December 8, 2025 • 33 mins
Jules is in The Nuthouse reacting to the biggest stories from Week 14! We break down the marquee matchups and headlines from Sunday. We answer some not so chill questions in a special edition of The Chill Zone presented by Coors Light.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We had to hop on and bring you guys another recap.
Let's get into some of the matchups I had my
eyes on. First, there was the Bengals versus the Bills
up in the snow in Buffalo. There was the huh,
very beautiful, very visually pleasing to see. Then we'll talk
a little bit about those Bears and Packers at Lambeau,
gritty game. Then we're gonna go hit the AFC North
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and hit the Steelers versus their rivals, the Ravens. We
knew about that with Stugs when t Sizzle came in here.
They hate each other. And then of course we got
to talk about the Texans going up into Arrowhead and
taking on the Chiefs on Sunday night football. Let's get
into it.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
There was also a little extra chillszne too, hul little.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Chill zone, A little chill zone. All right, let's talk
about these Bills and how they beat the Bengals up
in the snow. Initial thought seventy points, eighty points in
the snow. It was nuts. It was a fun game.
It looks like there was good traction too.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It wasn't like there's a yeah, they're the traction is
always pretty decent in the snow.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
I felt I was a mutter. I felt like I
always had an advantage in the snow. Guys, I rather
play in the snow than you play in the rain,
you know, because the ball is not wet. The ball is.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Still it's cold, it's harder, but it ain't wet. Who
has the advantage on a snowy game, offense or defense?
Speaker 1 (01:20):
I would say the offense does, because the defense is
doing everything in a backpedal. And then also you know
you can control the route and if they miss, you
can go being reactive versus knowing, yes, you can be reactive.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Cincinnati came out with a bang twenty one, looked like
they were they weren't going to be stopped, and then
the second half hits and Josh Allen does Josh Allen,
and I think the game ultimately came down to those
two turnovers that Joe Burrow put put up. Yeah, I
mean that's what it comes down to. You can't go
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in and you cannot go into someone's house. I think
you could turn the ball over a couple times and
beat them, especially with you know how much firepower. Josh
Allen is not the offense. Josh Allen. Okay, that that
one throw or the one run that Josh had where
he went what forty or thirty eight untouched untouched? I
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mean that was that was expected though. I think I
think the Bengals expected Josh Allen to go out and
make a couple a few plays like that. If the
Bengals would have stayed on track, didn't turn the ball over,
they could add a shot to win that game.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
But well, they were up. They were up end points
with eight minutes left.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, and then you had the back to back interception.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yeah, I mean that first interception hell of a play.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Hell of a play, but kind of I mean it
was an RPO. It looked like so he pulled it
and it was going to bang it to Chase when
you know they do have a bad running defense, you know,
so you could take that with the grain of salt.
They were going out and trying to win. They were
going to try to you know, they had the they
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had their their hand on the throat, they were trying
to break the neck. But you do that. And and
what was his name who made the big play?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
His name is Benford?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
I think, yeah, Benford. He had a return for a
touchdown last week touchdown. Yeah. I mean he's been making
some big plays. If the Bills. Now, if the Bills
can continue to take the ball away, that's the only
shot they have to go deep into this thing if
they If a team goes and plays them fundamentally sound
and they don't take the ball away, I think that
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that's how that's how you have to beat the Bills.
But look, you got Josh Allen, a big game for
the tight end, Schultz and Kinkaid.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
And knocks to or Ord and Knox and SICKI.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah, big day. But the Bengals haven't covered a tight
end all year. Uh. You know, it was fun watching
Joe Burrow battle Alan in that in that snow and
and and it looked like it was gonna be a
premiere like to the Wire game, and then it just
that's how it happens like that. That's how quick it is.
(04:11):
You know, want too bad plays can ruin a whole game.
It's unfortunate. I think the Bengals are probably out now.
They're not gonna it's still a very small chance. Small chance.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
But now if you're in the if you're the NFL
playoff committee, are you selecting the Bengals to make the
playoffs because hey, they're a good matchup, they're a good brand.
I got a quarterback.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
No, they haven't played good enough this year, just a
little shot at college football. I know, I know, the
Notre Dame. They just get in without being in a conference.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
That's Alabama. Anything else in this game.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah, I I you know, you know the Buffalo Bills,
who they got this coming up? This this is the
week T shirt game hat and T shirt for the Patriots.
But you know the Bills could still go out and
beat the Patriots in Fox Bro and change this whole
thing upside down.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, we'll talk about that a little bit later, all right.
I mean I think a big takeaway from the Bengals here,
I know, losing Burrow back to back seat, Like it's
just tough, but like he still shows up. He still
is Joe Burrow. So next year there is something to like,
if everyone can stay healthy, you can still have a chance.
But yeah, if.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Everyone can stay healthy and they could draft some defense
and sign over some defense guys. You know there's some
couple drops by Higgins, which, yeah, first game back in
the snow, those are tough. Ideal conditions, those aren't ideal conditions,
so you know they they were there, they had it,
and just like that it's over. Let's move on to
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the Packers outlasting the Bears, which was crazy because this
was a tail of two different halves. You look at
the first half, you know Green Bay was all over
it fourteen to oh, fourteen to three. Going into halftime,
they were controlling the game. Jordan Love was able to
hit a couple of those third downs where they had
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every the Bears had everyone on the line of scrimmage.
They get it picked up somehow, the safety doesn't come
and hug and become the extra blitzer, so they're hitting
guys wide open. You know, if you're bringing up blitz
and you can get it protected as an offense, and
the hug the guy who the safety who's covering the
tight end, who's he sees his guy comes into block.
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That means he either can come and then they have
a free guy on the protection or he's got to
go back and do something. He kind of just stayed
in this land over here and really wasn't helping. And
then you see Watson has a couple of big plays.
I think they hit twice, So you know, this was
a game of execution for the Packers. But then you
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look in the second half and the Bears completely controlled
the game with the run game and the long sustaining drives.
It's just I think Jordan loves further along than Klee
right now. That's that was the difference. You know, Caleb
had the one play and at the end of the
game that the pick, and you know you could say, oh,
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this that they they had a shot to win on
the road in Lambeau. You know, I think this was
actually a pretty good loss for them, you know, to
show everyone, Hey, we we didn't play our best. We
we didn't we had a good game plan where we
were going to control the game and keep Michah Parsons
off the field or not have him in rushing on
third down because you can't block a lot of those
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Gary Inn and Parsons. You can't blalok that and you
can't block, you can't sit back and you know, throw
the ball down field. It's tough. So, you know, seeing
how they controlled the game in the second half, that's
what they're gonna have to do the next time they played,
because they played in two weeks.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
What do you make of the wide receiver room in
green Bay right now.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
I think they're all like the same guy. Yeah, they
have a plethora of dudes. You got Wicks, Dobbs, Watson,
They have the rookie Golden who hasn't even really been
playing this year, who was a first round draft pick.
They also have who else do they have? Wicks, Dobbs, Watson,
Watson Reed, they love Red like. They have a lot
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of guys. And then they have Musgrave. They have Wilson
and Jacobs in the backfield, and their offensive line got
them protected. Their offensive line did a great job. The
Green Bay Packers, you know in Jordan love he he
made them pay when they blitzed him. He made him pay.
And you know they're they're going into this this playoff
game winning some games they didn't. They have a two
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game lose streak a couple of weeks back.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
I think. So, you know, they got a tough schedule
coming up at Denver, at Chicago again, Baltimore or whatever,
and that Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Those are I mean, we're gonna see. This is gonna
be They're at Denver this week. Yep, that's a big game. Yeah,
it'll be interesting to see that game. You know, two
teams that don't really play each other that often. Both
with really good defenses. I would say the Broncos are
struggling on offense. I know Bonnicks takes care of the football,
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but it's hard for them to get things going. They
control games, but I think that's more on the coach.
I think that Sean Payton. I think Green Bay when
they're hitting, when they're hitting those fifty to fifty balls
that Jordan love Love's throwing up, which they're calculated, they're
calculated throws. They're guy that receiver corps that we just
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talked about. They come down with a lot of them.
So at Watson, that was Watson twice. He seems to
get a long one. You know, you know, he's a fact,
he's got some speed. He's coming off that aco of
last year. He's been a huge jolt for them. It'd
be really nice to see Golden get involved. But that
was a great That was a great game. There's some
great games this weekend. That was a great game.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Also telling about how close the NFC is right now.
If the Bears were first seed last week, lose one game,
now they're seventh seed. It's gonna be fun down the line.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Who the Bears have next.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
They have Cleveland at home, then they've got Green Bay
at home, then they're at San Francisco, and then they've
got Detroit at home. They got there was last three?
Aren't those They're tough?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Those are tough.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
How do you feel about the very very close like
replaying the same game Division round games, so like one
game in between, but playing like the Bears and the
Packers playing twice in three weeks.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I think they're tough. Those are tough. You know you're
seeing I just remember we played the Jets in like
week seventeen eighteen, We play them in the first round
of playoffs, We blew them out, you know, thirty seven
zero or something something crazy in week seventeen, and then
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we play them in the first round the playoffs and
they beat us. I mean, it's it's hard to consistently
beat a team because the margin the talent's all semi close.
Now you have superstars and stuff, but it's you're not
playing like two lane or JMU.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Why'd you pick those specific times.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Because they're gonna get blown out. They're gonna get blown
out in this in this playoff, but you know what
I mean there, So it's when't it you got some
smart coaches that may have left some stuff off the
table for the first game, save it for that second game.
They could potentially play a third time. You never know.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
It feels like it always favors the team that loses.
There's just something you see that it's hard to beat
a team twice in the univision, particularly when they're so
close together.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yeah, because you see things that don't work. Usually the
other team that wins is the things are working. So
then that team that lost will change the things that
were working. You know, you have more to coach off
of you. It's tough. Let's jump over in that Steelers.
Another great Steelers win in Baltimore. Man, this Baltimore team's
a little broke, a little broke, hell of a performance
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by a Rod I said on Fox NFL kick Off.
I was taking these Steelers because I thought they'd fight
for Tomlin and that defense made made plays. That defense
looked good in the first half. Second half, they got
a little tired. Still waiting for Jay. I'm still waiting
for TJ. Still waiting for a closing sack. He's been
you know, I know he's got seven sacks on the year.
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But like if your big time players have to make
the big time plays in the games. Now high Smith
got the sack at the end to end the game
and that that's a team thing. But you know, you
can't turn the ball over your Ravens. They've been kind
of broke on offense. They're not really throwing it. They
have an explosion play here or there to uh what's
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his Uh what's the little guys? Flowers? You have Flowers.
He's good, He's very good. They just it's it seems
like they haven't found a rhythm in a while on offense,
the Ravens.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
And then I saw I stat I think Derrick Henry
had like his seventhred thousand yard season, ten touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yeah, I mean, he's right, he's a He's Hall of
Famer for sure.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Aaron Rodgers had a rushing touchdowns at the discount he did.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
He looked kind of quick on it for forty two
and then he had to He had some bombs. He
hit that Austin kid on that uh go route. He
hit DK on a go. You know, it's fun watching
the Steelers because you know they're all they're kind of
old out of it this that, but they're still in it.
I like watching those teams. I like watching you know,
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Aaron Rodgers, you got you gotta really like compute what
we're seeing. You know, we probably may not see him anymore,
and that could be the end of a legacy, which
was an awesome legacy to follow and play against. You know,
Aaron Rodgers, this is he's one of the you know,
the old time greats had thrown that football and he
had some really good throws and it's fun when they're connecting.
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You can tell he loves the game. Yeah, you know, Ravens,
they got to they gotta clean it up, man. But
I'm I don't know. I think there's just a little
they're a little broken. Their defense has hasn't been the
same all year. He've been able to run the ball,
even though the Steelers couldn't run the ball on them.
The Steelers, they can't get the run game going. Ever.
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I got warn on my fantasy team, and he'll he'll
pick me up some points because he gets them out
of the backfield and everything. But it's like very rare
that they go over a Hundie. They got it. They
gotta somehow get that going because that'll open up a
whole lot of things. For them and the defense for
the Steelers gotta we gotta make some plays, and they
made plays this game. They beat a division rival on
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the road, but we got you know what I mean,
because I want the Steelers. I think it'd be fun
having the Steelers in the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I mean, yeah, do you think this? I mean this
is a big statement game for the division for the Steelers.
They still got to rematch these two teams.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
You can't. You can't do that yet. The statement will
be when they win the division. That wasn't a statement
game yet. Look, Pitt's got Miami next, which Miami's on
a four game heater. They got Detroit Detroit still, you
know Detroit, they got their mental toughness back last week. Cleveland.
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You know that's gonna be right around when Miles Garrett's
trying to beat that sack record, so he's gonna be
coming out like a bat out of hell. And then
you finish it with Baltimore. I mean those are like
you look at it and you can say you can
win three of those. But Miami is a different team
than five weeks ago. Detroit's got a little confidence. Cleveland,
they have a little juice with Chador and the whole
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Miles Garrett thing in Baltimore anytime, like we just talked about,
you play a team so close to each other, it's hard.
So it'll be fun to watch that. Baltimore got Cincy,
which you know we'll see how since he is, and
then at New England. At New England, no in in Baltimore,
then Green Bay and then.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Pitt It's tough. So would you take on the any
thoughts on those controversial calls?
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Oh, the catch, Yeah, yeah, I mean, you gotta finish catch.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Mark Butterworth explained he's the vice president of Instant Replay
at the NFL. He said, the control is the first
aspect of the catch. The second aspect is two feet
or a body part in the football moment, which he
did have. Then the third step is an is an
act common to the game of football. Before he could
get the third foot down, the ball was ripped out,
Therefore it was an incomplete pass.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, I mean this happened to Baltimore a couple of times.
Sterling Moore in that two thousand and eleven AFC Championship
where he got the ball out.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
I got one too. What is your favorite football move?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I don't know. How to answer that question. Yeah, but
like just finish the you gotta finish it, yeah, you know,
and it's about time these gets one going on their side,
you know what I mean, they can't do anything out there.
At least you gotta one two three. I don't it's tough.
(17:09):
I don't know what a catch is. But if it's
if you're gonna if it's gonna be close, don't make
it close. Yeah, you know, and then let's go in
and finish it off with the Texans win an arrowhead.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Yikes. That was that a statement game?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
That's that's a statement game. That's a statement game because
that was in front of everyone on the road against
the defending conference champs. You know, all the players were
used to seeing the Chiefs make on offense just hasn't
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been going. It's you know, and I haven't bet against
them until, you know, I said on the show Fox Kickoff,
like I'm not betting against them until the dirts on
the coffin. Well, the dirt's on the coffin. I think
the dirts on the coffin and that and the you know,
let's not make this about the Chiefs. You know, they've
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been on a hell of a run and Father Time
is undefeated for everyone. Let's not forget that. But that
Houston Texans defense is incredible. I mean, they got Lassiter
in the corner, they have Steingley the corner. They got
a hunter, they got I'll sheer whatever, they got the
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other d n who's a monster like they play. They
play fast, they played tight, they played disciplined. You know,
Patrick had to run around a bunch because all those
guys were covered, you know, and the defensive lines getting
the pressure in the face while they're getting covered in
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the back end. Demko's got this group going and they
have the dogs for it. You know, I'm a little
concerned still with the Houston's offense though. It feels like
but CJ. Stroud didn't make a couple of plays. He
made a couple of Mahomes plays. And that was the
difference long that third and long, you know, And but
we got to see more consistency on that offense. You know,
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a lot of that money in that whole team and
the draft equities on that defense right now, and that's
how they're winning. You know, they're they're kinda what are
they on the offensive line. They really don't have a
great running back, and that's kind of what they want
to do. Nico Collins is really good, but you can
kind of put your coverage towards him. Attack, you know,
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attracts a lot of attention. I mean, the Chiefs didn't
have McDuffie and they I mean, this game was ten
to ten until the fourth quarter, you know, and then
I think the emotional decision of Andy Reid. You know,
it's hard to argue against a guy that Andy Reid,
who's had a lot of success, but I think that
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was an emotional decision where they needed to. They were
on tilt. They were on tilt, you know, like when
you get a bad beat and poker and then you're
over here bet and raising nuts. Yeah, you know, and
those two fourth downs, I mean, especially that the one
in their own territory. I mean, their defense held Houston
to like three three and ounce like prior to this.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
It's one thing you fear a defense is just not
letting anyone, you know.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
I don't know, man, it was. It was tough, but hey,
they basically said, we got to put it in our
guy's hands and he's gonna win the game for us.
And I'll never argue that if that's what they felt
at that time. They had a good plan or something,
but it was hard. It's hard to have a good
plan against that Houston defense that was stopped stuffing everything.
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I mean, they couldn't. It was tough for them to
get short yards. It was tough for them, and it
was tough for the Chiefs against that Houston defense. That
Houston defense swarms. You know, Chiefs are one for three
on third down, four for fourteen on third or one
for three on fourth down, four for fourteen on third down,
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one for two in the red area. I mean they
barely got in the red area. Three turnovers. That's the difference.
You know, Patty's pressing. It's it's yeah, you know, he's
pressing when he's got a little time he needs. He's
feeling like he needs to make a big play because
a lot of the times he ain't getting a lot
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of time. They're so banged up on the offensive line,
and so you know, when when you can't get anything
going that I'm sure Mahomes was pressing, you know, and
and it's it's kind of sad.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
I think they're out AFC looking wide open.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
AFC's looking wide open. I think the whole leagues looking
wide open. But shout out to Houston. That's a big
time win on the road in Arrowhead. With Kansas City's
back against the wall, you go out and you beat
the champs.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Other quick big stories. Zach Ertz tears his acl Daniel
Jones touris his achilles. Yeah, just sucks to see that.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
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Speaker 1 (22:40):
Okay, mix it up. I'm gonna use my chill tack.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Yeah, you use your chill tackets to make them chill.
The great question, great, great song.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Man.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
There we go. It's the second time we spilled on
this table today. Shout out Tim question first, not to
a chill question. Should the Bengals release Flaco so he
can sign with the Colts.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
That'd be kind of tight, be fun for football. If
I'm Flacco, are you asking for a release?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
How does that go down?
Speaker 1 (23:23):
I don't know, I feel like he's he's been on
that team already.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Yeah he was.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
I know they almost went to the playoffs with them, Yeah,
or did they go to the playoffs?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
I don't. They've had so many like the washed, not
saying Flacco's washed, but the old journeyman guys Matt Ryan
and Rivers, even Daniel Jones kind of not.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Really, but Daniel Jones like twenty eight.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Okay, let let's just dreamcast for a second. If Joe
Flacco asks the Bengals for, you know, a release, and
the Colts sign him, do the Colts have a shot
to make the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
A lot more than now? Yeah, a lot more than
right now?
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Okay, next question. Are the Jags a cream team?
Speaker 1 (24:05):
I mean I think they are. I think they are
a cream team. Cream team. I don't know if they're
a butter team though.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
It's not butter season, it's just cream season.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Yeah, they're they're they're a cream team right now. I
mean that that defense is second in takeaways, that they're
they're really good against the run. I think they're like
six or seven and yards per carry allowed against their defense.
They find ways to win. I love Jacoby Myers with
Ryan Thomas. I think that's a good combo.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Their tight end two strings has been stepping off.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Strange et n at running back. He always kind of
gets just something here. And and Liam Combe. Yeah, Liam
Cohn like Gotaton waiting in the wings too, Go Hokies.
He's got Liam Cohen's got some juice. He's got some
you know, he's a smart guy. These these offensive core
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is it worked with the bake. Look at Canalos, they're
looking pretty decent too. So I think the Jags are
just because of the product of the division they're in
right now and all the circumstances that are going on
over there.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Another question, are the Chiefs cooked?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Yeah? I think the Chiefs are gone. I think they're done.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
You know, it's are they just not good anymore?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
I just think no, they're not. It's not that they're
just too banged up right now. Yeah, Like their defense
still looked really good. Last last night their defense looked
insane and they lost McDuffie, one of their best players.
But and they were playing against Houston, who has been
struggling on offense. But they made impact plays like you
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give the ball up to the defense after they've given
up only ten points on your thirty. You know something's
gonna happen. But you know they've been really banged up
at offensive line that you know, they've had a couple
guys leave there mm hm, a couple guys they drafted
weren't playing. Simmons or other tackle gets hurt and the
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tackle gets hurt on the first play. That's the backup
tackle like it. I know it sounds cliche, but you
you win in the trenches. Anytime the Chiefs ever had
struggles is when they couldn't protect Patrick Mahomes. You know,
I think they even have the weapons for it. They
just don't have the offensive line right now.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
So are they cooked? They're cooked for this season. They're
cooked for this season right now?
Speaker 2 (26:36):
It's two more here. Should the Should the Commander sit
Jayden Daniels for the rest of the season yet another
aggravated his his his elbow injury yesterday?
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Ah, he's only in the second year and maybe it
would be you know, I don't. I don't think they should.
I think he needs to learn learn how to adjust
his game for when he's not one hundred percent, because
that's what the great quarterbacks do. They they go out
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and adjust their game when they're not feeling good. I
remember Brady had like a broken foot. No one knew
about it, but he had a broken foot, and I
think we got the ball out at one point eight
seconds every time he didn't want to get hit, and
we won games that way. You know what I mean.
He's got to find a way to learn to not
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take these hits. And if they can't protect him, maybe
they should sit them. But if you know, you got
to go down with the ship. Look at you're the
starting quarterback. Look at Joe Burrow. Look at Joe Burrow
and he's got a three hundred and four million now,
he's got a big contract. I get that, But you know,
if you're the organization, you got to see him stay healthy.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
The three and ten and look at this. Look at
the schedule they have left at Giants, Eagles at home,
Cowboys at home at Eagles, all division.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Yeah, I would play him if he can go love it.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
And then last question, maybe this is a little bit
of Homer talk or Homer conversation. Are the Patriots going
to win the AFC East this weekend? Hatt and T
shirt game bills at home?
Speaker 1 (28:22):
You know it's it's it's their first bye week. It's
this team, this generation's first by week. We don't know
how they are out of buys yet, you know, but
they do have like a good thing going over there.
What's up?
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Injury is starting to pile up offensive line, those guys
are stilling.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
I think Wilson and Campbell's out. Campbell's out.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Yeah, there's talk that maybe, like in the playoffs, you
could come back if they win a game, he.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Should be able to come back in four weeks. Grade
three let's go.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Milton Williams still too, but he's coming back soon, getting soon.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Yeah, you know, it's gonna be a tough game because
this is a different Bills team, especially with the confidence
they just got after beating those Bengals. But I'm I'm
going with the Patriot. I think this is a new
Patriots team. I think they win this weekend in the
hat and T shirt game in Foxborough. Who's defending the
light or who's defending the lighthouse? The height? Actually I
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don't know then.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
I mean, if you keep it up, they might give
you a call. No, although no they should.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Last time I went staying fucking five turnovers on on
my fucking Hall of Fame weekend and lose to the
Pittsburgh Steelers in a horrible fashion.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
That was their last I was sitting with coach.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Scar the whole game. We're over here, MF.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
And I mean, one thing on the Patriots, I don't
think they've this team, this generation has proven to have
the Gillette cold Weather home field advantage. Yet a lot
of those guys are Southern guys. They haven't really shown. Yeah,
but they've been practicing out there. They've been practicing out there.
I know they've been practicing out there. Look, I think
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they can get it done. Like who's on that defensive
line for the Bills that scares you right now?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
They were out Bosa last game. Bosa was out like
Ed Oliver's been out.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
I mean, but like you see the Patriots stopping the run.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
They have to.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
They have to.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
And one thing we've kind of seen is that the
Patriots have been doing a good job of taking away
the team's best thing. What did the Patriots do against
Cooks last time? You know what I mean? They're probably
more then yeah, but you know, the Patriots are down, Milton,
So you know, I think it's gonna be a great match.
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I think it's gonna be a great game. It's it's
by no means will it be a blowout and the
Bills could even go go in and win that game
for sure. I'm going with you know, I'm going with
the young gun Drake May, Drake Drake May.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
One o'clock game two, which you think and go? I
think that favors New English.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
It is a get up and go game. There's gonna
be a little sun over on that our side. Wait,
where's that sun? Yeah, it's our sideline back over there,
so we'll see who We'll see some of those deep throws.
Maybe the I remember the sun late in the year
was always a factor in punts and go balls on
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one of the sidelines, usually going towards the lighthouse on
our sideline, right, one of those two.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
Yeah, and it's gonna be one of those classic late
season games where it like start No, it's not a
four o'clock never mind, all right, but.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
It gets dark and in New England like at four. Yeah,
so it's gonna be a twilight Yeah, yeah, it would be.
That's a fun game, man, there's a lot of great games.
This is the best time of the year right now,
because this is when you can determine on who's real
and who's not. This is when the cream teams come
up and they rise to the tippity tippity dippity top.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
And we got Chargers Eagles Tonight Chargers Eagles.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
I think Philly's gonna get them. You never know. This
could be a Justin Herbert, you know, playing Madison beer
in the crowd. Or is that it's it's it's here,
It's here. Yeah, I think we'll be filled with all
Eagles fans, so.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Just they want to get out of the snowy cold
the Northeast.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, but there's probably there's so many like La has
so many transplants from everywhere, so there's probably like at
least six hundred thousand Philly people around here.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yeah, I can see that.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
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We've got Patriots full back. It's full back season. James
freaking Devlin talking about Super Bowl fifty two talking about
a loss. Yeah that was a I mean and he's
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from Philly.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Yeah. We've been sitting on this one for a while
just to get the right moment. We feel like it's
cru season the time.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Oh it's a good episode.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
It's a really fun episode. And the new Dudes on
Dudes dropping Thursday with some great Hall of Fame caliber dudes.
We'll see you next time, guys,
We had to hop on and bring you guys another recap.
Let's get into some of the matchups I had my
eyes on. First, there was the Bengals versus the Bills
up in the snow in Buffalo. There was the huh,
very beautiful, very visually pleasing to see. Then we'll talk
a little bit about those Bears and Packers at Lambeau,
gritty game. Then we're gonna go hit the AFC North
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and hit the Steelers versus their rivals, the Ravens. We
knew about that with Stugs when t Sizzle came in here.
They hate each other. And then of course we got
to talk about the Texans going up into Arrowhead and
taking on the Chiefs on Sunday night football. Let's get
into it.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
There was also a little extra chillszne too, hul little.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Chill zone, A little chill zone. All right, let's talk
about these Bills and how they beat the Bengals up
in the snow. Initial thought seventy points, eighty points in
the snow. It was nuts. It was a fun game.
It looks like there was good traction too.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
It wasn't like there's a yeah, they're the traction is
always pretty decent in the snow.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
I felt I was a mutter. I felt like I
always had an advantage in the snow. Guys, I rather
play in the snow than you play in the rain,
you know, because the ball is not wet. The ball is.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Still it's cold, it's harder, but it ain't wet. Who
has the advantage on a snowy game, offense or defense?
Speaker 1 (01:20):
I would say the offense does, because the defense is
doing everything in a backpedal. And then also you know
you can control the route and if they miss, you
can go being reactive versus knowing, yes, you can be reactive.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Cincinnati came out with a bang twenty one, looked like
they were they weren't going to be stopped, and then
the second half hits and Josh Allen does Josh Allen,
and I think the game ultimately came down to those
two turnovers that Joe Burrow put put up. Yeah, I
mean that's what it comes down to. You can't go
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in and you cannot go into someone's house. I think
you could turn the ball over a couple times and
beat them, especially with you know how much firepower. Josh
Allen is not the offense. Josh Allen. Okay, that that
one throw or the one run that Josh had where
he went what forty or thirty eight untouched untouched? I
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mean that was that was expected though. I think I
think the Bengals expected Josh Allen to go out and
make a couple a few plays like that. If the
Bengals would have stayed on track, didn't turn the ball over,
they could add a shot to win that game.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
But well, they were up. They were up end points
with eight minutes left.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Yeah, and then you had the back to back interception.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Yeah, I mean that first interception hell of a play.
Speaker 1 (02:46):
Hell of a play, but kind of I mean it
was an RPO. It looked like so he pulled it
and it was going to bang it to Chase when
you know they do have a bad running defense, you know,
so you could take that with the grain of salt.
They were going out and trying to win. They were
going to try to you know, they had the they
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had their their hand on the throat, they were trying
to break the neck. But you do that. And and
what was his name who made the big play?
Speaker 2 (03:14):
His name is Benford?
Speaker 1 (03:15):
I think, yeah, Benford. He had a return for a
touchdown last week touchdown. Yeah. I mean he's been making
some big plays. If the Bills. Now, if the Bills
can continue to take the ball away, that's the only
shot they have to go deep into this thing if
they If a team goes and plays them fundamentally sound
and they don't take the ball away, I think that
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that's how that's how you have to beat the Bills.
But look, you got Josh Allen, a big game for
the tight end, Schultz and Kinkaid.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
And knocks to or Ord and Knox and SICKI.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
Yeah, big day. But the Bengals haven't covered a tight
end all year. Uh. You know, it was fun watching
Joe Burrow battle Alan in that in that snow and
and and it looked like it was gonna be a
premiere like to the Wire game, and then it just
that's how it happens like that. That's how quick it is.
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You know, want too bad plays can ruin a whole game.
It's unfortunate. I think the Bengals are probably out now.
They're not gonna it's still a very small chance. Small chance.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
But now if you're in the if you're the NFL
playoff committee, are you selecting the Bengals to make the
playoffs because hey, they're a good matchup, they're a good brand.
I got a quarterback.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
No, they haven't played good enough this year, just a
little shot at college football. I know, I know, the
Notre Dame. They just get in without being in a conference.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
That's Alabama. Anything else in this game.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Yeah, I I you know, you know the Buffalo Bills,
who they got this coming up? This this is the
week T shirt game hat and T shirt for the Patriots.
But you know the Bills could still go out and
beat the Patriots in Fox Bro and change this whole
thing upside down.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, we'll talk about that a little bit later, all right.
I mean I think a big takeaway from the Bengals here,
I know, losing Burrow back to back seat, Like it's
just tough, but like he still shows up. He still
is Joe Burrow. So next year there is something to like,
if everyone can stay healthy, you can still have a chance.
But yeah, if.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Everyone can stay healthy and they could draft some defense
and sign over some defense guys. You know there's some
couple drops by Higgins, which, yeah, first game back in
the snow, those are tough. Ideal conditions, those aren't ideal conditions,
so you know they they were there, they had it,
and just like that it's over. Let's move on to
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the Packers outlasting the Bears, which was crazy because this
was a tail of two different halves. You look at
the first half, you know Green Bay was all over
it fourteen to oh, fourteen to three. Going into halftime,
they were controlling the game. Jordan Love was able to
hit a couple of those third downs where they had
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every the Bears had everyone on the line of scrimmage.
They get it picked up somehow, the safety doesn't come
and hug and become the extra blitzer, so they're hitting
guys wide open. You know, if you're bringing up blitz
and you can get it protected as an offense, and
the hug the guy who the safety who's covering the
tight end, who's he sees his guy comes into block.
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That means he either can come and then they have
a free guy on the protection or he's got to
go back and do something. He kind of just stayed
in this land over here and really wasn't helping. And
then you see Watson has a couple of big plays.
I think they hit twice, So you know, this was
a game of execution for the Packers. But then you
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look in the second half and the Bears completely controlled
the game with the run game and the long sustaining drives.
It's just I think Jordan loves further along than Klee
right now. That's that was the difference. You know, Caleb
had the one play and at the end of the
game that the pick, and you know you could say, oh,
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this that they they had a shot to win on
the road in Lambeau. You know, I think this was
actually a pretty good loss for them, you know, to
show everyone, Hey, we we didn't play our best. We
we didn't we had a good game plan where we
were going to control the game and keep Michah Parsons
off the field or not have him in rushing on
third down because you can't block a lot of those
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Gary Inn and Parsons. You can't blalok that and you
can't block, you can't sit back and you know, throw
the ball down field. It's tough. So, you know, seeing
how they controlled the game in the second half, that's
what they're gonna have to do the next time they played,
because they played in two weeks.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
What do you make of the wide receiver room in
green Bay right now.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
I think they're all like the same guy. Yeah, they
have a plethora of dudes. You got Wicks, Dobbs, Watson,
They have the rookie Golden who hasn't even really been
playing this year, who was a first round draft pick.
They also have who else do they have? Wicks, Dobbs, Watson,
Watson Reed, they love Red like. They have a lot
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of guys. And then they have Musgrave. They have Wilson
and Jacobs in the backfield, and their offensive line got
them protected. Their offensive line did a great job. The
Green Bay Packers, you know in Jordan love he he
made them pay when they blitzed him. He made him pay.
And you know they're they're going into this this playoff
game winning some games they didn't. They have a two
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game lose streak a couple of weeks back.
Speaker 2 (08:37):
I think. So, you know, they got a tough schedule
coming up at Denver, at Chicago again, Baltimore or whatever,
and that Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (08:45):
Those are I mean, we're gonna see. This is gonna
be They're at Denver this week. Yep, that's a big game. Yeah,
it'll be interesting to see that game. You know, two
teams that don't really play each other that often. Both
with really good defenses. I would say the Broncos are
struggling on offense. I know Bonnicks takes care of the football,
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but it's hard for them to get things going. They
control games, but I think that's more on the coach.
I think that Sean Payton. I think Green Bay when
they're hitting, when they're hitting those fifty to fifty balls
that Jordan love Love's throwing up, which they're calculated, they're
calculated throws. They're guy that receiver corps that we just
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talked about. They come down with a lot of them.
So at Watson, that was Watson twice. He seems to
get a long one. You know, you know, he's a fact,
he's got some speed. He's coming off that aco of
last year. He's been a huge jolt for them. It'd
be really nice to see Golden get involved. But that
was a great That was a great game. There's some
great games this weekend. That was a great game.
Speaker 2 (09:50):
Also telling about how close the NFC is right now.
If the Bears were first seed last week, lose one game,
now they're seventh seed. It's gonna be fun down the line.
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Who the Bears have next.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
They have Cleveland at home, then they've got Green Bay
at home, then they're at San Francisco, and then they've
got Detroit at home. They got there was last three?
Aren't those They're tough?
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Those are tough.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
How do you feel about the very very close like
replaying the same game Division round games, so like one
game in between, but playing like the Bears and the
Packers playing twice in three weeks.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
I think they're tough. Those are tough. You know you're
seeing I just remember we played the Jets in like
week seventeen eighteen, We play them in the first round
of playoffs, We blew them out, you know, thirty seven
zero or something something crazy in week seventeen, and then
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we play them in the first round the playoffs and
they beat us. I mean, it's it's hard to consistently
beat a team because the margin the talent's all semi close.
Now you have superstars and stuff, but it's you're not
playing like two lane or JMU.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Why'd you pick those specific times.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
Because they're gonna get blown out. They're gonna get blown
out in this in this playoff, but you know what
I mean there, So it's when't it you got some
smart coaches that may have left some stuff off the
table for the first game, save it for that second game.
They could potentially play a third time. You never know.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
It feels like it always favors the team that loses.
There's just something you see that it's hard to beat
a team twice in the univision, particularly when they're so
close together.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
Yeah, because you see things that don't work. Usually the
other team that wins is the things are working. So
then that team that lost will change the things that
were working. You know, you have more to coach off
of you. It's tough. Let's jump over in that Steelers.
Another great Steelers win in Baltimore. Man, this Baltimore team's
a little broke, a little broke, hell of a performance
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by a Rod I said on Fox NFL kick Off.
I was taking these Steelers because I thought they'd fight
for Tomlin and that defense made made plays. That defense
looked good in the first half. Second half, they got
a little tired. Still waiting for Jay. I'm still waiting
for TJ. Still waiting for a closing sack. He's been
you know, I know he's got seven sacks on the year.
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But like if your big time players have to make
the big time plays in the games. Now high Smith
got the sack at the end to end the game
and that that's a team thing. But you know, you
can't turn the ball over your Ravens. They've been kind
of broke on offense. They're not really throwing it. They
have an explosion play here or there to uh what's
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his Uh what's the little guys? Flowers? You have Flowers.
He's good, He's very good. They just it's it seems
like they haven't found a rhythm in a while on offense,
the Ravens.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
And then I saw I stat I think Derrick Henry
had like his seventhred thousand yard season, ten touchdowns.
Speaker 1 (12:58):
Yeah, I mean, he's right, he's a He's Hall of
Famer for sure.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
Aaron Rodgers had a rushing touchdowns at the discount he did.
Speaker 1 (13:06):
He looked kind of quick on it for forty two
and then he had to He had some bombs. He
hit that Austin kid on that uh go route. He
hit DK on a go. You know, it's fun watching
the Steelers because you know they're all they're kind of
old out of it this that, but they're still in it.
I like watching those teams. I like watching you know,
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Aaron Rodgers, you got you gotta really like compute what
we're seeing. You know, we probably may not see him anymore,
and that could be the end of a legacy, which
was an awesome legacy to follow and play against. You know,
Aaron Rodgers, this is he's one of the you know,
the old time greats had thrown that football and he
had some really good throws and it's fun when they're connecting.
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You can tell he loves the game. Yeah, you know, Ravens,
they got to they gotta clean it up, man. But
I'm I don't know. I think there's just a little
they're a little broken. Their defense has hasn't been the
same all year. He've been able to run the ball,
even though the Steelers couldn't run the ball on them.
The Steelers, they can't get the run game going. Ever.
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I got warn on my fantasy team, and he'll he'll
pick me up some points because he gets them out
of the backfield and everything. But it's like very rare
that they go over a Hundie. They got it. They
gotta somehow get that going because that'll open up a
whole lot of things. For them and the defense for
the Steelers gotta we gotta make some plays, and they
made plays this game. They beat a division rival on
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the road, but we got you know what I mean,
because I want the Steelers. I think it'd be fun
having the Steelers in the playoffs.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
I mean, yeah, do you think this? I mean this
is a big statement game for the division for the Steelers.
They still got to rematch these two teams.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
You can't. You can't do that yet. The statement will
be when they win the division. That wasn't a statement
game yet. Look, Pitt's got Miami next, which Miami's on
a four game heater. They got Detroit Detroit still, you
know Detroit, they got their mental toughness back last week. Cleveland.
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You know that's gonna be right around when Miles Garrett's
trying to beat that sack record, so he's gonna be
coming out like a bat out of hell. And then
you finish it with Baltimore. I mean those are like
you look at it and you can say you can
win three of those. But Miami is a different team
than five weeks ago. Detroit's got a little confidence. Cleveland,
they have a little juice with Chador and the whole
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Miles Garrett thing in Baltimore anytime, like we just talked about,
you play a team so close to each other, it's hard.
So it'll be fun to watch that. Baltimore got Cincy,
which you know we'll see how since he is, and
then at New England. At New England, no in in Baltimore,
then Green Bay and then.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Pitt It's tough. So would you take on the any
thoughts on those controversial calls?
Speaker 1 (16:03):
Oh, the catch, Yeah, yeah, I mean, you gotta finish catch.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Mark Butterworth explained he's the vice president of Instant Replay
at the NFL. He said, the control is the first
aspect of the catch. The second aspect is two feet
or a body part in the football moment, which he
did have. Then the third step is an is an
act common to the game of football. Before he could
get the third foot down, the ball was ripped out,
Therefore it was an incomplete pass.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
Yeah, I mean this happened to Baltimore a couple of times.
Sterling Moore in that two thousand and eleven AFC Championship
where he got the ball out.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
I got one too. What is your favorite football move?
Speaker 1 (16:48):
I don't know. How to answer that question. Yeah, but
like just finish the you gotta finish it, yeah, you know,
and it's about time these gets one going on their side,
you know what I mean, they can't do anything out there.
At least you gotta one two three. I don't it's tough.
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I don't know what a catch is. But if it's
if you're gonna if it's gonna be close, don't make
it close. Yeah, you know, and then let's go in
and finish it off with the Texans win an arrowhead.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Yikes. That was that a statement game?
Speaker 1 (17:27):
That's that's a statement game. That's a statement game because
that was in front of everyone on the road against
the defending conference champs. You know, all the players were
used to seeing the Chiefs make on offense just hasn't
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been going. It's you know, and I haven't bet against
them until, you know, I said on the show Fox Kickoff,
like I'm not betting against them until the dirts on
the coffin. Well, the dirt's on the coffin. I think
the dirts on the coffin and that and the you know,
let's not make this about the Chiefs. You know, they've
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been on a hell of a run and Father Time
is undefeated for everyone. Let's not forget that. But that
Houston Texans defense is incredible. I mean, they got Lassiter
in the corner, they have Steingley the corner. They got
a hunter, they got I'll sheer whatever, they got the
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other d n who's a monster like they play. They
play fast, they played tight, they played disciplined. You know,
Patrick had to run around a bunch because all those
guys were covered, you know, and the defensive lines getting
the pressure in the face while they're getting covered in
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the back end. Demko's got this group going and they
have the dogs for it. You know, I'm a little
concerned still with the Houston's offense though. It feels like
but CJ. Stroud didn't make a couple of plays. He
made a couple of Mahomes plays. And that was the
difference long that third and long, you know, And but
we got to see more consistency on that offense. You know,
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a lot of that money in that whole team and
the draft equities on that defense right now, and that's
how they're winning. You know, they're they're kinda what are
they on the offensive line. They really don't have a
great running back, and that's kind of what they want
to do. Nico Collins is really good, but you can
kind of put your coverage towards him. Attack, you know,
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attracts a lot of attention. I mean, the Chiefs didn't
have McDuffie and they I mean, this game was ten
to ten until the fourth quarter, you know, and then
I think the emotional decision of Andy Reid. You know,
it's hard to argue against a guy that Andy Reid,
who's had a lot of success, but I think that
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was an emotional decision where they needed to. They were
on tilt. They were on tilt, you know, like when
you get a bad beat and poker and then you're
over here bet and raising nuts. Yeah, you know, and
those two fourth downs, I mean, especially that the one
in their own territory. I mean, their defense held Houston
to like three three and ounce like prior to this.
Speaker 2 (20:32):
It's one thing you fear a defense is just not
letting anyone, you know.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
I don't know, man, it was. It was tough, but hey,
they basically said, we got to put it in our
guy's hands and he's gonna win the game for us.
And I'll never argue that if that's what they felt
at that time. They had a good plan or something,
but it was hard. It's hard to have a good
plan against that Houston defense that was stopped stuffing everything.
(20:59):
I mean, they couldn't. It was tough for them to
get short yards. It was tough for them, and it
was tough for the Chiefs against that Houston defense. That
Houston defense swarms. You know, Chiefs are one for three
on third down, four for fourteen on third or one
for three on fourth down, four for fourteen on third down,
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one for two in the red area. I mean they
barely got in the red area. Three turnovers. That's the difference.
You know, Patty's pressing. It's it's yeah, you know, he's
pressing when he's got a little time he needs. He's
feeling like he needs to make a big play because
a lot of the times he ain't getting a lot
(21:40):
of time. They're so banged up on the offensive line,
and so you know, when when you can't get anything
going that I'm sure Mahomes was pressing, you know, and
and it's it's kind of sad.
Speaker 2 (21:55):
I think they're out AFC looking wide open.
Speaker 1 (21:58):
AFC's looking wide open. I think the whole leagues looking
wide open. But shout out to Houston. That's a big
time win on the road in Arrowhead. With Kansas City's
back against the wall, you go out and you beat
the champs.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Other quick big stories. Zach Ertz tears his acl Daniel
Jones touris his achilles. Yeah, just sucks to see that.
Speaker 1 (22:22):
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Speaker 2 (22:34):
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Speaker 1 (22:40):
Okay, mix it up. I'm gonna use my chill tack.
Speaker 2 (22:44):
Yeah, you use your chill tackets to make them chill.
The great question, great, great song.
Speaker 1 (22:54):
Man.
Speaker 2 (22:55):
There we go. It's the second time we spilled on
this table today. Shout out Tim question first, not to
a chill question. Should the Bengals release Flaco so he
can sign with the Colts.
Speaker 1 (23:12):
That'd be kind of tight, be fun for football. If
I'm Flacco, are you asking for a release?
Speaker 2 (23:20):
How does that go down?
Speaker 1 (23:23):
I don't know, I feel like he's he's been on
that team already.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Yeah he was.
Speaker 1 (23:27):
I know they almost went to the playoffs with them, Yeah,
or did they go to the playoffs?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
I don't. They've had so many like the washed, not
saying Flacco's washed, but the old journeyman guys Matt Ryan
and Rivers, even Daniel Jones kind of not.
Speaker 1 (23:41):
Really, but Daniel Jones like twenty eight.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
Okay, let let's just dreamcast for a second. If Joe
Flacco asks the Bengals for, you know, a release, and
the Colts sign him, do the Colts have a shot
to make the playoffs.
Speaker 1 (23:56):
A lot more than now? Yeah, a lot more than
right now?
Speaker 2 (24:01):
Okay, next question. Are the Jags a cream team?
Speaker 1 (24:05):
I mean I think they are. I think they are
a cream team. Cream team. I don't know if they're
a butter team though.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
It's not butter season, it's just cream season.
Speaker 1 (24:15):
Yeah, they're they're they're a cream team right now. I
mean that that defense is second in takeaways, that they're
they're really good against the run. I think they're like
six or seven and yards per carry allowed against their defense.
They find ways to win. I love Jacoby Myers with
Ryan Thomas. I think that's a good combo.
Speaker 2 (24:37):
Their tight end two strings has been stepping off.
Speaker 1 (24:39):
Strange et n at running back. He always kind of
gets just something here. And and Liam Combe. Yeah, Liam
Cohn like Gotaton waiting in the wings too, Go Hokies.
He's got Liam Cohen's got some juice. He's got some
you know, he's a smart guy. These these offensive core
(25:00):
is it worked with the bake. Look at Canalos, they're
looking pretty decent too. So I think the Jags are
just because of the product of the division they're in
right now and all the circumstances that are going on
over there.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Another question, are the Chiefs cooked?
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Yeah? I think the Chiefs are gone. I think they're done.
Speaker 2 (25:23):
You know, it's are they just not good anymore?
Speaker 1 (25:26):
I just think no, they're not. It's not that they're
just too banged up right now. Yeah, Like their defense
still looked really good. Last last night their defense looked
insane and they lost McDuffie, one of their best players.
But and they were playing against Houston, who has been
struggling on offense. But they made impact plays like you
(25:48):
give the ball up to the defense after they've given
up only ten points on your thirty. You know something's
gonna happen. But you know they've been really banged up
at offensive line that you know, they've had a couple
guys leave there mm hm, a couple guys they drafted
weren't playing. Simmons or other tackle gets hurt and the
(26:08):
tackle gets hurt on the first play. That's the backup
tackle like it. I know it sounds cliche, but you
you win in the trenches. Anytime the Chiefs ever had
struggles is when they couldn't protect Patrick Mahomes. You know,
I think they even have the weapons for it. They
just don't have the offensive line right now.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Yep.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
So are they cooked? They're cooked for this season. They're
cooked for this season right now?
Speaker 2 (26:36):
It's two more here. Should the Should the Commander sit
Jayden Daniels for the rest of the season yet another
aggravated his his his elbow injury yesterday?
Speaker 1 (26:50):
Ah, he's only in the second year and maybe it
would be you know, I don't. I don't think they should.
I think he needs to learn learn how to adjust
his game for when he's not one hundred percent, because
that's what the great quarterbacks do. They they go out
(27:11):
and adjust their game when they're not feeling good. I
remember Brady had like a broken foot. No one knew
about it, but he had a broken foot, and I
think we got the ball out at one point eight
seconds every time he didn't want to get hit, and
we won games that way. You know what I mean.
He's got to find a way to learn to not
(27:31):
take these hits. And if they can't protect him, maybe
they should sit them. But if you know, you got
to go down with the ship. Look at you're the
starting quarterback. Look at Joe Burrow. Look at Joe Burrow
and he's got a three hundred and four million now,
he's got a big contract. I get that, But you know,
if you're the organization, you got to see him stay healthy.
Speaker 2 (27:55):
The three and ten and look at this. Look at
the schedule they have left at Giants, Eagles at home,
Cowboys at home at Eagles, all division.
Speaker 1 (28:07):
Yeah, I would play him if he can go love it.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
And then last question, maybe this is a little bit
of Homer talk or Homer conversation. Are the Patriots going
to win the AFC East this weekend? Hatt and T
shirt game bills at home?
Speaker 1 (28:22):
You know it's it's it's their first bye week. It's
this team, this generation's first by week. We don't know
how they are out of buys yet, you know, but
they do have like a good thing going over there.
What's up?
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Injury is starting to pile up offensive line, those guys
are stilling.
Speaker 1 (28:44):
I think Wilson and Campbell's out. Campbell's out.
Speaker 2 (28:49):
Yeah, there's talk that maybe, like in the playoffs, you
could come back if they win a game, he.
Speaker 1 (28:52):
Should be able to come back in four weeks. Grade
three let's go.
Speaker 2 (28:58):
Milton Williams still too, but he's coming back soon, getting soon.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Yeah, you know, it's gonna be a tough game because
this is a different Bills team, especially with the confidence
they just got after beating those Bengals. But I'm I'm
going with the Patriot. I think this is a new
Patriots team. I think they win this weekend in the
hat and T shirt game in Foxborough. Who's defending the
light or who's defending the lighthouse? The height? Actually I
(29:26):
don't know then.
Speaker 2 (29:27):
I mean, if you keep it up, they might give
you a call. No, although no they should.
Speaker 1 (29:30):
Last time I went staying fucking five turnovers on on
my fucking Hall of Fame weekend and lose to the
Pittsburgh Steelers in a horrible fashion.
Speaker 2 (29:39):
That was their last I was sitting with coach.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Scar the whole game. We're over here, MF.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
And I mean, one thing on the Patriots, I don't
think they've this team, this generation has proven to have
the Gillette cold Weather home field advantage. Yet a lot
of those guys are Southern guys. They haven't really shown. Yeah,
but they've been practicing out there. They've been practicing out there.
I know they've been practicing out there. Look, I think
(30:06):
they can get it done. Like who's on that defensive
line for the Bills that scares you right now?
Speaker 1 (30:11):
They were out Bosa last game. Bosa was out like
Ed Oliver's been out.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
I mean, but like you see the Patriots stopping the run.
Speaker 1 (30:21):
They have to.
Speaker 2 (30:22):
They have to.
Speaker 1 (30:23):
And one thing we've kind of seen is that the
Patriots have been doing a good job of taking away
the team's best thing. What did the Patriots do against
Cooks last time? You know what I mean? They're probably
more then yeah, but you know, the Patriots are down, Milton,
So you know, I think it's gonna be a great match.
(30:44):
I think it's gonna be a great game. It's it's
by no means will it be a blowout and the
Bills could even go go in and win that game
for sure. I'm going with you know, I'm going with
the young gun Drake May, Drake Drake May.
Speaker 2 (30:57):
One o'clock game two, which you think and go? I
think that favors New English.
Speaker 1 (31:01):
It is a get up and go game. There's gonna
be a little sun over on that our side. Wait,
where's that sun? Yeah, it's our sideline back over there,
so we'll see who We'll see some of those deep throws.
Maybe the I remember the sun late in the year
was always a factor in punts and go balls on
(31:22):
one of the sidelines, usually going towards the lighthouse on
our sideline, right, one of those two.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
Yeah, and it's gonna be one of those classic late
season games where it like start No, it's not a
four o'clock never mind, all right, but.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
It gets dark and in New England like at four. Yeah,
so it's gonna be a twilight Yeah, yeah, it would be.
That's a fun game, man, there's a lot of great games.
This is the best time of the year right now,
because this is when you can determine on who's real
and who's not. This is when the cream teams come
up and they rise to the tippity tippity dippity top.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
And we got Chargers Eagles Tonight Chargers Eagles.
Speaker 1 (31:57):
I think Philly's gonna get them. You never know. This
could be a Justin Herbert, you know, playing Madison beer
in the crowd. Or is that it's it's it's here,
It's here. Yeah, I think we'll be filled with all
Eagles fans, so.
Speaker 2 (32:14):
Just they want to get out of the snowy cold
the Northeast.
Speaker 1 (32:17):
Yeah, but there's probably there's so many like La has
so many transplants from everywhere, so there's probably like at
least six hundred thousand Philly people around here.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
Yeah, I can see that.
Speaker 1 (32:29):
Man. That was fun. Well that was the chill Zone
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us to keep doing these weekly recaps. Give us questions
in there. You know, I think we got to hit
(32:49):
the hotline to tell me on Sunday. What you want
us to hear on Monday? Maybe, okay, maybe we should
try that again. We got a new games with Names tomorrow.
We've got Patriots full back. It's full back season. James
freaking Devlin talking about Super Bowl fifty two talking about
a loss. Yeah that was a I mean and he's
(33:11):
from Philly.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Yeah. We've been sitting on this one for a while
just to get the right moment. We feel like it's
cru season the time.
Speaker 1 (33:16):
Oh my god.
Speaker 2 (33:17):
Oh it's a good episode.
Speaker 1 (33:18):
It's a really fun episode. And the new Dudes on
Dudes dropping Thursday with some great Hall of Fame caliber dudes.
We'll see you next time, guys,
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