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21:42Shannon Sharpe:What's that, Texas?

21:46Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, the Titans. Yeah, so yeah, I guess the Titans offense and the Bengals offense, that's similar. Okay, I get you though. Whoa, hold up. I see what you're putting down. Come again? Who said that? You said it. You said it's hard to score for the Titans. They got a rookie quarterback. Okay. But okay, I get your choice. I'm picking up what you're saying down. Now, that's disrespectful. That's totally disrespectful. I mean, we score on 40 points a game. There's a difference. But you was in the red zone, and you didn't. No, I'm telling you, I'm trying to help get you to better understand how difficult it is to score in the red zone.

22:26It's very difficult when you don't score from far out.

22:28Shannon Sharpe:Why is it difficult to score when you got that kind of offense? Because there's only so much you can do when there's a small amount of field to work with. Very, very, very small. Very, very small.

22:43Shannon Sharpe:The Rams run roughshod over the Saints, 34-10. Matthew Stafford was 24-32. 281, four touchdowns. no interceptions no turnovers Kyron Williams 25 rushes 114 yards they ran the ball 43 times 471 yards Puka Nakua 7 catches 95 yards a touchdown Devontae Adams 5 catches 60 yards 2 touchdowns Ferguson 2 catches 54 yards Allen 3 catches 37 yards Tyler Higman had 13 and a touchdown this is like How many test downs Matthew Stafford got?

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26:42Shannon Sharpe:cause I mean he had five touchdowns against Jacksonville he had four today that's nine I know he had at least nine in the other games that he's played

26:59Shannon Sharpe:281 But, man, the Rams, I mean, the Saints. Ooh. Hey, listen, they done benched Spencer Rattler for Tyler Shook. It don't matter. Hey, I've, man. He got 21. He leading the league? Who he tied with?

27:24Shannon Sharpe:I think Mahomes had 21 total touchdowns coming in. I don't think he had. I think he had, like, 18 passing. but the Holmes came to lead 21 uh-huh oh now has 21 okay okay um Rams look good they can get after you with their ooh they can get after you with their defense yeah Vers and Young mm yeah sure they can get after listen they can get after you on defense you got Fisk man Young got up the ball and they called He had a sack, but he hit the quarterback right up on his chin. Chin, yeah. Hey, that's hard, man. When a boy be going full speed like that, coming off that edge, man, that's real hard.

28:11Shannon Sharpe:It is. Nah, I can't land on you. I got to land to the side. I can't put my body weight down on you. That's crazy. You know what they should do? What? To be petty, defense ends and tackles that tackle the quarterback, she just tackle them and just hold them. just hold him up just hold him just like like child's play just shove him in the back get whiplier

28:37Shannon Sharpe:then they're gonna say you can't do that they'll find a way to protect the quarterback but I get it I get it the game we love how much it has changed alright we're gonna get you out here on this one though Cho your Bengals oh just got scored on again damn

28:59Shannon Sharpe:Oh, we're going to get to this game right here. The Broncos beat the Texans by the score 18-15. Will Lutz, 34-yard game-winning field goal. It was the Broncos' fourth win this season in a game in which they trail the start of the fourth quarter. Mm-hmm. It was also the fourth game this season in which the Broncos' defense has not surrendered a touchdown. Six-game win streak. the longest since the 2015 Broncos when they went on to win Super Bowl 50. Say it with me, Ocho. Hey, you see how good that defense is? You see what I mean? All field goals. You see what I mean? I know it's not the early 2000s, but when you have a defense like that where all three levels of your defense is very, very, very good, there's really no weak link.

29:51Well, actually, there is one weak link. They pick on him all the time. Riley Moss. I mean, that would be your weak link. That would be your fish. But other than that, man, shoot. But y 'all willing to deal in.

30:06Shannon Sharpe:But guess what? When they need to get in field goal, right? Go back and look at when they played the Giants. Yeah. What did the quarterback do? Bo Nix, what did he do? When they played the Eagles when they were down, what did Bo Nix do? When they played the Houston Texans and they needed to go, what did Bo Nix do? as great as the defense played if Bo Nix doesn't do what he does they're not winning Bo Nix 18-37 173, two touchdowns, intercepts he was sacked once Davis Mills was 17-30, 137 he was sacked twice the Broncos had four sacks if I'm not mistaken, I'm almost certain they're leading the league in sacks they did a great job stuffing the run 28 rush attempts for the Texans, 77 yards.

30:54Shannon Sharpe:The Broncos had 18 rushes for 173 yards. But, you know, I just don't get the Broncos sometimes. I mean, sometimes they just go up and down the field, just move up and down the field. And then again, the next day, you know, like, bro, what happened? Why are y 'all struggling? Hey, it's difficult in the red zone. I told you. See, your own team having problems with it, too. Hell, they barely got to the red zone. Hold on. You move up and down the field. You get in the red zone, and then you can't score. It's very difficult. It's hard. It's hard, especially if you don't score from far out. But once you get inside that 20, boy, you got to be creative as hell.

31:39Or you got to have some players that can win one-on-one and be phenomenal. That's very difficult.

31:52Shannon Sharpe:Oh, no. Oh, Joe, we only got to the red zone one time. But y 'all sorry.

32:01And we had two turnovers. And y 'all, hey, listen, y 'all had two turnovers. Y 'all were able to overcome it. We had two turnovers. We weren't able to overcome it. And we scored 38. Matter of fact, we scored 42. We scored 42. Now, how do you think we would look if we had y 'all defense? Come on, Ocho.

32:27Shannon Sharpe:You want everything.

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32:37Shannon Sharpe:Who do the Broncos play next week? Should be coming up to a bye. We own our bye. So, listen, I'm good. I ain't got to worry about nothing. Oh, the Broncos got the Raiders on Thursday. Yeah, y 'all going to lose that game. Oh, Lord, have mercy. Y 'all going to lose that game. We're going to sack Gino by 10 times. Nah, I'm saying that. Understand how football works. Understand how the football gods work. It's just the way it is. As bad as the Raiders have played this season in general, for some reason it's a game like this one where you expect you expect the Broncos to win but I don't expect them to win I expect them to play good I expect the Raiders to play bad and we win okay okay yeah we gonna see who get the last laugh all that laughing and Kiki and you was doing today we gonna see we gonna see next Sunday we gonna see who get the last laugh bet that this my Hispanic Heritage hat if you place an order tonight on 84.com you will automatically be entered to win this signed hat.

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35:58Shannon Sharpe:Yeah, Ocho, you was happy. When y 'all scored that touchdown, they got the onside kick and just scored again. You was happy with it, Ocho. I was hype. Absolutely, I was hype. Listen, I was jumping up and down. I was hitting my kids looking at me. Boy, daddy, what's wrong? I say nothing. Boy, we about to win, baby. What you mean? What's wrong? That ain't about to happen. And man, that's such a, oh my goodness, man. If I could explain the letdown and the hurt, and then boom, it hit me. Couldn't happen to a nice guy. Why do I always do this? Why do I always do that? You invest so much into a team.

36:34Not only did I play for them, but I still support them. I still show up for them. I know you do. And I'm invested into it. I'm invested into the seasons as if I'm a fan. Unc, I enjoy the game of football as if I never played it. As if I never played it. That's why anytime I go to a game, like the fan experience for me is like, it's like it's new to me because I've never been on the other side. I've never been in the stands. I've always been on the field. So I enjoy so much from a different perspective. It hurts a little bit more. It hurts a little bit more because I played the game. I played the game and I want and I'm looking and I know what you're supposed to do.

37:13Shannon Sharpe:That's why I said you can't divest. you can't become desensitized because you care too much. It's not a try, though. I mean, you try to convince yourself of that, but you and I both know that's not the case. Ocho, the Minnesota Vikings go in, they get J.J. McCarthy back, and they go in and they beat the Detroit Lions by the score of 27-24. J.J. McCarthy, 14-25, 143, two touchdowns, one interceptions. Aaron Jones Sr. had nine carries, 78 yards. They ran the ball 29 times for 142. But it was Minnesota's defense. Jared Goff was 25 of 37, 284, two touchdowns. But they stuffed Sonic and Knuckles. 20 rushes, 65 yards, and one costly turnover.

38:04Shannon Sharpe:David Montgomery fumbled the ball. And that was the difference in the ball game. But they got after Jared Goff. They sacked him five times. Yep. Minnesota played really well. J.J. McCarthy, I thought, played well today. He was able to move around by some time. But especially that backbreaker where he ran the ball, he broke, contained, he got the ball in the end zone. Justin Jefferson, he had a touchdown. Addison had two catches for 48 yards. Jetta had six for 47. Hawkinson had two for 11. Well, listen, it was a defensive day, huh? It was a defensive day. Neither offense has had, you know, extreme, extreme, crazy production, you know, what we're used to seeing.

38:45And I knew if Brian Flores could find a way to stop the run, I mean, most of the time when teams, the run, when Detroit can't run the ball, they're still able to be efficient through the air. They're still able to be efficient through the air. But Brian Flores dialing up that goddamn pressure, you know, excuse me, getting golf off the spot. I mean, they play really good. You got to pressure him because you know he's not going nowhere. He can't go nowhere. He can't move.

39:16Shannon Sharpe:Both quarterbacks were sacked five times. Campbell, Barnes, Lacey, Hutchinson got a sack. Muhammad got a sack. And then for the Hargrave, Wilson had two sacks. Redman had a sack. Drake Rodriguez had a sack. But I was surprised. If somebody would have told me that Minnesota was going to go there and win that ball game, I wouldn't have believed them because I thought Detroit was playing really, really well. Really well. The only reason, if they did tell me that Minnesota won the game, the only reason I would have believed them is the fact that I understand how good Minnesota's defense is. Now, some weeks, some weeks they get trashed.

39:56I think it might have been last week, if I'm not mistaken. They look abysmal. They look horrible. I think it was last week. But I understand when they're playing well and they're playing on all cylinders and everyone is playing as a unit, they're as good as any other defense in the NFL. And it showed today. It showed today. And being able to stop Jameer Gibbs and Montgomery is a tall task. It's a tall task. And they did one hell of a job at it.

40:21Shannon Sharpe:Well, I think the thing is, Ochoa, when you look at this, they got sacked five times. They had committed 10 penalties, which was a season high for 76 yards. They were 5 of 17 on third down. We know Detroit is very, very good in third down because normally they're third and manageable. You start keeping – you keep getting those third and long, those third and eight, third and ten, third and twelves. You start keep playing behind the sticks. Five of – 17? Right. Nah. Nah. So that means give Minnesota credit. Yeah. Like you said, because their defense was getting them off the field on third down.

40:54Shannon Sharpe:They were three of three on fourth down. But I think you had to give Minnesota credit. J.J. McCarthy played well. He didn't have to do a whole lot with his arm. They were able to run the football and keep Detroit somewhat off balance. But Detroit, hey, that's the thing is that how you thought you – whatever you thought was going to happen, you don't know. It ain't no guarantee that you're going to do the same thing you did last year offensively. You see it's different. It's a big difference from year to year. Oh, we did this last year. Oh, we went this last year. It ain't no guarantee. It's not a guarantee that it's going to play out for you this year.

41:40The Colts, six turnovers.

41:43Shannon Sharpe:Hands of Steelers evicted, 27-20. Fans had a funeral at Steelers defense aside at your shore stadium before kickoff. Inside the stadium, there was a resurrection. The defense got five sacks, forced a season-high six takeaways, and held the league's best offense to 20 points. Yeah. That right tackle, I think it's Braden Smith. Yeah. He got his ass kicked today. Oh, yeah, absolutely. He got a kick. He flat out got a kick today. He should go and apologize. Now, Daniel Jones, he was awful. Ain't no way around that. He played terrible today. But that right tackle gave it up. Now, Jones did get a little unlucky trying to throw a ball out to the left side.

42:26Shannon Sharpe:The guy bats it, and it tear him back, and the Steelers got intercepted. but the mere fact that it was still a game, Mocho. Yeah. After five sacks and six takeaways and it's still a game lets you know just how good they can be if they don't turn it over like that. Turn the ball over, yeah. And that was the difference in this game. Yeah. They turned the ball over and the fact that it was still a game, Daniel Jones, listen, it wasn't a good day for him, but he still threw for 342. 342? Yeah, he still threw for three interceptions. And the funny thing about it is if the Steelers didn't play well on defense, they would have got obliterated.

43:10Yeah. If Daniel Jones and the Indianapolis Colts didn't turn the ball over, they would have got obliterated.

43:19Shannon Sharpe:Aaron Rodgers was 25-35, 203, one touchdown. They ran the ball 23 times for 38 yards, which is terrible. But like you said, their defense bailed them out today. Their defense absolutely bailed them out today. When you get six takeaways and sack the quarterback five times, that's a score that you probably should win by three, four touchdowns. Yeah, absolutely. But it just goes to show you that Andy has a good defense and the Steelers are going to have to do a lot better offensively, Ocho. Because a lot of teams are not going to give you six takeaways. Nah. Hey, hell, you get one or two, you're probably going to win the game.

43:58you get six

44:00Shannon Sharpe:it should be a blowout six man that happens in high school getting six most of the time your quarterback has to be horrible horrible so you know Daniel Jones had a bad day but he's looked phenomenal all season long so having one day like this okay boom I'm human I'm human I'm making errors I'm making mistakes I'm back to the drawing board Monday morning. You reset, and you come on back next week and pick up where you left off the week before you played the Steelers. Right.

44:42Shannon Sharpe:Falcons' Raheem Morris said the Patriots' defense simulated a snap on a key four down play by clapping, leading to an intentional grounding penalty by Michael Penix. The Falcons trailed 24-23 with 209 remaining at the end of the game, in the Patriots' 48-yard line when Ryan Nussle snapped the ball on the second down before Penix's other offensive line was ready for it. The Patriots immediately pressured Penix because nobody else moved, who threw the ball towards the dirt in the direction of Kyle Pitts. Penix was called for an intentional grounding, resulted in a loss of doubt and a 10-yard penalty.

45:19Shannon Sharpe:Defense simulating a snap count, or snap, is a 15-yard penalty on the NFL discerning signals. It's rarely called, however, because it's hard to pinpoint where exactly the clap or the sound's coming from in a stadium. But see, that's why you don't clap. That's why when you're on the road, normally what they do, Ocho, you have the guard. The guard's moving back. Are you ready? Yeah, I'm ready. He tapped the center. He tapped the center. He flashed in front of his hand. When you clap, come on now. But you ain't in college no more. That's what they do in college. Right. Well, you shouldn't have been in this situation.

45:57Shannon Sharpe:Hell, you tie the ball game up and your damn kicker come out there and shank the PAT.

46:04Shannon Sharpe:That's what's heartbreaking. Yep. All you got to do is make the PAT. Put pressure on the Patriots to go down and get a field goal. Yep. Man. It was a good. But hey, Drake May, do you realize the goddamn Patriots are 7-2? Yeah. I know another team that's 7-2. Who? I also know a team that's not 7-2. I mean, who are you talking about? Who are you talking about? I know a team that's 7-2. Another team that's 7-2. I said the Patriots. I know another team besides the Patriots are 7-2. Oh, you're talking about the Bills. I know another team. Shoot, I think that's about it. It ain't. who you talk about who I know who isn't 72 I know a team that's only won like three games yeah it's a few of them yeah who you talk about Baltimore give up I mean and somebody they give up like 40 points a game like it ain't nothing we scope we scope for their game too but it's never on the W side I mean listen sometimes life a life give you limits you make fruit punch uh the Patriots they are 72 uh Drake May was 19 of 29 two touchdowns one interception uh Falcons got at them Mocho they sacked them six times hey um uh Drake London had an outstanding game he had three boy he gave Gonzalez fits hey You know what?

47:49Shannon Sharpe:He gave Gonzalez ass fits. That's a great matchup. Two big on big. Well, he lost. Well, Gonzalez lost that one. Yeah, big on big. I mean, shoot. Drake London with nine for 118 and three TDs, huh? Three. Yeah, Bijan didn't really get off the date. He only had 12 carries for 46. Mm-hmm. That's not enough. 15 rush attempts, 71 yards.

48:16Hey, the receiver.

48:17Shannon Sharpe:Douglas got off I think it was revealed after the game his uncle was shot and killed yeah last night Stephon Diggs had a touchdown excuse me Hunter Henry had 4 for 51 look the Patriot Gonzalez man he gets injured a lot too yeah he injury he injury prone he's really good though oh yeah when he healthy I'm talking about all the way right boy he nice Hell, I ain't seen him play a whole year yet. Be nice. But I think New England's going to be a tough out. They're well coached. They're good enough offensively. Defensively, look, Bray will cut his teeth on that side of the football, so you know they're going to be able to get after people defensively.

49:13Shannon Sharpe:but hey and they've already gone to Buffalo and beaten Buffalo in their building

49:23Shannon Sharpe:bless you so it's going to be interesting the AFC East is a two team look it's a two team race it's Buffalo and New England that's it that's it the thing is that you can't afford to have any slip ups when you play those other two teams so when you play the Jets and the Dolphins you're supposed to do what you're supposed to do. So you ain't got nothing to worry about. But I thought Atlanta was going to pull this one out. Kick a Mr. P-A-T, Ojo. You go down the field, Drake London make a hell of a catch. A hell of a catch. And then you can trot your ass out there and shank it. Shank-a-potamus. Hey, the fact that the Patriots man had a 20-year, had a 20-year bid, man, of nothing but consistent success at the quarterback position, and then them figured it out already and got another damn quarterback.

50:23And it got them.

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