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It is Matt Myron here getting ready on a beautiful, at least beautiful Sunday afternoon. Here we are one hour away, counting you down to kick off of the NFL games. Also, one of the biggest sporting events in the world is going on as we speak. El Classico between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Real Madrid has a lead right now, 2 to 1. Myron has been enjoying this game. This battle's been going on since 1902. Myron, this is your first Classico you claim to have watched, although you've watched it before. Do you. Are you enjoying it?
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I'm enjoying it. The action's amazing. I just don't like watching it with you all. Soccer fans, you all been mean. You all have been refusing to explain stuff to me. I ask questions, you all say, how do you not know it's the beautiful game. They played the game since 1713. Like all the like soccer fans always have this weird Wikipedia history that nobody knows but them. So I'm going to watch it by myself and not let you all know I'm watching it in the future. Y' all are mean, man. Soccer fans are mean.
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I don't disagree with you. I wouldn't put myself in that category. Now we like to play every time at this week it's King of the Mountain. You call in and you give the best take. We're going to. Then if you're better than the person that has been our current king, you will hold the belt. It is now time for King of the Mountain. Ladies and gentlemen, your winner and new.
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King of the Mountain champion.
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Let's go to Bill in Nebraska. Go Bill.
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You gotta bust a quarterback. We can fix them fast. Then you have the QB that's guaranteed to last. Now the voiceover. Hi, I'm Kevin o'. Connell. If you've got a Kirk Cousins or a Daniel Jones that might just need a little tune up, or if you've got a Sam Darnold that needs a complete overhaul. Bring him to the Kevin o' Connell plus busted quarterback shop. We'll fix them up right. Guaranteed. You got a busted quarterback, we can fix them fast. Then you have a QB that's guaranteed to last. Then the disclaimer. Look, Evan o' Connell busted quarterback chop is in no way affiliated with the Minnesota Vikings football organization.
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There you go. I mean, he got a Kevin o' Connell busted quarterback shop. He had a song. It was a little clunky, but we still liked it. And he is our current king of the mountain. Now, Myron, the question is, can anybody knock him out? Let's get started. Let's go to Cap in Indy. Cap, you got 30 seconds, go.
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Geez, I gotta follow that. Hey, how about from the great state of Indiana? There's no reason we shouldn't be raising our second Lombardi at the end of this season. That's all I got for you.
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Well, that's not very much.
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Do you understand? King on the mountain.
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That's not King of the mountain. That's like.
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That's not even an open prince.
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It has to be. You got to go longer than a second. Come on.
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You have to sell a brochures at the bottom of the mountain. Like I don't know. It's not king of the mountain.
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Bill in Nebraska. Will. Will. He'll hang that. He'll hang through that one. Let's go to the Trucker Knob in Arizona. Trucker.
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Hey. For the last 10 years since Dak Prescott came on the scene, he was shoved a gold spoon down his throat and four biggest games of his career. Three were playoffs, one was a season finale. The Sam Howell, he's lost them all. Jimmy gave Sam Howell Mr. Irrelevant and Jordan Love. I rest my case.
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Wow, that is kind of a harsh Dak take. Not. I've never heard the phrase golden spoon. Have you ever, Myron? Not silver, though. I don't. It means it was an even more worthwhile spoon.
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Why was it shoved down his throat? I don't really know. I don't know what all that was, but okay, he doesn't like Dak.
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Although that's interesting that the four quarterbacks he's lost to in the playoffs, that's not an elite group.
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It's not. It's the one thing hanging over Dak that is the shadow over him for sure, but shadow of the whole team.
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We'll see if he gets it this year. Let's go to Read Red in Missouri. Go Red.
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Brian Kelly cannot coach in the sec. We've all heard of micromanagers? Kelly is an electron microscope manager and last time I checked, Louisiana Isn't that big into details. That red face New England approach will not work in the South.
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I don't know what the. I don't know what the microscope manager means, but what do you think about Brian Kelly?
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Will he keep the red face?
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Well, he is a little red faced. He gets a little red.
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Okay. Oh, like it's actual color. Okay. I don't know if that was like a Southern.
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You thought it was like a slang, like a. I never know, man. No, no, he's. He's.
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Y' all got all those like old western phrases y' all throw out there and I don't, you know, you gotta translate for me sometimes. So I never know.
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Does Brian Kelly keep his job?
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No. No, I don't think so. I think the SEC is becoming too competitive at this point.
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If he doesn't keep his job, then think of, think about the SEC jobs that are going to be open. I mean, you're going to have potentially Florida, lsu, Auburn, Arkansas and maybe Kentucky all open in one year.
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Yes, but. But I think too what's happening, Matt, and you know this with Rev Share, these athletic departments got to have people making a ton of money because they just going to need so much of it. And games like that scare everybody more than ever.
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Let's go to Russ in Indiana. Go.
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Matt. The Big Ten conference is the Dunder Mifflin of college conferences. Commissioner Michael Scott has told the accounting team of Kevin, Oscar and Angela to add teams to the conference while keeping the marketing team of Creed and Meredith out of the loop. If you're going to have a number in your actual conference name, you need to have a number of teams in that conference. So Big Ten ads and fly to Chicago, go to the conference room and have a meeting and change your conference name and change your conference logo.
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Wow. A very strong take there. Big Ten is the Dunder Mifflin of conferences. And why not call it the big 18? Myron, I don't think that's a crazy point.
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I like the. Anything with the office as a reference, I'm in.
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So really, who was your favorite office character?
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It has to be Creed. Creed. When they, when they do the murder mystery game and Creed shows up late and he thinks it's a real investigation and he runs back to his.
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Look at you cracking yourself up there that you really like that Creed, man. Creed is great. I love Creed, man. Have you watched, have you watched the spin off yet the paper?
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Only the first Couple episodes. I couldn't get into it. I didn't.
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I actually thought it was pretty good. I don't know. It's not the Office, but I actually think they did a decent job with it. You should give it a chance.
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I only go through season. The last Michael Scott season of the Office was when the Office ended, in my opinion. You know.
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Well, there's some truth to that, but. But I'm glad to hear Creed being your favorite is actually a pretty good call. Let's go to Jeff and Indy. Go Jeff.
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Hey. Love the show. Thanks, Myron and Matt, I gotta tell you, I've been going to the Hoosier basketball or football and basketball games for years and just sitting in the stands, right? So it's good to see the football's finally coming around. But I got to be honest with you, the. The thing that's going on now, I. I miss the rivalry with Kentucky of playing basketball and I would like to see Kentucky put on the map playing Indiana and football every year. Because as far as I remember, and I can't remember your NBA team or your NFL team. All right.
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I don't know where you're going with that. Kentucky does play Indiana this year. I think he was trying to turn that into a put down of me, but Myron, I don't think it completely worked.
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But let's be glad that Indiana and Kentucky are playing again in basketball because that.
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I don't know why playing India. We need to play real sport.
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Needs that sport, needs that Indiana program since Reagan.
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Let's go to Alex in Virginia. Go ahead, Alex.
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Good morning, fellows. Good morning, fellas. I'm going to talk about the Philadelphia Eagles here. There's a lot of Talk around trading A.J. brown. Let's just go ahead and do it because there's another wide receiver on that team that's much better. We're talking about a former Balinticoff winner. We're talking about a Heisen winner. We're talking about a two time national champion. We're talking about a receiver that led the Eagles in both super bowl bowls. I'm talking about Devonte Smith. I'm talking about the Smitty. I'm talking about Slim Reaper. I think if The Eagles trade A.J. brown, bring in some mid level wide receiver to be the wide receiver to there, Smitty's going to show that he's the best wide receiver on that team and they'll still win plenty games.
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I like that Tank. I do. I like how you threw it together. I like how it was substantive you left me on the, you know, you left me going. Who's he going to say? Who's he going to say?
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I like that.
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And then you build up to it. Called him Smitty. I don't know if you know him like that, but nevertheless, I thought that was good.
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Myron, I love that, that, that was that like people listening to King on the Mountain. That's how you do it. That is a king on the mountain. Take like, that's what you want.
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Well done. Alex in Virginia. Let's try Pete in Missouri. Go Pete.
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Say, after watching Archman go down yesterday, I thought that the backup quarterback, the young freshman, did an excellent job directing the Longhorn offense. And I'm thinking that if our Chad missed a game or two, this young kid with no pressure on his shoulders, nobody telling him that, oh, you're the greatest thing that's ever come as a quarterback, he might go out there and just lead the Longhorn to the cfp.
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All right, here's the problem with that take. First of all, he only played one play. Yeah, Arch went out and then he played overtime, came in maybe two plays. He didn't have very many plays scored. Secondly, he's also a fifth year senior. He's not a freshman. They put in a guy, they have a freshman that they're very excited about, but that's not who they put in. They put in a fifth year senior transfer guy to do it. So, Myron, I think I'm going to have to say no to that one because you got essentially all the facts incorrect.
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Yeah, you got to have, you got to actually be right and accurate, I think to be the king, king of the mountain, you know.
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Let's go to Mark in Canada. Go ahead, Mark.
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Guys, I know this isn't going to work because of the umpire union and baseball, but I'm going to throw it out there anyways because they're going to the challenge system with balls and strikes next year. If you're a Major League baseball umpire and you are proven by the automatic strike zone to not be very good, get sent down to Triple A for two weeks to work on your craft and to appease the union, the guarantee is you will always get called back up. And over those two weeks, you give an opportunity of the guys who are proven to be the best at AAA to get a taste of the big show, therefore making them better when they originally get the full time call when some of the older guys move on.
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I like it. Promotion, relegation system for umpires, I love that. Sees a problem. He Tries to fix it.
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Fixed it.
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I like that.
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I love that. I mean, that's a great idea. Because I do think. And not just umpires, but across the board officials, there should be a system that says you can be demoted just like everybody else, 100%.
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I agree. They're the least. They're very scrutinized. But they also are not. They're not allowed, like there's no problem. There's no repercussion for when they screw up. This would be a good way to do it. Okay, so we've got. Wait a minute. Do you not. Bill in Nebraska, he's the one that did the song. He's wanting to correct his song and make better. Do we give him a chance to do it?
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Yeah, you told me.
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All right, Bill, 30 seconds, go.
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Okay, here we go. You gave me homework. Here it is time now for the new and improved version of the Kevin o' Connell Busted Quarterback Shop on the Matt Myron show, starring Matt Jones and Myron Metcalf. If you got a bust of quarterback, we could fix them fast. Then you'll have a QB that's guaranteed to last. Hi, I'm Kevin o'. Connell. If you've got a Kirk Cousins or a Daniel Jones who might need a little tune up or a Sam Darnold who needs a complete overhaul, bring them to the Kevin o' Connell Busted Quarterback Shop. We'll fix them upright, guaranteed.
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Can fix them fast. Then you'll have a QB that's guaranteed to last. The Kevin o' Connell Buster Quarterback Shop is not affiliated with the Minnesota Vikings football organization. All right.
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He did his homework. He edited it.
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He did.
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He added. He did it. He got. Made it better. I appreciate you doing that, Bill. In Nebraska we gave you homework and you did it. So this may be the best field we've had so far. Bill in Nebraska, I'm going to tell you what, we're going to put him to the side because he was already the king of the mountain, so he shouldn't have to compete in the first round. So here's my answer for you. Myron, who is our winner, right. In Missouri talked about Brian Kelly being red faced. We had Russ in Indiana says the Big Ten is Dunder Mifflin. We had Alex in Virginia who said the Eagles don't need A.J. brown. They already have Devontae Smith. Then we have Mark in Canada who says we need to have umpires be sent to Triple A. Who's your winner?
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All very strong candidates. Mark in Canada, to me had the best idea along with the great take. I got to go with Mark and Canada.
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Mark in Canada.
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I.
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I liked Russ in Indiana, but.
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I like them all.
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It was a little clunky. Alex in Virginia probably delivered it the best.
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Yes.
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But I think Mark in Canada had a more unique idea.
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He did.
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So I'm going to go with Mark in Canada. Although it is very close now. That means Mark in Canada with the umpires. Bill in Nebraska with his new and improved Kevin o' Connell song. Myron, who is the king of the mountain.
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If king on the mountain is about strong takes. Right. I think you got to go with Mark in Canada. And I love Bill and what he's done. He's done great service for the show. The jingle's great. But Mark had an incredible take and even idea about fixing baseball. I'm with Mark.
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I gotta appreciate the coming back the second week, editing the song, including production value and on the spot, making it better live. I'm going to give him credit that. So I'm going to pick barely very close Bill in Nebraska to take out Mark in Canada, which means it's 1:1. That means we could go to someone in the. In the crowd or we could go to. We don't. Since there's no one here in front of me because I'm at my house. We will have to go to J. James, our producer. James. Is it Bill or is it Mark?
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I. It's Bill, I think. I mean, you got to appreciate him coming back week after week, improving things, taking our notes. Can we ask Mark?
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Can we do.
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Can we do something?
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Can we do what we did for Bill?
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Can we ask Mark?
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But Mark's was perfect as it was. I think he just. I think Mark just needs to go back in the lab and make a new tank.
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But can we give Mark a spot next week to make it even better?
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You and Mark can talk. You can take him to dinner afterwards. We're going to have to. We have to go ahead and do it. We're going to get you ready for week eight in the NFL. Bill in Nebraska retains his title. This is Matt Meyer, avoiding your unfinished.
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Matt and Myron.
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The podcast it is Matt Myron here on ESPN Radio.
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Thank you.
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Counting you down. To kick off, Bill in Nebraska was our king of the mountain. He's also our fan of the month. Congrats, Bill. Best fan of the month brought to you by Dr. Pepper. It's not college football season without the delicious taste of an Ice cold Dr. Pepper. College football. It's a Pepper thing. We got more games to get you ready for. I'm excited about my Bears. We are four and two. We are officially rolling. Myron, are you in yet on Caleb Williams? He said he had to beat Jaden Daniels. Then he did. Then he wins again last week. Are you in four in a row?
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Not. Not yet. No, not yet. But. But I mean, I think it's, it's obviously it looks like you made the right choice for a coach. I mean, clearly things are changing. I think the fact that the Vikings look like they're out of the hunt with their quarterback issues. Yeah, you got to be happy if you're a Bears fan, I think with what you're seeing.
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But that's four in a row. What else do you need from him? He's won four in a row.
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He's got to be more Consistent, I think still, you know, it's a big game today, though. It's a big, big matchup.
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Well, so they go to Baltimore. All week, it kind of looked like Lamar Jackson was going to play. And then yesterday he gets pulled from the game. We get Snoop Huntley. The line goes from six and a half to one and a half. What do you make of the decision for Lamar not to play? Are you surprised?
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Yeah, I don't know what's going on. I mean, it sounds like he'll play Thursday, according to reports, but they had the weird thing where the NFL is looking into, you know, calling him a full participant in Friday's practice to saying he was a limited participant a day later. Matt, that dropped the line from the Ravens being six and a half point favorites in this game to one and a half point favorites. And I'm guessing the NFL is saying this ain't the week where you want any.
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No, this was not the week you wanted that to happen. Of all the weeks. But this is from a football perspective, they're one in five. They have to win today. Have to. Are you surprised that in a game that if he played was probably winnable and now if he doesn't, is very losable. Are you surprised they would make the decision to not play?
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I'm surprised if he's not 100%, but it's weird. It sounds like he ran the scout team Friday, so he participated in practice. I just don't know what's going on with him. The person who should be surprised is John Harbaugh because I don't know that he survives this. Like, if. If this thing continues to go downhill even though Lamar is hurt. And mind you, they are believe 4 and 16 overall without Lamar Jackson in. In their. Their lineup throughout the course of his career. They got to move on. I think they will move on from Harbaugh if this continues to go on.
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You really would blame him, though. I mean, like, you build your whole team around Lamar. He's not a replaceable entity. Right.
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I don't know if it's about blaming as much as it is. This league always needs someone to put this stuff on, and I think John would be an easy person to kind of assign blame to. You know, it's not working.
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Yeah, but I mean, if Lamar was playing, it probably be working, right? I mean, it's. I mean, remember week one, they lose 41 to 40 to the Bills and look good. I feel like it's. I feel like it's kind of unfair to put that on Harbaugh but they've.
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Had some good opportunities these last three years and it hasn't worked. And now this. So.
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Well, you may be right. I I think this, this is a huge game for them. They have to win this game. And having to win a game and putting Snoop Huntley at quarterback, you're put, you're putting a lot on him. As for the Bears, just for the record, if they win this game 5 and 2 and could be 6, one should have won the first game of the year. We'll continue getting ready for week eight. That's next here on Matt Myers.
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He's gonna make $300 million in a couple years and they're just being cautious. I mean, I think if you're the commanders, yes, you invested to continue to capitalize off of what he did a year ago and the way you all got to the NFC championship game. But I also don't think you feel like you're. This is it. So I mean you gotta be extremely cautious with a guy. I do think though a lot of stuff we heard in the combine, Matt, about his durability, like how he would adapt to this level. Maybe you're seeing some of that because he ain't a big dude, you know, and. And they're getting to him and now he's starting to get banged up.
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Well, I think that's the key. You know, sometimes in the first year all the strengths can show themselves. But then you also some of the things that had people worried you can forget about. And it has always been the case with him that people were worried about his durability, worried about how he was going to hang in. And this has been a little bit of an issue. The unfortunate thing for the Commanders is they keep having these games that I think they would win if he was at full strength, but now that he's not, and this one today against the Chiefs, I mean you take a game that was going to be a matchup of in my opinion, the best quarterback of the modern post Brady era and now the guy that some people thought was going to be the heir apparent, we are left out of that. Do you give the Commanders any chance on the road without him?
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I mean, there's always a chance, right? And we've seen Kansas City play down the teams that they should be like they've let teams hang around. I mean last year is a great example. All those one score games that they were losing earlier this year. So again, this is not.
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You just had.
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No, it's not.
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It's just you will not give Kansas credit no matter what they do.
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They're not the bullies of a couple years ago. Like they're a team that can't afford to make the same mistakes they could make a couple years ago. Right. I think that's the reality. Well, is different.
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They're 4 and 3. They probably ought to be 5 and 2. They should have won that Jaguars game.
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No, no. Can you tell me what that means? Because you only do that for Kansas City. When you say things like, they should have been 5 and 2 instead of 4 and 3. What does that even mean?
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It means that Mahomes threw a really stupid pass against Jacksonville and then Trevor Lawrence fell down and somehow nobody kept him on the ground.
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Man, that's wonderful. Russell Wilson, congrats on your se. Second Super Bowl. Karl Malone and John Stockton, 1998 NBA champions. You went to six games. You should have gone to seven and one.
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How?
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When. Why do we only do this with teams that you like? Like, I don't understand. What do you mean? They're supposed to be five. And I'm just saying through the interception and they lost the game, you.
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You hate. You have a hatred for Kansas City. That really came out. That really came out a couple years ago. And I don't understand it. I think a little bit of it is like Taylor Swift jealousy. I think a little bit of it is. You just. I think that's what it is. You.
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You.
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You have followed into this whole, oh, they're overexposed, and now you find any reason to knock the team.
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No, I just don't like that there's a couple of teams and players where you do this imaginary thing of what they're supposed to be like they're supposed.
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To, I think, the last.
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But they're not five and two.
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A
I think their last three weeks, Kansas City's been the best team in football. And I think you. I. I think it. You know, I expect them to continue it tomorrow night. I think if the playoffs started tomorrow, I'm picking Kansas City to win it. And I kind of don't understand how that's not a consensus pick, because right now, in a league where nobody looks really powerful, that offense, which you got to remember, when they lost their first two games, they didn't have half their players. I mean, half their players were either suspended or hurt. Now they've got them and they're clicking. Oh, yeah.
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You know, because everybody's playing with the full roster. Baker Mayfield, maybe mvp, he's had everybody.
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Healthy, but he's got, like, Mike.
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But you do stuff for Patrick Mahomes. But you do stuff for Mahomes that you don't do for anybody else. In terms of the Grace you offer these guys, that's the product.
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Give him grace. Because two years ago every single person said they weren't good and they won the Super Bowl. And then last year everyone thought they were horrendous and they got to the Super Bowl. I just have learned over the years I'm going to bet on Patrick Mahomes until I don't. And that has been more successful in the last few years than it has not.
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They got smacked in that super bowl.
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Last year, but they've made four of the last five Super Bowls. @ some point, people have to acknowledge that they should be the favorite going into these games.
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Matt Jones, who just loves silver medalists like he just, he can name the silver medalist of every Olympics of the last 20 years.
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Man, look, they have won three of the last five. They have been to four of the last five. I feel like that deserves a little bit of respect.
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But it's. But I'm all in favor of holding up, holding them up to a certain standard to say that you're supposed to be a dynasty. Maybe that's what they are in this.
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Let me put it like this. They're better than they were last year and last year they went to the Super Bowl.
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Yeah, but the standard is supposed to be you're not supposed to get destroyed in the super bowl the way that they did. You're not supposed to win all those one score games. They got lucky to get to the super bowl. In my opinion, based on those one.
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Score games, they lost a bunch of teams matters when it's, when it's against the Chiefs. But like you, you're not consistent. You hate the Chiefs. It's okay. There's nothing wrong being a ha. Just acknowledge you are jealous of Justin Herbert, the Chiefs and Taylor Swift.
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Listen you to me. When they're great, you make them the greatest thing next to the Bulls, the Patriots, all of these dynasties, right? And you hold them up and say, see, I told you so. When they struggle, they suddenly become, remember the Titans to you or something like that. You're like, oh, look at, look at Travis Kelsey and it's the end of his career.
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Look at what he's doing. I've been doing this show, man, since you and I've been doing this show. I've learned our first year was Tom Brady's last Super bowl with the Patriots. And I told you I would bet on Tom Brady until he proved me wrong and then they win the Super Bowl. Then we had the year with Tom Brady, with Tampa Bay where I said I'm Betting on Tom Brady until he proves me wrong and he wins the super bowl, ends it up not winning it the next year. And I'm the same way with my homes. I will keep betting on my homes to get to the super bowl until I'm proven wrong.
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Yeah. First off, like, okay, I mean, that's not like a very risky.
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A
I'm not saying it's risky, but you.
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Said it was like you went all in. I went all in on the greatest.
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Quarterback during all of those, all of those years. I'm just talking about you bet against those guys and I've been more right than you have.
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B
Yeah, I, I think, I think Mahomes hasn't been the best quarterback in this league for three years. I, I don't think Kansas City, obviously last year they got lucky. They stumbled into the Super Bowl. We'll see if that changes this year. They have gotten on the right track 100%. They got lucky, but they're not the dominant force that they were four years.
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Ago, three years ago. I think they are. Let's switch the Dolphins Falcons for a second. Tua has been to. He's hurt. He's been Tua. He's been exactly what you would think Mike McDaniels and his too short Lululemon pants continue to be able to survive week after week. Do they have any chance in Atlanta?
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B
I mean, Kirk Cousins is starting, so there's always a chance when Kirk Cousins has started. Like, what time is the game? At what time is that Falcons game?
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I think it's at 1 o'.
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Clock.
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B
Okay. Because if it's, if it's after sundown, Kirk Cousins can't beat anybody. But I mean, during the day, he usually has a chance when the, when the sun is out.
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A
One last Kirk Cousins. Look, I think, I think you probably thought you might not get a chance to see him play again.
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B
Being out on the football field doesn't mean you're playing. Right. You know what I mean? It just means you have on the uniform.
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A
You have to label this, label this on podcast. Myron is a hater segment because this has been classic Myron. Anti Chiefs, anti Kirk Cousins.
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B
No, you, you said don't want to get a hold of Kirk Cousins. You know, I mean, he'll be out there. I don't know how he'll perform.
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A
So you think the Dolphins have a shot then?
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B
Well, Two is apparently ill. Did you see that? Two is sick, but he's still going to start.
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A
He's sick, but he's still playing.
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B
Yes, it's his flu game. But no, they're a mess. The Dolphins are a mess. I think the Falcons win this game.
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A
I can't believe Mike McDaniel still coaching. I've been, I've been like certain he was going to lose his job the last two weeks and he continues to survive.
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I mean he just doesn't care about it like that city just, they just let you do whatever because they're at the beach somewhere. Like they just, you know, it's not like other cities in terms of how they see sports.
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Chiefs, Kirk, Cousins and now the city of Miami all getting hated on. It is time for us to pick all the games. We have a celebrity guest picker joining us and we'll let you know who's going to win every battle today. That's next here on Take your pick of Matt Myra.
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Matt and Myron the Podcast.
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It is Matt Myron here on ESPN Radio counting you down to kick off cold who starts their Beneath the Low Hum tour tomorrow in Boston. Affiliation with City Winery. And Scooter Ward, the lead singer is joining us here on the phone. He is our celebrity guest picker, Scooter. Thank you very much. I've been trying to teach my co host Myron Metcalf about rock vocalist and rock music and he thinks it all sounds the same but we're gonna teach him Scooter and it's nice to have you here.
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C
Thank you, man. I appreciate you guys having me on here.
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A
Of course. Now your tour starts tomorrow in Boston. Give people a little sense of what to expect.
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C
Yeah, yeah, we're doing a tour. We're actually, we were playing on our last tour we were doing some shows and we did this breakdown of a few songs and played them a little alternate versions of them a little quieter and there was A guy that owns the City Winery that was there watching shows, and he. The storytelling that I was doing dirty, he goes, man, I think we don't have a lot of rock bands to come to City Winery, but I think this show would be really cool to bring. So he's, you know, like seven of them on the east coast and in the Midwest and asked us to come play these types of shows. So we took it. And it's going to be a cool, different type of show.
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A
A softer side of cold. Would that be fair to say?
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C
Yeah, Yeah, I would say that.
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B
Well, do y' all do that music where people fight in the crowd? Scooter, do y' all do that?
- [36:14]
C
Yeah, there's not gonna be any fights here, man. It's gonna be. It's a table winery thing with dinner, and everybody's gonna be dressed up, and it's gonna be a nice little event.
- [36:21]
B
But do you do some of those songs? Like, do you have a song that, you know, if you play it, they're go mashing or whatever they call it?
- [36:26]
C
We have a few, man. Honestly, our fans grew up with us, man. We've been around for 25 years. So back in the day, that used to happen all the time. Now everybody's kind of, you know, they're more chill. They're just. They're just trying to get hurt.
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A
Yeah, exactly. That's right. Listen, you can't keep moshing when you get older. I understand how it is. Don't worry about it.
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C
I'm not mocking. And then if a pit does, like some younger kids are coming, if it kind of does start out, they get checked real quick.
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A
And I understand. Scooter, I think that's. I think that's pretty smart. All right, now, you're also a Packers fan. Are you ready to pick some games with us?
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C
I'm a huge packers fan, and I'm ready to go.
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A
All right, so here's what we'll do. I'll go through the games. Myron will go first, you'll go second. Just give us who you think's going to win. A little sentence as to why. Let's get started. What? What's up?
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B
First, take your pick. You take your pick. It's time to take your pick with Matt and Myron.
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A
All right, what's the first game?
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B
Jets at Bengals.
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Myron, what do you got?
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I think Aaron Glenn probably gives good speeches. I don't know what else he does. I can't beat the jets for anything. Give me the bangles to win.
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C
Scooter, I'M going to go with the Giants Eagles game. I think it's going to be a great game.
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A
No, no, no, you got it. Wait a minute, Scooter. You got to pick all the games. We're going through all of them. You got to give me a win on all of them. So Jets. Bengals is first. You can't skip.
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C
Oh, Jet singles. I got you, man. Well, definitely I. Dude, I'm gonna say that. I'm gonna say what? Flacco. I'm saved. The Bengals.
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A
Bengals. I like it. I think the Bengals. Flacco sits by himself at dinner and then goes and beats people at the afterwards. I'm taking Cincinnati. What's next?
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Bears at Ravens.
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A
Bears and Ravens. Myron.
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B
I mean, Tyler Huntley is playing, but the Bears are still favored, which I don't really understand. I'll give the Bears this win against the Ravens.
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A
Now, the Ravens are favored by a point and a half.
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B
Sorry. The Ravens are favored by a point.
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C
I'm going to say Derek Henry destroys it today. I think he's coming back. So I'm going to go with the Ravens today.
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A
Taking the Ravens. I like it. Going with the favorite. I'm going to take my Bears on the road. They're going to get their fifth straight win. This may end up taking the Ravens out of playoff contention to go one and six. What's next?
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Dolphins at Falcons.
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Myron?
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B
The Dolphins are a mess to us. Hurt. I mean, it's ill. I'm sorry. But he's going to play. And Kirk Cousins is starting for the Falcons. I usually don't tell people or advise people to pick a team of Kirk Cousins, but I'll pick the Falcons.
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A
You're going to take the Falcons with Kirk Cousins, Scooter?
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C
Yeah, well, I'm definitely taking the Falcons the way the Dolphins have been playing for sure.
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A
Been an absolute collapse of the Dolphins and Mike McDaniel. I'm going to go for the third straight week where I think he gets fired after the game. I'm going to take the Falcons to win at home. Atlantis, hard to beat at home. What's next?
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Bills at Panthers.
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This game's on ESPN Radio. Myron.
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B
Yeah. I mean, everyone's down on the Bills because what's happened the last two weeks, I'm okay. I mean, they do this from year to year. I think Bills win this game.
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Scooter.
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C
Yeah. I think Josh Allen has a great game today. I think he's got it.
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A
I think the Bills win. But hey, Panthers are four and three. Don't everybody be looking over Him. This will be close in the fourth quarter, but I'll take the bills. What's next?
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49Ers at Texans.
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Byron.
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I mean, so many, so many injuries, man, but Mac Jones has looked the part coming in for Brock Purdy. I think he gets another win. Give me the Niners Scooter.
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C
I mean, I feel like McCaffrey that's running back right now almost. So yeah, I'm going with the Niners.
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A
Texans rally the troops and win at home to keep their season alive. I got Houston. What's next?
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Giants at Eagles heartbreaking loss last week. The to give that up. I think they'll lose another heartbreak of the day against the Eagles. Give me the Eagles to win now.
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A
Scooter, this was going to be your pick of the week when you just thought you had one. So I want to know what it is.
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C
I'm going underdog, dude. I'm going Giants right now.
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Giants. I like it. See, he goes on the road a little acoustic and then takes some chances. He's going to take it with the Giants as well. I will take Philadelphia to win at home. They keep it rolling. What's next?
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Rounds at Patriots.
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Myron.
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B
Shador Sanders inactive. No chance to see him, but I don't think it would matter. Patriots are going to win. I mean Patriots could be that sleeper team the AFC at this point.
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A
They were inactive. That's amazing. What do you got, Scooter?
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C
I love Judkins, man, but I don't know if he can pull it off. So I'm going to. I'm going with the Patriots as well.
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A
I'm going to take the Patriots inactive. That's a bad, bad sign for Shador. What's next?
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Buccaneers at Saints.
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Myron?
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Yeah, I'm not going to pick a team led by Spencer Rattler. Buccaneers win this they have avenged at last weekend's loss.
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A
Scooter, he's mean. Mean to Rattler. Are you going to be mean as well?
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I mean, dude, shake and bake. You know he had a bad game. As far as I'm concerned, he's coming back this week. It's over. Yeah, there's no way there. The sucks for sure.
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A
You got the bucks, by the way. Saints have been competitive in these games, but I'll take the bucks. What's next?
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Titans at Colts.
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A
This game's on ESPN radio. I think we're all picking the Colts, right? Scooter, you're not picking the Titans, are you?
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C
Oh, no, I got. I'm picking the Colts. My bass player, Lindsay. That's Her. She's from Indianapolis. He killed me if I didn't pick the Colts.
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A
Well, if Lindsay's picking the Colts, then I'm thinking, what's next?
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Cowboys at Broncos. Myron, this is tough, man. Like, the Broncos have been in a bunch of games where, like, it comes down to what happens in the last couple of minutes of the game. The Cowboys have been in those matchups as well. Dak Prescott might be the best quarterback in the NFL right now in terms of statistically how he's playing. That continues today. Give me the Cowboys.
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A
Yeah, I'm gonna. This is a tough one. I'm gonna take.
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B
Actually.
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A
I don't know what to do. Scooter, what are you doing?
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C
I mean, I agree that Dak Prescott is probably his best year he's played. It looks like it, but, man, dude, Denver. I'm gonna. I'm going with Denver. I'm going with Denver.
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A
I think I'm gonna have to take Denver at home. Although this is a very close one for me. What's next?
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B
Packers at Steelers.
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Byron.
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B
Mr. Petty, I don't care what Aaron Rodgers says, man. This game means a lot to him. I'm a Milwaukee guy, you know, I understand that connection to the Green Bay Packers. He wants to get the win, I think, in a close game. Give me the Steelers to beat Green Bay.
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A
Scooter, I know you're picking your packers here, right?
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C
Yeah. I don't even know why I'm getting asked this question. This is clearly the packers win tonight in Green Bay.
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A
Do you. Are you mad at Aaron Rodgers?
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C
You know what? I was, man. Now he's toned down a little bit and he's trying to get back into it. I think. You know, it is what it is, man. But I'm ready to see him get beat tonight.
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A
Me, too. Packers win on the road. And finally.
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B
Commanders at Chiefs.
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Byron. Yeah.
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B
No. Jayden Daniels, which is unfortunate. Going to Kansas City. It'll be hard to get a win there. Kansas City, I'll take them, but again, I'm not convinced they're this juggernaut in the NFL yet.
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A
Scooter, your pick for Monday Night Football.
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C
Yeah. It's impossible for them to win. Kansas City. Chiefs definitely have this one.
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A
I'm going to take the Chiefs as well. This Matt Myron presented by Progressive Insurance. Scooter, the. The Cold Tour Beneath the Low Hum begins in Boston tomorrow. An affiliation with City Winery. Good luck. I'd love to hear some of your new takes on these famous songs, and I wish you the best on your tour.
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C
Yes, sir. Thank you guys very much.
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A
And thank you for him. At some point, we're going to teach Myron Dimash, even if you and I are too old to do it. All right. Yeah, I'm gonna have.
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C
We got to film some old videos because I'm not doing that at all.
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A
If you can see my back right now, I'm not doing it either. Thank you very much, Scooter. Thank you all very much for listening. It is a big day of football. We will be back next week.
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Thanks for listening to Matt and Myon, the podcast. You can listen to the show live every Sunday morning at 10am Eastern on ESPN radio, the ESPN app and on Sirius XM channel 80. Matt and Myron, the podcast.
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