| 00:00:00 | Very personal.
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| 00:00:01 | >> There's no denying what's at
stake.
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| 00:00:04 | >> You only get so many of these
opportunities.
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| 00:00:06 | >> The wait is over.
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| 00:00:07 | Talk is done. let the rivalry begin.
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| 00:00:11 | These are the divisional
playoffs.
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| 00:00:13 | >> Seems like it's poetic
justice.
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james: hello, everyone.
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| 00:00:38 | I'm james brown.
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| 00:00:39 | Welcome to a special a.f.c.
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| 00:00:41 | Divisional playoff edition of
"the nfl today" presented by
southwest airlines.
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| 00:00:46 | As we start the divisional
weekend, there are four terrific
games over the next two days,
and we'll cover them all.
|
| 00:00:51 | The playoffs begin this
afternoon with the baltimore
ravens against the pittsburgh
steelers right here on cbs.
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| 00:00:58 | I'm joined by our all-pro studio
43 squad, they will be handsome
dan marino, coach bill cowher,
shannon sharpe, and boomer
esiason.
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| 00:01:06 | You know what?
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| 00:01:06 | You guys are so fired up, guess
who was trash talking to us?
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| 00:01:10 | Your guy shannon all week long.
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| 00:01:12 | Boomer: of course he was.
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| 00:01:13 | This is what you would expect.
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| 00:01:15 | We have four heavyweight teams
getting ready for rematch
central three times all
yearlong.
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| 00:01:22 | Neither one of these teams likes
each other.
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| 00:01:25 | all the talking is
taking place on the a.f.c. side.
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| 00:01:29 | They play each other twice a
year.
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| 00:01:30 | The third time in three years
that the ravens have played the
steelers three times.
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| 00:01:34 | You're going to get great
match-ups.
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| 00:01:36 | side
hasn't done a lot of talking,
they'll play well today.
|
| 00:01:40 | with the rematches, with
the talking, the biggest thing
is the emotion.
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| 00:01:43 | The emotion of this game.
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| 00:01:44 | You cannot allow the emotion to
alter your focus and your
decision-making.
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| 00:01:49 | That to me is where playoff
experience will play a very
upper hand with the coaches and
the players on a trickle-down
effect.
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| 00:01:58 | Today you want to play your
game.
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| 00:01:59 | You want to be loose, but you've
got to stay focused.
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| 00:02:02 | That's where the trash talking
the alter that.
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| 00:02:04 | when you have teams that
know each other like this,
there's no secrets.
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| 00:02:07 | You know them, they know you.
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| 00:02:09 | You've got to be patient in
these kind of games.
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| 00:02:12 | Not make mistakes.
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| 00:02:13 | Sometimes you want to throw a
wrinkle in there.
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| 00:02:15 | Maybe a trick play early so you
get a quick score.
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| 00:02:18 | you stayed calm and
focused, coach?
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| 00:02:21 | Bill: absolutely in.
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| 00:02:21 | The midst of the storm, you have
to be the one to give the calm,
and lead.
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| 00:02:26 | the quarterback does
that.
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| 00:02:28 | it helps to have a good
quarterback.
|
| 00:02:30 | James: looking at the a.f.c.
|
| 00:02:31 | Playoff picture, the new york
jets visit the top-seeded new
england patriots tomorrow, but
today, it's baltimore taking on
number two pittsburgh.
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| 00:02:38 | And for the latest on this
match-up, let's go out live to
greg gumbel and dan dierdorf.
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| 00:02:43 | Hello, greg.
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| 00:02:45 | Greg: hello, j.b.
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| 00:02:46 | We thank you and we welcome you
to the land of the terrible
towel.
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| 00:02:50 | And they will be out in force
here at heinz field as the
steelers take on the baltimore
ravens.
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| 00:02:56 | Greg gumbel along with dan
dierdorf.
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| 00:02:58 | Welcome to pittsburgh, everyone.
|
| 00:02:59 | A little medical business first.
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| 00:03:00 | The flu bug for the ravens.
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| 00:03:03 | It has been bothering that team.
|
| 00:03:05 | it's been going through the
locker room fople weeks.
|
| 00:03:08 | Ray rice had the stomach flu.
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| 00:03:10 | He woke up this morning feeling
a lot better and he's going to
start and play today.
|
| 00:03:13 | The week off for the steelers
was a great benefit to the sore
achilles of their all-pro safety
troy polamalu.
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| 00:03:19 | He feels fine.
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| 00:03:19 | He'll be a factor today.
|
| 00:03:21 | these teams met twice
during the regular season, being
division rivals.
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| 00:03:26 | Each team won once.
|
| 00:03:28 | Pretty good football games.
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| 00:03:31 | you better believe they
were.
|
| 00:03:32 | Let's go to week four.
|
| 00:03:33 | This was the last game of
roethlisberger's suspension in
pittsburgh.
|
| 00:03:37 | Flacco hits houshmandzadeh for
the come-from-behind touchdown
that gives baltimore the win.
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| 00:03:41 | And then that strip sack by
polamalu.
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| 00:03:47 | Puts the steelers in great field
position.
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| 00:03:50 | Roethlisberger hits isaac redman
and there's a come-from-behind
win.
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| 00:03:53 | They play it very closely.
|
| 00:03:56 | that last game,
technically ben roethlisberger
was a winner, but it was a
pretty tough day for him.
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| 00:04:01 | he took a lefte
from haloti ngata in the first
quarter.
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| 00:04:06 | It just splattered his nose.
|
| 00:04:08 | As physical as these two teams
are today, I suspect somebody is
leaving here today with their
nose out of joint, if not
literally, then figuratively.
|
| 00:04:17 | baltimore and pittsburgh,
two rough, tough physical teams
that don't much caor each
other, coming up.
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| 00:04:22 | J.b., back to you.
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| 00:04:24 | James: thank you.
|
| 00:04:25 | Boy, boom, what a match-up.
|
| 00:04:26 | how good are the
baltimore ravens when their
quarterback plays like he did
last week?
|
| 00:04:31 | That's something that the ravens
have never had the benefit of.
|
| 00:04:33 | They've always won in spite
their quarterbacks.
|
| 00:04:35 | They've always won because of
their defense and their running
games.
|
| 00:04:40 | Now joe flacco became, I think,
of age last week against the
kansas city chiefs.
|
| 00:04:44 | The other thing I will say, that
sack that troy polamalu had
against him in that last game in
baltimore.
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| 00:04:49 | That was the fault of michael
oher, their left tackle.
|
| 00:04:52 | He was supposed to block him, he
did not get the call to go all
the way out to get him.
|
| 00:04:56 | That will not be a factor
this game.
|
| 00:04:58 | You learn from your mistakes.
|
| 00:05:01 | crowd noise could be a
factor.
|
| 00:05:04 | and the guy that will
be in charge of taking care of
joe flacco is troy polamalu.
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| 00:05:10 | He's taking some time off.
|
| 00:05:11 | He had the bye week to rest.
|
| 00:05:13 | If he takes a numbing agent in
that achilles after halftime,
the long layoff, 15 minutes, to
come back out in the second
half, the pittsburgh steelers
blitz their two middle
linebackers more than any team
in the national football league.
|
| 00:05:26 | James farrior, lawrence timmons.
|
| 00:05:27 | Look at them trying to get to
joe flacco.
|
| 00:05:30 | We know the outside rushers will
be taking care of him.
|
| 00:05:33 | one guy playing this
game that got hurt in the first
play of the last game was todd
heap.
|
| 00:05:39 | He went down with a hamstring.
|
| 00:05:41 | He's back.
|
| 00:05:42 | Last week, 10 catches, over 100
yards.
|
| 00:05:44 | I think he's an integral part of
that offense.
|
| 00:05:46 | To me one of the biggest keys is
what kind of pressure can
pittsburgh get with woodley and
harrison and not have to blitz
troy polamalu.
|
| 00:05:53 | I think they need him in the
secondary to help with some of
the match-ups out there with
boldin, houshmandzadeh, and
heap.
|
| 00:05:59 | If they can get pressure with
the four guys up front and not
have to blitz, that's a big
advantage.
|
| 00:06:05 | one of the things the
pittsburgh steelers need to take
advantage of is running the
football.
|
| 00:06:09 | We know it's hard to run on
baltimore, but kansas city ran
the ball on the ravens.
|
| 00:06:15 | If they can get something out of
mendenhall, 60, 70 yards.
|
| 00:06:19 | The baltimore ravens will have
their ears pinned back going
after roethlisberger.
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| 00:06:23 | That will help a lot.
|
| 00:06:25 | they have to do it even if
they don't have success.
|
| 00:06:27 | Dan: be patient with them.
|
| 00:06:29 | but the ravens have
trouble with speed backs.
|
| 00:06:33 | James: the passion is palpable.
|
| 00:06:34 | You guys are ready to go.
|
| 00:06:36 | All right, folks.
|
| 00:06:37 | side of
the playoffs, seattle visits
number two chicago tomorrow,
while tonight green bay faces
top-seeded atlanta.
|
| 00:06:49 | Sam ryan joins us with more.
|
| 00:06:50 | Sam: hello to you, j.b.
|
| 00:06:52 | Falcons head coach mike smith
wanted to keep this week as
normal as possible for his
players.
|
| 00:06:57 | Well, it was anything but, as
four to six inches of snow and
ice blanketed the area,
basically parolizing the city,
forcing schools to close all
week.
|
| 00:07:08 | Defensive end john abraham, he
even slid off the road on his
way to practice earlier in the
week, so a teammate had to pick
him up.
|
| 00:07:16 | Players found themselves car
pooling to and from practice
this week.
|
| 00:07:19 | Mike smith spent the week
staying in the practice facility
in the dorms.
|
| 00:07:23 | As far a
concerned, starting nickel back
brian williams has been bothered
by a knee injury.
|
| 00:07:29 | He hasn't practiced in two weeks
so he will likely not be able to
go today.
|
| 00:07:32 | That means chris owens will
start in his place.
|
| 00:07:36 | Owens was the starting nickel
back for the falcons in the
beginning of the season.
|
| 00:07:40 | The packers come in on the short
week, but some encouraging news
on defense as they try to stop
michael turner and the falcons'
running game.
|
| 00:07:50 | Linebacker clay matthews, they
tell me with his chin, is good
to go today, as is colin jenkins
with the calf injury.
|
| 00:07:56 | Both will go today.
|
| 00:07:57 | One other packers note, j.b.
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| 00:07:58 | They had to stay nearly an hour
outside of the city because of a
hotel shortage with the upcoming
poultry and egg expo.
|
| 00:08:07 | ?
|
| 00:08:09 | we know that brings up
the age old, what came first,
the egg or the chicken?
|
| 00:08:18 | Shannon was like, was abraham's
s.u.v. in a shop?
|
| 00:08:23 | Dan, talk about this match-up.
|
| 00:08:24 | atlanta are so tough at
home, guys.
|
| 00:08:26 | Matt ryan, when I look at him,
they're going to try to run the
football with michael turner.
|
| 00:08:32 | That's their game plan,
especially against green bay
that can put up a lot of points.
|
| 00:08:35 | And to me, look for early in
this game no-huddle offense with
matt ryan spreading them out,
trying to take green bay out of
the blitz.
|
| 00:08:43 | The zone blitz package they like
to run.
|
| 00:08:47 | green bay's defense, the
first time they played against
atlanta, the longest pass play
they gave up was 21 yards.
|
| 00:08:54 | Roddy white had some catches,
but there was no big plays.
|
| 00:08:56 | That is the key for the green
bay defense.
|
| 00:08:58 | And really on their offense, and
boom you mentioned this before,
they've got this guy james
starks now.
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| 00:09:04 | They've now all of a sudden got
a running game that they did not
have before.
|
| 00:09:08 | Dan: that was one week.
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| 00:09:11 | fresh legs, that's all
that matters.
|
| 00:09:13 | I think what makes the
falcons so tough at home is
balance.
|
| 00:09:16 | I think they're the most
balanced team in the national
football league because they can
run it so well.
|
| 00:09:20 | If you look at matt ryan, I know
he's 20-2 at home, but you look
at those games he's won, michael
turner has had big days.
|
| 00:09:27 | I think in order for the falcons
to win this game, michael turner
must have a big day.
|
| 00:09:31 | I do not believe matt ryan can
throw for 300-plus yards and
beat the green bay packers.
|
| 00:09:37 | Dan: that's not what they do.
|
| 00:09:39 | aaron rodgers over the
last eight games has thrown 19
touchdowns and only two
interceptions.
|
| 00:09:45 | They are explosive.
|
| 00:09:46 | And sam touched on it.
|
| 00:09:48 | Brian williams, the cornerback,
is out for this game.
|
| 00:09:51 | You have three wide receivers on
the field.
|
| 00:09:52 | You have one of the
strongest-armed quarterbacks
that this league has ever seen,
and he is on fire as of late.
|
| 00:09:57 | So I'm telling you right now,
this is going to be a match-up
between these two great young
quarterbacks and I think high
scoring, definitely.
|
| 00:10:04 | you were making a point
it's not their game, meaning?
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| 00:10:08 | they're trying to be
balanced.
|
| 00:10:10 | That's what I'm saying.
|
| 00:10:12 | this year, the nfl is
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all levels, from the nfl down to
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| 00:10:22 | This new annual tribute has been
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| 00:10:31 | Each nfl team has submitted a
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|
| 00:10:43 | The don shula award will be
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|
| 00:10:47 | this award should be named
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| 00:10:51 | Guy was such a positive impact
on so many coaches and players
and was such a great example to
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|
| 00:10:57 | still ahead right here on
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playoff edition of "the nfl
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season for the steelers with
ben, hines, and harrison.
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| 00:11:08 | But is pittsburgh poised for
another super bowl run?
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and the bears following their
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| 00:14:40 | I'm joined now by our super
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casserly.
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| 00:14:44 | An awful lot of trash talking
this week between the squads.
|
| 00:14:48 | Is the league planning to do
anything about it?
|
| 00:14:49 | >> First of all, none of the
players will be fined for what
they said during the week.
|
| 00:14:53 | I talked to ray anderson this
morning and he told me that each
of the referees is going to go
to the head coaches of the eight
playoff teams and tell them the
following things.
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| 00:15:02 | They expect all the players to
play within the rules.
|
| 00:15:05 | The second thing is they don't
want any of these comments to
carry over into actions on the
field that are illegal hits, any
flagrant hits, any egregious
hits.
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| 00:15:14 | Those players are going to be
kicked out of the game.
|
| 00:15:17 | The league doesn't want to have
to do it, but they'll warn the
coaches to warn the players
about that.
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| 00:15:21 | Anybody kicked out of game,
possible further discipline.
|
| 00:15:26 | James: ray anderson is the v.p.
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| 00:15:27 | Of football operations.
|
| 00:15:28 | Talk about some of the big-name
quarterbacks that boomer will
love that got contract
situations to be resolved.
|
| 00:15:34 | >> First of all, we have mr.
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| 00:15:36 | Manning.
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| 00:15:36 | Peyton manning, that is.
|
| 00:15:37 | Look for them to franchise
peyton manning.
|
| 00:15:40 | That number under the present
rules is $23 million.
|
| 00:15:45 | However, if they franchise him
for two more years, those
numbers are a total of $90
million over the next three
years.
|
| 00:15:54 | I think the colts will offer him
a multi-year contract with a
signing bonus of over $15
million and a contract somewhere
between $20 million and $25
million.
|
| 00:16:04 | That will be more than tom
brady.
|
| 00:16:05 | His average is $18 million a
year and his signing bonus was
$48 million.
|
| 00:16:10 | dan and boomer are
warming up drew brees saying
he'd like at extension.
|
| 00:16:16 | >> He has one year to go on his
contract with the saints at a
bargain rate of $10 million a
year.
|
| 00:16:21 | Talking to the saints yesterday,
they obviously want to extend
him, so he has a long career
with the saints.
|
| 00:16:26 | They haven't had any discussions
on what those numrs are going
to be.
|
| 00:16:32 | To me, he's the third-best
quarterback in the nfl.
|
| 00:16:34 | That salary is an average of $17
million a year.
|
| 00:16:37 | That's what I think he should
get.
|
| 00:16:38 | meanwhile, pete carroll
in seattle says he is interested
in re-signing matt hasselbeck.
|
| 00:16:45 | >> What else do you say when you
have a playoff game and he's the
starting quarterback?
|
| 00:16:49 | I think they will try to re-sign
him.
|
| 00:16:52 | Here's what I think happens.
|
| 00:16:53 | He's making $8 million a year.
|
| 00:16:55 | I think people have in mind a
number somewhere around $6
million.
|
| 00:16:59 | What could help hasselbeck,
there's a lot of teams that are
desperate for a quarterback.
|
| 00:17:02 | Might drive that number up.
|
| 00:17:04 | daily questions around
michael vick.
|
| 00:17:06 | What's his status?
|
| 00:17:06 | >> The eagles want him back.
|
| 00:17:08 | He's going to be the starter
next year.
|
| 00:17:10 | They're going to franchise him
when that time comes out.
|
| 00:17:13 | They're also going to try to
work on a multi--year deal.
|
| 00:17:18 | To me, that number should be in
the $12 million to $14 million
range.
|
| 00:17:25 | kevin kolb said he'd like
to start somewhere.
|
| 00:17:28 | Will philadelphia accommodate
him?
|
| 00:17:29 | >> Andy reid said he'd like to
have both quarterbacks back.
|
| 00:17:31 | If they get offered a number one
pick, and they could, they'll
think about moving him in that
situation.
|
| 00:17:37 | Jake james let's turn to running
backs, starting with reggie bush
and pierre thomas.
|
| 00:17:44 | >> They want reggie bush back.
|
| 00:17:46 | He's making too much for what he
does.
|
| 00:17:48 | Look for him to be asked to take
some form of a pay cut.
|
| 00:17:51 | They haven't decided that yet.
|
| 00:17:53 | Also, pierre thomas.
|
| 00:17:54 | They'd like him back.
|
| 00:17:55 | Productive player for them.
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| 00:17:56 | However, he could be a free
agent next year depending on the
system that we're in, but they'd
like him back.
|
| 00:18:01 | you talk about depending
on the system.
|
| 00:18:05 | With the threat looming of a
lockout, what are the copes
planning to do?
|
| 00:18:08 | >> In february, all the coaches
are going to get together and
there's going to be a straw poll
taken about whether to form a
union.
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| 00:18:15 | One of the questions is who
would be eligible to be in the
union?
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| 00:18:18 | Head coaches wouldn't be.
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| 00:18:20 | Coordinators, that's a question.
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| 00:18:21 | All other assistants would be in
that union.
|
| 00:18:23 | One of the things they want to
talk to the owners about is
this.
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| 00:18:27 | We don't want a situation where
the teams can go out and
interview coaches for a position
that they already have a coach
under contract for.
|
| 00:18:33 | Coaches are bothered by that.
|
| 00:18:34 | But the owners also, I think
they've got an idea, too.
|
| 00:18:38 | How about a salary cap for the
coaches?
|
| 00:18:40 | That's something they might
bring up.
|
| 00:18:43 | charley, thank you so
very much.
|
| 00:18:45 | Just ahead on "the nfl today,"
with the jets-patriots game not
kicking off until tomorrow,
there's still plenty of time to
talk.
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| 00:18:53 | >> This is about bill belichick
vs. rex ryan.
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| 00:18:57 | It's about him against myself.
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| 00:18:59 | >> I don't think it's either one
of us out there making any
blocks or tackles.
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| 00:19:02 | You won't see me doing it.
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| 00:19:04 | >> Might be some crazy comments
from each side.
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| 00:19:07 | >> You go out there and put your
best foot forward.
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| 00:19:10 | >> I hate him, he hates me, he
hates the jets, who cares?
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was to play them one more time.
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>> brady back to throw.
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| 00:22:22 | It's on the 5.
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| 00:22:23 | Touchdown.
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| 00:22:25 | Brady rolls to his left.
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| 00:22:26 | Going to run it.
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| 00:22:26 | He throws it.
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| 00:22:27 | Touchdown.
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| 00:22:30 | Brady, play-action.
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| 00:22:32 | Touchdown.
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| 00:22:34 | Four touchdown passes in the
game for brady.
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| 00:22:40 | welcome back, everyone,
as we continue live here on "the
nfl today," and I turn to my
colleague shannon to ask him if
tom brady can keep his perfect
streak alive tomorrow.
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| 00:22:50 | considering the jets
's on the
road, there's zero chance tom
brady throws an interception
tomorrow.
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| 00:22:57 | Boomer: I don't know about that.
|
| 00:22:58 | speaking of new england,
the patriots will host the jets
divisional
playoff game tomorrow.
|
| 00:23:05 | 00
eastern with a special edition
"
and our colleagues jim nantz and
phil simms will call that game,
and they have more from foxboro.
|
| 00:23:18 | we are at gillette stadium
as the patriots are taking the
field for their final
walk-through, getting set for
the divisional playoff game
tomorrow.
|
| 00:23:25 | You know, partner, 45-3.
|
| 00:23:29 | It was 40 days ago.
|
| 00:23:31 | I'm sure this is really a big
number that's hard to get out of
the mind of all the jets fans
and team.
|
| 00:23:37 | Phil: it is a big number.
|
| 00:23:38 | I don't care what the jets say,
how much confidence they say
they have.
|
| 00:23:42 | They need to come up here and
turn things around.
|
| 00:23:44 | When they play this game, jim,
somewhere late in the fourth
quarter, if it's 3-0, 7-0, the
game is not out of hand, I think
that will give the jets some
confidence.
|
| 00:23:52 | the jets won in week two,
beat them by a couple of
touchdowns as you take a look at
the quarterback comparisons.
|
| 00:23:58 | Brady in the first encounter had
two of his only four
interceptions in the whole
season were by the jets in that
week two game.
|
| 00:24:07 | The sanchez and jets trying to
recover mentally off of 45-3 and
how mark sanchez has stepped it
up.
|
| 00:24:14 | mentally and physically
he's gotten a lot better.
|
| 00:24:17 | The last three games he's
played, he played very well in
all three.
|
| 00:24:21 | That has to give him confidence.
|
| 00:24:22 | And also, the design of the
offense has changed some, too.
|
| 00:24:26 | It's made it a lot easier for
mark sanchez to have success.
|
| 00:24:30 | tom brady, 46 touchdowns
on the season, only four picks.
|
| 00:24:35 | Have you ever seen a run like
this by a quarterback for so
long?
|
| 00:24:38 | Phil: I have not.
|
| 00:24:39 | Tom brady, his physical skills,
we all know about that.
|
| 00:24:41 | But the design of the offense is
so special that gives him all
those opportunities.
|
| 00:24:45 | Just pick a guy.
|
| 00:24:46 | There's about six or seven
different guys he can throw the
football to.
|
| 00:24:51 | That's what makes them so
difficult to play against.
|
| 00:24:53 | jets-patriots tomorrow,
round three, same kind of day
expected.
|
| 00:24:58 | Clear and cold in foxboro.
|
| 00:24:59 | , in the studio
in new york.
|
| 00:25:03 | we turn to our resident
super bowl-winning coach.
|
| 00:25:07 | for the jets, we both
know, if they keep it close,
they can run the ball and use
dustin keller.
|
| 00:25:15 | The onus goes on the defense.
|
| 00:25:17 | Two things they have to do
tomorrow.
|
| 00:25:18 | They've got to try to create
turnoverings.
|
| 00:25:21 | I know we talked about zero
chance, but you said last week,
the law of averages, at some
point -- they've been playing
flawless football.
|
| 00:25:29 | They have to find a way to take
it over.
|
| 00:25:31 | New england got the ball inside
the red zone five times last
game and they scored five
touchdowns.
|
| 00:25:36 | Hold them to field goals.
|
| 00:25:37 | Keep the game close is the jets'
only chance to steal one.
|
| 00:25:42 | try to get into the fourth
quarter.
|
| 00:25:43 | the one thing we do
know about a bill belichick
coached team and defense, is
they'll play well.
|
| 00:25:50 | The jet want to run the
football.
|
| 00:25:52 | You want to see the quarterback
mark sanchez grow up.
|
| 00:25:55 | He grew up last week.
|
| 00:25:56 | When he had to make a play, he
made the play.
|
| 00:25:59 | I think this game is going to
fall into his lap again.
|
| 00:26:01 | They will not allow ladainian
tomlinson and shonn greene to
run the football.
|
| 00:26:07 | Hence, it falls back on mark
sanchez's shoulders.
|
| 00:26:10 | when rex ryan took over,
he did not want the jets to
become the same old jets.
|
| 00:26:15 | That's the thinking around here
in new york as the jet fans, the
positive pessimism.
|
| 00:26:22 | That's who they are.
|
| 00:26:23 | He has basically said this week
that it's all about him and
belichick.
|
| 00:26:26 | That's fine.
|
| 00:26:28 | Until antonio cromartie-smith --
antonio cromartie used
vulgarity.
|
| 00:26:35 | That is beginning to spark a
competitive fire within bill
belichick and tom brady, because
these are two ruthless guys that
will take their game to another
level to make sure that antonio
cromartie realizes who they're
playing against.
|
| 00:26:47 | Dan: I agree with you.
|
| 00:26:48 | Once the talk comes up, it comes
up.
|
| 00:26:51 | Tom brady will put a lot of
pressure on sanchez.
|
| 00:26:53 | New england scores early, they
score often.
|
| 00:26:55 | When they get in the r zone,
they get touchdowns p they don't
kick field goals.
|
| 00:27:00 | When you look at what they've
done this year as far as
turnovers are concerned, ho are
the jets going to be able to
match that?
|
| 00:27:07 | I think they're not going to
stay patient with the running
game.
|
| 00:27:09 | The game is going to be in his
lap.
|
| 00:27:11 | And what's going to happen?
|
| 00:27:12 | What's the history against the patriots?
|
| 00:27:15 | not very good in that
building.
|
| 00:27:17 | but when someone says
something like you said, you
really want to rub their face in
it.
|
| 00:27:24 | The patriots really want to
punish the jets tomorrow.
|
| 00:27:27 | I'm as passionate as
anybody wanting to see a
competitivh-up.
|
| 00:27:33 | However, excuse the old fellow
here.
|
| 00:27:36 | Vulgarity, no place for that.
|
| 00:27:37 | As the nfl season draws to a
close and many players are
considering possible retirement,
our cbs golf commentator david
feherty has come up with a
unique proposal to extend their
careers.
|
| 00:27:51 | >> I'm here in my hometown of
dallas where some say our
cowboys have been suffering for
a bum phillips most of the
season.
|
| 00:28:00 | I don't know what kind of injury
is that.
|
| 00:28:02 | The super bowl is almost upon
us.
|
| 00:28:03 | That means it's time for the cbs
golf crew to limber up.
|
| 00:28:08 | Jim nantz is ready to dump phil
simms to become sir nick faldo's
play by play butler.
|
| 00:28:14 | I think football players are
similar to golfers in that it
seems difficult for some of them
to give it up.
|
| 00:28:18 | The last football to retire
properly was probably barry
sanders.
|
| 00:28:23 | His final gift to fans was
making us feel like one of the
against him.
|
| 00:28:28 | One minute barry sanders was in
front of you, the next minute he
was just gone.
|
| 00:28:31 | I suppose john elway did a
decent job of retiring, too, but
there was crying involved.
|
| 00:28:37 | There's no crying in football.
|
| 00:28:38 | Anyway, he didn't really retire.
|
| 00:28:40 | He's back with the broncos in
the saddle.
|
| 00:28:43 | Of course, in golf, if you're
good enough, you really don't
have to retire, as we have the
champions tour fur our
wrinklies.
|
| 00:28:56 | Heck, they even have full
contact lingerie football.
|
| 00:28:57 | Not that I've ever watched it.
|
| 00:28:58 | So why not, boys?
|
| 00:28:59 | I can see it now.
|
| 00:29:00 | The elderly football league.
|
| 00:29:03 | The efl.
|
| 00:29:05 | It conjures up images of creeky
old linemen leaning up against
each other and wheezing,
watching brett favre drubbing
back in the pocket on his
walker.
|
| 00:29:16 | The super slow-mo might take
days, but even that might work,
because it would be a challenge
enough for the coaches to throw
their red rag far enough for
anybody to see it.
|
| 00:29:25 | And finally, a decent excuse for
the refs having bad eyesight.
|
| 00:29:31 | I'd change a few of the rules
while I was at it.
|
| 00:29:35 | Everybody should have a speaker
in their helmet just to hear the
snap count.
|
| 00:29:41 | And half the distance to the
super bowl for anyone caught
dancing with a star.
|
| 00:29:46 | It would be fun to watch stan
nonstill sharpe doing his
two-a-days, kicking dirt in
boomer's face.
|
| 00:29:55 | those violent wedge
-- wedgies.
|
| 00:30:00 | That will be worth watching.
|
| 00:30:04 | you come up with your
list of improvements.
|
| 00:30:06 | You like those?
|
| 00:30:07 | Bill: I think it's good.
|
| 00:30:08 | I need to talk to david about
some of those.
|
| 00:30:11 | Boomer: the efl, huh?
|
| 00:30:12 | I only wish I was 20 years
longer wishing to some of those
contracts charley was talking
about.
|
| 00:30:17 | I'm just trying to
imagine a violent wedgie.
|
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| 00:30:28 | Simply go to itunes.com/nfl.
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| 00:30:31 | Still ahead on "the nfl today,"
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do with his starting lineup.
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| 00:34:17 | Divisional playoff.
|
| 00:34:18 | Last week, baltimore's joe
flacco became the first
quarterback in nfl history to
start and win a playoff game in
each of his first three seasons
in the league.
|
| 00:34:29 | Ben roethlisberger is 8-2 in
postseason play, and 5-0 against
joe flacco.
|
| 00:34:34 | As we welcome you back to studio
43 here and "the nfl today"
where we want to thank you, our
viewers, because this season,
more people watched the nfl on
cbs than on any other network.
|
| 00:34:45 | The surprising seahawks take on
the bears tomorrow afternoon
with chicago looking to avenge
an embarrassing loss to seattle
earlier this season.
|
| 00:34:53 | Our hall of fame broadcaster
lesley visser joins us now from
with more.
|
| 00:34:59 | Hello, leslie.
|
| 00:35:03 | >> The city of big shoulders
better bring a couple of extra
sweaters tomorrow with the
windchill expected to feel like
11 degrees.
|
| 00:35:12 | There seemed to be only six
degrees of separation between
these two teams.
|
| 00:35:17 | The last time the bears went to
the super bowl, they beat
seattle to do it.
|
| 00:35:21 | But earlier this year, the
seahawks beat the bears when
chicago failed to get to matt
hasselbeck one time, and the
offense did not convert on a
single third down.
|
| 00:35:31 | They get lance briggs back, but
lovie smith says the team
changed because it had to.
|
| 00:35:38 | >> The seattle seahawks have
been bringing the wood to
cutler.
|
| 00:35:42 | Six sacks.
|
| 00:35:44 | what are your memories
of the last game against the
seattle seahawks?
|
| 00:35:48 | >> They came into chicago,
played better than us.
|
| 00:35:51 | They made all the plays that
day.
|
| 00:35:54 | if jay cutler is sacked
six times, will the outcome be
the same?
|
| 00:35:57 | >> Can't have it.
|
| 00:35:59 | Simple as that.
|
| 00:35:59 | We have to protect jay better.
|
| 00:36:00 | We've been doing a better job of
protecting jay.
|
| 00:36:04 | But that just can't happen.
|
| 00:36:05 | On the other side of the ball,
we didn't get any pressure on
matt hasselbeck.
|
| 00:36:09 | We didn't have any sacks.
|
| 00:36:12 | how is your offensive
line different now from that
game?
|
| 00:36:14 | >> Well, we have the same group
that's played together for a
period of time.
|
| 00:36:19 | Lesley that's frightening.
|
| 00:36:20 | >> Yes, it is for us.
|
| 00:36:22 | They played together for a while
and we've seen them grow and get
better together each week.
|
| 00:36:28 | Lesley: has jay cutler matured?
|
| 00:36:29 | >> I've been a big jay cutler
fan from the moment he got here.
|
| 00:36:34 | We as football team went through
a lot last year.
|
| 00:36:37 | We didn't play as well as we
needed to, but jay had some good
games last year and some that we
weren't real proud of, but
that's the way our football team
was.
|
| 00:36:46 | How he's grown is just like our
team.
|
| 00:36:48 | The quarterback for the chicago
bears should be a tough guy.
|
| 00:36:51 | Jay has shown that time and time
again.
|
| 00:36:54 | And when we've had bad times
going on here, he always steps
up and accepts the
responsibility.
|
| 00:37:01 | how did bringing in mike
martz affect his game?
|
| 00:37:04 | >> When I decided to go in a
different direction, I wanted to
get the best offensive mind that
I knew of.
|
| 00:37:10 | And to that to me is mike martz.
|
| 00:37:13 | I just knew it would be a good
marriage.
|
| 00:37:23 | Both guys believe in themselves.
|
| 00:37:24 | And for jay, it was my job to
get him the best tutor.
|
| 00:37:25 | Not only as an offensive
coordinator, but also as
quarterback coach, too.
|
| 00:37:28 | a lot of coaches would
be hesitant to bring in two
former head coaches, especially
one of mike martz's statue.
|
| 00:37:37 | What was the confidence you had
in yourself to do that?
|
| 00:37:40 | >> To me that was no issue.
|
| 00:37:42 | When you're trying to get the
best staff, you want that
experience.
|
| 00:37:45 | That's with a I was looking at.
|
| 00:37:46 | Each one of these coaches has an
expertise as far as the position
is concerned.
|
| 00:37:50 | I knew that wouldn't be an issue
at all and it hasn't been.
|
| 00:37:55 | but mike martz, you know
he wants to throw it 50 times a
game.
|
| 00:37:58 | >> I think mike wants to win.
|
| 00:38:00 | Mike knew what my philosophy was
coming in.
|
| 00:38:03 | I knew his.
|
| 00:38:04 | I knew that that would be a good
marriage.
|
| 00:38:06 | I like the direction we're
headed and I like the things
he's done leading our offense.
|
| 00:38:11 | do you feel like if you
take a deep run into these
playoffs you have warranted an
extension?
|
| 00:38:16 | >> I've had a contract every
year I've been here.
|
| 00:38:20 | I've been the head coach around
here a long time.
|
| 00:38:22 | The players believe in me as
their coach.
|
| 00:38:24 | I believe in our guys that we
have here.
|
| 00:38:26 | We have a great thing going.
|
| 00:38:27 | Looking forward to the future.
|
| 00:38:31 | well, as you know, if
green bay wins tonight and
chicago wins, the bears will
host the n.f.c. championship.
|
| 00:38:39 | I ran into the bears owner and
he couldn't bring himself to say
the words rooting for green bay.
|
| 00:38:46 | He said simply, I hope the
falcons stumble.
|
| 00:38:49 | The bears are at full strength.
|
| 00:38:51 | The seahawks, the only question
there is lofa, who sustained
that concussion last week
against the saints.
|
| 00:38:58 | He was with the team today when
they had the walk-through
indoors.
|
| 00:39:03 | They also came by soldier field
for 10 minutes to check out the
field.
|
| 00:39:07 | He will be evaluated again
tonight and tomorrow.
|
| 00:39:10 | Pete carroll thinks that he is
likely to play.
|
| 00:39:13 | As for matt hasselbeck, if his
12th year in the league, he said
he didn't exactly know what he
was doing running down the field
last week in that glorious
celebration of marshawn lynch's
, he
said this week, he's prepared to
block.
|
| 00:39:32 | lesley, thank you so very
much.
|
| 00:39:36 | insight
center.
|
| 00:39:38 | With that, the question is, will
bears quarterback jay cutler
avoid a repeat of what happened
against seattle in week six
where he was sacked six times?
|
| 00:39:47 | I think when you look at
it, they had a bye after that,
and there was clearly a
concerted effort to run the ball
more.
|
| 00:39:54 | You saw they did a lot of things
scheming that first guy.
|
| 00:39:57 | Guys coming free.
|
| 00:39:59 | They got back to the basics.
|
| 00:40:01 | They ran the ball more with matt
forte.
|
| 00:40:03 | Using guys more in protection.
|
| 00:40:04 | This is clearly not the same
offense seattle faced the first
time through.
|
| 00:40:09 | I refuse to believe
that the chicago bears will go
0-1 on third down.
|
| 00:40:13 | A lot of people thought jay
cutler would never be a
playoff-caliber quarterback.
|
| 00:40:17 | He can throw the ball too well
not to be.
|
| 00:40:19 | But this is going to fall on --
when you give a guy $45 million
in guaranteed money, you give
him that for the playoffs.
|
| 00:40:26 | He's here now.
|
| 00:40:27 | You got to go get matt
hasselbeck, because you got no
sacks in the regular season.
|
| 00:40:31 | I like the bears at home.
|
| 00:40:34 | they're a different
football team.
|
| 00:40:36 | They balance offensively.
|
| 00:40:37 | When they do that, matt forte
gets involved.
|
| 00:40:40 | When that happens, the sacks go
down, they get the quick
passing, cutler doesn't turn the
ball over.
|
| 00:40:45 | From that standpoint, they've
got a lot going for them going
into this game.
|
| 00:40:48 | Last week, matt hasselbeck comes
in with a lot of confidence
because of how they played.
|
| 00:40:54 | The chicago bears have to get
pressure on julius peppers.
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| 00:41:00 | for pete
carroll in 1994 for 2 jets.
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| 00:41:03 | He's a positive thinker.
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| 00:41:05 | He needs to do his best job this
week.
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| 00:41:07 | And tonight in particular.
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| 00:41:09 | I think the question here is not
whether or not he's going to
kick it to devin hester because
I don't think they will.
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| 00:41:14 | What about chicago, are they
going to kick it to leon
washington?
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| 00:41:17 | Seattle has their own guy here
that's pretty good as well.
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| 00:41:20 | I like chicago at home simply
because they will be able to run
the ball and seattle's defense
last week gave up 39 completions
to drew brees in their own
building.
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| 00:41:29 | I think chicago is going
to win this game as well.
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| 00:41:31 | I do think it will be closer
than you think.
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| 00:41:33 | Mike williams was a guy they
could not contain the last time
he had 10 catches, over 100
yards.
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| 00:41:38 | They're playing better on
defense.
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| 00:41:42 | I do think chicago is going to
win, but I think it's going to
be a lot closer than you think.
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| 00:41:47 | love it when you guys
disagree on the pick of the game
there.
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