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Welcome in to the newest edition of the Just In Time Sports Podcast.

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I am your owner and host, Justin Jackson.

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In this week's episode, we'll be discussing the NFL Week 17 and 18.

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We'll have our very successful NFL betting segment, Jax Pack.

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We will talk about college football round two as we are barreling into the second round of the college football playoff.

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And we will have our best for last.

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Now as always, don't forget to like, grade, and subscribe to the Just In Time Sports Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Follow your breaking news, coverage, and updates.

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And as always, sit back and get ready to learn something.

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We're talking basketball without a Jordan Brown debate.

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If you got the hottest dick, she better come and make it case.

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If you win a couple games, he might even show you grace.

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JCS on every platform, we grow in adaptation.

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Numbers going up the charts, we create the separation.

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Louisiana, till I die, is where I'm from, I can't replace it.

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Some people's minds are obtuse, but I like to be adjacent.

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Giving my opinion like I'm Nick Bright or I'm Jason.

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ESPN, better watch out, cause I'm coming for the spaceship.

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We even tweeting on Twitter, you can meet us in the spaces.

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I like clips of sports news, yeah, you gotta embrace it.

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We never had it easy, we just came from the pavement.

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I might be controversial, but I like to nick my statements.

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This is just a time sports, come and get your weekly takes.

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His opinion from the heart, he can never show you fake.

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Look, if you winning or you losing, he gonna tell it to you straight.

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This is just a time sports, come and get your weekly takes.

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He gonna tell it to you straight.

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Welcome into the show.

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Welcome into the season finale, the season five season finale of the Just In Time Sports

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podcast.

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It feels kind of insane to be saying season five finale, right?

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Like this show has grown in the way it's done, it's grown in a production, definitely helped

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by my guys at IMS production.

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But absolutely huge and weird to be saying the end of season five.

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So when you guys hear from me in 2025, it will be season six.

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It's pretty insane actually.

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We had some great additions to the show this year.

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We had the intro song by B-Roy, shout out my guy B-Roy.

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We had the intro song from him.

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We had a lot of different content.

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We had the YouTube show get added.

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We had different equipment get added.

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A lot of behind the scenes stuff got changed.

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I mean pretty big year.

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We've already got a lot of exciting stuff on the table for 2025 for season six.

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Guests are coming.

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I have requests of guests.

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So we're gonna have guests, hopefully one guest on at least a month.

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We're trying to update of course.

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So you guys hear a different voice besides mine.

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But we are definitely going to get that on the road.

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Because I'm excited for season five.

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I'm excited for season six.

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Very grateful and happy for season five.

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But enough of that jazz.

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Let's get right into NFL week 17.

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So it's still ongoing.

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This is one of my favorite weeks of the year.

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One of my favorite shows.

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And of course you guys don't have to end it on an Insta release show.

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I take all the time whenever we have one of these.

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It's my favorite shows because it happens right as it happens.

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So I'm recording this at like 830 in the morning.

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So by the time you guys hear this after production it might be 1030 11.

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But it's as up to date as you'll get besides one of the shows being on TV or one of the

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shows being on the radio and something breaks.

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This is why some days you'll get it.

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When it happens this morning I will have a live reaction to it as it happens.

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So pretty cool.

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One of my favorite shows of the year.

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The Insta release shows.

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Now I do love the traditional shows that I record the night before and they come out

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the next morning.

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I'm not against those shows at all.

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But the Insta release shows to me.

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I always I'm going to do a late recording show.

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I try to make it late.

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That way outside of a couple of NBA games that happen on the west coast.

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Not much tends to happen between the hours of 11pm and 10am.

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You usually use that window pretty quiet.

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So for the most part 95% chance the show would sound the same if it was at 11pm.

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Insta release or if it was 10am scheduled release.

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So that's why I don't mind those late recording shows.

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But the Insta release shows just feel so much fun.

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They feel so genuine.

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And if you listen to them.

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This show is going to come out by 10am.

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That's the plan anyway.

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Or by 11am.

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If you hear the show then you're not like at any point you're like oh wait no but that

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other thing happened that counts without what you just said.

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So that's the thing.

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But anyway let's get into NFL week 17.

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It's still ongoing of course.

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We're going to have the Monday night football game tonight with the Lions and the 49ers.

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Very interesting game.

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The Lions and the 49ers.

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For a multitude of reasons.

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And I'm sure someone has brought it up in the building.

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Next week the Lions play the Vikings in a winner take all week 18.

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And we'll get into what we're talking about now.

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Screw it.

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We're going to take all week 18 battle for the one seed and the division next week.

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It doesn't matter what happens in this Lions game.

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In Lions 49ers.

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It doesn't matter.

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It's irrelevant.

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Granted it's the final Monday night game of the year.

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So I'm sure that you know the NFL would like to see it played fully and wholeheartedly.

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Right.

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But next week game 272.

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The final game of the season.

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It will be Lions and Vikings in Detroit.

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The battle for the one seed winner gets the one seed and the NFC North loser gets the

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five seed and it's on the road at the winner the NFC South.

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And then you know at no point are they scheduled to host a home game.

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At no point.

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Because you're the five seed.

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So you turn around and beat the four.

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But you get the you'll probably get the highest.

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They get the highest remaining more than likely because the 60.

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I don't know.

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It's weird.

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But I thought you in the plan to three seed.

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We're not going to be home for that game.

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And then I don't that game.

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You're going to play in a two or the one odds are.

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But guess what?

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You're not going to be the whole for that game.

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So this game literally decides if you ever have a home game the rest of the season more

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than likely.

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So that being said what if.

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Sounds crazy.

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What if the Lions rest their starters tonight.

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They just say hey 49ers look man.

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We got a big game.

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We got it.

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We effectively have our first playoff game next week.

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Because the difference between a one seed and never having to leave Detroit.

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Versus being the five seed and never playing in Detroit again.

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I'll draw the rest of the season it's massive it's huge.

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It's potentially title picture changing.

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It's that level of big.

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So what if.

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And again it's going to sound insane.

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What if the Lions just.

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Hey golf.

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You're not playing tonight.

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I'm on wrong.

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No.

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They already lost one running back.

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Hey.

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We're starting running back.

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I'm trying to think.

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Peney Sewell.

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Nah buddy.

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Like you know and they just decide that their top eight or ten guys are all inactive tonight.

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And eight or ten new guys come out the practice squad.

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It's the first time they'll be in a full uniform all season and they'll have a great moment.

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But it's a whole lot of.

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Oh man.

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I'm hitting the hooker tonight.

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I'm in the night football.

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What's the harm.

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Pisses off the NFL.

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Oh well.

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Because the Lions have already one of the more beat up teams in the league.

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The Lions.

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The fact that the Lions are standing.

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In the way that.

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The fact that the Lions are standing.

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In the gap.

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Even in the way of a potential one seed.

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Like they can be the one seed in the NFC.

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With the amount of injuries they've had.

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Is actually insanely impressive.

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They've suffered cluster injuries.

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They've had cluster injuries at edge.

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They've had cluster injuries at linebacker.

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They've had injuries at running back.

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They've had injuries at offensive line.

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They've had injuries in the secondary.

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They've had cluster injuries in spots that would derail most teams hope.

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And yet they are playing next week against the Vikings for the one seed.

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If I'm Dan Campbell.

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I have that conversation with my GM.

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Look bruh.

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Let's be honest here.

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I got some guys nicked.

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I got some guys beat up.

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Whether we beat the Niners by 50 or lose to the Niners by 50.

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Next week we're playing the Vikings at home for the one seed.

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It doesn't matter.

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Why are we playing this game tonight?

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Like why are we playing this game hard?

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I would say.

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We're going to prep like it's a regular week.

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Golf's going to prep like it's a regular week.

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So on and so forth.

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But they're all late scratches.

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For whatever reason.

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They all popped them in injury report and they're done.

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Like you know what I'm saying?

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Now that would be the only thing that would stop them.

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The NFL would find them like crazy for injury report stuff.

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And this is something that I probably if I'm the Lions I would have had that conversation

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last week.

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Certain guys have injuries.

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Golf has a back.

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Amon Ra has a quad.

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Penesul has an ankle.

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Like I would just go through the list and be like hey just in case this does pop up

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the NFL can't find us like crazy.

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But if they all popped up in injury report today and they sat.

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They would get injury reports out.

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They would get a fine.

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Oh my god Monday Night Football the last one of the year.

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The only draw to the game is your offense pretty much.

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And you sit everyone.

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I mean that's a three million dollar fine.

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Is three million dollar fine worth the home playoff game?

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And that's kind of conversation you have with your older ship at that point.

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Like hey they're going to fine us a million dollars.

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Is that one million dollar fine worth the home playoff game?

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Because I know if golf and I want to say Montgomery but I know that golf and Amon Ra and Sewell

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and the speed he received from Bama Jamison Williams.

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I know those guys are healthy entering week 18 if they don't play week 17.

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I can confirm that.

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I cannot guarantee if they play the whole game do they play in week 18.

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And that's the kind of conversations that's the hard conversations that need to be had.

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Me personally it's not my money obviously.

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I take the million dollar fine or whatever the fine is.

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Everybody has sources in the league.

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I go to one of my sources and I ask the question if we sat to our guys tonight and it was obviously

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an arrest situation to prep for week 18 do you know what's the punishment?

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What's the fine?

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You're not going to take the home playoff game away.

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You're not going to forfeit the game.

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You're not going to take draft compensation.

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So only you really can affect is money.

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If it's a million dollars to a billionaire I do what I got to do.

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And I sit with my guys.

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And you know this is no disrespect to the Niners.

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The Niners season is over anyway.

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Like I said so you're not even really if I go to the league we didn't even affect the

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playoffs because the Niners couldn't get in.

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So it's not like oh the Niners were going to if the Niners win they still were alive

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and now they got to win over the Lions they really weren't likely to get.

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You know what I'm saying like you think stories like that.

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They're not getting in.

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They don't really affect anybody getting in.

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So therefore because the NFC West decided the wild cards are pretty are locked.

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The only thing pretty much we're finding out now is who's the one and who's the five in

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the NFC.

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So hey it doesn't really affect the Niners.

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It moves the draft run a little bit but oh well.

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And the Lions protect the final game of the regular season because the Vikings got out

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healthy.

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Now the Lions get their chance to get out healthy.

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I make the move.

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I said everybody if I'm the Lions.

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But on to other games in week 17 the Christmas Day games.

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I'm not going to talk about them very long.

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They were both snooze fest.

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The most exciting part about the Christmas Day football games ended being Beyonce's halftime

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show.

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They were both snooze fest.

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The Steelers honestly made the Chiefs game a snooze fest.

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The Chiefs to me never beat the Steelers.

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The Steelers beat themselves.

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Where there was Russell Wilson's pick where he anticipated the safety moving because Pickens

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was supposed to run a clear out route.

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Pickens didn't run the clear out route.

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The safety never moved in the interception of the scene.

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There was a fumble that the Steelers had.

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You know crazy insane bounce on a fumbled punt.

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The Chiefs guy fumbles it forward.

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It bounces off his parents back and comes right back to him.

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It was one of them games where it was like alright if you're the Steelers fan you're

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just like one of them Knights.

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Now the Chiefs tend to have a lot of it's one of them Knights.

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So maybe the Chiefs are really that good.

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I still see teams beating themselves.

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I know the Chiefs to me have entered the stage where they need my homes to be great probably

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two drives a game.

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And the fear of my homes being great screws up a lot of people.

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It reminds me of the Patriots right in the second half of the dynasty.

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Not in the first part that was punching them off defense.

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But in the Brady is the Goat era of the dynasty a lot of times people would beat themselves.

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Like it wouldn't even be something New England would do to you.

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It would just be like Tiger Woods in the red shirt on Sunday.

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Michael Jordan down 8 and 4 quarter.

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You know LeBron on your home floor in a game 6 and he got to get it back to his house for

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game 7.

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You know it just became one of those Usain Bolt.

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You're even with Usain Bolt 50 meters on the track.

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Like in one of the things where you would do stuff to beat yourself.

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Or it's a relay race.

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Usain Bolt's about to get the baton but you're a little bit ahead.

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But you stumble out of the game.

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Like you would do stuff to beat yourself and he didn't even do anything to you.

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The fear of him beating you.

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You know the balance beam is left and you're only up half a point on Simone Biles.

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Like you would do stuff to beat yourself.

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So I'm seeing that a lot of times teams get a bad pass interference call.

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Teams hold on a big run.

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Teams throw a pick that was a bad pick.

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Like it wasn't even like a great interception play.

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The dude hit the guy in the chest.

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People fumble.

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They just run the ball in the pocket and out of the hand.

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It just looks like people are beating themselves on a regular basis just as opposed to the

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Chiefs going out and taking the game from them.

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And that's the advantage of having someone like Omar Holmes as your quarterback.

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You don't necessarily need to beat people.

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They tend to beat themselves.

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The fear of you tends to beat them.

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So that is what's happening a lot with the Chiefs game.

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That's what happened on Christmas Day.

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And then the Ravens and the Texans.

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Again, the most exciting part about that game was Beyonce's halftime show.

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The only points scored from Houston was by the defense.

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It was a shame.

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Baltimore outclassed Houston start to finish.

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Houston seemed to have hit that year two wall with a year two quarterback, the year two

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coach.

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The guy needs to figure out his priorities.

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I think he jumped into the world of I'm famous, I'm great.

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Kind of early.

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It was podcasts.

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It was interviews.

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It was studio sessions.

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It was Kim Kardashian parties.

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It was taking Ambrose home after the party.

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It was a lot of things outside of football that I think he got caught up in the limelights

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with.

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And year two usually is the sophomore slump.

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Some guys have ignored it, a la Justin Herbert.

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Most guys run face first into it.

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And TJ Strahd to me is run face first into it.

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So I think that he has to prioritize himself a little more.

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Get into the lab because everyone's looking like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

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It's those Chiefs, Bills, Ravens.

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Oh yeah, we'd love to play the Texans.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Give us Houston.

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You see what I'm saying?

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Last year, no one would have said give us Houston.

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So I think he needs to prioritize himself a little more.

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Prioritize getting his life together.

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A little bit more and focus on the field, just opposed to what happens off the field.

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The Bears are bad.

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Again, I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this game.

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It's the Bears and the Seahawks that score with 6-3.

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I'm going to spend as much time on this game as they spend the end zone.

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So moving on.

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The Bengals.

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What a game.

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What a game by the Bengals.

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Two great survival moments.

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Three great survival games actually.

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All by quarterbacks, I like.

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All by quarterbacks, I'm a huge fan of two of my LSU brethren and one Sam Dahl who I've

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been defending since he came out in the draft.

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I always say they went to crappy situations.

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Look at them now.

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But the Bengals survived the Denver Broncos and Zach Taylor being an idiot because Zach

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Taylor, oh good old Zach Taylor, tried to lose that game multiple times.

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Now yes, Cade York should have made that kick.

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As an LSU brethren, I'm disappointed.

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Yes Cade York should have made that kick.

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I totally agree.

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But why kick it on third down?

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What's the benefit?

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It's not a situation where it was third down with 10 seconds left and you're like, okay

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if this goes left, we can reset it.

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You know what I'm saying?

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30 seconds and get this goes left, just pick it up and run and we'll re-kick it.

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And it was third down in overtime, I don't know correctly, with like five minutes left,

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four minutes left.

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There was no reason to kick it on third because you weren't even in the range of if the snap

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goes bad, fall on it and we'll retry it.

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You weren't even in that situation.

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Like I've seen, I heard coaches say kick it in that game in a situation.

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Don't boil down to three.

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Kick it on third.

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If it comes up, kick it third down in about 10 seconds because the snap goes bad, you

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can fall on the snap and then we kick it on fourth.

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If it goes bad on fourth, you have to kick it on fourth or kick it a little early, like

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eight, nine seconds left.

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Again, if something goes wrong, you can fall on it or pick it up and throw it out of bounds

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or something crazy as opposed to you're married to that play.

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I've heard that before, but in that situation, it's like three, four minutes left.

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There was no, and you were like from like 50 yards away or 40 something yards away.

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There was no reason to kick it on third.

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Why not try to get a few yards?

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Why not, even if something simple, just catch it, hand off to Chase Brown.

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Chase Brown was hurt by that point.

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So catch it, hand off to the backup who was getting yards.

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Let's see if you can get five yards, kick it on fourth.

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Stuff like that.

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Not taking it, not using the clock well at the end of the fourth quarter.

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So Chase Brown has the comments.

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He's actually giving himself a high ankle sprain doing it, but the Broncos had figured

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out, okay, let him score.

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So they pitched it to Chase Brown.

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Chase Brown's running and the Broncos obviously weren't trying that hard to stop him.

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So Chase Brown looks around and he tries to sit down.

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Well, somebody from the Broncos was chasing him.

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Cause if he sat down, nobody touched him.

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He could be slated, he'd be fine, but Chase Brown hurts him stuff trying to stop and slide.

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It hurts his ankle.

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Well the Broncos were calling it their last time out on that point.

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There's about a minute, a minute 22 left.

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Because Chase Brown gets hurt, the Bengals by rule have to take a timeout because under

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two minutes.

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Excuse me.

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So the Broncos timeout is in charge.

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So now it's on the right hash, it's like a three yard line.

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The Broncos still have one timeout.

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Everyone in the building, announcer included goes, okay, it's second down.

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You gotta make the, you have to make the Broncos use that last timeout.

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Right?

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Or make them burn the 40 seconds.

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The announcer was like, hey, set up for the field goal.

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Take Joe Burrow, hike it, walk or slide to the middle of the field cause you're so close.

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Walk to the middle of the field, take a knee.

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The Broncos burn the last timeout.

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Cool.

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Now on third down, hike it again and take a knee.

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You should be at about 30 some odd seconds when Ken York drives on the field for a 30

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yard field goal to win it.

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With 30 some seconds left.

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At that point, Bo Nix is down, excuse me.

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Bo Nix is down three points with 30 some odd seconds left and no timeouts.

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I feel pretty good about that.

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Then, Jack Taylor calls a QB sneak.

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They score.

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Bo Nix then comes down and leads the drive and scores because now he has a minute, 20

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seconds and a timeout, which multiple times, either 40 less seconds or the timeout came

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up.

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And they score.

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And now you go to OT.

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And you just mismanage OT.

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Luckily, the Broncos mismanaged somehow played it worse than you mismanaged it and you survive.

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It's insane.

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Can't stand Zack Taylor.

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And the fact that they're probably at this point, they feel destined to get in the playoffs

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bothers me because Denver.

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Actually, I'm going to say that speech.

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But the Bengals survived Denver.

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The Vikings survived the Packers.

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Now it's a game that it was 27 to 10 and the Vikings had the ball.

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At one point, it was okay, they're going to score again or they're going to go get a field

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goal or they're going to do something of that nature.

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And they are going to maneuver their way right down the field, all but in the game, go three

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real possessions, take half the clock off and they're going to win.

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However, anything happened.

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Sam Donahue threw probably one of his worst interceptions of the year.

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And the Packers come down and score and they end up getting a two point conversion to go

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27 18 and then they score again and they end up only down two points.

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They end up down 27 25.

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They end up only down two points.

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The Vikings hang on and survive because Donahue gets a couple of big first downs.

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Kevin O'Connell has a couple of smart play calls in that three play sequence.

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He didn't just run the ball to the line.

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And I think that was the difference between the offensive head coach and defensive head

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coach.

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And a defensive head coach probably says, look, we got to make them burn their timeouts.

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We throw one pass, you always throw the pass after the timeouts are over.

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Right.

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I mean, that's the defensive head coach mantra.

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You throw it on the first time or the last time.

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You throw before the timeouts or you make them burn.

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You make them burn the first thing you throw it.

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And you don't throw it for the too many warning like a defensive head coaches have all these

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different markers and monikers he checks.

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And offensive head coach looks screwed, they threw it on the first down, they threw it

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on the third down.

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Like they were going to throw the ball to try and win this game.

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Donahue was hot.

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He continued to be on the last drive and they win.

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And then there's the viral clip going around of Donahue running into the locker room at

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the postgame interview and they lifted him on his shoulders and there's water splashing

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everywhere.

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And you just see Kevin O'Connell smiling like a proud dad.

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And it was one tweet that was like, look at he's smiling at the culture he's built.

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And I was like, yeah, he's smiling at the fact that like this is what I wanted the whole

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time and it's kind of fruition.

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And then the commanders on the last, well not the last, but on my second to last Sunday

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night NBC Peacock version regular season was sending that game of the year, Survive Atlanta.

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00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,640
Atlanta was game.

497
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:33,680
And that was an interesting game because the commanders were needing a win to clinch the

498
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:34,680
playoffs.

499
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,480
And one of them, they could lose, other people do come up with a week 18.

500
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:42,040
They had a win or get in in two weeks, but they win, they clinched.

501
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:51,240
But the Falcons were trying to keep pace with the Bucs who had just destroyed the Panthers.

502
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:56,800
So the Falcons were trying to keep pace and in their scenario and all their playoff ties

503
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:58,440
and so on and so forth, they were trying to keep pace.

504
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,680
So it was a game where both teams needed to win and the commanders pulled it out.

505
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:08,080
It was a game where if young Wacoo was healthy, Atlanta might win in regulation.

506
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:13,680
It was a situation where Michael Pinnix showed his promise and showed his mistakes.

507
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:17,640
It was a situation where Jayden Daniels threw an awful pick in a game where Washington's

508
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,800
kind of rolling downhill in terms of coming down the barrel.

509
00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:23,160
It was a game where Daniels threw an awful pick.

510
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,120
I mean, hit the linebacker right in the chest type pick.

511
00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:29,160
But Pinnix threw one bad one too.

512
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,380
Probably looking like on a miscommunication and he got confused on the coverage maybe.

513
00:27:32,380 --> 00:27:33,440
He threw a bad one too.

514
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:38,600
So it was a showcase of the future of the league and simultaneously it was a showcase

515
00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:40,880
of they're both rookies, right?

516
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:46,320
But they're both going to lead, potentially both lead their team to the playoffs.

517
00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:51,240
Now I won't get into that next segment, but it was a great game, great moment for the

518
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:52,440
Washington Commanders franchise.

519
00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,880
They've had a long, arduous road to get here.

520
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:59,120
They felt like they were a quarterback away since RG3.

521
00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:01,920
So for the past, since Kirk Cousins really.

522
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:05,640
Kirk went to Minnesota and ever since then they felt like they were a quarterback away.

523
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,360
The roster always felt like it had talent.

524
00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:10,680
Who's watched it for the last 20 years of my life felt like they've always had talent.

525
00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,000
They've always had people that could play.

526
00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:15,040
It just felt like it never worked out.

527
00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,040
For whatever reason.

528
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,360
And so, Dan Snyder probably.

529
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:26,800
But now they move into an era where they have, they have their quarterback of the future.

530
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:33,160
They appear to have their head coach and so it is just looking like all kind of greatness

531
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:41,840
happening for the Washington Commanders.

532
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,880
Quick hitters.

533
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:50,260
The Giants win and they lose the right to the number one overall pick because that goes

534
00:28:50,260 --> 00:28:51,600
to the New England Patriots.

535
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:54,580
Now my New England Patriots, I have a lot of thoughts on what they should do on that,

536
00:28:54,580 --> 00:28:58,680
but I'm going to wait to save them to after week 18 to find out if we even keep it.

537
00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:04,000
Saquon Barkley becomes the ninth player in NFL history to rush for 2,000 yards.

538
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,000
And the Rams officially clinch the NFC West.

539
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,720
Thanks to the Commander's victory.

540
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,160
Oddly, right?

541
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:11,840
Tiebreakers and all that other weird stuff.

542
00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:16,240
But now we're going to shift to NFL week 18 and talk about some major headlines going

543
00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:17,240
into next week.

544
00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:41,320
Welcome back into the show.

545
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:46,600
Admittedly kind of a long winded first segment, but a lot of stuff went down in week 18 and

546
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:52,720
I really got into that Lions 49ers thing, which seriously, seriously, I'm being told

547
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:54,800
this is they should totally not play their players.

548
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,400
Like screw the fine.

549
00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:00,160
Like two middle fingers to the NFL if necessary.

550
00:30:00,160 --> 00:30:01,960
They should totally not play their players.

551
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,120
It makes no sense.

552
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,240
You're only risking them for nothing.

553
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,920
You could beat the 49ers by a hundred and guess what?

554
00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:13,320
If you lose to the Vikings next week, guess what you have to do?

555
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:14,960
Go on the road in the playoffs.

556
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,760
Like it doesn't do anything.

557
00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:19,280
Like it all comes out to that game anyway.

558
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:25,320
I'm resting my guys on the lines and I know Dan Campbell is one of the guys who's, if

559
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:29,920
I like the term crazy enough to do it.

560
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,600
Like I'm resting my guys.

561
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:40,640
It would take an ownership directive personally for me to consider not doing it because then

562
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:45,520
I'm going to argue, slam my hand on the table about the risk of benefits and rewards.

563
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:50,160
Like, I'm, I'm, I'm not, I'm not doing it.

564
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:54,760
Like, but anyway, so we're going to jump in the NFL week 18.

565
00:30:54,760 --> 00:31:01,680
Honestly, I don't know how the NFL does it, but they're hard knocks teams.

566
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:02,760
They're in season hard knock teams.

567
00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,040
I think except that year they had whatever team Carson Williams was on.

568
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,320
I can't think of, but they're hard knocks the Colts that year.

569
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:10,400
They ended up being out early.

570
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,440
But the hard knocks teams in season of the Cardinals were out early too.

571
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:15,440
Okay, nevermind.

572
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:16,440
So this is where it happens.

573
00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:22,280
But the NFL hit the gold mine and they hit in the sense of the AFC North.

574
00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:23,280
They do the end season.

575
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,760
They're doing the end season hard knocks on the AFC North this year.

576
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:26,760
Amazing by the way.

577
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,280
Mike Tomlin is spectacular.

578
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,360
John Harbaugh is pretty good.

579
00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,280
Kevin Stefanski, he's in a bad spot.

580
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:34,280
He's already, you know what I'm saying?

581
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,280
But he's definitely keeping the guys engaged, keeping them up.

582
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:37,280
Kudos to him.

583
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:39,640
I don't know why Zach Taylor has a job.

584
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:44,960
Okay so anyway to the AFC North.

585
00:31:44,960 --> 00:31:47,840
They're all tied in together and there's some gamesmanship that can be played.

586
00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:52,200
I would love, I know they're not going to have these conversations on the show because

587
00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:58,640
this is the kind of stuff the NFL doesn't want to admit exists for some reason.

588
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:03,280
Gamesmanship so the NFL used to schedule all the games on two blocks.

589
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:04,720
No, the NBA did that.

590
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:05,720
No, the NFL.

591
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:11,840
They used to do all the, when they first did the ultimate flex schedule for week 18, they

592
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:16,640
used to, or week 17, week 18, they used to make the AFC play on one time and the NFC

593
00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:17,640
play on another time.

594
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,520
And then they'd have one special Sunday night game.

595
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:26,440
So the AFC drew noon, everybody in the AFC played noon.

596
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:32,200
And then if the NFC drew three, everybody in the AFC played it through.

597
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,200
Like everybody.

598
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,200
It didn't matter, coach, anything.

599
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:35,200
Everybody.

600
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:39,600
Like they maneuvered that last week to where everybody played at the same time.

601
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:43,400
The reason why, or everybody who mattered to the playoffs played at the same time.

602
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,600
So if you will, if it was like a three and 13 team and a four and 13 team, y'all can

603
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:49,980
play Saturday, y'all can play at noon, whatever.

604
00:32:49,980 --> 00:32:56,200
But they made sure that everybody played simultaneously that mattered to the playoffs.

605
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,360
The reason why is they didn't want people resting.

606
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:00,400
Players.

607
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,360
That got to be icky with the media writing the streaming so they can't do that anymore.

608
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,280
But they used to make everybody play at the same time.

609
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:07,720
Remember that very clearly.

610
00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,360
Like the AFC, the AFC got noon, so everybody in the AFC played at noon.

611
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:12,360
That mattered.

612
00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:17,280
Okay, the NFC drew three, so everybody that played in the NFC played three.

613
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:20,120
And then it would be like one game, but first like Lions and Vikings.

614
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:22,200
That only mattered to themselves for the one seed.

615
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,520
They'd affect everybody else.

616
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:24,520
They'd get the Sunday night game.

617
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:29,320
So they were the only game that was separate, right?

618
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:31,720
And so this year, it didn't happen.

619
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:38,520
So because of which the AFC North now has a bunch of gamesmanship happening.

620
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:40,020
Okay.

621
00:33:40,020 --> 00:33:41,880
So let's talk about it.

622
00:33:41,880 --> 00:33:46,760
The Ravens play the Browns at three.

623
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:47,760
I'm sorry.

624
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,420
The Ravens play the Browns at noon.

625
00:33:51,420 --> 00:33:52,420
They play first.

626
00:33:52,420 --> 00:33:53,420
They're in the first window.

627
00:33:53,420 --> 00:33:54,420
They play at noon.

628
00:33:54,420 --> 00:33:55,420
Okay.

629
00:33:55,420 --> 00:33:57,200
The Ravens are 18 point favorites.

630
00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:02,200
The Ravens are expected to absolutely Mollywap dog walk the Cleveland Browns.

631
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:03,200
Okay.

632
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:05,960
Odds are that's going to happen.

633
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:06,960
Right?

634
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:08,960
We have no quads about that.

635
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,560
Odds are that is going to happen.

636
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:18,400
They are expected to Mollywap dog walk the Cleveland Browns.

637
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:19,400
Okay.

638
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:20,400
You've established that.

639
00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,880
Everybody's good with that.

640
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:27,880
The Bengals play the Steelers.

641
00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:28,880
I'm sorry.

642
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:30,680
No, nevermind.

643
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,720
The Ravens play.

644
00:34:32,720 --> 00:34:34,000
Okay.

645
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:38,920
So the Ravens play in the three 30 window on Saturday.

646
00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:39,920
I knew something about that was wrong.

647
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:45,960
The Ravens and the Browns, the AFC North draws the Saturday game, Saturday division.

648
00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:48,120
Ravens plays the Browns, goes right into Bingo Steelers.

649
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:49,600
So Saturday the fourth.

650
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:51,560
Again, the Ravens are 18 and a half.

651
00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:52,560
It's going up.

652
00:34:52,560 --> 00:34:54,240
18 and a half point favors over the Browns.

653
00:34:54,240 --> 00:34:58,280
They're going to Mollywap dog walk the Browns.

654
00:34:58,280 --> 00:34:59,520
Cool.

655
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:00,880
Right?

656
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:09,400
Cincinnati is expected or Cincinnati then plays Steelers in Pittsburgh.

657
00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:16,440
If the Bravens win, which again, they should Pittsburgh has nothing to play for because

658
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:20,800
Pittsburgh is in the playoffs, but they can't win the division without a, without a Ravens

659
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,400
loss.

660
00:35:23,400 --> 00:35:28,160
So if the Ravens win, the Steelers have nothing to play for.

661
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:34,920
They would know the result of that game before they get on the field.

662
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:40,880
If they look up and it's Ravens 31 three in the third quarter, they're going to be

663
00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:46,080
in pregame warmups knowing the results that it's over.

664
00:35:46,080 --> 00:35:48,000
They're not going to win the division.

665
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,360
They're going to the playoffs.

666
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,640
They have a wild card game on the road at potentially Ravens.

667
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,100
Right?

668
00:35:55,100 --> 00:35:57,720
They know that already.

669
00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:02,160
So what's the incentive for Pittsburgh to play their guys?

670
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,720
Same thing when I said about the Lions.

671
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:07,520
Ultimately, this game is irrelevant.

672
00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:10,640
The Steelers are locked in their playoff seed.

673
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:14,640
All this is the purposes because going from five to six, well, they wouldn't even, they

674
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:15,640
would be five.

675
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:21,400
Then AFC, yeah, they're probably going to be five because no other, the East only putting

676
00:36:21,400 --> 00:36:24,080
in one, the North is them.

677
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:30,480
The West has Denver potentially and the South is only have one.

678
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,480
So yeah, I'd draw the Steelers are the fifth seed.

679
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,440
Oh, the charge, forgot about the charges.

680
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:35,440
I'd draw the Steelers are fifth to six.

681
00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,560
They're not going below six.

682
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,800
So therefore their seeds pretty much locked in.

683
00:36:41,800 --> 00:36:44,640
What incentive would Pittsburgh have to play their guys?

684
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:45,640
And I know Mike Tomlin has this conversation.

685
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:51,000
And when I say they're not going to show the hard knocks, but I know a guy like Mike Tomlin

686
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,000
has had these conversations.

687
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:53,000
I know he has.

688
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:55,920
He's too smart not to.

689
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:56,920
So Ravens go up.

690
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:57,920
Huh.

691
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:04,280
It's going to be on the scoreboard and bring it home up.

692
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:07,280
430, you know, local time.

693
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:11,600
I think that's just the time zone, but 430, 430 local time.

694
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:15,320
You're looking at the board, 24-0 Ravens.

695
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:17,720
All right.

696
00:37:17,720 --> 00:37:18,720
Cool.

697
00:37:18,720 --> 00:37:23,200
So this is two and a half hours for game time.

698
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:29,560
You go, you have a quick meeting that Russ Pickens, Minka, Nope.

699
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:30,560
Kim Heywood, Nope.

700
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:34,560
Get your brother ready.

701
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,520
You have those, you travel with the practice squad guys.

702
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,600
Now the only thing about it is what would stop them from maybe resting as many as I

703
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:44,280
suggested with the Lions or the Lions can't do them because the Lions had to elevate last

704
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:45,280
night.

705
00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:48,160
So the Lions can't do my play on the practice squad guys that they would have had to elevate

706
00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:49,920
last night.

707
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:58,800
So the Steelers in theory could elevate three or four just to make the roster look right

708
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:04,840
and then late in, late inactive a few of their guys.

709
00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:05,840
Right?

710
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:11,560
Like it, but I'm sure Mike Thomas had a conversation with Russ, whatever.

711
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:12,560
Okay.

712
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:15,640
Fields, you go, you're up tonight.

713
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:18,640
Pickens you're down.

714
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,960
You keep watching that board, keep watching that board.

715
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:23,640
Kim Heywood you're down.

716
00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:24,640
Minka you're down.

717
00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:26,160
Keep watching the board, keep watching the board.

718
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:30,880
Like and just five or six guys, all of a sudden guys who've been healthy scratches,

719
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:31,880
you're up.

720
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:32,880
These guys are down.

721
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:34,600
Russ, you're in emergency QB3.

722
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,040
Right? and just, you know what I'm saying?

723
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:42,920
Because again, they will be able to steal a buy.

724
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:43,920
You know what I'm saying?

725
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,720
They'd be able to steal a buy, be able to arrest their guys.

726
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:50,600
If they're not going to have a buy, they're not going to have any home games.

727
00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:53,920
These are a chance to hey boom, take a seat.

728
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:58,080
Now here's the gamesmanship.

729
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:00,200
The playing the Bengals.

730
00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:06,560
The Bengals have to beat the Steelers to have a chance at the playoffs because the Colts

731
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:07,560
have already lost.

732
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:08,560
So the Colts are out.

733
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,880
They're out of the Bengals way.

734
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:18,400
In order for the Bengals to make the playoffs now, they need to win and the Chiefs potential

735
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:23,320
probable backups to beat the Broncos.

736
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:26,000
Right?

737
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:38,000
So if you're the Steelers, you have a chance to get in because the Bengals need a Denver

738
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:43,760
loss and a Miami loss to get in.

739
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:49,880
Miami is playing the Jets.

740
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,560
The Jets have nothing to play for.

741
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:58,280
The Dolphins have everything to play for, but it's going to be cold as hell.

742
00:39:58,280 --> 00:39:59,440
And Rodgers is going to play.

743
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,200
DeVonciadis is going to play.

744
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:02,920
Saas Gardner is going to play.

745
00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:03,920
So on and so forth.

746
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,640
Now those guys thinking, it's cold as hell.

747
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:08,640
I don't want to play.

748
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:09,640
Sure.

749
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:15,920
But at the same time, we all know the Dolphins record of being incredibly cold and freezing

750
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:17,600
their opportunities away.

751
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:22,480
So let's say the Dolphins lose, but the Dolphins don't play until Sunday.

752
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:27,720
So the Steelers can go, we can end the Bengals this season today.

753
00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:31,760
And there isn't much AFC, there isn't much better AFC Northwood drama than being able

754
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:33,000
to end somebody's season.

755
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:36,480
And your division rival, Week 18, end their season?

756
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:37,680
Oh my God.

757
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:43,320
So is the Steelers going to play their game Saturday night, even though the Ravens have

758
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:47,080
destroyed the Browns and they can't win the division anymore?

759
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,840
Are they going to play Saturday night just to keep the Bengals out?

760
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:58,160
Like I said, like I said, high, high drama in the AFC North because you have a chance

761
00:40:58,160 --> 00:41:01,200
to either rest your guys and get ready for a wild card game.

762
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:07,280
And you know, by rest your guys, I mean rest your, probably your top five, because you

763
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,200
couldn't do the late, you couldn't do the late call up of practice squad guys to fill

764
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:11,200
the roster.

765
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,280
And so let rest your top five.

766
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:17,720
Like I told you about Detroit, rest, you know, the QB receiver running back tackle corner

767
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:19,400
or linebacker.

768
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:25,760
Same with Pittsburgh, pretty much to the same exact people.

769
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:32,440
Do you rest your guys and basically hand the Bengals life who would still need the cheese

770
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:36,000
backups to win and a disinterested Jets seem to win to get in?

771
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:41,880
Or do you take the chance to crush your AFC North rival and keep them out and ruin and

772
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,680
shut them down before even the last Sunday of the season's played?

773
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:48,680
I mean, like I said, decisions, decisions in Pittsburgh.

774
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:51,120
Absolutely huge decisions to make.

775
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:53,520
It's going to be like choices got to get made.

776
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:56,040
It's going to be very interesting to see.

777
00:41:56,040 --> 00:42:04,360
The AFC South is our other game that is, the other division that everybody's tied in together

778
00:42:04,360 --> 00:42:05,440
and they're all playing each other.

779
00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,320
So the Panthers got absolutely wrecked.

780
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:09,320
Right.

781
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:13,320
They got disrespected.

782
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:19,160
The Panthers at this point, you know what I'm saying, I believe Atlanta is going to

783
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:21,120
dog walk the Panthers.

784
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,560
Panthers are disinterested.

785
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:27,000
Like there is no interest there for them playing.

786
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:29,240
I mean, they got wrecked by Tampa last week.

787
00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:34,080
The Panthers have no interest in playing football right now.

788
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:37,400
Tampa is getting the Saints.

789
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,520
What's left of the Saints at this point.

790
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,840
They are playing hard, but because Coach Rizzi didn't let them not.

791
00:42:42,840 --> 00:42:45,440
Because they are playing hard, there's no talent left.

792
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,560
They played a really good first half in the last game and then there was the Raiders in

793
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:49,560
the was game off the bus.

794
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:51,880
Like there's just no talent left.

795
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,360
Camaras are playing week 18.

796
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:54,720
Cards are going to play week 18.

797
00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,280
Alavis are going to play week 18.

798
00:42:56,280 --> 00:43:00,160
Like I said, there's just, there's literally no bodies left, especially with offense.

799
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,840
There's no talent left.

800
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:06,720
So the Panthers are not going to put up any resistance to Atlanta.

801
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:10,560
Quick couple quick strikes from Atlanta, Panthers are going to lay down and walk off.

802
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:16,200
The Saints however, have known, have been known to be traditional spoilers in the past.

803
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:20,280
Do they take their shot and their pound of flesh off Tampa and try to keep them out.

804
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:23,440
But Tampa has to win to get in.

805
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,640
Atlanta needs a Tampa loss and a win to get in themselves.

806
00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:28,080
Oh, we're talking about the Broncos and the Chess.

807
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,080
The Chess are not going to pay their players.

808
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:33,920
Now they might, because they don't play, they'd be off this week.

809
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:38,640
Next week they'd have like 20 days between games.

810
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:39,640
They've done this before.

811
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:45,720
They know what they're doing in terms of long rest and recoveries, but it's a gamble.

812
00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:51,960
So would the Chiefs play their guys for half just to make sure they don't have 20 days

813
00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:55,920
off between games.

814
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:57,480
It's something I can see any redoing.

815
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:03,400
If so, I think the Chiefs probably keep it closer than the point spread just because

816
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:09,440
the Chiefs may go up 17 to three.

817
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:12,960
And then now the Broncos are battling the backups trying to get back into the game.

818
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:18,400
But like, you know what I'm saying, it's a situation where you don't have Carson Wentz

819
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:21,240
and the practice squad receivers against you all week.

820
00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:23,480
So it is an end of game.

821
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:27,240
I'm so glad the NFL did this Saturday night football battle for the one C battle for the

822
00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:32,800
North Vikings Lions games to 72 when it gets to one C we talked about it.

823
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,320
Loser gets the fifth C and they're on the road all playoffs.

824
00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:37,240
It's just been I mean, it's the biggest game of the year.

825
00:44:37,240 --> 00:44:38,240
It's game 272.

826
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:42,240
They were so excited they flexed it all the way to Saturday Night Football and they were

827
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:45,640
you know, and they were just hoping and with a fingers crossed that the Vikings held on

828
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:50,800
against the Packers so they could obviously flex that game into week seven into Saturday

829
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:55,040
Night Football slot and it would be irrelevant what happened Monday Night Football between

830
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:58,120
Lions and Niners.

831
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:02,840
But well, that is all we're going to have for the NFL as far as week 18.

832
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:26,000
Now we're going to show you a very successful betting segment Jax Pack.

833
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:31,520
Welcome back into the show.

834
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:36,040
And now we're going to talk about NFL betting segment Jax Pack which pending Monday Night

835
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:41,960
Football which my own theory of the Lions to the rest may screw it but pending Monday

836
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:44,480
Night Football is undefeated.

837
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:46,600
We were in 4-0 again pending Monday Night Football.

838
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,480
We are on track for our first 4-0 week.

839
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:53,120
We haven't had a 4-0 we haven't had an undefeated week in a long time.

840
00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:57,320
It had not been this season for sure.

841
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:09,200
Which brings our record again pending Monday Night Football to 47-34-3 which gets our percentage

842
00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:15,640
up to 58%.

843
00:46:15,640 --> 00:46:20,280
So we're currently sitting at 58% pending Monday Night Football.

844
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,160
So huge huge huge for us there.

845
00:46:23,160 --> 00:46:25,760
Sitting at 58% on the year.

846
00:46:25,760 --> 00:46:29,440
And our goals 56% or higher for professional gaming purposes.

847
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:32,160
So we're sitting at 58%.

848
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:37,320
Week 18 in the NFL is always the hardest because again you're limited on games of who's going

849
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:38,320
to rest and who's not.

850
00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:41,520
So now you're almost playing the guessing game in terms of rest.

851
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:46,240
We're going to do our best here especially doing this so early.

852
00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:50,440
But right now Cincinnati minus three at Pittsburgh takes Sensi.

853
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:54,400
This is A I think Sensi is going to win the game straight up anyway but also I think Pittsburgh

854
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,360
may end up resting their guys because Baltimore smashes Cleveland.

855
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,640
So if you can get it at minus three that'll be huge because if it comes out Pittsburgh

856
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:06,000
well Pittsburgh rests their guys that line is going to swing to minus eight or nine over

857
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:09,200
instantly for Cincinnati.

858
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,800
Atlanta minus seven and a half versus the Panthers.

859
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,280
Panthers have no will to live.

860
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:14,760
They padmate in the Star Wars.

861
00:47:14,760 --> 00:47:18,000
They're just they're they're just they're going out on the table man.

862
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:20,160
Like they're just they're just giving up.

863
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:25,000
The Falcons dominate the Panthers to keep their playoff hopes alive.

864
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:28,280
Eagles minus three and a half at the Giants versus the Giants.

865
00:47:28,280 --> 00:47:30,600
This is purely a Saquon Barkley bet.

866
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:34,920
He's 101 yards away from Eric Dickerson's record and in my opinion winning the MVP.

867
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,760
If he breaks ED's record he has to win the MVP.

868
00:47:37,760 --> 00:47:39,160
Like he's got no choice.

869
00:47:39,160 --> 00:47:42,120
He broke a single season yards record in the NFL.

870
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:45,520
He's the MVP right.

871
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:49,360
He's 101 yards away from that and he gets to do it against the Giants.

872
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:53,680
The team who basically said oh that half a million dollars we could pay you is not worth

873
00:47:53,680 --> 00:47:54,680
it.

874
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,560
We're going to keep Daniel Jones instead.

875
00:47:57,560 --> 00:48:03,480
Great for Saquon career they did that but you know he feels he gets he might get a hundred

876
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:05,120
one yards for half time.

877
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:11,000
Now Conversey the Giants may load everyone in the box stop him all night and just say

878
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:13,800
you're not going to break the record.

879
00:48:13,800 --> 00:48:17,320
As a professional hater at times I would do that.

880
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:18,320
I would just put eight in the box.

881
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:22,320
I don't care what you can come on five wide that's eight in the box.

882
00:48:22,320 --> 00:48:24,600
You're not doing it against us.

883
00:48:24,600 --> 00:48:32,120
So you know but also the Giants don't have a lot of offensive fight and Saquon's a hit

884
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:33,960
your head on the goal post type running back.

885
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:38,560
So if one power is blocked correctly he gets 80 on one run.

886
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:43,600
You know so but I've got the Eagles here beating the Giants handily.

887
00:48:43,600 --> 00:48:46,800
Saquon breaks the record and ultimately wins MVP.

888
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:48,720
He's plus nine and a half at the Broncos.

889
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:54,880
This is my trickiest number because I didn't know rest situation but also Denver isn't

890
00:48:54,880 --> 00:49:00,120
built to blow anybody out and it's NFL so you can't rest that many guys.

891
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:07,560
So I think that Denver isn't built to blow anybody out because of which I think plus

892
00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:12,540
nine and a half is just too big of a number to swallow and points and then Vikings plus

893
00:49:12,540 --> 00:49:13,540
three at the Lions.

894
00:49:13,540 --> 00:49:15,540
I think the Vikings going to win the game all right.

895
00:49:15,540 --> 00:49:19,060
So give me points perfect the Vikings going to win the game all right.

896
00:49:19,060 --> 00:49:21,360
So again Bengals minus three over Pittsburgh.

897
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:23,560
Falcons minus seven and a half over the Panthers.

898
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:25,880
Eagles minus three and a half over the Giants.

899
00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,600
Chiefs plus nine and a half over the Broncos.

900
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:32,320
Vikings plus three over the Lions.

901
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:39,440
But now we are shifting into college football talk talk about round two of the playoffs.

902
00:49:39,440 --> 00:50:05,680
Welcome back into the show.

903
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:18,720
Welcome into week two of the college football expanded playoff or round two I should say.

904
00:50:18,720 --> 00:50:21,080
They get started tomorrow.

905
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:25,640
Actually there's one game tomorrow and then there's four games three games.

906
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:33,240
The last three games are New Year's Eve and they are Penn State Boise State opens the

907
00:50:33,240 --> 00:50:36,560
party New Year's Eve.

908
00:50:36,560 --> 00:50:40,680
You can see Ashton Gentry versus second power five defense of the year.

909
00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:45,840
The people's Heisman is what he's been called by some circles.

910
00:50:45,840 --> 00:50:48,120
And so we can see him against Penn State.

911
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:49,680
His team's not good enough.

912
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:51,960
Penn State's going to not down it this game.

913
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:52,960
I think Gentry keep it close.

914
00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:56,160
He'll keep the score down worse come to worse.

915
00:50:56,160 --> 00:51:00,080
But I think Penn State Fiesta Bowl I think they take care of business.

916
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:04,000
Now the only thing is the Fiesta Bowl is the underdogs bowl.

917
00:51:04,000 --> 00:51:07,900
Think about all the underdog crazy CFP updates we've seen.

918
00:51:07,900 --> 00:51:09,840
It's been Fiesta Bowls.

919
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:13,400
Boise State was a Fiesta Bowl.

920
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:21,600
I think UCF that year was a Fiesta Bowl like there's a bowl and there's a stadium for

921
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:22,600
underdogs.

922
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:23,600
It's Tempe Arizona.

923
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,560
It's State Farm Stadium.

924
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:32,560
Both of the Patriots' Subo losses in the modern version of the dynasty was in that stadium.

925
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:36,860
A lot of the big random oh my god I can't believe this college team beat that college

926
00:51:36,860 --> 00:51:38,880
team happened in that stadium.

927
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,560
That stadium was built it's weird.

928
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:41,560
It's indoor.

929
00:51:41,560 --> 00:51:42,560
It's grass.

930
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:46,640
Like that stadium was built somehow some way for upsets.

931
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:49,520
And so like I was saying about Saquon against the Giants.

932
00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:54,680
Gentry can have eight carries for 12 yards in the first quarter.

933
00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:56,720
Penn State's up 7-0.

934
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:01,600
And then Gentry busts two 70 yard runs and it's 14-14 and a half time and you're going

935
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:04,440
holy crap we have a game on our hands.

936
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:05,440
I think Penn State's better.

937
00:52:05,440 --> 00:52:07,600
I think Penn State's going to win by double digits.

938
00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:09,120
I think Gentry's going to have a solid night.

939
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:13,560
35 carries probably a buck 60 and two touchdowns.

940
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:16,240
But Penn State's going to win the game.

941
00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:18,400
You know I can see a 34-20.

942
00:52:18,400 --> 00:52:19,400
I just don't think they're good enough.

943
00:52:19,400 --> 00:52:23,480
I don't think anything Boise State has is good enough to beat Penn State.

944
00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:27,960
And if I know common sense here they're going to load the box on Gentry and Dare.

945
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:32,160
Somebody who's not going to be a first round NFL draft pick to beat them.

946
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:37,360
Texas versus Arizona State an old Big 12 matchup.

947
00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:39,400
This game would have been a Big 12 game last season.

948
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:40,400
Conference realignment.

949
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:44,080
It's an SEC versus Big 12 type showdown.

950
00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:45,080
Texas has some injury concerns.

951
00:52:45,080 --> 00:52:50,400
One of their offense alignment is a game time decision and Isaiah Bond is also he's trending

952
00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:54,000
to play but he's a game time decision as well.

953
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:55,000
Who cares?

954
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,000
Texas by 14 plus.

955
00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,120
Arizona State again they have a good running back as well.

956
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:02,440
They have one NFL player that nobody knows about and that's the running back.

957
00:53:02,440 --> 00:53:03,440
He's not Ashton Gentry.

958
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:04,760
He's probably going to be a second or third round pick.

959
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:06,800
He can play but he's not Ashton Gentry.

960
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:11,200
If Texas is going to do the same thing we're going to load the box and Dare one of these

961
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:14,800
non first round pick players talent wise to beat us.

962
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:17,280
One of these non top 40 picks to beat us.

963
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:18,720
Playing this up a period.

964
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:21,440
Texas by 14 plus they roll.

965
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,040
Ohio State versus Oregon.

966
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:26,440
The best game of the weekend in my opinion.

967
00:53:26,440 --> 00:53:29,320
Because this is a rematch with that classic in Eugene that they had.

968
00:53:29,320 --> 00:53:31,720
Ohio State looks like good Ohio State.

969
00:53:31,720 --> 00:53:33,320
In Oregon they've had the time off.

970
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:35,200
Dan Lang's probably been prepping for Ohio State.

971
00:53:35,200 --> 00:53:38,120
He's probably didn't put much thought into Tennessee.

972
00:53:38,120 --> 00:53:42,200
And so this game neutral site.

973
00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:44,800
You don't have the advantage of Eugene Oregon.

974
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,400
You don't have the advantage of Autzen Stadium.

975
00:53:47,400 --> 00:53:49,240
This is going to be a very good game.

976
00:53:49,240 --> 00:53:50,720
It's in the Rose Bowl.

977
00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:51,720
It's perfect.

978
00:53:51,720 --> 00:53:53,820
It's old Big Ten versus old Pac-12.

979
00:53:53,820 --> 00:53:55,920
One more time.

980
00:53:55,920 --> 00:54:01,640
One last time you get a team that's basically Pac-12 in Oregon and you get a Big Ten.

981
00:54:01,640 --> 00:54:03,200
You get it one more time.

982
00:54:03,200 --> 00:54:04,200
Right.

983
00:54:04,200 --> 00:54:05,200
You get a classic.

984
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:06,200
I mean it's a classic.

985
00:54:06,200 --> 00:54:07,200
Half of it will be green.

986
00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:08,200
Half will be red.

987
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:09,200
It's going to look like an old.

988
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:11,800
It's going to look like a real Rose Bowl game.

989
00:54:11,800 --> 00:54:14,800
With an old Pac-12 and an old Big Ten team.

990
00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,760
Squared off one more time in the Rose Bowl.

991
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:18,760
It's going to be fun.

992
00:54:18,760 --> 00:54:21,920
To me it's going to be the best game of the weekend.

993
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,720
Picking a winner right now.

994
00:54:24,720 --> 00:54:30,600
Good Ohio State is probably the third best team in the country.

995
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:34,280
Good Oregon is probably the second or first best team in the country.

996
00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:36,560
Considering you gave Dan Lang two weeks.

997
00:54:36,560 --> 00:54:39,280
Considering you gave Dylan Gabriel two weeks.

998
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:41,200
Or an extra week.

999
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,240
I'm going to go Oregon here close.

1000
00:54:43,240 --> 00:54:45,880
I think it's going to be a field goal at the end.

1001
00:54:45,880 --> 00:54:50,920
Walk off in the Rose Bowl into the night type game.

1002
00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:52,760
Victory for Oregon.

1003
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:55,400
It's going to be beautiful to watch in the Rose Bowl again.

1004
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:59,440
That's one of the most beautiful places to play a football game.

1005
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:03,240
So I've got Oregon in here by field goal.

1006
00:55:03,240 --> 00:55:06,760
And then probably the hardest hitting game of the playoff.

1007
00:55:06,760 --> 00:55:07,760
Notre Dame versus Georgia.

1008
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,600
It's going to be a fist fight all night.

1009
00:55:10,600 --> 00:55:12,680
Marcus Freeman's got his team amped up ready to go.

1010
00:55:12,680 --> 00:55:17,200
They just mollywopped and abused Indiana.

1011
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:19,640
So they're coming in looking to punch against Georgia.

1012
00:55:19,640 --> 00:55:21,440
Georgia's representing the SEC.

1013
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:22,960
They ain't going out like that.

1014
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,560
So no one out physically is Georgia.

1015
00:55:25,560 --> 00:55:28,200
Now Georgia doesn't have Carson Beck.

1016
00:55:28,200 --> 00:55:29,920
Now say the same thing about Carson Beck.

1017
00:55:29,920 --> 00:55:31,600
Carson Beck's probably going to be a first round pick.

1018
00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:32,920
Carson Beck's the same quarterback.

1019
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:34,520
Carson Beck knows the hell he's doing.

1020
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:36,760
So they're not going to have Carson Beck.

1021
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:43,960
However that was probably their biggest advantage player to player between Georgia and Notre

1022
00:55:43,960 --> 00:55:44,960
Dame.

1023
00:55:44,960 --> 00:55:47,840
Now they will have the speed advantage over Notre Dame.

1024
00:55:47,840 --> 00:55:49,400
I've got Georgia here close.

1025
00:55:49,400 --> 00:55:51,000
I think Georgia gets out of there close.

1026
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:52,000
It's in the Sugar Bowl.

1027
00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,440
Kind of familiar confines.

1028
00:55:55,440 --> 00:56:01,680
It's in a game where the SEC is used to traveling to New Orleans.

1029
00:56:01,680 --> 00:56:04,400
I've got Georgia here.

1030
00:56:04,400 --> 00:56:08,760
I think they have a couple of those physical bruising drives.

1031
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:10,880
And they went an ugly fist fight.

1032
00:56:10,880 --> 00:56:16,640
If it was 17-14 with three minutes left on the fourth and Notre Dame had the ball down

1033
00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:18,720
three, it wouldn't shock me.

1034
00:56:18,720 --> 00:56:23,280
But I think Georgia escapes it again by a field goal and a knock down drag out brutal

1035
00:56:23,280 --> 00:56:24,280
fight.

1036
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:28,520
Then a couple of quick hitters on the college football.

1037
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:35,080
Colorado era, this era of the Sanders' goes out quietly.

1038
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:37,760
BYU just takes them apart.

1039
00:56:37,760 --> 00:56:40,760
I think it was so much happening with Colorado.

1040
00:56:40,760 --> 00:56:41,760
You had the Travis Hunter.

1041
00:56:41,760 --> 00:56:43,840
Girl from fiance drama.

1042
00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:44,960
You had the Heisman.

1043
00:56:44,960 --> 00:56:45,960
You had bowl prep.

1044
00:56:45,960 --> 00:56:48,880
You had Deion talking about, oh yeah you're going to find out what she's doing.

1045
00:56:48,880 --> 00:56:51,160
We'll look at his cleats.

1046
00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:54,520
It was just all kind of stuff happening over the course of the three, four weeks.

1047
00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:57,680
You had a BYU I never heard one word out of.

1048
00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:59,360
They were locked in in Provo.

1049
00:56:59,360 --> 00:57:01,120
They were ready to go.

1050
00:57:01,120 --> 00:57:02,120
It was weird.

1051
00:57:02,120 --> 00:57:03,120
It was a conference game and a bowl game.

1052
00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:05,960
That was weird.

1053
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:07,800
Didn't like that.

1054
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:10,440
But ultimately you got what you got.

1055
00:57:10,440 --> 00:57:13,320
And it was an amazing era in Colorado.

1056
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:14,320
You got the haters online.

1057
00:57:14,320 --> 00:57:15,320
They're 0-3 in bowls.

1058
00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:16,320
What are they really doing?

1059
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:20,600
Deion has never beat a top 25 team.

1060
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:22,120
And it's like dude.

1061
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,320
Colorado fired their coach because they were 1-11.

1062
00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:27,400
Year one Deion goes 4-8.

1063
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:29,120
Year two they go 9-5.

1064
00:57:29,120 --> 00:57:33,840
9-4 I'm sorry.

1065
00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:39,000
And they honestly probably had an outside shot to play.

1066
00:57:39,000 --> 00:57:44,800
To me if they lose in the Big 12 title game it's a conversation if they get in.

1067
00:57:44,800 --> 00:57:46,480
But them losing when they lost.

1068
00:57:46,480 --> 00:57:49,240
They lost because they got punched on by Kansas.

1069
00:57:49,240 --> 00:57:51,120
Some of the high BYU just out physicaled them.

1070
00:57:51,120 --> 00:57:52,760
They stopped me from running the ball.

1071
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:54,840
We ran the ball at will.

1072
00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,400
That sort of thing.

1073
00:57:56,400 --> 00:57:59,160
But it was an amazing time.

1074
00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:04,240
It closes the book on Shadour and Deion's player-coach relationship.

1075
00:58:04,240 --> 00:58:09,800
Because Deion's openly said he's not going to the NFL with them.

1076
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:17,200
Absolutely insane wild ride for all of them from the Jackson State time to redefine the

1077
00:58:17,200 --> 00:58:18,820
HBCU football.

1078
00:58:18,820 --> 00:58:21,000
To be in the face of HBCU football.

1079
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:24,400
To then go into Colorado and revitalize on their program.

1080
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:26,160
Wild, wild.

1081
00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:34,640
Kudos, hats off to Shadour, Travis, Shiloh, Deion and the rest of that crew who made it

1082
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,640
possible.

1083
00:58:36,640 --> 00:58:38,600
Impressive to hats off.

1084
00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:41,680
And then me, Lil Justine Sports News.

1085
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:46,200
I'll be on site tomorrow at the Texas Bowl in Houston for the LSU Baylor game.

1086
00:58:46,200 --> 00:58:47,640
I'm a huge LSU fan.

1087
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:50,040
My first ever bowl game.

1088
00:58:50,040 --> 00:58:51,040
So I'm excited.

1089
00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:53,080
All of them going to be there.

1090
00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,480
Half fan, half reporter.

1091
00:58:55,480 --> 00:58:58,680
I'll be covering the game for sure on Twitter.

1092
00:58:58,680 --> 00:59:02,880
But yeah, so actually we're not going to do the NBA segment.

1093
00:59:02,880 --> 00:59:05,040
We can do best flash real quick.

1094
00:59:05,040 --> 00:59:06,040
Good job NBA.

1095
00:59:06,040 --> 00:59:07,480
I'm not going to do this and put it out.

1096
00:59:07,480 --> 00:59:08,480
Good job NBA.

1097
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:10,120
Great job NBA.

1098
00:59:10,120 --> 00:59:11,120
You needed it.

1099
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:14,040
You needed a moment where you needed a day.

1100
00:59:14,040 --> 00:59:18,080
You had a day to prove it and LeBron had the comments after was like, you know, NFL, you

1101
00:59:18,080 --> 00:59:19,840
know, this is our day.

1102
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:21,200
And then of course they have about two other ratings.

1103
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:22,640
There was 50 some people people watched.

1104
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:23,640
50 people watched the NFL.

1105
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:26,400
Yes, the NFL is going to have the better ratings.

1106
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:27,400
Cool.

1107
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:28,400
Great.

1108
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:32,080
That's been the case for the last 15, 20 years.

1109
00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:34,520
That's not shocking.

1110
00:59:34,520 --> 00:59:39,480
The NBA needed a day where the games were good, where it was good basketball.

1111
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:40,720
It was high drama.

1112
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:45,400
Your stars starred because Christmas Day is kind of the unofficial start of the season.

1113
00:59:45,400 --> 00:59:50,080
It's got to the point where like analysts are saying like just started on Christmas.

1114
00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:52,440
Like stop butting your head against the NBA.

1115
00:59:52,440 --> 00:59:53,440
That's NFL.

1116
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:54,440
Stupid.

1117
00:59:54,440 --> 00:59:55,440
Started on Christmas.

1118
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:56,440
Have the finals in August.

1119
00:59:56,440 --> 00:59:57,440
It is what it is.

1120
00:59:57,440 --> 01:00:00,440
Right around the start of August, the final start.

1121
01:00:00,440 --> 01:00:02,160
Like, you know what I'm saying?

1122
01:00:02,160 --> 01:00:04,840
Make the NBA a summer sport, which it should be anyway.

1123
01:00:04,840 --> 01:00:06,840
It'll help attendance.

1124
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:08,440
You have your playoff games in the summertime.

1125
01:00:08,440 --> 01:00:09,840
It'd be pretty dope.

1126
01:00:09,840 --> 01:00:10,840
But you're you know what I'm saying?

1127
01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:14,080
You're banging your head against the NFL for why?

1128
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:15,880
Like why are you doing this?

1129
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:20,000
You're killing two, three months of your sport against the NFL.

1130
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:23,240
You're never going to win that battle.

1131
01:00:23,240 --> 01:00:26,120
And so but that was a great day on the NBA.

1132
01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:27,480
Wimby goes berserk.

1133
01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:28,960
McHale Bridges goes berserk.

1134
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:31,680
LeBron and stuff gives us one more classic.

1135
01:00:31,680 --> 01:00:35,200
You have all these amazing moments in the NBA needed a game like that.

1136
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:38,600
Needed a day like that and they got it.

1137
01:00:38,600 --> 01:00:43,920
But that is all I have for you guys today.

1138
01:00:43,920 --> 01:00:45,240
Very again, football heavy show.

1139
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:48,040
It's going to be the way it happens probably through the Super Bowl.

1140
01:00:48,040 --> 01:00:53,200
But very football heavy show, but a great show.

1141
01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:57,320
Thank you guys for joining me in these five seasons of the Justin Time Sports podcast.

1142
01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:59,160
It's been a fun ride.

1143
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:00,560
I'm excited for season six.

1144
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:03,320
We can start in 2025 for season six.

1145
01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:26,600
This is your host, owner and host, Justin Jackson signing out.

1146
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:36,960
We have, we have, we have.