game of one who was going to be the starting quarterback

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How was Russ going to look and you know, were they going to be splitting snaps and you know

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Eventually they won and so now they're they're starting to be a team that people have to take them seriously

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They do again like when we when we really look at it, right? They face the giant then they're on a buy

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Then they have to face the commanders, right?

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The Caesar really doesn't start getting a little bit difficult until after Thanksgiving

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When you have to go through that gauntlet when you have to go through your AFC North Division rivals the chiefs on Christmas

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I will be watching that

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The Eagles and you know in company so again when you have a team like that when you have a team like the commanders who?

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You know, there's a good chance that Jaden Daniels isn't going to play on Sunday

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So who knows how how things going to go with that, you know, they're they're in a good spot

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But you know again, they are a team that you have to keep your eye on simply because

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They could go on a run they could pick up a few wins or the next thing, you know, they're in the playoffs

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I'm just being honest here same thing with Seattle same thing with Buffalo

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Houston Philly the only reason why I didn't have the only reason why I didn't put Philly in the category for path to a championship

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Is because I still feel like they they still need to prove, you know, that they really are a championship caliber team

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Now can that be conquered with you know teams with them making certain trades for players or certain moves?

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Possibly, but again, you need to see more consistency with with Jalen Hertz. You need to see, you know

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The defense be better

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Just all around you just need to see more right now for the path to the championship have the Packers the Lions

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Achieves in the Ravens

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Not a lot of people are talking about the Packers, but the Packers are a team that you have to worry about

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You do they're not being talked about a whole lot. I don't understand why but

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Jordan Love is playing out of his mind right now, and it's not being talked about

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He is playing out of his mind that division

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That division is going to is going to produce

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Three teams that are going to be in the playoffs as long as the Vikings

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Make a move to to bolster up that defense and they clean up a lot of the mistakes that they are making

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They can be a playoff caliber team

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They truly can once TJ Hawkinson comes back and you know

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Anybody else that that you know plays a key role on that team they get healthy and they come back

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It's gonna be some problems. It's gonna be some big problems same thing for the Lions Lions defense right now

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They're playing lights out. They're playing lights out Brian Branch looks like a defensive player of the year candidate

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Okay, he's playing out of his mind Jared golf is playing out of his mind. They are running all

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Cylinders, okay, they are not playing any games

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They are trying to punch their ticket to to go to the Super Bowl and possibly win a Super Bowl the Chiefs

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As long as Patrick Mahomes is is on that field. They always have a chance

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They always have a chance especially with them training for de hop and you know

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I say but Chanko is supposed to be coming back pretty soon

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And then you have juju is supposed to be coming back soon and then other players are gonna be coming back soon. Oh, yeah. Oh

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Yeah, there the Chiefs are at that stage of the dynasty where they're like the Patriots where you know in the in the first half of the

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Season they're looking real wobbly

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You you really don't know if they're gonna be good or not

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And it's just it's just a bunch of like, you know

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Unanswered questions and then that's thing, you know when that second half of the season comes. Oh

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There they are kicking the door down. They are they're going after you

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They're going after you and you know

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This is that this is just what it is. It is

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Patrick Mahomes

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As long as I'll keep on saying it as long as Patrick Mahomes is back there and as long as Andy

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Reed is the head coach best believe there is a chance

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There is hope folks and finally for the Ravens

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Of course, you have to put the Ravens out there simply because you know the Ravens right now are on a tear

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They are the best team in the league right now

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And they have the best quarterback in the league right now and they have the potential unanimous

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three-time MVP quarterback in Lamar Jackson on that field, right?

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the only thing that is stopping the Ravens from from being a really historical team is

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Is the is the defensive play calling?

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That's it. If that if that gets a little bit better and there's a little bit more consistency

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I guarantee you they are gonna go on a tear

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I'm talking about a tear where they could win

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Four or five six games in a row. No problem. Now. We'll say this Ravens fans when you guys go up against us

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You know, you already know it's gonna be a problem because you know that boy Mike T. Got his number

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You know, I'm just saying just saying just saying but that's

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You know you you know, you know Lamar, you know, you know, you know

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Okay, you got the front row seat to see something amazing something great being built

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So I love you guys. I appreciate you guys so much peace and love. I'm out