NFL Weekly Game Previews: Week 12

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
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Speaker 2 (00:08):
This is NFL Game Previews, and I'm game preview guy
here with in depth primers on every single game that's
going to be played this week. No two teams have
ever played on Thanksgiving Day as often as these two have,
both teams coming in off wins of the last second variety,
full bat rush.

Speaker 3 (00:26):
Herbert pat it down to pluck it away, Packers, I'm
gonna win it.

Speaker 4 (00:32):
Fitz Montgomery and the food has to.

Speaker 2 (00:36):
The Mopions lead Detroit Green Bay. Great pre meal game
to soak in before you soak in all those calories.
Jordan Love and the Packers snapped a seven game under
twenty one point streak last week. Twenty three points, but
still more than three tds worth of points in one game.

Speaker 3 (00:53):
Floating it my ins caught touchdown, Romeo tops and the
Packers fall back on top.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Detroit's offen put up thirty one. They don't struggle, scoring
over twenty seven per in twenty twenty three times.

Speaker 5 (01:11):
Don't just got man, It's all touchdown Tennis and Williams
is becoming a picks life.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
Flat cured goff through three I in T's too. He
had his worst game of the season, but he came
through in the clutch Lions offense putting up big numbers
through the air this season. A'manra Saint Brown hit for
seventy seven yards and a TV versus the Bears.

Speaker 5 (01:31):
God to the exide, Saint Brown held on put a
touchdown and the.

Speaker 4 (01:37):
Horse Lions LA today.

Speaker 2 (01:39):
Saint Brown's low in a game fifty sixty yards and
he's scored in that game, second most receptions per game
in the NFL, top five yards per game. He's the
centerpiece to their aerial attack.

Speaker 4 (01:50):
Goff decides to go along with it. A first down
and he's got Saint Brown. Wow.

Speaker 2 (01:55):
Goff also relies a lot on Titan Samuel Porta. He
was quiet last week, and on running back Jamior Gibbs
fifty nine yards receiving Week eleven.

Speaker 5 (02:04):
Check it down, Kay slips to tackle of that Man's
a smart play by the rookie again.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
The Fins Green Bay held running back Austin Eckler to
six receiving yards on three targets in their most recent win.
That hasn't been a problem for them in general. They
did give up one hundred and eight yards and a
TD to LA's tight ends, though that position has been
a problem for them. They've allowed a ninety nine point
two rating to the position for the season.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
Why don'tpen at the thirty yard line of Stone smart?
He's smart on the run all the way in for
the touchdown.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
They gave up one hundred and sixteen yards to wide
receiver Keenan Allen, though it was on sixteen targets, so
they made him work a little. But they ended up
giving up two hundred and sixty yards to Justin Herbert
a ninety nine point three rating, So not a standout
outing versus the pass.

Speaker 6 (02:49):
Last week, Herbert pressure in his face throws a cool
gut it.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Their secondary was beat up, and still their defense is
holding wide outs to a sub ninety rate for the season.
Green Bay's defense over the last six games holding teams
to seventeen point six per contest.

Speaker 3 (03:06):
Looking deep for Johnston knocked out of his hands Corey Bellentine.

Speaker 2 (03:11):
They have to gear up plenty for Detroit runs too.
The Lions went for five point two a carry versus
Chicago David Montgomery seventy six yards six point three a
run in a TD back to back games with over
six per carry, and.

Speaker 4 (03:25):
Montgomery doing it again. This is the game that David
Montgomery's been waiting for.

Speaker 2 (03:30):
Gibbs thirty six yards rushing four point five, a scamper
and a score four point five are better, and seven
of his eight games played.

Speaker 5 (03:38):
As they hand to Gibbs and Gibbs breaks it touchdown
one a night for the rookie.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
Those impressive ground numbers put up versus the league's number
one rush defense versus running backs. Packers, on the other hand,
giving up four point one a carry to backs not great.
Gave up four point six a carry to Austin Eckler
last week.

Speaker 3 (03:58):
Try on the left side, bouncing off contact, Hennickler down
the sideline, chugging inside.

Speaker 2 (04:04):
That's what Green Bay's own run game took a hit
when they lost Aaron Jones again. Their best run last
week was a wide receiver sweep. Packers run game has
not factored often this year, which makes Jordan Love's most
recent outing that much more impressive. Twenty seven to forty
last week, three hundred and twenty two yards over eight
yards per attempt, two tds. No picks are rating near

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one ten.

Speaker 5 (04:27):
Le will throw on first down?

Speaker 3 (04:28):
Why don't pen over the middle of midfield is don
Tavian Wicks.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
We said in our preview last week that that could happen.
LA secondary is loose with the passing yards, Detroit's is
not as bad. They did give up a rating of
one oh five point two to justin Fields last week
No picks one TV, though only one hundred and sixty
nine yards, and they're holding quarterbacks to a sub ninety
eight for the season.

Speaker 5 (04:51):
Fields Fields for more downfield backs.

Speaker 7 (04:54):
Was right there.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
Love did take three sacks, two at the hands of
Khalil Mack.

Speaker 3 (04:59):
Love fact pedals a Hey sacked Khalil Mack with his
tenth sack.

Speaker 2 (05:03):
Of a Detroit's Aiden Hutchinson finally bagged to QB after
a four game bagless streaks.

Speaker 4 (05:10):
Out in back of the en zone. Two points for
the Tife.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
But twenty one seconds left Lions on a six game
Thanksgiving Day losing streak. They haven't won since twenty sixteen.
This is the first time these two will meet on
Thanksgiving Day since twenty thirteen. It's the middle chapter of
a Thanksgiving Day trilogy. NFC East rivalry Turkey Washington Commanders
in Dallas taking on a Cowboys club who has looked

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pretty good against teams like Theirs.

Speaker 5 (05:37):
He's going to the end zone. It's caught touchdown for studentmaker,
perfect throw and catch.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
Dallas took care of business versus Carolina last week. They
have seven wins now against the Giants, Jets, Patriots, Chargers, Rams, Giants,
and the Panthers. Common denominator between them, according to Beck
sombddotis baby pressure again.

Speaker 6 (06:00):
Yud is buried till Marcus Lawrence gets home.

Speaker 2 (06:04):
Not one team Dallas's beat has an above five hundred record.
Washington is their opponent in the battle for the six
legged turkey or the turduck in I don't know which
is which. They are four and seven, having just lost
to the lowest scoring team in football, a two win
New York Giant team.

Speaker 8 (06:20):
Howel under pressure and then he will throw into the
episode touchdown Giants on their sixth takeaway.

Speaker 2 (06:29):
The one guy. Washington fans are trying to be excited
about Sam Howell. He threw three picks last week.

Speaker 9 (06:35):
He's learning, he's growing, made some mistakes.

Speaker 8 (06:38):
There's Howell rolling right players down field and their airs.
Takeaway number five.

Speaker 2 (06:45):
Howel, though, is the key to Washington having a good game.
Most likely He's the guy Commander's brass is gonna eye
closest down the stretch. Has four games at three hundred
plus yards, one of two hundred ninety nine and one
a two ninety has ended with a ninety eight plus
rate six times.

Speaker 8 (07:00):
Chuck what up towards Crowder at the ends up caught
it touchdown.

Speaker 2 (07:04):
He still hasn't had a game where he wasn't sacked.
That's kind of a problem when you face Dallas. Howell's
been bagged more than any quarterback. Took four more last
week to a team ranked last in sacks.

Speaker 9 (07:16):
You know they're professionals too. They're gonna show up, They're
going to play hard.

Speaker 2 (07:19):
And now he gets Dallas's pass rush lucky number seven
last week Michael Parsons the leader of the rush two
and a half sacks. He's now at ten for the season.

Speaker 6 (07:29):
Thrusher right up the middle. Young in trouble. If Michael
Parsons gets.

Speaker 2 (07:32):
Him down Cowboys secondary, that awaits how good numbers on
the year. No problems with Bryce Young week eleven at all.
Howell should be careful throwing at Cowboys cornerback to Ron Bland.
I mean he could score for him. Bland took his
fourth pick home last week.

Speaker 6 (07:48):
Here's Bryce Young, It's got time here and he throws
and is intercepted.

Speaker 4 (07:52):
It's to Ron Planet again. Plan looking for another pick six, and.

Speaker 5 (07:56):
He's got it.

Speaker 4 (07:57):
It's his fourth of the year.

Speaker 2 (08:00):
Washington's run game does come in off a strong, showing
one hundred and seventy four yards six point two a
carry Howell ran for eleven point seven per run and scored,
and four point three a carry from Brian Robinson seventy
three yards.

Speaker 8 (08:13):
Al handing it off Robinson on first down turns off
the checks.

Speaker 4 (08:17):
Ryan Robinson's still out his feet.

Speaker 2 (08:19):
And the Cowboys did give up four point five a
run to Miles Sanders and five point seven a jount
to chew A Hubbard. So that's one matchup that sorta
tilts Washington's way.

Speaker 6 (08:29):
Sanders makes a man miss, could run Miles Sanders chucking
inside the fifteen.

Speaker 2 (08:35):
The rest of the matchups do not. Dak Prescott two
TD's last week, no picks, CD Lamb another score has
a TD or one hundred yards plus in each of
his last five straight games.

Speaker 6 (08:46):
Prescott floating one at the car talk CD Lamb touchdown.

Speaker 2 (08:51):
Dallas versus A Washington secondary that gave up three touchdowns
to Tommy DeVito a rate near one fifty.

Speaker 8 (08:58):
Coveto fires looking for Barkley and zone, Who's got it?

Speaker 2 (09:03):
Touchdown up two TV passes to Saque, and they also
gave up five point nine yards per carry to Barkley
along the ground Dallas's Tony Pollard hit at five point
one a run.

Speaker 6 (09:13):
Here the Cowboys one big hole poward right up the middle,
penalty five here the goal.

Speaker 5 (09:18):
Line is he in?

Speaker 2 (09:19):
He is okay. The commander's pass rush last week got
home as often as Fairest ditched. Nine sacks is not
a common sight.

Speaker 4 (09:28):
Shot numbered nine. Call the Washington commanders.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
It won't be easy getting home that many times versus Dallas.
Cowboys O line gave up zero sacks on forty dropbacks
Week eleven.

Speaker 10 (09:40):
Clinic tape on just manipulating the pocket, He's simply buying
time within the pass protection.

Speaker 2 (09:45):
If Peppermint Patty can come around to appreciate toast instead
of turkey, then why can't Washington pull off a holiday upset?
Cowboys aren't perfect versus sub five hundreds. They have that
Arizona loss thirty one twenty three to one. That's Dallas's
record on Thanksgiving seeing the Star when You're about to
go rubbed his tradition. The perfect game for Thanksgiving evening

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when Aunt Bertha's beefing with cousin Stanley, forty nine ers
and Seahawks beef squatch Central West Coast's finest Beef San Francisco.
The team coming in hot oh and.

Speaker 4 (10:18):
Back of the end zone.

Speaker 2 (10:20):
It's picked off one game apart in the standings. This
is round one between these two. Rock Purdy back to
putting up gaudy numbers a one fifty eight point three
rating last week, over three hundred and thirty yards, three touchdowns.

Speaker 4 (10:32):
He's game. He Beatstein, then he takes it the instance.

Speaker 2 (10:37):
Back to back games now with the rating over one
p forty five, six touchdowns, no picks. In those two
games he's thrown for two hundred and seventy plus and
four straight.

Speaker 5 (10:46):
Back of the end zone kittles right open touchdown forty
nine ers.

Speaker 2 (10:51):
Sets up a nice fight for the Wishbone. Hawks did
not lose to the Rams because of their defense. They
held Matthew Stafford to a seventy point six rating just
six point one yards per attempt. They picked him off
only one td only one hundred night ninety yards gonna
get a.

Speaker 4 (11:05):
Pass on the fielded.

Speaker 2 (11:11):
Forty nine ers fans know the drill. You got to
play all three pass catcher types well because their air
game uses all three. Heavily running back Christian McCaffrey scored
through the air last week.

Speaker 5 (11:20):
Second goal Party has McCaffrey perfect design and a touchdown
for San Francisco.

Speaker 2 (11:26):
So did tight end George Kittle along with eighty nine yards.

Speaker 4 (11:29):
Say I fake it to him.

Speaker 5 (11:30):
Party turns the shoulders and has Kittle again loose in
the flat. He's spent wide open a couple times today, and.

Speaker 2 (11:37):
So did Brandon. I you plus one hundred and fifty
six yards to go along with it.

Speaker 5 (11:41):
Party over the middle has a strike to eye.

Speaker 2 (11:43):
It and Deebo didn't get hit with any bricks. He
had sixty three yards.

Speaker 5 (11:47):
The works play action to begin this drive. It has
Deebo Samuel. He's got a first out.

Speaker 2 (11:52):
You and Samuel will be locked up in some Primo
mono almano showdowns. Seattle's cornerbacks are all top shelf cornerbacks
Tray Brown, Reek Wolen, Devin Witherspoon, none with a rate
allowed for eighty one for the the end.

Speaker 5 (12:05):
Zone in concrete, no Fax in the Seattle defense hole.

Speaker 2 (12:11):
Seattle's pass rush didn't show up last week. Only one
sack Purty took four didn't seem to bother him too much,
but the QB hunting on the other side of the
ball worth getting into That Chase Bosa guy is turning
out to be a real player.

Speaker 5 (12:24):
Person ten out of the two minute warning. It's Mayfield
and trouble and sacked.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
Nick with one. Last week Young with one.

Speaker 5 (12:31):
Mayfield is in trouble and sacked Bite Chase Young.

Speaker 2 (12:34):
The Nick Chase duo has played in two games. Both
have half a sack or more in each. They are
a problem if you're Gina.

Speaker 5 (12:41):
And Lawrence is gonna get sacked for the third time,
and it's Chase Young and Nick Bosa together.

Speaker 2 (12:47):
Guys protecting Smith. Left tackle Charles Cross will lock up
with Chase Cross has been solid overall. Jason Peters had
the right side versus La last week. The grizzled Vet
gets Bosa. Smith took two sacks last week, got hit
eight times. That's a lot. Did get hurt though, too
enough so that he said he wasn't sure about playing
in this game. Drew Locke would go instead. Nothing against Locke,

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but that's like sitting down to a Toefu Turkey when
you think you're getting the real deal. Nothing personal to
toefood Turkey's out there. I just want the guy that
makes DK Metcalf look his best ninety four yards in
a TV last.

Speaker 11 (13:22):
Week, Smith to the air, Metka he rouse it in
a touchdown for DK Metcalf.

Speaker 2 (13:29):
Back to back ninety plus yard games for DK. Tyler
Locke at fifty one yards versus the Rams fifty plus
and three of his last four.

Speaker 4 (13:36):
Whos and it's gonna bucket and he's got a post down.

Speaker 2 (13:39):
And Jackson Smith and Jigba forty yards last week forty
plus yards five of his last six.

Speaker 5 (13:45):
Smith looking deep for Smith and jack Boy goes up
to get it.

Speaker 4 (13:49):
What a catch buy the rookies.

Speaker 2 (13:51):
Zach Sharboney, running back, took over for Kenneth Walker last
week six catches. Smith uses his backs on the regular.

Speaker 4 (13:59):
Smith plays like sarbon Who's got the post down?

Speaker 2 (14:02):
What kind of secondary are they looking at? Forty nine
ers rating versus running backs under eighty. They faced Mike
Evans and Chris Godwin. Wide receivers last week held them
under eighty five yards combined, holding white outs to a
sub ninety rate, and twenty twenty three have ten I
in t's versus that position most in the NFL.

Speaker 5 (14:21):
They're gonna go forward and Javon Hargrave have got there
and let do an interception from Fred Warner.

Speaker 2 (14:26):
Forty nine ers. Now where the points per game allowed
belt on defense fueled in large part by takeaways. Only
one team has more.

Speaker 5 (14:34):
Underneath It's Kirk had a strong tackle from Thomas who ripped.

Speaker 4 (14:40):
It out and recovered it.

Speaker 5 (14:41):
Everry Thomas did it all?

Speaker 2 (14:44):
Really stinks? Stanks stunks that safety tele Anoa, who Funga's
done for the year. He was a big park that
Seattle's offense not turnover prone by the way, little NFL
history served up for this one. The New York Jets
at home for a Black Friday special taking on the
division leading Miami Dolphins.

Speaker 12 (15:03):
Nice cash whogos teas him goodbye touchdown Tyreek down.

Speaker 2 (15:09):
Well here we are again, Miami, the Dolphins facing a
you know one of those teams have to be sensitive
here facing another victory challenged club who Miami is seven
to zero against on the season.

Speaker 7 (15:21):
Amazing, We won the game.

Speaker 13 (15:23):
And we're going to take that.

Speaker 4 (15:24):
Yeah, take that.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
Some pins up fans are tired of that narrative, but
shouldn't they be happy that it means they have the
upper fin in this game. The Jets have more l's
than w So, yay, you're the fave.

Speaker 10 (15:35):
Bro is intercepted this time and it's Douglas.

Speaker 2 (15:38):
Now. Typically, the teams Miami has taken care of don't
just have sub five hundred records. They also don't have
great secondaries, so this matchup is a little more intriguing.
New York typically sports a very stingy d.

Speaker 5 (15:51):
Herbert steps up, airs it out looking for the rookie
and it's knocked a way by sauce Gardner.

Speaker 2 (15:57):
Okay, they weren't very stingy last week, mind you. Jets
gave up three touchdown passes to Josh Allen two hundred
and seventy five yard yards. Sauce Gardner got hit for
an eighty one yard TD.

Speaker 10 (16:07):
Second and five and it's caught. I shook here, chuck here,
still done. It's down Buffalo, you know.

Speaker 2 (16:14):
Mister Rex and Effects sees that and is like check baby,
check baby, one two three four Tyreek Hill just dropped
one hundred and forty six yards on Vegas plus a
TD gross guardig.

Speaker 4 (16:25):
There's Hill wos it up plays boat.

Speaker 2 (16:29):
Lads split Chida has nine tds on the season, six
games of one hundred plus yards. You know what it
is he wants to do right.

Speaker 4 (16:37):
In a throwdown field?

Speaker 12 (16:38):
And who else we're in Trent Green's number ten, it's
Tyreek Hill.

Speaker 2 (16:43):
Just wants to zooma zooma zoom zoom, you know. And
Jalen Waddle maybe adds the boom boom fifty five yards
for him last week.

Speaker 4 (16:50):
Third and two. Whoa first down, nineteen yard catching run.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
What about the Chosen one, screams Miami, what does anakin
have to do with it? The artist formerly known as
Walmart Robbie pulled in a thirty yarder last week. Chosen
has been inactive the previous three weeks.

Speaker 4 (17:06):
On the move and down fielding caught Chosen.

Speaker 2 (17:10):
To the distributor, of course, Tengovailoa three hundred and twenty
five yards week eleven great over one hundred yards per
attempt over eight those are hefty digits to it.

Speaker 4 (17:21):
He's touched up.

Speaker 2 (17:22):
He took just one sack, so we're back to another
one of their twenty twenty three narratives. Haven't lost a
game with under three sacks. Jets pass rush has the dudes,
but they only came up with one sack last week.

Speaker 10 (17:34):
But Jets get to him, twinning Williams say, and that
Jets defense that has been their story all season long.

Speaker 2 (17:40):
No one is going to blame New York's defense for
fading against the Bills. Their offense has just put them
in uphill battles most games. Jets only scoring six points
last week, four straight games without putting up fourteen.

Speaker 4 (17:53):
Look right, go laugh.

Speaker 10 (17:54):
Then they were trying to get Wilson, but it's incomplete, so.

Speaker 2 (17:57):
They pulled the plug on the Vincent adult man experiment.
He's gone. Jets going with Tim Boyle. He came off
the bench last week, was intercepted.

Speaker 4 (18:04):
Oh, it's completed to the other team.

Speaker 2 (18:07):
Boyle was Rogers back up a few years ago. Doesn't
have much playing time, may not have a lot of
time to let her fly either. Jets offensive line is
another part of their problem. Six sacks taken versus the Bills.

Speaker 10 (18:19):
Here's a third ten, Here comes Floyd. Floyd's got him
makes the sack.

Speaker 2 (18:23):
In Miami's defense is built to take advantage of questionable
O lines. Jalen Phillips with two sacks last week.

Speaker 4 (18:29):
Block by Monfort.

Speaker 12 (18:30):
Here comes the pressure Phillips has gone.

Speaker 2 (18:32):
Phillips is on a tear four game sacks streak, and
he had an I in t as well. Christian Wilkins looms,
as does Bradley Chubb, and it's not like Boyle stirring
at an easy secondary. Jalen Ramsey Xavier Howard back there.
Ramsey with two picks in week eleven.

Speaker 12 (18:48):
Going Tea looking for Tucker, good cut out a run
for Ramsey.

Speaker 2 (18:53):
Miami's run defense also had a good outing versus Josh Jacobs,
held him to two point eight yards per carry.

Speaker 10 (18:59):
Ja gets the call and he was initially am there
by Wilkins.

Speaker 4 (19:02):
Who would not let go.

Speaker 2 (19:04):
That's ground games in the hands of Grease Hall as
a runner hasn't done much, but has lots of big
receptions five catches fifty yards and a TD a week ago.

Speaker 5 (19:13):
They go to Hall.

Speaker 4 (19:14):
He's able to slip to a tackle and find the
end zone for a touchdown.

Speaker 2 (19:19):
Dolphins will hit New York with Raheem Mostert. Devon a
Chan got hurt again. Moster. It's a five point three
yard per carry guy. So they're good and Moster gets
the call and there's a wad up there.

Speaker 4 (19:29):
Houghton delivered it out of boundsy goes.

Speaker 2 (19:32):
No truth to the rumor. New York head coach Robert
Sala asked the game to be decided by a head
coach wrestling match or arm wrestling match for that matter.

Speaker 4 (19:41):
Good thank you.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
Not saying Mike McDaniel wouldn't have been game. He's kind
of a low key g.

Speaker 5 (19:49):
Yeah, take that.

Speaker 2 (19:50):
Who gets round one of Miami New York twenty twenty three,
You can have a great Thanksgiving weekend.

Speaker 14 (19:55):
Oh, we had six more games left, so we'll find
out it six more and then you know, we'll see
what happens with ap In twenty twenty.

Speaker 2 (20:03):
Four, the Las Vegas Raiders return home for a Week
twelve matchup with one of their favorite foes, the Kansas
City Chiefs, both teams coming off losses. Patrick Mahomes writing
Santa for Christmas this year, can you please give all
my receivers spider Man gloves.

Speaker 7 (20:17):
I'll pay shooting.

Speaker 8 (20:18):
We'll pick it out man.

Speaker 4 (20:19):
We got a lot of young guys.

Speaker 7 (20:20):
We got a lot of young guys.

Speaker 5 (20:21):
Good projection aired out now that scambling dropped it.

Speaker 7 (20:26):
Touch up, let's mail on it. Let them turn around
and catch it. Obviously with the slick field didn't work out,
and that ball was perfect. You can't miss those shots.

Speaker 2 (20:34):
The Raiders are not facing your mom's chiefs.

Speaker 9 (20:36):
I think we're shooting ourselves at the foot.

Speaker 2 (20:38):
The narrative that they are a consistent, dependable pass catcher
short this season was on full display versus Philadelphia.

Speaker 4 (20:45):
They're down at four right through the hands of Justin Watson.

Speaker 7 (20:49):
If you have concern, then you don't win football games.
And so I believe in the guys that we have
in the locker room.

Speaker 2 (20:54):
Kansas City's offense has never been this anemic. And the
Andy Reid Patrick Mahomes era Mahomes under two hundred yards
passing back to back game. They failed to score twenty
two points three straight games now and they finished under
twenty two points six times and ten games.

Speaker 7 (21:11):
We were disclosed. And I mean that in the NFL,
if you don't make those plays in those big.

Speaker 5 (21:15):
Moments, first down, end zone, picked off that he lose.

Speaker 7 (21:19):
And we didn't. That's what we did to it.

Speaker 2 (21:21):
The formula Vegas will try and replicate double or triple
team Travis Kelcey go with make someone else beat you.
Kelsey is clearly great at pulling in sixes. He scored
versus Philadelphia.

Speaker 5 (21:35):
There's Kelsey. There's a touchdown Kansas City.

Speaker 2 (21:39):
I guess you could say sevens or maybe eight's if
they go for one or two. It just depends on
your personal perspective there. But even his hands weren't reliable
and their loss coughed up the ball in the red zone.

Speaker 5 (21:52):
Kelsey Eagles, Eagles, Heaven this stay dude, Hegeles Heaven.

Speaker 2 (21:57):
Look, they're in Vegas. Miranda Lambert is doing shows there
this month, so she probably makes the game and that
could give Kelsey a boost. And Mahome another iron t
for him last week. That's nine for the season. So
off to Principal Rooney's office.

Speaker 4 (22:09):
He goes, Mahomes in the pocket. Are the ends on
its intercepted? And Mahomes throws a red zone pick.

Speaker 7 (22:15):
And I didn't just lose the game. I mean, there's
a lot of stuff happened throughout the game, and so
you just kind of keep firing.

Speaker 2 (22:19):
Mahomes' best outings in twenty twenty three versus Miami Secondary
the Chargers, Minnesota's Chicago.

Speaker 7 (22:26):
Offensively, We're just not where I would want to be
at this point the season.

Speaker 2 (22:29):
What do those four teams have in common? You might
ask twentieth or worse in rating aloud. Las Vegas defense fourteenth,
holding quarterbacks to an eighty seven point five rate on
the back of ten i in T's They didn't play
Tua and Tyreek great last week, but they did pick
Toungo Iiloa off.

Speaker 5 (22:46):
He throws it deep.

Speaker 4 (22:47):
Into the middle of field.

Speaker 15 (22:49):
Arrow accepted, we.

Speaker 4 (22:50):
Know what we did really well.

Speaker 14 (22:51):
We know we didn't do well, especially against an elite
receiver like hell Oh, but we're gonna deal with that
with Kelsey under the probably one of the best quarterbacks
in the game, the Patrick Mahomes, who we have ultimate
respect for and and.

Speaker 16 (23:01):
We didn't play caller.

Speaker 2 (23:02):
Vegas held Miami to twenty points to come in off
a game where they generated three turnovers, took a fumble
away from Tua as well. They're playing with pierced pride
these days.

Speaker 4 (23:12):
In from the pocket across the twenty.

Speaker 5 (23:14):
As the first own masters to hit.

Speaker 4 (23:16):
Him and the ball is out.

Speaker 2 (23:17):
In the Raiders habit, they have to be ready to
defend the run as well. Kansas City has no choice
but defeat Isaiah Pacheco a little more. And why not.

Speaker 7 (23:24):
We haven't proved that we can do both. They can't
just candy just run. It can't be just passing them
to prove that we can do both.

Speaker 2 (23:29):
He was their offensive star last week. Eighty nine yards
four point seven to carry. Looks like he's trying to
run through a wall every time he touches it to
the right side.

Speaker 4 (23:37):
Off the thing out.

Speaker 8 (23:37):
Just put checko thirty thirty five the twenty three yard run.

Speaker 2 (23:41):
Raiders faced Raheem Mostert last week, though a five plus
per carry cat, and held him to three point nine
a run.

Speaker 4 (23:47):
It is the left of most Church Penny's men in
the whole Weise plane.

Speaker 2 (23:51):
If Vegas can join the list of teams to contain
Kansas City's offense, can they do enough with barva at
QB's got.

Speaker 13 (23:57):
To execute better, can't turn the ball over. It's it's
really ill us at the end of the day, to
do our job better me andicular.

Speaker 5 (24:04):
So yeah, just just frustrating.

Speaker 2 (24:06):
Versus What is an elite defense?

Speaker 9 (24:08):
Under defense played tremendous Football.

Speaker 2 (24:12):
Chiefs d season numbers upper tier top five and points
per game allowed yards per game, top ten on third
down rating, allowed third most sacks in the league.

Speaker 4 (24:21):
Pressure in the middle. Hurts is in trouble. He's in coast.
Chris Jones gets him.

Speaker 2 (24:26):
Aside from a few late game receptions given up to
DeVante Smith last week and a few DeAndre Swift runs,
they bawled out again. Held aj Brown to one catch
eight yards, held Jalen Hurts to a sub sixty five rating,
no touchdowns, picked him off just one hundred and fifty yards.

Speaker 9 (24:42):
I thought they did a heck of a job. Those
are two in beust receiver in the round, so they
did a heck of jomps back.

Speaker 4 (24:47):
To her and he faces a blitztep in the back side.

Speaker 8 (24:49):
He throws it intercep intercepond at the thirty yard out
of the Eagles by Sneade, and the blitz courses Hurts.

Speaker 4 (24:55):
Into the pack.

Speaker 2 (24:56):
Kansas City sacked Hurts five times. George Carloft is his seventh,
Chris Jones had two. He leads the team with seven
and a half.

Speaker 4 (25:03):
Ertz takes the snap.

Speaker 8 (25:04):
He's in trouble again and he sacked again.

Speaker 9 (25:07):
Chris Jones, who had all those sacks in the first half,
Chris Jones, A nice game.

Speaker 2 (25:12):
Now they set their sights on Aidan O'Connell. Three iron
t's last week versus Miami.

Speaker 14 (25:17):
It's not Aiden, We're gonna lose the game because eight.
All right, let's get that.

Speaker 17 (25:20):
Let's get that straight.

Speaker 12 (25:21):
Second down in chen, good time going tea fucking for
Tucker shocked.

Speaker 7 (25:28):
I try to take a shot.

Speaker 13 (25:28):
I know we had to get a chunk at some point,
and yeah, hung it up there too much and we
made good play.

Speaker 14 (25:34):
But Aiden does no means took care of ball. Yes,
that's the quarterbacks done one.

Speaker 2 (25:37):
Job, silver lining. He threw for two hundred and seventy
one yards and DeVante Adams caught his one touchdown along
with eighty two yards first in.

Speaker 12 (25:46):
Ten go inky boys, Don Adams say us a Tuckstown
up troll.

Speaker 2 (25:52):
Jakobe Myers had forty nine yards, Hunter renfro forty two,
tied in Michael Meyer forty six. There were some bright
spots for the rook on the.

Speaker 8 (26:01):
Chriss Oh, the hurdle, one crown tire.

Speaker 2 (26:09):
Still only thirteen points, scored four for fourteen on third down.

Speaker 13 (26:13):
Really got a convert better on third down. But before that,
got to do a job again the third and shorts
as third down is it's hard to convert.

Speaker 2 (26:19):
And their run game back to being subpar. Josh Jacobs
finished under three yards per carry.

Speaker 4 (26:24):
The hole is supposed to be in the middle.

Speaker 7 (26:26):
There was no hole.

Speaker 4 (26:27):
Man. That's part of the problem that has been all
year long.

Speaker 2 (26:29):
Absolutely, the Chiefs aren't superb versus running backs. Though gave
DeAndre vip access. Suppose it made sense. Swift ran for
six point three a carry, seventy six yards into TV.

Speaker 4 (26:39):
It's j just sweet.

Speaker 8 (26:40):
They come around on a broken tackle and it's a
twenty five yard line to the twenty.

Speaker 18 (26:44):
It's DeAndre Swift all the way down to the Kansas
City thirteen.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
Gave up thirty one receiving yards to him as well.
Vegas Black Hole will be fired up. They've never witnessed
their team beat Casey on the strip, and there's a
little blood in the water. As Aaron Jones would tell you,
this right here is what you call a top shelf matchup.
Buffalo Bills coming in off a game that saw them

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right the.

Speaker 10 (27:11):
Ship, flicks it complete, sid Johnson down the sideline.

Speaker 2 (27:14):
Philadelphia Eagles coming in off a signature win, avenging their
Super Bowl loss, to the Chiefs and a huge Monday
night football showdown.

Speaker 5 (27:22):
Here comes the Eagle specialty, the push. Hurts has got
another his second of the night.

Speaker 2 (27:27):
This game had been earmarked is a primo matchup when
the schedule came out, and if we look at it
through Janet Jackson's eyes, it still very much is what
has Josh Allen done for you lately? Two hundred and
seventy five yards three TDS rating near one ten versus
a stout Jets secondary.

Speaker 10 (27:43):
He's got Cook open, Cook takes it to the end
zone for the touchdown.

Speaker 2 (27:48):
Yeah, well, Philadelphia just faced the NFL's poster boy. Held
Patrick Mahomes to one hundred and seventy seven passing yards
just four point one yards per attempt, a seventy one
point six rating.

Speaker 5 (27:59):
Picked him off en zone picked off, intercepted.

Speaker 2 (28:02):
By fire Bill's Mafia's response. We all saw it, though.
You escaped with that win because Mahomes receivers were dropping
all those big balls, not ACDC tracks Chiefs pass catchers
more like a boy at that certain age. At critical
moments in the game.

Speaker 5 (28:17):
Good protection aired out. Well does Staling drop kick.

Speaker 2 (28:22):
Fly Eagles fly A don't care. We are the best
team in the league. B we can beat you in
a slog fest or a track meet, and see don't care.
We are the best team in the league.

Speaker 4 (28:33):
Hearts takes it right up the gun, touchdown Eagle.

Speaker 2 (28:36):
Stalen Hurts doesn't have standout numbers. In twenty twenty three,
he had a down game on paper versus Kansas City.
It was a heavyweight bout. He hasn't needed his own
numbers to sizzle, though, because the offense is still plenty caliente, You're.

Speaker 5 (28:49):
Swift, still going DeAndre Big cutback.

Speaker 2 (28:55):
Bill's Face of Philadelphia offense first on third down, scoring
the fifth most points. They're the only team in the
NFL who only has to gain nine yards for a
first day.

Speaker 5 (29:04):
Allen, you do, you do whatever you can, but whatever
it is, it's not gonna work.

Speaker 2 (29:09):
Philadelphia's O facing the Bill's D that's fourth in points
per game allowed, second takeaways.

Speaker 10 (29:15):
Crow is intercepted this time and it's Douglas Russ Sue
Douglas comes in and makes the interception.

Speaker 2 (29:21):
Though, is we're watching that Monday night football game. A
couple of keys to Keathan Hurts and check the big one,
pressuring him. Chief sacked and five times were in his
face all game.

Speaker 4 (29:30):
On first down, Hurts his sacked by Chris Jones.

Speaker 2 (29:34):
Kansas City's pass rush one of the best in the league.
Bill's well, they come in off.

Speaker 10 (29:38):
A sack six or third ten. Here comes Floyd. Floyd's
got him. They were just talking about him.

Speaker 4 (29:43):
Leonard Floyd.

Speaker 2 (29:44):
Leonard Floyd had two and a half. He's up to
nine and a half for the season.

Speaker 10 (29:48):
Pressure coming on, nowhere to hide, and it's Floyd with
a second sack today.

Speaker 2 (29:53):
It wasn't just the Jets either. Buffalo is second in
sacks and twenty twenty three more than Kansas City.

Speaker 8 (29:59):
Is the ball, It's on the turf of the forty
dead Oliver fuffleball out, It flewes ball out and Vanessa
has the football.

Speaker 2 (30:09):
Just imagine Von Miller ever makes it home. It is
the holiday, so maybe soon Kansas City secondary fed off
all that heat. Aj Brown comes in off a one
catch eight yard out in.

Speaker 5 (30:19):
Starts gets rid of its picked off by stage.

Speaker 2 (30:23):
Last time he had that bad a game, he proceeded
to go on a record breaking tear.

Speaker 6 (30:27):
So beware that is that was a stult model right
there to Mega, so stunningly.

Speaker 2 (30:33):
Attractivevante Smith was the one who came through for them
versus Kansas City ninety nine yards of clutch late game
catches ninety nine yards and two of his last three.

Speaker 5 (30:42):
Now here's a shot for Smith cascuts.

Speaker 2 (30:46):
Markment to watch Buffalo's play versus Whiteouts in mediocre territory
for the season, their flavorsus passing attacks as a whole,
sitting in slightly above average territory. Not bad when you
account for the injury issues.

Speaker 5 (30:59):
Oh, it's completed to the other team.

Speaker 4 (31:01):
It's third turnover today.

Speaker 2 (31:03):
Bill run defense not great overall versus running backs four
point four yards per carry allowed, tied for twenty five.

Speaker 3 (31:10):
They burst out of there twenty five, twenty fifteen dead
fun touchdown by did put a nail in that thing?

Speaker 2 (31:19):
They take on the Kelsey Swift pairing that actually matters
to football. DeAndre seventy six yards a touchdown, six point
three yer run. One of his better outings in a wire.

Speaker 4 (31:28):
Is swift again to the edge. What an answer by Philly.

Speaker 2 (31:33):
Bill's run game is something also worth talking about again.
James Cook seventy three yards last week, four point three
a run week before, one hundred and nine yards.

Speaker 10 (31:42):
Here's Cook on the pitch here, it goes Cook down
to the eleven yard line, running behind Zalton Kent Gay and.

Speaker 2 (31:48):
It's a big difference if you can take pressure off
Josh Alan found him for a passing.

Speaker 10 (31:52):
TV two second of Gold's got Cook open, Cook takes
it to the zel for the touchdown.

Speaker 2 (31:58):
He also hit running back Ty Johnson for a touchdown
along with forty seven yards. New offensive approach utilized backs
as pass catchers a lot in its debut.

Speaker 4 (32:07):
Is that sweet play fake and that just gets the eyes.
He did a great job. It's a touchdown.

Speaker 2 (32:12):
Buffalo's passing attack normally headlined by Stefan Diggs.

Speaker 5 (32:16):
Of course, Alan fires it complete the digs at the
six hops to his feet, Still lose touchdown.

Speaker 2 (32:22):
Buffalo very quiet week eleven, though just twenty seven yards
and only thirty four of the week before. The big
man on campus last week was Khalil Shakir one hundred
and fifteen yard feet sauce Gardner for an eighty one
yard team second.

Speaker 10 (32:35):
And five minutes caught by Shakiir. Check here with twinehead
trying to cut off the angle.

Speaker 4 (32:40):
Chuck here, still gone catch down.

Speaker 2 (32:43):
Buffalo ight end Dalton Kincaid also a consistent contributor forty
six yards last week forty five plus and five straight.

Speaker 10 (32:50):
It's Kincaid again and signed the twenty hand down to
the thirteen goes the rookie out of u Jah.

Speaker 2 (32:56):
So Philadelphia has to defend all three pass catchers. Well,
they have not been strong versus running backs, not great
versus wide receivers, and bad versus tight ends. They gave
up a TV to Travis Kelcey in the win.

Speaker 5 (33:08):
There's Kelsey, there's a touchdown Kansas City.

Speaker 2 (33:12):
They also took the ball away from him in the
red zone, and despite only sacking Mahomes once, they hit
him a hefty nine times. Their pass rush as loaded
as Linda Belcher on Thanksgiving. Hassan Reddick nabbed the one
bag he has won in three straight one and six
of his last seven, now second.

Speaker 5 (33:28):
Out of ten, and the Homes gets plastered by Hassan Reddick.

Speaker 2 (33:33):
Allen usually gets good protection, did last week versus a
beefy Jets front when we got hit four times, only
one sack taken.

Speaker 10 (33:40):
Back acka in the middle of the field is open
and they've got big yardage bills.

Speaker 2 (33:44):
Still desperate Eagles trying not to have one of those
letdown games. LA Chargers at home Week twelve, big game
with the Baltimore Ravens coming in off what you'd call
a vintage Ravens win.

Speaker 15 (33:56):
But put enough pressure off to take him down, and
Lamar and Jackson says, all right, I'll keep it myself.

Speaker 2 (34:01):
Chargers taking on a Ravens squad that just took care
of business and Barry Raven's way, big time pass rush,
just an ola by Bulls, suffocating secondary play.

Speaker 11 (34:10):
Bali growth, quick slamp, knocked down and completed the five
yard lock.

Speaker 2 (34:14):
Good ground game.

Speaker 4 (34:15):
With great speed and shifty moves and all the rest.

Speaker 2 (34:19):
Lamar Jackson looking mbp ish, hang it.

Speaker 4 (34:22):
In the pocket, grows under pressure, great move.

Speaker 2 (34:25):
What will Baltimore's offense look like without their top pass catcher?
Not breaking any news here, Mark Andrews joins the list
of stars to hit the big permanent blue tent in
the sky. But let's go Michael Scott for a second.
It's likely his replacement doesn't fare too bad.

Speaker 4 (34:41):
That leaves a man open.

Speaker 5 (34:42):
It's likely I should.

Speaker 2 (34:44):
Have told people to put ear muffs on for that one.
I apologize, But Andrews's replacement is Isaiah Likely and every
Mark Andrews fantasy owner picked him up because when Andrews
has been hurt in recent years, likely has had some
good games, likely.

Speaker 4 (34:57):
A career high. He's seventh reception the.

Speaker 2 (35:00):
Flock, hoping there isn't too much of a drop off.
Lamar looks his best when him and it Andrews eat.
Jackson left last week's game with a full belly. Two touchdowns,
no picks, over two hundred and sixty yards, over ten
yards per attempt, rating over one twenty versus a tough
secondary type of game that has Baltimore Ravens super fan
Wee Hoopin's voice cracking.

Speaker 5 (35:20):
And that's the tread of Lamar Jackson.

Speaker 2 (35:22):
Plenty of reason to think we're heaping more praise on
him after this game, Lamar, not we Hoopin, unless LA's
secondary figures some things out. They've struggled as much as
any team versus passing attacks. Gave up over three hundred
and twenty yards to Jordan Love last week. Two touchdowns,
no picks, a rating allowed near one to ten.

Speaker 16 (35:40):
But he realizes there's nobody over the top, and he
just throws up his hand of that little red thing
on the mailbox.

Speaker 4 (35:46):
Go check the mail Boy.

Speaker 2 (35:47):
Now they faced Lamar without Joey Bosa. Khalil Mack did
at least have two sacks.

Speaker 3 (35:52):
Though love back pedals he sacked Khalil Mack.

Speaker 2 (35:56):
Chargers defense has to have a complete game to stop Baltimore.
They went for over five yards per carry last week,
over one hundred and fifty rush yards.

Speaker 4 (36:04):
Jackson, who just keeps it, get him in space anytime
you can.

Speaker 2 (36:08):
Keaton Mitchell has carved out a spot for himself as
the third leg to their ground attack, and Gus Edwards
scored two more times last week. Dude as a five
game TD streak nine tds in that span.

Speaker 4 (36:19):
I gotta put the exclamation point on this baby.

Speaker 2 (36:22):
Herbert will be facing one of the grinchiest defenses in
all the land this week. NFL offenses may like scoring
a lot, but that Purple Black defense from the North
does not. Baltimore number three points per game allowed, top
three in the red zone, top ten on third down.

Speaker 4 (36:36):
They are relentless in the run game and in the
passing game.

Speaker 2 (36:40):
QBS just can't throw the ball on him. It starts
up front. LA's line has to be able to keep
the league's top bag unit off Herbert's back. Five sacks
of Bengals quarterbacks last week added to their league leading.

Speaker 4 (36:52):
Total, and there's a smothering sack.

Speaker 2 (36:55):
Jadavian Clowney nabbed his sixth. Has he ever played this well?
If he's not careful, he could end up with double
digit sacks for the first time ever.

Speaker 4 (37:04):
And Clowning, in his first yearies a little more raven.

Speaker 2 (37:08):
Justin Madubike had another sack, his team leading total now
up to nine and a half.

Speaker 4 (37:13):
It'll be in on that tackle.

Speaker 2 (37:15):
Chargers O line gave up two sacks last week, but
Herbert hasn't taken a ton of sacks this season. How
that battle plays out will play a big role in
whether Herbert can do a little something against one of
the league's best secondaries, one of the lowest rates allowed,
yards per attempt, yards per completion, one of the lowest
completion percentages allowed. When they're done with most passing attacks,
all that's left are some hooks and a wire. And

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as that accepted, No, Herbert didn't have a bad game
versus Green Bay. Two hundred and sixty yards, two touchdowns,
no I iNTS, a rating right near one hundred all
the way in for the touchdown. Wide receiver Keenan Allen
went for one hundred and sixteen yards eight plus receptions
and four straight games for him back to back games
over one hundred yards.

Speaker 19 (37:58):
Over the middle and Allen wide open then.

Speaker 5 (38:00):
On the run.

Speaker 2 (38:01):
Herbert also ran for seventy three yards last week. That's
not common, but that's a lot of rush yards.

Speaker 16 (38:06):
Walter Watson puts a move on him first and then
realizes there's no whole player.

Speaker 4 (38:11):
Nobody's looking at the quarterback.

Speaker 2 (38:12):
And Austin Eckler went for six point four a carry,
ten carry sixty four yards.

Speaker 3 (38:17):
But Austin Eckler bouncing it for thirty seven on a
charger first.

Speaker 2 (38:21):
LA has weapons on offense, but can it do enough
against Baltimore's defense. Can LA's pass defense step up versus Lamar?

Speaker 4 (38:29):
Well?

Speaker 2 (38:29):
How about this one for fans of Southern NFL football,
The Houston Texans riding in on a playoff spot after
winning their third in a row.

Speaker 5 (38:37):
Fresher's comment Murray said as he throws book it.

Speaker 2 (38:40):
Up, taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars for the second time
this season, this time with AFC South Division supremacy on
the line. Jacksonville winners of six of their last seven.

Speaker 4 (38:51):
Law It's gonna run for it lines zo touchdown.

Speaker 2 (38:55):
The QBS are gonna grab big headlines for this one
this week. Houston rookie c J. Stroud through three I
and t's last week out of character. Based on his
twenty two twenty three, he still went for two touchdowns
three hundred and thirty six yards over nine yards per attempt.

Speaker 5 (39:10):
Passers come, it's a diving up.

Speaker 2 (39:13):
Stroud has thrown for three hundred and thirty plus and
three straight games all Texans wins. Jags have four key
pass catchers to worry about. Wide receiver Robert Woods forty
four yards last week. Nicocollins led Houston and targets versus
Arizona sixty five yards, has fifty plus and three of
their last four field nco The Texans top receiver from

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last week, Tank Dell one hundred and forty nine yards
versus the Cardinals. He's topped one hundred plus and two
of their last three big Jacksonville's play versus wide receivers
has dipped into average territory. They gave up two TD
passes to Will Levis without picking him off last week,
allowed a rating over one forty two m They gave

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up two forty plus yard passes to Tennessee wideouts.

Speaker 19 (40:01):
Livis gonna put some air under it touchdown.

Speaker 2 (40:04):
None of that mattered versus the Titans, and Jacksonville's defense
has been solid versus quarterbacks overall, holding them to an
eighty six point seven rating. They have eleven I in
ts fires batted. I do not need to tie on
the pass rush front. Stroud took three sacks last week
his nails. He usually gets a lot of time, though.

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Jacksonville's pass rush two bags versus Tennessee Levey set. They
though don't sport a high QB takedown total for twenty
twenty three, and neither does Houston, but they have a
pass rush that excels at pressuring the quarterback without blitzing,
and they did get home versus Kyler Murray three times.
Rookie will Anderson a sack that's one in two of

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his last three games.

Speaker 18 (40:50):
Steps up, Mayfield goes down.

Speaker 2 (40:52):
The pressure they put on Murray helped their secondary pick
him off once, hold him to two hundred and fourteen
passing yards, a sub eighty five rating.

Speaker 5 (40:59):
He doesn't have time to get there because the pressure
got hold.

Speaker 2 (41:02):
Now they take on speccoli. Fresh off his best twenty
twenty three showing, Trevor Lawrence went for two hundred and
sixty two yards last week, two touchdowns, no picks for
rating near one, twenty.

Speaker 4 (41:12):
Lots and play laws is him is his?

Speaker 2 (41:17):
He loaded up on Calvin Ridley two touchdowns over one
hundred yards.

Speaker 4 (41:21):
Little Bellance don zone. It's tough and it's Riddley dwon.

Speaker 2 (41:26):
Jaguars offense dependent on wide receivers Ridley Zay Jones returned
from injury. He didn't do much. Christian Kirk forty eight
yards last week.

Speaker 4 (41:35):
Beautiful grab, but Christian Kirk.

Speaker 2 (41:37):
And tight end Evan Ingram is always a threat. Quiet
week eleven as well, Houston has not handled wideouts great
a ninety two point seven rating allowed to the position.
A forty eight yard TD to Rondell Moore last week,
seventy six yards to Greg dorch.

Speaker 4 (41:52):
Si fuck dork still to speak scrambling.

Speaker 2 (41:56):
Houston held Arizona to three for ten on third down,
though one for four on fourth down. Situational football was
huge for their defense last week.

Speaker 5 (42:05):
Or finds him, Oh you got that? Texans will take
over Jaguars.

Speaker 2 (42:09):
They've been subpar on third down in twenty twenty three,
like when they faced Houston earlier this year, Houston pounding
Jacksonville thirty seven to seventeen and what sort of seemed like.

Speaker 5 (42:20):
A fluke at the time, right in disbelief.

Speaker 2 (42:23):
It wasn't, I guess Stroud hit Jacksonville for two hundred
and eighty yards two tds, no picks a rating. Year
one twenty Dell went for one hundred and forty five
yards in a score.

Speaker 5 (42:33):
A blitz beating sixty eight yarder.

Speaker 2 (42:36):
The Texans ground game seems to be in much better
shape than when they first met. Devin Singletary has popped
off for them two weeks in a row, one hundred
and twelve yards in a TV last week five point
one yards per carry, back to back one hundred plus
yard games for him. Steward's who takes round two? It's
in Houston this time, got ourselves what will be an

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underrated Week eleven clash right here. Cleveland, Brown's rolling in
on a game win.

Speaker 4 (43:04):
Street Hopkins sweeps the leg. It's perfect, Cleveland takes the league.

Speaker 2 (43:09):
Ticking on a streaking Denver Broncos squad joined Frank the Tank,
already winners of four straight.

Speaker 4 (43:15):
Seven wants to try to shut down him. Held on
to let's see.

Speaker 2 (43:19):
Something catches it on the surface. This is a showdown
between the Scrooge and the Grinch. Denver has held quarterbacks
under a ninety two rating on their win streak.

Speaker 4 (43:28):
W got talk. Is it it's in or something? It's
McMillan firstick goals off Broncos.

Speaker 2 (43:33):
Brown's holding quarterbacks to the lowest rate and completion percentage
in the league after eleven weeks.

Speaker 4 (43:39):
Stopped away at the last moment.

Speaker 2 (43:40):
Deontay Jonathan now Russell Wilson gets a crack at him.
He's been looking like a chef again. The late game
heroics last week capped off with a game winning TD.

Speaker 4 (43:49):
Bike free to need to get.

Speaker 2 (43:54):
Down buck one oh six point seven good rock station somewhere.

Speaker 4 (43:58):
I bet.

Speaker 2 (43:59):
Also Wilson's rate versus Minnesota ninety eight plus rate games
in his last or straight no. I INT's seventeen d's
in that windows.

Speaker 11 (44:07):
Got a wide open receiver who gathers it in touchdown?

Speaker 5 (44:10):
Denver? Did we mentioned Cortland Sutton's having a day.

Speaker 2 (44:13):
Browns aren't dealing with an explosive passing attack. It's just
been very efficient running back Samajip Ryan gave him sixty
receiving yards.

Speaker 5 (44:23):
Two.

Speaker 4 (44:23):
The last run on this when he gets seventeen.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
Yards wide receiver Jerry Judy fifty eight yards versus Minnesota
Partland Sutton sixty six. He's become chummed with Bob Ross.
He's been in the paint now five straight games. Hasn't
dabbled with the puffy white clouds only twice in twenty
twenty three.

Speaker 10 (44:40):
Rowetz continues to roll left, throws the ball to the
back of the end zone cowd but is the inbounds?

Speaker 4 (44:47):
Yes, sir?

Speaker 2 (44:47):
How about that Brown's cornerbacks Denzel Ward, Martin Emerson, Greg
Newsome helping hold wide receivers to the third lowest rate
though balls throne.

Speaker 4 (44:56):
What are you going to see?

Speaker 3 (44:57):
One brown shirt, two brown shirt, three brown shirt, all
of them seeing the throat to the flatt and then
all three getting there.

Speaker 2 (45:04):
They're fifth and rating allowed to running backs, by the way,
just a tough team to pass on, A tough team
to get a pass off against.

Speaker 17 (45:11):
Look Out, Kenny Pickett gets drilled by Miles Karrott.

Speaker 2 (45:16):
Wilson is a grass expert and isn't sending fake tweets
out about how he's giving it up. He gets bagged
plenty and Miles Garrett is the twenty twenty three bag master.
Thirteen sacks for Garrett, that's the most, and he's second
in TB.

Speaker 18 (45:29):
Head protection for Pickett breaks down and Pickett is thrown
down by Miles.

Speaker 2 (45:34):
Karten's in the dpoy convo. Again, Denver doesn't have any
in his class, but their defense presents a major hurdle
to Cleveland's offense. Cleveland's oh in the hands of Durri
and Thompson Robinson one hundred and sixty five yards last week,
no touchdown to pick a rating under fifty five, under
four yards per attempt. That's so low it's almost not

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worth throwing the ball.

Speaker 18 (45:55):
Tompson Robinson get rid of it, quickly, popped up of
the air.

Speaker 2 (45:58):
Intercepted dtr quick passed most of the game to minimize
big splash plays the other way. It's not sustainable, though,
which is why they signed Joe Flacco, you know, just
in case things don't improve. Thompson Robinson hasn't looked great
in either of his two outings.

Speaker 4 (46:13):
Now the throw off the deflect, say the Ravens have
the pick.

Speaker 2 (46:18):
Elijah Moore did have sixty yards versus Pittsburgh forty four
plus yards and back to back games.

Speaker 18 (46:23):
I'm a quick hitter this time, more does haul it
in that he's got a first out.

Speaker 2 (46:27):
Mary Cooper was held to thirty four yards. Now the
dog Pound can argue dtr has faced Baltimore and pittsburghen's
two outings. But Denver just held Joshua Dobbs, who came
into that game hot, to six point nine yards per attempt.
That's good, only one touchdown picked him off, held him
to an eighty point three rating. They've been one of
the toughest teams to pass on over the last month

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or so.

Speaker 11 (46:48):
Sub pros and traffic clearly intercepted. Justin Simmons had hands
on that.

Speaker 2 (46:53):
Now, tight ends still have given them trouble to some degree. Okay,
Justin Simmons disagrees he strapped TJ. Hawkinson up something good
at the end of the game. With all the marbles
on the line, these are.

Speaker 17 (47:05):
Really just making eight difference all grow three in the
last four years.

Speaker 5 (47:09):
Another punch out.

Speaker 2 (47:10):
But even with that said, they gave up a touchdown
to josh Oliver one hundred and two yards to Minnesota's
tight end duo and on the year have allowed a
rating of one fourteen point seven. Only three teams worse looking.

Speaker 4 (47:21):
For Supper got a line those with the touchdown tom.

Speaker 2 (47:26):
So, here comes David and Joku. DTR's top target last week,
like fifteen times seven, more than anyone else on the team.

Speaker 18 (47:33):
Thompson Robinson on the move one open, he hits Nat
Joku Beliveland.

Speaker 2 (47:38):
Of course we'll test the running. Waters didn't get much
from their backs last week. Dreen Hunt and Jerome Ford
both three yards per carry or less.

Speaker 18 (47:45):
Thompson Robinson on the give for Ford had nothing doing.

Speaker 2 (47:48):
Denver, though, gave up four point nineer run in Minnesota,
whose rush attack hasn't been good. Seven point three are
run given up to Tyler Chandler and four point five
to Alexander Madison.

Speaker 17 (47:58):
You have seen guys with solid contact arms wrapped around
in These two backs just keep blinding their way and
spitting their way down the football field.

Speaker 2 (48:08):
Inside scoop so you don't have to read about it
in the common section. Orange Team's gonna take this one here.
First game preview guy has read the script, so I know.
Welcome to the jungle, Pittsburgh. No Axle isn't late he's
not showing up. He's not going to do his thing
from a chair on stage or anything.

Speaker 4 (48:26):
Uly, you've got some sort of an issue here, and
we'll get to the bottom of this.

Speaker 15 (48:30):
Not only that, this is the play before whard Clowney
hits him.

Speaker 5 (48:32):
It drives him to the ground.

Speaker 15 (48:34):
You see that right hand is I don't know if
that added to it, but as soon as he made
that last road kind of grabb clutched his hand.

Speaker 2 (48:41):
The show must go on, though, and the backup singer
might not be so bad. And it's not like the
lead singer for sticks is the original these days in Pittsburgh.

Speaker 3 (48:49):
Either another pass broken up and that's part of the
problem for Pittsburgh. Last week against Green Bay they went
eight straight possessions, going.

Speaker 19 (48:57):
Three and out, and that's something that has to be
corrected for this offense to get fully.

Speaker 2 (49:01):
Emotions get ready for a thirty to twenty seven game,
because on paper, it should be a defensive don't blank contest.
Use twenty one as your generic baseline right for a
defense playing well or not. Pittsburgh hasn't given up twenty
one in six straight games.

Speaker 8 (49:16):
Rows up to the end zone intercepted by Casey Casey
got a little crazy.

Speaker 2 (49:22):
Taking on a Bengals squad without Joe Shisty at QB
everything see, you.

Speaker 4 (49:27):
Know for the Bengals. Fine, but here he was in
the sideline. Get agony three back in the locker room
right now.

Speaker 2 (49:34):
So no, this isn't Andy Dalton versus Big Ben Pittsburgh's
QB Kenny Pickett last week one hundred and six yards
three point eight yards per attempt, So a bad back
is better. Rating of sixty two point five rating under
ninety four straight gamesnuffed.

Speaker 4 (49:50):
Away at the last moment Deyontay Johnson.

Speaker 2 (49:52):
Bengals fans are like, We're not worried. The passing attack
is fine. JB is still back there. Everything's good.

Speaker 15 (49:59):
Good job by Jake Browning in rhythm, a couple hitches
and a good ball to the tech. This shit at
that time, Trent norwins.

Speaker 2 (50:05):
It's gotta be a good luck sign that Burrow's backup
is Jake Browning. That's just science. And let's not overlook
the fact Browning versus an elite Baltimore secondary and ninety
three point eight rating, a touchdown and no picks wine, it.

Speaker 4 (50:19):
Was a two in warning. It's fought thirty yard line.

Speaker 2 (50:22):
Browning would benefit if they could get t Higgins back
he was out last week. Browning did at least connect
with Jamar Chase on his one TD.

Speaker 15 (50:30):
We know Jamar Chase could do that with Joe Burrow
with his eyes closed, but here he shows he can
do with the backup quarterback to drowning as well.

Speaker 2 (50:36):
Chase only had twelve yards on seven targets. Tyler Boyd
only had twenty two yards, again versus a team that
had elite numbers versus quarterbacks. But as we said, Pittsburgh
does two and last week versus a quarterback with a
similar resume, they held Amari Cooper to thirty four yards
on eight targets.

Speaker 18 (50:54):
Thompson Robinson up of the air incomplete.

Speaker 5 (50:57):
Cooper in a mets up with porter.

Speaker 2 (50:59):
Joe Mixon maybe gets more play now. He did put
up four point two a run on Baltimore last week,
sixty nine yards.

Speaker 4 (51:06):
And exploiting a very narrow hole there is.

Speaker 2 (51:09):
Joe Mixon also had five receptions and a TD as well.

Speaker 6 (51:12):
Reaching them making the gravity take here for the end
zone goes Joe Mixon.

Speaker 2 (51:17):
Between being browning safety valve and his own rushing abilities,
he has the potential to be the focal point to
Cincinnati's offense while Browning tries to get his feet under.

Speaker 4 (51:27):
Round, Green is set up and Mixon is able.

Speaker 2 (51:30):
One hand first defense weaker versus runners compared to passers. However,
they held Cleveland to three point three a run on
twenty nine attempts last week.

Speaker 18 (51:39):
The give for Ford had nothing doing. Steelers were ready.

Speaker 2 (51:43):
Steelers own run game should get a heavy dose Jalen
Warren last week seventy four yard run TD one hundred
and twenty nine yards. Overall, he's been a key to
the games they've competed in or won this season.

Speaker 18 (51:55):
Jalen Warren's got a big gain and they break the
seal touchdown.

Speaker 2 (52:00):
Steelers Naujie Harris was quiet last week. Look at this.
The Bengals did not handle Baltimore's ground game well last week,
didn't handle Ravens running backs well specifically, and haven't all year.
Four point six allowed to running backs in twenty twenty three,
only one team has allowed more to that position.

Speaker 15 (52:19):
And Edwards brings power, but as you see there, he
brings vision and quickness to be able to cut that
all the way back.

Speaker 5 (52:24):
To the right.

Speaker 2 (52:25):
The Cincinnati pass defense Pike at Faces gave up one
hundred and twenty one point three rating the Lamar Jackson
last week. Two touchdowns, no picks. No team has given
up a higher yard per completion figure and they're no
better in yards for attempt. Last week, their best corner,
Cam Taylor Brick, got dinged for a touchdown in a
rating near one fifty seventy five yards, and.

Speaker 15 (52:46):
Then Cam Taylor Brick just lost Bateman in one on
one coverage.

Speaker 2 (52:50):
He and the rest of their secondary are not a
soft unit, though twelve iantes is a fat number. They're
holding qbs to a mid eighties rating in a low
completion percentage.

Speaker 4 (52:59):
All picked up Tam Taylor Brinck.

Speaker 2 (53:02):
Pass rush was without Sam Hubbard last week. They need
him back. Trey Hendrickson went solo and all mighty cyrus
for a while a sack in two TFLs before he
started seeing double and triple teams the rest of the night.

Speaker 15 (53:15):
And Hendrickson is as good as anybody on third down
when he just he's such a quick get off and
that first step got him around the corner to come
up with that sack.

Speaker 2 (53:22):
He was in there like a wrecking ball. Half a
sack in every game save one. Pittsburgh's pass rush armed
with Cam Hayward, Alex Highsmith, TJ Watt. Of course, just
one sack last week. That was TJ.

Speaker 18 (53:35):
Sounds like Robinson steps up and he's brought down DJ
Watt down low for the sack.

Speaker 2 (53:41):
He got quick, passed a lot, kept the met bay
for the most part. Arizona Cardinals at home post Thanksgiving,
ticking on the La Rams, who aren't done with twenty
twenty three just yet. Isn't that crazy though, when you
think about that, all comes out of that one play.

Speaker 4 (53:57):
No right, this game is nuts, man, I just love it.

Speaker 2 (54:02):
Rams win over Seattle isn't marked by any shiny numbers
on offense. Matthew Stafford's box scorer last week. His numbers
this season aren't impressive.

Speaker 7 (54:10):
You know, I obviously wasn't at my best at certain
points in this.

Speaker 2 (54:13):
Game, but he turned it on late versus Seattle.

Speaker 18 (54:15):
This is one of the things that makes him great
is these types of moments.

Speaker 5 (54:18):
Matthew Stafford launches right side coat the field.

Speaker 4 (54:23):
Late in the game, fourth quarter, we're within a score.

Speaker 2 (54:25):
I want the ball and drove them for the game
winning field goal.

Speaker 8 (54:28):
Be playing his poor games.

Speaker 4 (54:30):
You want to play, you play one great quarter, you
got a chance to win that thing. But three game
losing streak is over.

Speaker 2 (54:36):
Stafford threw a TV to Pukaokua. He had seventy yards
and the QB only took one sack. They won seventeen
to sixteen. Did just enough. They're now four and six
on the season, still have a chance if they can
go on a run.

Speaker 8 (54:52):
I was really proud of our group, and I'm looking
forward to being able to build on this and move
forward the right way.

Speaker 2 (54:56):
Stafford's counterpart, Kyler Murray offensively myself.

Speaker 3 (55:00):
You know, if like you had enough chances to win
the game, let the team down to.

Speaker 2 (55:04):
The same kind of deal. His two game twenty twenty
three resume isn't great, but he threw a TV last week.

Speaker 5 (55:09):
How launch is a deep middle of the field into
the end zone and an over They sold their pets
by Rondale Moore or a touchdown?

Speaker 4 (55:17):
What a gorgeous grow by Tyler Murray.

Speaker 7 (55:20):
I mean that touchdown rozone.

Speaker 4 (55:21):
Believe he will play again.

Speaker 9 (55:23):
That's his skill set and he can do special things.

Speaker 2 (55:26):
He ran for fifty one yards and a score as well.

Speaker 5 (55:28):
All right, keeps it him sound much is there trying
to get to the.

Speaker 4 (55:32):
Pilot he does. I have no idea how Tyler Murray
just did that.

Speaker 2 (55:37):
Murray's Gal may Or may not be a problem for
him right now, but he'll have ninety nine problems this week.
I will go, do you Aaron Donald? Three QB hits
last week that like the second one on one I
got up? Leave him one on one at your own peril, Arizona.

Speaker 4 (55:52):
Aaron Donald just destroyed Gino Smith.

Speaker 2 (55:56):
If you don't like his lyrics, you can press fast forward.

Speaker 4 (55:59):
I love man.

Speaker 2 (56:00):
If Arizona is having trouble with Donald, they do have
a solid run game they can turn to. It kept
them close versus Houston. Not only do they have Murray,
James Connor went for four point four per carry sixty
two yards.

Speaker 4 (56:12):
God her was he able to elude what tackle? Like
a lot of scrimage. He's got another first down.

Speaker 2 (56:16):
Arizona's rush attack has been central to their offense looking respectable.
Rams defense has not played running backs great, giving up
four point two a carry to that position.

Speaker 4 (56:26):
See I see detonates for fifty more yards. Let's take
that one right behind her book.

Speaker 2 (56:34):
The good news for them they're holding quarterbacks to three
point five a run.

Speaker 6 (56:38):
Kerts looking a run and taking down well played by.

Speaker 2 (56:42):
La Ram's pass defense that Kyler faces held Gino Smith
under seven yards per attempt. That's good.

Speaker 18 (56:48):
It seemed like the guys in the secondary were tight.

Speaker 2 (56:50):
They were sticky in mid nineties. Rating allowed acceptable at
least only one touchdown. Kyler's not facing an elite unit,
but not the worst deep for lookt Stafford. Meantime, faces
a Cardinals defense that picked off CJ. Stroud three times
last week.

Speaker 5 (57:09):
Look at toward the back of the anzone.

Speaker 2 (57:11):
Sent that showing was a bit out of character, but
three picks of a QB that was getting MVP chatter
is something they can build on.

Speaker 5 (57:19):
Stroud crows to the other side. It's insecond again.

Speaker 9 (57:22):
Three takeaways.

Speaker 4 (57:23):
That's why we got back into the game.

Speaker 2 (57:25):
And Arizona's rookie pass rusher Bjoju Lari nabbed a sack
week eleven, won a three for Arizona. Stroud not easy
to get to either. Oju Lari is coming in hot
sack and three of his last four behind it.

Speaker 4 (57:37):
You played fakes setting up of the Podcket in trouble.
It's hand sat by.

Speaker 2 (57:42):
PJ jalari La could try and go after Arizona's rush defense.
It gave up over five yards per carry and over
one hundred yards to Devin Singletary last week.

Speaker 5 (57:51):
I give it to Singletary up the middle. It cuts
to his left to the gun and he is in touchdown.

Speaker 2 (57:58):
Texans Rams Royce Freeman seventeen attempts, seventy three yards, four
point three pers.

Speaker 4 (58:04):
Stafford pitches one to Freeman on the left side. He's
got the first down.

Speaker 5 (58:07):
Bold.

Speaker 2 (58:08):
This is round two for these two teams.

Speaker 9 (58:10):
The NFL is the next week.

Speaker 5 (58:12):
You got to put all your focus and energy into.

Speaker 2 (58:14):
The Rams lab Arizona twenty six to nine. A few
weeks back, Hooper Cup had a huge game. He left
last week hurt though, so we'll see. Kyron Williams also
had a monster game on the ground for the Rams.
Why he didn't play last week at all? So who
gets round two? Arizona evening it up? Well, Yeah, night

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up or La breaking out the brooms. The Chicago Bears
head to Minnesota for Monday Night Football this week, coming
off a game they had in their hands and bumbled away.

Speaker 5 (58:49):
Timer Scott loses the hook, still lose on the Deckson,
that's gonna be excluck.

Speaker 2 (58:55):
Bear down was like oh no, or draft pick keeps
getting better, skull though, let out the real oh no.
Last week five game win streak snaps.

Speaker 4 (59:04):
Bring the heat again.

Speaker 2 (59:08):
Town By Minnesota clearly with more incentive to put Big
Sean on repeat this week and try and bounce back.
But Justin Fields has plenty of incentive to try and
show out. Six games left now to show what's up,
So don't be shocked to see him keep using his
dual threat skills to the max again like he did
last week.

Speaker 4 (59:27):
And Fields takes off Fields with a big run. Fields
still on his.

Speaker 5 (59:31):
Feet, but he slides down inside the thirty five.

Speaker 2 (59:34):
Fields used his legs eighteen times versus Detroit, far more
often than he had this season, ran for one hundred
and four yards.

Speaker 5 (59:41):
Fields trying to take advantage another total one for Justin Field.

Speaker 2 (59:45):
Minnesota, for what it's worth, has given up four point
eight yards per carry to quarterbacks as runners. That's not
too bad. Fields the passer though, look pretty sharp too,
rating over one hundred to touchdown no i iNTS, over
seven yards per attempt. That's good stuff.

Speaker 4 (59:59):
Fields climbs.

Speaker 3 (01:00:00):
Fields does touchdown one two punched livers.

Speaker 4 (01:00:04):
It's Fields till More for.

Speaker 2 (01:00:06):
The lead only one hundred and sixty nine yards, but still,
it's the quality of the play that matters most. So
Minnesota is the number one blitzing defense last week, though
defensive coordinator Brian Flores chose to dial it way Back
Russell Wilson's numbers against the blitz were pretty good, but
so are Fields ninety two point seven rate against five

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plus pass rushers four tds against them touchddj More Fields
has a ninety three point three rating for the season
twelve touchdowns, six picks. But know what, he has the
highest TD rate of any quarterback. Chicago just doesn't throw.

Speaker 4 (01:00:43):
A ton late pressure coming, but it doesn't reach. It
throws down good. He got dj More over the.

Speaker 3 (01:00:48):
Shoulder twenty fifteen and out about.

Speaker 2 (01:00:50):
DJ Moore bears most consistent dangerous pass catcher seven catches,
ninety six yards a touchdown versus Detroit, five more targets
than anyone else on the team.

Speaker 5 (01:01:00):
It throws underneath DJ Moore gets away from jos and
no fighting for the first.

Speaker 2 (01:01:06):
Hello in Minnesota defense. Those guys face this week just
gave up close to two hundred and sixty yards to
Wilson and their loss touchdown. No picks a rating over
one hundred, give it seven.

Speaker 11 (01:01:16):
Wilson, trying to shut down for him, held on to
let's say something catches it.

Speaker 2 (01:01:22):
Vikings gave up sixty yards to running back samajip Ryan,
fifty eight yards to Jerry Judy sixty six yard and
the game winner to Courtland Sutton. That pencils out to
a fat one oh six point seven ratings.

Speaker 4 (01:01:33):
Rope right again tis one on this when he gets
seventy yard.

Speaker 2 (01:01:39):
That showing does not fit their body of work versus
wide receivers. Though from weeks four to ten, Minnesota held
whiteouts to a seventy point four rating, they're holding them
to a sub ninety rate for the year.

Speaker 11 (01:01:50):
Still and Wilson take event shot towards the ends up
in traffic here we intercepted by Droptoo tell.

Speaker 2 (01:01:55):
Us we're not tough on tight ends though, rating allowed
to that spot one thirteen point two. Chicago tight end
Cole Kment has a few big games this season. He's
feeling clear number two most games too?

Speaker 4 (01:02:06):
Is this a hill? A five throw? Who believe will
catch my cold met and kicking? He cups it too.
No moment when he hits.

Speaker 2 (01:02:13):
The Vikings defense overall has been tough to score on lately.
Only one team has gotten him for more than twenty
one points in their last six games. Much of the
credit should go to that pass rush. Dj one On
a sack last week, has a half dozen, now has
one or more, and three of his last four games.

Speaker 4 (01:02:30):
Fifth trying to get away Ken not doing dj one.

Speaker 2 (01:02:34):
On and the keen QB Hunter in the NFL A
dozen QB conquests now Danil got home again last week,
a bag in six of his last seven. Out of
this Kant Trumple.

Speaker 4 (01:02:44):
Trying to escape and cannot. Few have escaped from Kneil
Hunter this year.

Speaker 2 (01:02:49):
Fields doesn't have a game played where he didn't get
buried at least twice.

Speaker 5 (01:02:53):
Wait fake, Now here's a pass it Fields to get
it off, which he can.

Speaker 2 (01:02:58):
Brings us to the Vikings offense. Joshua Dobbs comes off
his first rough game dressed in purple. Part of it
was the pressure he had to deal with. Took two sacks,
got hit ten times.

Speaker 4 (01:03:08):
Pressure, he can't escape Cooper, He's trucked out.

Speaker 2 (01:03:11):
His passplay suffered as a result. Eighty point three rating
a touchdown a pick under seven yards per attempt.

Speaker 11 (01:03:17):
But he gots arms as in some dent it's McMillan
bursting dolls on the procos and turn.

Speaker 2 (01:03:23):
None of his key pass catchers did too much. Jordan
Addison scratched out forty four yards.

Speaker 11 (01:03:29):
Side love looks short of the first down is Jordan Addison.

Speaker 2 (01:03:32):
Tight end TJ Hawkinson fifty five yards.

Speaker 4 (01:03:38):
Again at the eleven yard line.

Speaker 2 (01:03:40):
Minnesota's line did give Dobbs time and he pulled some
rabbits out of the proverbial magic hat. It wasn't a
terrible outing for him.

Speaker 11 (01:03:47):
Dob's lofting y up with a tight end Oliver across
midfield to the forty.

Speaker 2 (01:03:51):
Six, but his receivers often could not separate quick enough
versus a very tough Denver secondary, So could the Bears
give him similar problems. Their secondary had its best showing
of the year versus Detroit, picked off Jared Goff three times.

Speaker 4 (01:04:05):
First of twenty and tros another way. By this time,
it's TJ Edwards.

Speaker 2 (01:04:12):
And Dobbs has Montes sweat to worry about. He got
his first sack as a Bear last week. The team
had two but a very healthy eight QB hits against
the top tier O line.

Speaker 5 (01:04:21):
Ru sure coming from sandboard here and he just came
around the edge and wrapped up Jared Goff.

Speaker 2 (01:04:27):
The Bears have not played the pass well in twenty
twenty three, haven't rushed the QB with great success either,
and they gave up big numbers to Detroit's run game.
Five point two a carry, two backs hit at four
point five or better.

Speaker 5 (01:04:39):
Colm are you run between the tackles and he's dragged
to claud Brister all.

Speaker 4 (01:04:44):
The way out to the forty five.

Speaker 2 (01:04:46):
Minnesota's run game dormant. Most games outside of Dobbs showed
signs of life versus the Broncos, at least ty Chandler
seven point three a run, ten carries that equals seventy
three yards. That's math I can handle.

Speaker 11 (01:04:58):
Shamler protects it to get through the hole. It's a
nice running ty Chandler.

Speaker 7 (01:05:03):
For a first back.

Speaker 2 (01:05:04):
Alexander Madison eighty one yards, eighteen carries.

Speaker 17 (01:05:07):
We have seen guys with solid contact arms wrapped around,
and these two backs just keep grinding their way and
spinning their way down the football field.

Speaker 2 (01:05:17):
These two did play already. That was the game. Fields
got hurt in so it was Tyson Bagent versus Kirk Cousins.
Vikings won for what it's with Josh.

Speaker 10 (01:05:25):
Mitellis forced the bumble, it's bouncing about, picked up by
Jordan Hicks forty thirty.

Speaker 4 (01:05:31):
Canis lows touchdown.

Speaker 2 (01:05:36):
Who's gonna hit it? Will it bounce back? Just depends
on if it's real. I suppose Indianapolis Colts at home
after a week of rest, sitting at five and five,
so lots to play for. Still, they welcome the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers. So it's an episode of Minshew Mayfield. It's
like a modern Chips or something.

Speaker 4 (01:05:53):
Yeah them, not from them every Let's.

Speaker 2 (01:06:00):
Start on the Indianapolis side. Huge key for the Colts defense. Takeaways,
they have a lot of them this season.

Speaker 12 (01:06:06):
Believe it's picked off and here comes the gunner in
Tenamo Chase Do Young Dennis.

Speaker 4 (01:06:13):
A pick six?

Speaker 2 (01:06:15):
They rank near the top in i INT's which is
why they've held quarterbacks to a nice low eighties rating.

Speaker 19 (01:06:20):
Tannahill fires near side, it's packed, Julian Bluckman with the
game ceiling, i.

Speaker 2 (01:06:27):
INT in trot's Baker Mayfield not coming in hot and
INT last week sub eighty rating versus San Francisco incomplete
and back.

Speaker 5 (01:06:36):
Of the end zone. It's picked off.

Speaker 2 (01:06:39):
How Baker goes goes the Bucks six losses now his
rating sub eighty five, and four of.

Speaker 4 (01:06:45):
Them Mayfield's a throw sected. It's been all about defetch today.

Speaker 2 (01:06:51):
Mayfield's play affected by taking sacks, which he took four
of last week, and he's taken three plus and four
of their last five.

Speaker 5 (01:06:58):
Mayfield is in trouble and sack by Chase Young.

Speaker 2 (01:07:02):
Colts pass rush is a string to healthy three sack
per game average steps.

Speaker 10 (01:07:08):
Up, but he is sacked by DeForest Buckner and Dio Dangbo.

Speaker 2 (01:07:13):
Colts defense is very aggressive, led the league in tackles
for loss after ten games. Big Butt, though Sir mix
a lot worthy. India has played a risk reward style
of defense, lots of sacks, lots of turnovers. Big Butts
cannot lie. He said. They rank near the bottom in
both yards per game and points per game allowed. They've
given up over eleven yards per catch over seven yards

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per attempt. It's not good to be on the north
side of eleven and seven.

Speaker 19 (01:07:39):
Wide open Christian Kirk touchdown.

Speaker 2 (01:07:43):
With Tampa's passing attack, you have to be able to
defend all three pass catching types wide receiver more so,
of course, with Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. Evans scored
last week, they're.

Speaker 5 (01:07:52):
Gonna look to throw it back at the ends. On
there's Mike Evans touchdown Tampa Bay.

Speaker 2 (01:07:58):
He only had forty three yards, Godwin had thirty nine.
Indianapolis's rate allowed two wideouts ninety point seven. That's respectable.

Speaker 15 (01:08:06):
Nice job by Brent's matched up inside really plays it nice.

Speaker 2 (01:08:11):
They've been tougher on tight ends and running backs, though,
holding those positions to sub eighty rates.

Speaker 10 (01:08:16):
Intended for Henry and knocked down by Julian Blackman.

Speaker 2 (01:08:20):
So if Indianapolis's defense gives up lots of yards and points,
how are they five and five? Well. One of the
more underappreciated aspects to the Cult season is how productive
their offense has been without getting much fanfare.

Speaker 5 (01:08:33):
But it's Taylor again with the cutback Taylor Taylor.

Speaker 2 (01:08:36):
On his way, top ten offense and points per game
and in the red zone fourteenth in yards per game.
They've been able to cash in on some of those
turnovers their defense creates mention Key skiff, the.

Speaker 3 (01:08:47):
Spread out to Pittman editing the end zone. Oh Michael
Pittman touchdown.

Speaker 2 (01:08:53):
The engine, of course, is their run game. Jonathan Taylor
averaging about seventy yards on the ground is last four games.

Speaker 4 (01:08:59):
Taylor un a taken.

Speaker 19 (01:09:00):
He's in Jonathan Taylor stuntness, sizzle.

Speaker 2 (01:09:04):
He's still under four yards per carry though. Zack Moss
hitting at four point six.

Speaker 5 (01:09:09):
Try to get to the edge. Oh, nice, patient run
and he finds the opening.

Speaker 4 (01:09:13):
Zack Moss.

Speaker 2 (01:09:14):
He's been barely used the last few games. Tampa Bay
has been tough to run on. They held Christian McCaffrey
to three point seven a carry.

Speaker 5 (01:09:21):
Here's a toss for McCaffery, white shirt surround him. Levante David,
there was Shaq Barrett.

Speaker 2 (01:09:27):
They did not play the pass well though. Week eleven
gave up one hundred and fifty eight point three rating
to brock Purty. That's as high as it gets. Three
hundred and thirty three yards, three touchdowns.

Speaker 4 (01:09:37):
He's gone. He beat Stein, but he takes it at distance.

Speaker 2 (01:09:42):
Now the Bucks get Rico dynamite. Gardner doesn't have any
shiny numbers by any means. He is a gamer, though,
drop it back under pressure, scrabbles in the pocket.

Speaker 4 (01:09:52):
He runs my throws on the goat.

Speaker 2 (01:09:53):
LOFs he makes the catch, Minshew's gonna have to perform
well versus the blitz. That's Tampa Bay's defensive thing. Colts
aren't bad when it comes to sacks allowed, but Minshew
has a seventy five point four rate versus five plus
pass rushers. Relatively speaking, he has been worse versus the Blitz,
not better. Bets you upsit out relativelyat Colts Air game

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driven by two guys, primarily both wide receivers. Michael Pittman
the slot dude. Sixty seven yards per game roads.

Speaker 5 (01:10:22):
Over the middle.

Speaker 4 (01:10:23):
That is complete Phittman on the ground.

Speaker 2 (01:10:25):
Rookie Josh downs a little over fifty yards per mints.

Speaker 4 (01:10:29):
You fine times ups it out four times. What a
catch by the rookie.

Speaker 2 (01:10:36):
Battle between two teams from the South in that murky area.
Carolina Panthers on the road for a Southern matchup with
the Tennessee Titans this week. This matchup's focus on a
couple young qbs. Tennessee's Will Levis, in a blowout loss
last week, put up some good digits thirteen for seventeen
over nine yards per attempt. Two touchdowns are rating over

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one forty.

Speaker 4 (01:10:59):
So students again lined up offensive backfield. They're gonna tell
to him. Sevens makes the y.

Speaker 2 (01:11:06):
And he's in touchdown forty nine yard connection with Chris Moore.
Forty three yarder to DeAndre Hopkins. On the other side,
another rookie, Bryce Young, listening to a lot of Citizen
King lately. One hundred and twenty three yards last week,
low sixties rating, sub seventy rating and three straight games.

Speaker 6 (01:11:25):
Now here's Bryce Young. It's got time here. He throws
and is intercepted. Hits to Ron Blenet again glan looking.

Speaker 4 (01:11:33):
For another click six and he's got it.

Speaker 2 (01:11:35):
Remember that song. Bryce has seen better days. Hopefully the
bottom drops out soon. He took seven sacks last week.

Speaker 6 (01:11:43):
Here's Young and he's swallowing up again. Sam Williams joining
the party.

Speaker 2 (01:11:48):
So which young signal caller is better positioned to come
out a week twelve with a smile on his face?
Young faces a Titans defense that gave up a one
nineteen point two rate to Trevor Lawrence last week over
two hundred and sixty yards to TDS No I in
T's they have been one of the easier secondaries to
pass on in twenty twenty three only two teams have

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allowed a higher rating than they have the lout's drop.

Speaker 19 (01:12:13):
It's top Trevor Lawrence, slice it him up.

Speaker 2 (01:12:16):
Carolina's pass defense a ninety one point six rating allowed.
That's at least in the Okay territory under seven yards
per attempt. That's not bad. They haven't played terribly.

Speaker 6 (01:12:28):
Prescott fires knocked away. He was trying to get it
to Tolvert. But again there's Troy Hill makes another good play.

Speaker 2 (01:12:34):
If Carolina can keep it close, their run game could factor.
Cuba Hubbard went for fifty seven yards on ten carries
versus Dallas.

Speaker 6 (01:12:41):
Hubbard again, first out, big hole to the Hubbard up
near the forty nine for Curs breaks him down.

Speaker 2 (01:12:47):
And Miles Sanders eleven carries fifty yards four point five
a run.

Speaker 4 (01:12:52):
Sanders makes a man miss.

Speaker 6 (01:12:54):
Good run, Miles Sanders hugging inside the fifteen.

Speaker 2 (01:12:58):
Titans defense did play Jacksonville's running game well last week.
They held them to three point six carry et and
he's buried.

Speaker 4 (01:13:06):
My goodness, Jeffrey Simmons dumping.

Speaker 2 (01:13:10):
Him down, chanting Long Live the King. Derrick Henry held
the three point eight to carry last week thirty.

Speaker 6 (01:13:17):
Yard line a little bit of delayed handoff.

Speaker 4 (01:13:19):
To Henry and he loses a couple of inches.

Speaker 2 (01:13:22):
Just thirty eight yards twenty two the week before which
QB shines. Does one of them shine? Big time NFC
South showdown houdat Dirty Birds Division hangs in the ballance.

Speaker 4 (01:13:35):
Bob Desmond did he hit the Pilon?

Speaker 5 (01:13:37):
He did touch down Atlanta.

Speaker 2 (01:13:39):
Both teams come in off a bye week. Let's go
five keys to the game. You guys can add some
track or reorder them in the comments section. First up,
you've got a Falcons offense with some Kelly Bundy issues
giving it up easier than they should, facing a Saints
defense that had as many takeaways as any team in
the NFL. After ten weeks, they have at least one

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in every game, saved one.

Speaker 10 (01:14:01):
Second at eight for the Houston forty four empty back
after Motions strapped quickly throwing up pick.

Speaker 2 (01:14:06):
Atlanta has given it away sixteen times. Not a whole
lot of teams more generous steps up.

Speaker 8 (01:14:11):
Throws picked up like Dada Dada's unbelievable Jayba datas jumped around.

Speaker 2 (01:14:17):
That key is tied to key number two. Atlanta's passing attack,
which is what average at best on paper at least
dealing with the top five secondary Ne Orleans holding quarterbacks
to a seventy five point one rating. That's top five,
their top five in completion percentage allowed, yards per attempt,
and I iNTS, So Desmond Heineke won't have an easy
go of it.

Speaker 4 (01:14:38):
Now fires.

Speaker 2 (01:14:41):
Subsit like Taylor Ridder better Atlanta's starting Ridder again at
this point, who knows who finishes it. Falcons aerial attack
only accounts for two hundred and four yards per game.
QB's faces have ended up in the grass three times
per game on average, a.

Speaker 19 (01:14:56):
Heavy pusher unable to escape.

Speaker 4 (01:14:59):
He is saied.

Speaker 2 (01:15:01):
Is it the worst passing outfit? Going nod thirty five
plus passing yards five times this season? Drake London, Kyle Pitch,
John hu Smith, running back Jean Robinson. The primary pass
catchers still.

Speaker 5 (01:15:13):
Rid are going to take the shot and this is
London holding on.

Speaker 4 (01:15:17):
Did he catch it?

Speaker 5 (01:15:19):
Yes? Drake London at the forty five.

Speaker 2 (01:15:22):
The battle between New Orleans subpar third down offense versus
Atlanta's top rated third down defense checks in at number
three because there's a lot of threes in there. If
the Falcons offense has trouble putting up points, its defense
is going to need to give them the most chances
they can, and on that front, they are top five
forcing punt situations.

Speaker 4 (01:15:43):
Sure love chirping in art, Why no you better pint?
Now come out yere check what put all day?

Speaker 2 (01:15:51):
Saints offense not stellar at moving the sticks, which takes
us to Key number four, Derek Carr versus Atlanta's secondary.
The Saints have five wins and four of them. Car
has played well ninety five plus rating.

Speaker 5 (01:16:04):
Down the middle looking for receiptsy catch, see you laid
it five touch down.

Speaker 2 (01:16:10):
Falcons pass defense is better than its high rating given up.
They've only given up two hundred yards per game, and
they're holding quarterbacks to a low completion percentage into just
six point six yards per attempt. That's good stuff.

Speaker 11 (01:16:22):
Fixed the handle and protected slings and it's intercepted, picked
off Nate.

Speaker 2 (01:16:27):
Laban and finally Key number five, who goes off Bijon
Atlanta's most dangerous offensive weapon.

Speaker 11 (01:16:34):
To the ground game and back to Robinson making guys
miss what interna momentum met.

Speaker 2 (01:16:40):
Is or does the Swiss Army knife leave a mark?
Taysom Hill has played a central role in three of
New orleans five wins. He std passes, catches and rushes.

Speaker 4 (01:16:48):
Jayson Hill takes it in for the touchdown thanks.

Speaker 2 (01:16:53):
His biggest impact tends to be on the ground. Atlanta
has not handled QB runs well, giving up four point
nine to carried a signal call. Trever Lawrence eight carries
for fifty nine yards.

Speaker 5 (01:17:02):
That is a career high.

Speaker 4 (01:17:04):
And he's also the Jags leading rusher.

Speaker 2 (01:17:06):
Are you ready for what could be an all time
defensive slugfest? This right here could be what you call
a true gem. It doesn't come along very often. It's
like the Hailey's comment of the NFL, when it passes by,
you better watch.

Speaker 4 (01:17:22):
Let's go a load it.

Speaker 2 (01:17:23):
Who remember that one time Screech boxed Warshack. He was
like the Screech of the seventies, Or when Vanilla Ice
fought Willis from different strokes. If you don't just imagine
what that Elon Musk Mark Zuckerberg fight would have looked like.

Speaker 4 (01:17:40):
Bro Bro, I don't whipping. They add, oh my god, well,
let's go hello hello.

Speaker 2 (01:17:48):
In one corner of the New England Patriots offense thirty
first in points per game at fourteen point one per
outing have scored twenty one plus points just once all year.

Speaker 12 (01:17:58):
Jones on the play setting that Jones with his tents
hitters exception of the season at a back breaking moment in.

Speaker 2 (01:18:07):
The other corner, the New York Giants dead last in
points per game at thirteen point five. The forty year
old Virgin scored more often in his thirties than either
of these teams have on the field in twenty twenty three.

Speaker 4 (01:18:21):
And there's a lot that's going wrong.

Speaker 6 (01:18:22):
The Veto going deep, He's got a man high, it
is open, but then the scene closes and it's intercepted.

Speaker 2 (01:18:28):
Okay, before everyone starts handing out zero to zero tie predictions.
The Giants just dropped thirty one on Washington last week.
Enough with the Danny jokes. Tommy DeVito threw three touchdowns,
rating year one forty almost ten yards per attempt, almost
two hundred and fifty yards.

Speaker 8 (01:18:45):
The Veto fires looking for Barkley and soon he's got
it touchdown.

Speaker 2 (01:18:50):
And check this out the last three games featuring the
two lowest scoring teams with at least eight games played
last year, when Denver and la Mett score fifty one
to fourteen. Year before that, Techon's Jaguars thirty to sixteen,
and in two thousand and three, Arizona and Cleveland met
final score forty four to six.

Speaker 4 (01:19:13):
I don't hope he wants to go out town.

Speaker 8 (01:19:14):
He's got it, markets got it inside the ten touchdown.

Speaker 2 (01:19:21):
So which one of these Juggernauts could pop off this week?
There is nothing fluky about the points these teams failed
to score. New England's offense yards per game not good,
bad at moving the sticks, bad in the red zone,
rushing attack under four yards per carry, passing attack under
two hundred yards per game, rating in the dumps more
I iNTS than TD passes.

Speaker 9 (01:19:43):
You know as a teen or does not do enough
things that we need to do to win.

Speaker 2 (01:19:46):
So so everybody needs to do better. I supposing New
York's offense yards per game, third down, red zone no
better generally speaking, So it's more about which defense could
be prone to letting these offenses into the paint. New
York's top offensive weapon sake one Barkley right LEO would
call him the obi one of the Giants offense. He

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ran for eighty three yards five point nine to carry
last week.

Speaker 8 (01:20:12):
Fis Barkley's a positive the audits for the Giants of
the craft.

Speaker 2 (01:20:15):
You are our only hope. But the one thing New
England's defense has excelled at consistently in twenty twenty three
stopping running backs, holding them to just three point five
yards per carry. Not many tougher on backs this year.

Speaker 4 (01:20:29):
First down Carrie for Taylor and that goes nowhere.

Speaker 18 (01:20:33):
Barbre back on the field, loss of three.

Speaker 2 (01:20:36):
Okay, but Barkley also caught two TD passes last week.

Speaker 8 (01:20:40):
Cross claw Barkley, which the cross for the Giants touchdown
hit second Today.

Speaker 2 (01:20:46):
The Patriots have given up a ninety seven point five
rating the running backs as receivers. That's not good.

Speaker 4 (01:20:52):
Allen short pass Cook working it for the.

Speaker 2 (01:20:56):
Touchdown New England's top offensive weapon, they don't really have one.
But New York's run defense is bad. They've allowed four
point six to running backs this year. Only one team
is giving up more to that position.

Speaker 8 (01:21:09):
All handing it off Robinson up first down, turns out
the Jets.

Speaker 4 (01:21:13):
Ryan Robinson's still.

Speaker 2 (01:21:14):
Out of his feet, so maybe Zeke and or Ramandre
Stevenson has a big game. Stevenson ran for eighty plus
yards back to back games before they hit their break
over for a run. In each game.

Speaker 8 (01:21:25):
Staved said first out at more Leman, Gray Steven said,
still going into the episode sixty four yards.

Speaker 2 (01:21:33):
Elliott ran for four point two a carry in fifty
plus yards the last time we saw him.

Speaker 5 (01:21:38):
Ezekiel Elliott dancing and shaking get through the gin, Skinny.

Speaker 2 (01:21:42):
So passing games, Now here's a reason one of the
qbs could have a big game. Giants pass rush. They
don't take a lot of roughing the passer calls because
you know you'd have to get near the quarterback. South
Pole rankings and sacks.

Speaker 6 (01:21:56):
Prescott going for cups, He's got it touchdown.

Speaker 2 (01:22:00):
What's crazy? They are blitz happy second highest rate in
the NFL, apply a below average pressure rate on top
of not sealing the deal very often.

Speaker 6 (01:22:10):
Blitz come in over the middle. Cook's putting free first
and more turn it on his speed nowt But if.

Speaker 2 (01:22:16):
New York's pass rush looked in the mirror, guess who
they'd see higher than average blitz rate, lower than average
pressure rate, few bags. It's the New England Patriots. Mirror
doesn't say Man of the Year or anything like it
did for Jeffrey.

Speaker 4 (01:22:29):
That is to picnic. Michael Pifick Easill just shy.

Speaker 2 (01:22:34):
So you have that New England pass rush up against
a Giant's offensive line that's given up more sacks than
any team in the NFL.

Speaker 4 (01:22:43):
The Dado steps up.

Speaker 8 (01:22:44):
Down, he goes five Washington sacks.

Speaker 2 (01:22:48):
New England's quarterbacks, on the other hand, haven't had it
as bad on that front, but New York's cave On
Thibodeau has to be accounted for two sacks last week,
has ten and a half for the year.

Speaker 8 (01:22:59):
Now, oh, other pressure down he goes what and alf
to do? It is paid four cavon Tivideau. That's his
second sack.

Speaker 2 (01:23:07):
He goes after Bailey Jones or Max Zappi. The New
England quarterback position is no longer in the hands of
TB twelve Zachtly with.

Speaker 5 (01:23:14):
A fake snap fake Spie b minutes Interceptor Boy.

Speaker 2 (01:23:20):
Final similarity between these two. Both pass defenses ranked in
the middle for the most part. New England's rating against
med ninety point one, but they're holding quarterbacks under seven
yards per attempt.

Speaker 10 (01:23:31):
That's solid flips it tipped to interceptor intercepted by Miles.

Speaker 2 (01:23:37):
Parryant Giants pass defense in similar territory for twenty twenty three,
but not for week eleven. They picked off Sam Howell
three times.

Speaker 8 (01:23:45):
Howl under pressure, and then he will throw Isaiah Sevens
with the interception down the sideline into the end zone,
touchdown Giants.

Speaker 2 (01:23:56):
He was getting a lot of positive buzz too. To
keep saying it, New York Secondary has been playing strong
ball lately.

Speaker 8 (01:24:03):
Oh Fyers down field and there is takeaway number five.
Darnay Holmes comes up with the interception.

Speaker 2 (01:24:10):
Two wins versus three wins. So no, this isn't so
much Hulk Hogan taking on John Cena. It's more like
a couple jobbers squaring off, the Brooklyn Brawler taking on
Leaping Lanny Poffo, Let Go, let Go.

Speaker 1 (01:24:26):
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