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Start the clock. Take number one. The Ravens are the best team in the world. They just had their best game of the year against the Dolphins.

Start the clock. Take number one. The Ravens are the best team in the world. They just had their best game of the year against the Dolphins.

Or did they.

Or did they.

That's what's fun about the Ravens. You can just sit here and lay out their wins out on the table. Pick the prettiest one, picked the nastiest one. They destroyed the Dolphins, They pantsed the Niners, they crushed the Lions. They beat the hell out of the Seahawks. You can just keep on going, just keep going. That was an annihilation against the Dolphins. The Ravens are so far ahead of the field. It's you don't see a team often that is this far ahead of the pack. What's crazy is the Niners were this team a month ago and they got destroyed by Baltimore. It was the end of the game, when the game was already in hand, and the Ravens just said, who hasn't scored yet? Anybody else want a touchdown? I was reminded of my adolescence the ninety eight NBA Finals Bulls Jazz Jordan Malone. There was a game you can look it up at The Bulls won by forty two points, and every single player on the roster scored.

That's what's fun about the Ravens. You can just sit here and lay out their wins out on the table. Pick the prettiest one, picked the nastiest one. They destroyed the Dolphins, They pantsed the Niners, they crushed the Lions. They beat the hell out of the Seahawks. You can just keep on going, just keep going. That was an annihilation against the Dolphins. The Ravens are so far ahead of the field. It's you don't see a team often that is this far ahead of the pack. What's crazy is the Niners were this team a month ago and they got destroyed by Baltimore. It was the end of the game, when the game was already in hand, and the Ravens just said, who hasn't scored yet? Anybody else want a touchdown? I was reminded of my adolescence the ninety eight NBA Finals Bulls Jazz Jordan Malone. There was a game you can look it up at The Bulls won by forty two points, and every single player on the roster scored.

Everyone.

Everyone.

It wasn't just Michael and Scotty and Harper and Luke Longley and Rodman. Everybody on the bench scored. Judd Bushler scored, Bobby Hansen, Randy Brown, you name it. Keep on going because I remember it. There was only one player who hadn't scored yet, only one, and it was Bill Wennington, their center, who looks like an English teacher, and he had a baseline jumper towards the end of the game. And I think it was cost Us on the call saying the night is complete. That was the Ravens victory over the Dolphins. Melvin Gordon one is on the Ravens two scored a touch against the Dolphins. Pat Ricard, my favorite Raven number forty two, the full back, scored his first touchdown of the year. I think it was this fifth catch of the year. He doesn't have any carries. That was the Ravens. They're going Bill Wennington on a really, really good Dolphins team. That's how good they are.

It wasn't just Michael and Scotty and Harper and Luke Longley and Rodman. Everybody on the bench scored. Judd Bushler scored, Bobby Hansen, Randy Brown, you name it. Keep on going because I remember it. There was only one player who hadn't scored yet, only one, and it was Bill Wennington, their center, who looks like an English teacher, and he had a baseline jumper towards the end of the game. And I think it was cost Us on the call saying the night is complete. That was the Ravens victory over the Dolphins. Melvin Gordon one is on the Ravens two scored a touch against the Dolphins. Pat Ricard, my favorite Raven number forty two, the full back, scored his first touchdown of the year. I think it was this fifth catch of the year. He doesn't have any carries. That was the Ravens. They're going Bill Wennington on a really, really good Dolphins team. That's how good they are.

Take number two. I told you about the Steelers.

Take number two. I told you about the Steelers.

I told you, and I told your friend, and I told your brother, and I told your sister, and I told your children.

I told you, and I told your friend, and I told your brother, and I told your sister, and I told your children.

I told your mother and your father.

I told your mother and your father.

I told you. Don't give up on this team. Don't give up on the Steelers. I don't care how bad they look. They can trabisky their pants three two games in road, doesn't matter.

I told you. Don't give up on this team. Don't give up on the Steelers. I don't care how bad they look. They can trabisky their pants three two games in road, doesn't matter.

Don't give up on the Steelers.

Don't give up on the Steelers.

They go to Seattle, they have an incredible win in which Najie Harris has the best game of his career. Jalen Warren is my idol. They destroy He didn't even need the big TJ. Watt game. They did it. Don't ever give up on the Steelers. Just trust the logo, trust the brand. I remember during COVID you might remember the same type of thing. There was all kinds of crazy things going on, where, oh my god, what's gonna happen with the stock market, what's going to happen with finances? And you know he's telling you should you should pull your money out, you should do this do that put it in a mattress. I like to talk to about my dad about financial things, and I remember calling him. I'm like, Dad, I'm hearing some pretty scary things. Should you know, should I pull out pull any money I have out of the stock market? And he goes, never, always have faith, and Uncle Sam, it'll be all right. And I was like, always have faith and Uncle Sam, that sounds pretty naive and corny, Dad, But I think he might be right, and he was. I didn't lose all my money, thank god. The Pittsburgh Steelers are like Uncle Sam in the stock market and make it really scary and make it really ugly. You may lose some have faith. Take number three. The Eagles are terrible, terrible. Do you understand that they were at home against an Arizona Cardinals team that's gonna have a top five pick in the draft, and the Cardinals didn't punt in that game. They didn't punt in that game. That is something that the Kurt Warner Cardinals never did a puntless game, that the Carson Palmer Cardinals never did puntless games. Those teams that went deep in the playoff since to the Super Bowl. But Kyler Murray just walked in there to the link and didn't punt. You know, the Cardinals at thirty two first downs, do you know that is the second most they have ever had in the history of the organization, an organization that's only been around since eighteen ninety eight.

They go to Seattle, they have an incredible win in which Najie Harris has the best game of his career. Jalen Warren is my idol. They destroy He didn't even need the big TJ. Watt game. They did it. Don't ever give up on the Steelers. Just trust the logo, trust the brand. I remember during COVID you might remember the same type of thing. There was all kinds of crazy things going on, where, oh my god, what's gonna happen with the stock market, what's going to happen with finances? And you know he's telling you should you should pull your money out, you should do this do that put it in a mattress. I like to talk to about my dad about financial things, and I remember calling him. I'm like, Dad, I'm hearing some pretty scary things. Should you know, should I pull out pull any money I have out of the stock market? And he goes, never, always have faith, and Uncle Sam, it'll be all right. And I was like, always have faith and Uncle Sam, that sounds pretty naive and corny, Dad, But I think he might be right, and he was. I didn't lose all my money, thank god. The Pittsburgh Steelers are like Uncle Sam in the stock market and make it really scary and make it really ugly. You may lose some have faith. Take number three. The Eagles are terrible, terrible. Do you understand that they were at home against an Arizona Cardinals team that's gonna have a top five pick in the draft, and the Cardinals didn't punt in that game. They didn't punt in that game. That is something that the Kurt Warner Cardinals never did a puntless game, that the Carson Palmer Cardinals never did puntless games. Those teams that went deep in the playoff since to the Super Bowl. But Kyler Murray just walked in there to the link and didn't punt. You know, the Cardinals at thirty two first downs, do you know that is the second most they have ever had in the history of the organization, an organization that's only been around since eighteen ninety eight.

God, the Eagles suck. I said this yesterday.

God, the Eagles suck. I said this yesterday.

The city of Philadelphia and their sports fans got more defensive intensity from James Harden while he was a seventy six er than they're getting from anybody on the Eagles right now. You could bring in James Harden, put a pads and helmet on him and say James play middle linebacker, and his effort in tackling and intensity would be an increase over what's out there right now. Thirty two first downs to the Cardinals. Ugh, take number four Dolphins Bills. Is an awesome Week eighteen game. Awesome Week eighteen game at night in Miami. It's gonna be in the air tonight, the Phil Collins Miami. I don't know how Miami's gonna stop Josh Allen. And I hate to be such a homer or a honk. I'm not can't be a homer. I'm not from Buffalo about Josh Allen A bet I'm not being Just look at the stats. Look at his record against the Dolphins, look at his record against the Mike McDaniel Dolphins. The recent Dolphins. He throws a ton of touchdowns, very few interceptions, and the only perfect passing game of his entire career Josh Allen was against the Dolphins this year, just a couple of months ago. It's like the best game he's ever ever played. I don't know how they're gonna do it because no Bradley Chubb, no Jalen Phillips. Those are the wranglers. Those are the guys who get Allen down. They're gonna need an Outlandis game from their offense, I think because Allen will Cook take number five. Quick time out to talk college football. I watched the Rose Bowl. Was that the worst play call ever? At the end of the game? What was Alabama doing? That sucked? I really like Tommy Reese Saban, Saban. They're sitting there and they need to score. They have a fourth and goal. They had about twenty minutes to think about it. There were timeouts and timeouts and interminable commercial breaks in that game, and then they're like here's what we should do. Let's take our quarterback, line them up in the shotgun behind the center who can't do a shotgun snap? Who has proven it to us for three hours, And let's just have a crappy snap, have him pick it up off his shoelaces and then dive headfirst into the back of that same lineman who can't do a snap. That'll be the game. What a terrible call. The Michigan d line had eaten them up all day, all nights. They didn't even sprint the guy out, they didn't get him. Just take the ball, the shotgun, snap off the grass and run and dive into the line and let's go home.

The city of Philadelphia and their sports fans got more defensive intensity from James Harden while he was a seventy six er than they're getting from anybody on the Eagles right now. You could bring in James Harden, put a pads and helmet on him and say James play middle linebacker, and his effort in tackling and intensity would be an increase over what's out there right now. Thirty two first downs to the Cardinals. Ugh, take number four Dolphins Bills. Is an awesome Week eighteen game. Awesome Week eighteen game at night in Miami. It's gonna be in the air tonight, the Phil Collins Miami. I don't know how Miami's gonna stop Josh Allen. And I hate to be such a homer or a honk. I'm not can't be a homer. I'm not from Buffalo about Josh Allen A bet I'm not being Just look at the stats. Look at his record against the Dolphins, look at his record against the Mike McDaniel Dolphins. The recent Dolphins. He throws a ton of touchdowns, very few interceptions, and the only perfect passing game of his entire career Josh Allen was against the Dolphins this year, just a couple of months ago. It's like the best game he's ever ever played. I don't know how they're gonna do it because no Bradley Chubb, no Jalen Phillips. Those are the wranglers. Those are the guys who get Allen down. They're gonna need an Outlandis game from their offense, I think because Allen will Cook take number five. Quick time out to talk college football. I watched the Rose Bowl. Was that the worst play call ever? At the end of the game? What was Alabama doing? That sucked? I really like Tommy Reese Saban, Saban. They're sitting there and they need to score. They have a fourth and goal. They had about twenty minutes to think about it. There were timeouts and timeouts and interminable commercial breaks in that game, and then they're like here's what we should do. Let's take our quarterback, line them up in the shotgun behind the center who can't do a shotgun snap? Who has proven it to us for three hours, And let's just have a crappy snap, have him pick it up off his shoelaces and then dive headfirst into the back of that same lineman who can't do a snap. That'll be the game. What a terrible call. The Michigan d line had eaten them up all day, all nights. They didn't even sprint the guy out, they didn't get him. Just take the ball, the shotgun, snap off the grass and run and dive into the line and let's go home.

God, that sucked. What a great game. What a terrible, terrible call. Take number six.

God, that sucked. What a great game. What a terrible, terrible call. Take number six.

Justin Fields and his future is the most interesting story in the NFL. The games are the most exciting, the games are the most topical. Justin Fields is the most interesting. Fact is the Chicago Bears locked up the number one pick. Thank you, Carolina. They have the number one pick for the second year in a row. It's done. It doesn't matter what happens the next week. What the hell did they do with Justin Fields? I've been asking this for two months. Do they take a quarterback and say Justin we're done with you. Do they trade it for this second year in a row and say Justin, we love you. Do they do something really nuts and take Marvin Harrison as the number one overall pick in the draft. It's so fun, And you know what, I still don't think they know what they're doing with Justin Fields. I'll tell you this. The Bears go to Lambeau. They go to against the Packers, the Packers who are fighting for a lot. If Justin Fields goes and plays well and wins that game and ends the Packers season, wins in Lambeau, I think you have to bring him back. If he goes and he throws two interceptions and fumbles, then they lose thirty one to sixteen. They may not bring him back. They may say it's enough we were drafting a quarterback. I really think it's like a playoff game for his career. It's that big. I don't think they've made up their mind either way. I think they're standing there and the like, we're gonna watch one more game. This organization purportedly is about beating the Packers. Let's go to lambo and see if he can do it. It's amazing. Take number seven tough to slam. The take on the Lions call into our very tidy format here at the end of the Lions Cowboys game has been talked about for days. The one thing I cannot abide is the take where they were too creative and they were too slick, and you shouldn't have gone up there with all those linemen and you confused the official just like you were trying to confuse the Cowboys.

Justin Fields and his future is the most interesting story in the NFL. The games are the most exciting, the games are the most topical. Justin Fields is the most interesting. Fact is the Chicago Bears locked up the number one pick. Thank you, Carolina. They have the number one pick for the second year in a row. It's done. It doesn't matter what happens the next week. What the hell did they do with Justin Fields? I've been asking this for two months. Do they take a quarterback and say Justin we're done with you. Do they trade it for this second year in a row and say Justin, we love you. Do they do something really nuts and take Marvin Harrison as the number one overall pick in the draft. It's so fun, And you know what, I still don't think they know what they're doing with Justin Fields. I'll tell you this. The Bears go to Lambeau. They go to against the Packers, the Packers who are fighting for a lot. If Justin Fields goes and plays well and wins that game and ends the Packers season, wins in Lambeau, I think you have to bring him back. If he goes and he throws two interceptions and fumbles, then they lose thirty one to sixteen. They may not bring him back. They may say it's enough we were drafting a quarterback. I really think it's like a playoff game for his career. It's that big. I don't think they've made up their mind either way. I think they're standing there and the like, we're gonna watch one more game. This organization purportedly is about beating the Packers. Let's go to lambo and see if he can do it. It's amazing. Take number seven tough to slam. The take on the Lions call into our very tidy format here at the end of the Lions Cowboys game has been talked about for days. The one thing I cannot abide is the take where they were too creative and they were too slick, and you shouldn't have gone up there with all those linemen and you confused the official just like you were trying to confuse the Cowboys.

Well, too bad. The officials' job is.

Well, too bad. The officials' job is.

To not be confused, don't penalize the Lions, or don't blame the Lions because they were too creative amidst the most creative era in the history of the sport, in which you're nothing if you're not creative. They nailed that thing. The referee was overwhelmed. He should have slowed down and said, well, whoa hold on a second, let's make sure of this. He assumed it got away from them. They didn't do everything perfect, the officials didn't do everything perfect, But don't blame the Lions were being too creative because they nailed that thing. Take number eight Lions Rams is the only playoff game. I really really really really want do you understand that this La Rams dumped Jared Goff after he got them to the super Bowl, after a Super Bowl run, they dumped him. They said I'm out, I need an upgrade. And then the best part about it was that he didn't even meet with Jared Goff.

To not be confused, don't penalize the Lions, or don't blame the Lions because they were too creative amidst the most creative era in the history of the sport, in which you're nothing if you're not creative. They nailed that thing. The referee was overwhelmed. He should have slowed down and said, well, whoa hold on a second, let's make sure of this. He assumed it got away from them. They didn't do everything perfect, the officials didn't do everything perfect, But don't blame the Lions were being too creative because they nailed that thing. Take number eight Lions Rams is the only playoff game. I really really really really want do you understand that this La Rams dumped Jared Goff after he got them to the super Bowl, after a Super Bowl run, they dumped him. They said I'm out, I need an upgrade. And then the best part about it was that he didn't even meet with Jared Goff.

It was done over the phone.

It was done over the phone.

It was not done directly, and Jared Goff double back and said, no, Sean, we're going to I'd like to talk with you face to face. Can you imagine them going into Detroit, the Rams with Stafford his upgrade, facing Jared. What if Jared lights them up? It's so so so good.

It was not done directly, and Jared Goff double back and said, no, Sean, we're going to I'd like to talk with you face to face. Can you imagine them going into Detroit, the Rams with Stafford his upgrade, facing Jared. What if Jared lights them up? It's so so so good.

I want it.

I want it.

Take number nine. Lamar's gonna win the MVP. It's done, and he's not gonna do it necessarily statistics. He's gonna go the avenue of best player on the best team, which I respect. I think Christian McCaffrey has had a hell of a season and you could say he is the best player in the best team, but he's not the best team. They got hammered by Baltimore. I just think it's funny. I've got to talk to Christian a few times about this exact topic. When awards come up. No matter what the award is. He always kind of rolls his eyes and laughs because he never wins awards. Said, he's like, I never win anything. I don't win the Heisman, I didn't win Rookie of the Year. I didn't want Offensive Player of the Year. I don't win a Comeback Player of the Year. He lost it last year to Gino Smith. He had a thousand and a thousand season. McCaffrey, not only do he not win MVP, didn't even win Offensive Player of the Year.

Take number nine. Lamar's gonna win the MVP. It's done, and he's not gonna do it necessarily statistics. He's gonna go the avenue of best player on the best team, which I respect. I think Christian McCaffrey has had a hell of a season and you could say he is the best player in the best team, but he's not the best team. They got hammered by Baltimore. I just think it's funny. I've got to talk to Christian a few times about this exact topic. When awards come up. No matter what the award is. He always kind of rolls his eyes and laughs because he never wins awards. Said, he's like, I never win anything. I don't win the Heisman, I didn't win Rookie of the Year. I didn't want Offensive Player of the Year. I don't win a Comeback Player of the Year. He lost it last year to Gino Smith. He had a thousand and a thousand season. McCaffrey, not only do he not win MVP, didn't even win Offensive Player of the Year.

He won't win.

He won't win.

Take number ten. I reached the height of laziness this past couple of days. My wife and my family are out of town. I did an Uber Eats order and I specified on the order in the little comment section, please come in the front door, Come on in. I wanted to see if I could get the delivery driver. It's come all the way in the house into my couch. I didn't even have to get off the couch.

Take number ten. I reached the height of laziness this past couple of days. My wife and my family are out of town. I did an Uber Eats order and I specified on the order in the little comment section, please come in the front door, Come on in. I wanted to see if I could get the delivery driver. It's come all the way in the house into my couch. I didn't even have to get off the couch.

He came in. This guy's name was Brian.

He came in. This guy's name was Brian.

He drove a Subaru and he delivered and knocked on the door and he said, hello, Hello, is anybody here. He made me get off the couch, but I still tried, and I regret. Nothing that's ten minutes doesn't take ten minutes. We talked about food, college football, pro football. We talked some nineties bulls. It was really fun. Twenty twenty four is going to be a great year. Thank you for joining me. Let's get out tight. Episode ten takes ten minutes. Tell your friends, share it, like it, review it, rate it, love you, See you next week. Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with I Heart Radio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio, go to Apple, go anywhere you like, it'll be there.

He drove a Subaru and he delivered and knocked on the door and he said, hello, Hello, is anybody here. He made me get off the couch, but I still tried, and I regret. Nothing that's ten minutes doesn't take ten minutes. We talked about food, college football, pro football. We talked some nineties bulls. It was really fun. Twenty twenty four is going to be a great year. Thank you for joining me. Let's get out tight. Episode ten takes ten minutes. Tell your friends, share it, like it, review it, rate it, love you, See you next week. Ten Takes is a production of the NFL in partnership with I Heart Radio. For more iHeartRadio pods, go to the iHeartRadio, go to Apple, go anywhere you like, it'll be there.