After Hours with Amy Lawrence PODCAST: Hour 1

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I'd like one to go down to the wire, but regardless, World Series matchup will be set come this time tomorrow night. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio. Really excited to hang out with you all, with Youse. Trying to think if I've got family members other than my maternal grandfather who say Youse. I think so. Maybe it was a Northeast Ohio thing, maybe it was just my Italian family in Northeast Ohio, but I've got cousins that also use the term Youse.

Oh, not, I've got cousins who use, U-S-E, the term Youse, as in all of Youse, Y-O-U-S. Not the same. I can understand why that would be confusing. I hope you survived your Monday, a bit of a manic Monday. I know on my end I had another chapter written in Home Ownership.

I'm telling you what, owning a home, being a homeowner is an education and an experience every day. On Monday, I learned about trimming your trees and why it's important and how it's important as it specifically pertains to evergreens. So that was worth getting up early for.

It actually was. It's something that has to be done for a variety of reasons. I have a large border row of pine trees. They're easily 40 feet tall. It's the back border of my backyard. They were planted by the previous owners who had the house for 40 years, and so these pine trees are enormous.

They're healthy, they're beautiful, they're green, but they're heavy. And in some cases, especially on one particular side, they're encroaching on my neighbor's shed. And so I have to get them trimmed, and I learned all about how and why you trim and maintain evergreen trees. Which, I grew up in New Hampshire. We have tons of evergreen trees, but we also had woods, and so you don't really prune or trim trees in your woods.

These are different. These are trees right smack dab in the middle of the neighborhood, and they are ginormous, but also beautiful. So that was part of what I did on my Monday afternoon, and then yard work. It was a really nice day out, but mostly the yard work has to be done since I've got company coming this weekend. And then it was time for baseball. I know five o'clock in the afternoon felt early to me. I'm on Eastern Time. I can't imagine what it felt like for those of you who were starting to watch the game at two o'clock. And that would include, of course, Diamondbacks fans. So Diamondbacks and Phillies, the early game, before you even finished cleaning up after dinner.

That sounds so utopian. I eat dinner at weird times, so generally I'm eating dinner around eight thirty nine o'clock. But for those of you who eat dinner at what I would consider a typical dinner time, then the game was half over by then. And we got the game seven in primetime up against the Mannings, Monday Night Mannings, as well as Monday Night Football on its standard broadcast. And yeah, both broadcasts were doozies. Not so much because they were both surprises, although for sure the Niners dropping back to back games and also having their first game with multiple turnovers in a year.

An actual calendar year. It's been a year since week seven of last season in which they've had a game with multiple turnovers. Brock Purdy, first time he's ever thrown two interceptions in a game. I know his tenure doesn't stretch back that far, but in and of itself, the way the Vikings played their best game of the year. How about that touchdown to end the first half?

Looks like it's going to be an interception off Kirk Cousins instead. Jordan Addison wrestles it away and he's off to the races. And it was, yeah, there were some pretty impressive feats of strength by both teams. Christian McCaffrey extending his record, but Kirk Cousins played extremely well. Jordan Addison had a phenomenal game. Jake Moody finally recovered from his blue mood.

He was so blue. Finally recovered from his struggles and hit a 55 yard field goal, but as you watch this game play out in the late stages, it's the interceptions that will stick with you. Stick with Brock, no doubt.

He takes losses and personal mistakes very hard. So we will talk about Monday Night Football and the wrap up to week seven in the NFL, but I want to ask you this question. Which team has got you more concerned? And you don't have to be a fan of one of these teams.

How about we don't even see that? We say which team is in dire straits? Is it the Bills or the Niners? These are two Super Bowl contenders and San Francisco just dropped back to back games on the road. The Bills, they've been a bit of a mess now offensively for really for a few weeks.

Save a couple of games. They've had trouble offensively, but even their defense missing a couple key pieces now because of injuries as is pretty much every team comes with the regular season. But they aren't recovering or rebounding well. So which team is in a bigger pickle? Is it the Bills or is it the San Francisco 49ers? Or maybe it's the Bengals.

You could consider them to be a World Series. A Super Bowl contender as well, based on their last couple years with Joe Burrow. And we are left, by the way, with just two teams sitting on the one loss. The two teams that met in last year's Super Bowl. The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles once again on top of their divisions.

And at this point you could say playing the most consistent football. The Chiefs have a, are you ready for this? A three game lead in their division. It's week seven and they already have a three game lead in their division. The Eagles and the Cowboys, certainly they're going to go back and forth. Cowboys have just had their bye. Eagles haven't taken theirs yet.

But those two teams, like last year, setting the pace in the East. Jay, what is that bag that's sitting on the edge of the console? What is that? I just noticed that. That's very strange. Just some random plastic bag.

Like the person who worked in there before you was a bag lady or bag person. Is it supposed to be? It's very distracting. Just some random plastic. What's in it? I don't know. It's got weight to it though. Are you going to open it up?

I'm a little nervous too. What do you think it could be? It's got some sort of, oh it's food. It's food and it's sitting on the soundboard? Yeah. Well, oh it's just an empty bag.

There's like some utensils. Okay, still it shouldn't, yeah it shouldn't be there on the console. No. On our, yeah I mean those are probably from 1972 but still they cost a lot of money and could easily take us off the air if the plastic bag got stuck somewhere. Alright, I was getting a bit distracted by that random plastic. Aren't plastic bags illegal in New York and New Jersey now? They are.

This is like, I don't even know what to call this thing that I have. This is, this is rare. When, when Bob and I went to the grocery store the last time he was here, I had to explain to him that there were no plastic bags. Actually he went without me and I had to explain to him he had to take canvas bags which is kind of funny to see a dude walking around with canvas bags. At least my dude.

Maybe not any other dude. I just hold it in my hands now usually. Do you? Yeah. You don't keep canvas bags, reusable bags in your car?

No I don't actually. There's like, I feel like they're floating all over my house. Every week you find like three new reusable bags. That's because people go to the store, they forget to take their bags and they buy new ones. It's a scam.

It really is a scam. But you know at least the canvas bags are biodegradable or something. I don't even know if they are but if there's enough of them floating around, won't they be just as challenging as the plastic bags? It's just the new bags now, like the paper ones or whatever they use, they don't hold weight. So you know, you go to the store, you go to anything, say you go to the mall, you get a pair of shoes, you get it in the bag, you gotta walk around, you can't because the handle just rips off right away. Oh well that's why you use canvas bags.

They are very sturdy. But canvas bags would look goofy at the mall. You would not look cool.

No. And that's, you know, you gotta look cool at the mall. Jay loves the mall. I'm not a huge fan of the mall. I avoid it like the plague. The mall and Times Square, I avoid them both like the plague. Times Square I'll avoid. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence.

You can find me on Twitter, ALawRadio. If you haven't yet voted for Monday MVP, well that poll is still live and thriving. It's living and thriving. That does not rhyme. But it looks good, sounds good. So that's your poll.

And then producer Jay has just added a new one. Which team is in a bigger pickle? Is it the Niners or is it the Bills? Neither one right now are representing, I think, the abilities and the expectations of their franchise. But that's the way football plays out every year. There are teams that have very high expectations that don't meet them.

And there are other teams that have zero expectations. Who somehow managed to surprise us. So yes, take our new poll up, but also you can find our Monday MVP poll, which I guess I will retweet now. I know a lot of you are sharing your write-in votes on Facebook as well, After Hours with Amy Lawrence, because you are still so unbelievably offended that we would leave out Myles Garrett, or who's the other one that got left out that people were really upset about?

Myles Garrett or Patrick Mahomes. Though Travis Kelsey was in there because it was National Tight Ends Day. So anyway, you all can peruse that on your own time, but the poll will only be live for another couple hours. Monday MVP anyway. And we'll also get to your TD of the Week poll because that's what we do around here. Alright, so we've got NFL Week 7 culminating with Monday Night Football.

That's coming up. But we also had a Game 7. Forget Week 7 for a second.

We had a Game 7 on Monday evening. I think that as much as the Astros have put together this incredible streak with seven straight ALCS appearances, two World Series rings, another trip to the World Series. As much as we'll look at this Astros team because of everything that it went through. Now granted, a lot of its transition, its turnover was self-imposed because of the cheating scandal.

And some of you still prefer to put an asterisk next to 2017. There's no taking away from what this group has accomplished. The heart and the mettle of a champion. They had some major glaring weaknesses. And that's one reason why it took them until the very end of the regular season to catch the Rangers in the AL West. It was the Rangers who spent the majority of the season atop the West standings. It was the Rangers who were built to win a title.

Honestly, it was more about spirit and experience. And as I say, championship heart and fight and knowledge, all of that sheer tenacity. Not that there aren't talented hitters and good pitchers in that Astros dugout slash rotation. But it was the Rangers who were on top the majority of the season.

And they went through a bit of a swoon. I think it was pretty evident all year long that finally the moves that the Rangers had made were paying off. And this is without a couple of guys that they lost in their starting rotation. The fact that they lost the division title in a tiebreak on the very last day of the regular season, it stuck with them.

So what do they do? They go out and they take out Tampa in two games on the road in the wildcard. Then they sweep the Orioles who had 101 wins. Sweep the Orioles and they win two more games there in Baltimore.

They end up taking the first two games in Houston. And if you didn't know this team was something special by then, you just weren't paying attention. The Astros fought hard and pushed this to the brink and I am impressed with how they managed to rally and even take a lead in the ALCS. It's what they've done. It's what we've come to expect from them. But for the Rangers, even though they did fall behind and lose all three games on their own field and kind of taste that, that bitterness, that frustration, you had to know this team was going to bounce back. And you had to know this team was equipped. They had to win two games with their backs against the wall.

They absolutely would. And they wasted no time in pushing that point home. They wasted no time in once again taking an opposing fan base or an opposing crowd and muting them.

I wouldn't say silencing them, but in removing crowd noise and electricity from the equation. And so after the break, we'll get into all the dirty deets, game seven between the Rangers and the Astros. I know that when it comes to playoffs, it doesn't matter what you did in the regular season. But the Rangers, they were equipped for this. We saw them bounce back. Remember, they lost the division lead for a while there and were battling not just the Astros, but the Mariners. This team was equipped and showed us all year that just when you think they're done, sometimes they save the best for last. They've got a great mix of veterans who've come from other places who have championship experience, or at least postseason experience, and they've got Bruce Bochy.

And that counts for something we know it does. A brand new ALCS RBI record, an ALCS MVP, some big bats, a big celebration, some big smiles as the Rangers get back to the World Series for the first time since 2011. Really cool story.

If you love Fresh Blood, if you root for teams that have never won championships in their past, this is your group. On Twitter, After Hours CBS, got a brand new poll up, plus our Monday MVP poll. On our Facebook page too, our phone number is 855-212-4227. It's After Hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio.

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That has hit a mile. That ball is history. A mammoth home run for Corey Seager into the upper deck. And the Rangers grab a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. The payoff pitch. And Adolis hits a high drive to deep left field. Going back is Brantley. He turns.

He looks. That is off the wall. It's in play. Carter heading home. Adolis thought it was a home run. He only gets the first base.

And the Rangers lead 2-0. Here's the pitch. Garber swings and lobs one in the air. Short left center field. Coming on hard is McCormick. Diving from left is Brantley. And it's in and out of Brantley's glove.

Adolis around 30. He's heading home. Here's the float of the plate.

It is cut off. Into second base goes Garber. And it's 3-0. Rangers in the first.

This is After Hours with Amy Lawrence. On Rangers radio they weren't messing around. We should have known. This game was taking place at Minute Maid Park. And the Rangers showing off those hot bats immediately. On their way to 11 runs. 11 runs on 15 hits. The big inning. They send 10 men to the plate in the fourth. Pitch to Carter. Swung on and lined down the right field line. Hooking.

Fair. It lands right on the chop. One run is home. Two runs are home. The Rangers lead it by the score of 6-2. Segar ends up at third. Carter at second on a two run double.

2-0. Adolis swings. It's a ground ball through the left side. It's a base hit. One run home and here comes Carter to the plate.

He will score. It is 8-2 Texas. And Adolis Garcia has a new American League championship series record. For RBIs.

How about that? 14 of them for Adolis. Yeah and he wasn't done. He extended the record. You know he now has 20 RBI. 20 RBI in this postseason. And the pitch. Swung on and a high fly ball hit to left field.

This is deep. Back is Brantley at the wall. He's looking up and that ball is history.

It just barely makes it into the Crawford Boxes. A two home run game for Adolis Garcia. That was a moon shot. Once again the Texas Rangers with more than enough offense in Houston. And they bludgeon the defending World Series champions 11-4 was it? With a late Jose Altuve home run. It's after hours with Amy Larkin.

On CBS Sports Radio. I am impressed with what we saw. Backs against the wall multiple times with this team. And again I think there's some symmetry with the way that they were embarrassed. Or they were dejected. Devastated by the fact that they lost the AL West title in a tie break. They allowed the Astros to come from behind and tie them on the last day of the regular season. And they had to deal with the fact that they had limped through the final weekend dropping three of four to the Mariners. And I think it was six of their last eight I think.

Don't quote me on that. But they really struggled and scuffled and wasted opportunities in their last week of the regular season. And the Astros caught them.

And then there they were. Up two games to none. They've grabbed both games at Minute Maid Park to begin the ALCS. And they lose three in a row on their own field. Once again getting popped in the mouth by the same team. So you had to know that they would rally. They're not a team that licks their wounds for long.

We've seen that with this group. But again I do think it's because of the veteran leadership. Not to mention what we know about Bruce Bochy. He is a winner. This guy, you do not want to see him in the opposing dugout when it comes to winner take all games. In search of now his fourth World Series title as a manager. And I saw this post earlier on Twitter from Britt Garoli. Bruce Bochy is the first manager in MLB history to win the league championship series with three different teams. He may be a dinosaur.

Just kidding. He's definitely a Hall of Famer. He also won it with the Giants and with the Padres. And his teams have never lost in winner take all games.

How about that? That's pretty incredible. And they've done it by winning every road game that they've faced in October.

It's hard to explain some things. For us to go in Tampa against that great ball club and win there. And then go into Baltimore who won over 100 games to go in there and win. It's just the heart and determination these guys have shown on the road. And there's something about the road that does bring a club together. Especially that long road trip after we lost in Seattle.

That was probably as low a point as we've had all year. But these guys have continued to get up. And they've taken their punches. But they keep getting up.

But there's no reason to explain what happened. They went three at our place. Which they beat on us pretty good all year at our place. And for us to come in here, they went four games. It just says a lot about them.

How about this too? The way that Bocce has managed starters and bullpen. Incredible move to put Jordan Montgomery out there after Max Scherzer was pulled. He wasn't terrible.

He limited the damage. He gave up two runs on four hits but did not pitch out of the third inning. Bocce wasn't taking any chances so instead he brings in Jordan Montgomery. Who's now 3-0 in this postseason. He ends up with the W. And as much as you can point to Adegarcia.

And he certainly is the ALCS MVP in his story. It's not unique in that there are a handful of Cuban ball players. I don't want to say many. But there are Cuban ball players that escape from that island. Are able to get into the United States.

Use baseball as their ticket out. And a lot of them go through harrowing escapes. And are able to not just find success and a new life for themselves. Freedom for themselves. Freedom from oppression.

But also in many cases their families. But it's not easy to get out. It's not easy to establish yourself somewhere else. And so for him everything he went through from Cuba to now being the first in the history of baseball to have 15 RBI in a postseason series. To have 20 to this point. To be on his way to the fall classic with the Rangers.

It's a true rags to riches story. And the Rangers are like that too. I love that the fan base finally gets to exult in a trip to the World Series. Because they've had some brutal seasons. They've really suffered. This team has been down and out and rock bottom since 2011. They've tried. They've made moves.

They've spent a lot of money. And honestly some of those are finally now culminating with success. But it's not been an easy road for either the Rangers or the fan base in the last 12 seasons. But taking the microcosm of the last month you hear Bruce Bochy talking about how low they were after leaving Seattle and getting to Tampa. And having to start in the wild card round. Having to be on the road to begin the playoffs after they led their division for the majority of the season.

And Marcus Simeon the top of that lineup he echoes that same thing. We played some good baseball on the road. I think when you look at Tampa and Baltimore here we did great on the road. Now it's time to play better at home. We've got home field advantage now. The fans have been waiting for this moment for 12 years. I can't wait to be a part of it.

That's the call. That's the celebration on Valley Sports Southwest. And speaking of celebrations, we're going to welcome a guest coming up next hour who is on the field in the clubhouse. Part of our Dallas affiliate 105.3 the fan. Covering the Rangers.

Their pre and post game shows. So we'll have a special guest who is right in the thick of it joining us live next hour. Marcus Marcus I just said because I was because I was using Marcus Simeon I just I just addressed you as Marcus Bolletti. Sorry. That's all right.

It's a new one. But it's okay. It's okay.

My apologies. Marco Bolletti. It's been a Monday. It's been a Monday Marco.

Was it a Marco Monday. Yeah. Always.

Yes. So Marco we're as we pivot here a little bit we're asking our listeners which team is in a greater pickle in the NFL. Is it the Bills or the Niners. Which team would would be the one that would induce more worry.

The Bills no doubt. Not even a question in my mind. Look it's disturbing the fact that you lost two games two teams that the Browns with PJ Walker and the Vikings who were down and they didn't even have Justin Jefferson. I get all that but it's still a bump in the road. Your your your team is still the roster construction everything there. You may worry a little bit about Brock Purdy and back to back losses.

I'm not overly concerned. I was concerned about the Bills walking into the season because I feel like the window is only open for so long and they've missed so many opportunities. Then they had the Stefan Diggs melodrama that Sean McDermott let's be fair through gasoline on the fire of a small issue and turned it into a major problem. They have struggled from the get-go couldn't beat a Jets team that took their heart and soul watching Aaron Rodgers go down four plays into the year couldn't capitalize on that. Their offense has been completely rudderless because their offensive line's been a mess they can't get their running game going.

Josh Allen looks like the Josh Allen the first few years of his career he's throwing picks left and right. They have not been able to solidify even their wins don't make don't make you feel all that well. You beat a giant team that was a Dolphins game I would say that one I know but you're an entire season and now we're poking at one game like they were supposed to be a team in the last three or four years that's knocking on the door to be able to get to a point of not only a Super Bowl but turn into the next team in the NFL and they're getting further and further and further away from it and it feels like they're getting more and more away from their identity and they're looking at each other and they're confused. If I were a Bills fan I would feel like the window is not only closing it's starting to shut I would be very concerned about the Bills. Well part of it is not is not just that the fact the Bills have not capitalized on their opportunities it's also the fact that they're playing at the same time as the Chiefs and the Chiefs are sucking the air out of the AFC.

I get it. And the Bengals too the way they played the last two years. That's the other thing too they're like okay yeah like you had an opportunity to beat the Chiefs you couldn't whatever that was 15 seconds whatever that's that's that's a tough one that's a kick to the face and it's hard to recover from that. You had home field the Bengals came to you and they whooped you. I can't blame the Chiefs. That's where you start looking at everybody else and going well they're really good and they're really good.

Start looking in the mirror pal because you're not as good as you think you are because if everybody else is walking into your place and beating you it's you. And I feel like the Bills are right now they're at a conundrum they're staring each other in the face and they don't know what to do. And I feel like that comes from Sean McDermott.

I don't think he's the right leader for that team and I think they're finding out and that extension is going to be a problem for them when they're looking to walk away from it. Interesting. That's our poll that's currently up on our show Twitter After Hours CBS along with our Monday MVP poll. All right so we're going to get to Monday Night Football Niners Vikings and the first real bit of adversity for Brock Purdy other than being drafted dead last in 2022. It's After Hours on CBS Sports Radio.

You are listening to the After Hours Podcast. Off the field on the money and after hours it's time to talk football with Amy Lawrence. And was the Vikings on the board first because of a turnover points off turnovers being a big deal for the Vikings in this game. So after an early Christian McCaffrey fumble the Vikings get a Jordan Addison touchdown and maybe you knew something was amiss for the Niners even then.

Paul Allen with the call on the Minnesota Vikings radio network. Now Christian McCaffrey these days he's automatic when the Niners need to touchdown he's going to be their first choice and granted you know that opposing defenses and coordinators they are game planning for Christian McCaffrey so it's not always easy but he is going to get his. Handoff McCaffrey. McCaffrey dives into the end zone. Touchdown!

CMC! McCaffrey is among the tops in the NFL when it comes to touchdowns scored even through week seven where he mosterts right up there as well but McCaffrey's got this streak and the number of games in a row in which he has scored a touchdown. Yeah I mean it's impressive. I have no doubt that he would trade it for a couple of wins these last two weeks but it's yeah it's it's cool to see a that he was out there because he had the oblique slash rib injury and I guess he told the team that he hadn't felt any pain the last three days so that's great news he healed quickly nothing that was real severe or serious. We had heard that he'd essentially that he'd avoided a serious injury which was good but how much would the pain bother him once he started getting hit it didn't seem to so he's he did score twice for the Niners but while we're talking about the number two the Niners have a two game losing streak for just the second time in two years so not something they're used to though here's what I will say about these San Francisco 49ers if you look at the track record going back to when Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch took over what's been a hallmark of their teams using multiple quarterbacks sometimes two sometimes three last year four different quarterbacks it's been a long time since they've had a quarterback that they knew they could rely on now they love Jimmy Garoppolo they won with him but he wasn't reliable he was on and off the field because of injuries they finally answered that question as a team which means even with two consecutive losses they're ahead of the game they're better than where they were say this time last year when they'd already lost Trey Lance and was it Garoppolo went down in week eight I don't quote me on that but it was week eight week nine somewhere there maybe was even later than that but they're getting close to the point now where they lost Garoppolo and Brock Purdy was essentially called in off the practice squad though they had seen him work and they knew what he was capable of he's exceeded expectations the quarterback question has finally been answered to the point where they even traded away Trey Lance they allow Garoppolo to walk they brought in Sam Darnold for heaven's sakes so they're comfortable with Brock Purdy and this is his first real adversity how will he handle it he did have 272 passing yards was without Debo Samuel but connected with Brandon Iuke except when there was an opportunity to go out and win the game to go out and put some more points on the board late we saw him make mistakes and now it's two games in a row which he's made some mistakes and people are starting to go out of town wow Paul Allen on Vikings radio he would tell you of course he's paid by the team and I don't know if he would use the word homer but of course he knows that his bread is buttered by the Vikings and he's been with the Vikings a long time the sour ass Niners if you will it's after hours with Amy Lawrence on CBS Sports Radio sometimes that can be a sour ass as well Kirk Cousins with a big game nearly 400 yards passing a couple of touchdowns he had an interception early but even without Justin Jefferson he distributed the ball he was able to complete passes to nine different targets I've always just viewed it as being a point guard and distributed and whoever the other players are out there I'll just be the distributor and that's kind of way I've always played going back to high school so I've been fortunate to play with a lot of talented skill players through my years and and I'll keep doing that but really it's just my thought is I'm the point guard distributed into whoever it may be and then Kevin's kind of the coach drawn it up and and I just got to go execute it every ball was there the line did great no sacks defense stepped up when we need them it was just a great team win Jordan Addison catching the most balls from Kirk Cousins seven of them for 123 yards and a couple of touchdowns the big one being just before half when he was able to wrestle it away from a Niners DB is able to to win essentially what was a jump ball it looked like it was going to be an interception and instead I mean it's not often would say that you have I don't care what receiver it is this is not specific to Jordan Addison though he is a slight guy but it's not often that you'll get someone who who will be able to wrestle the ball away from Chavarius Ward or Fred Warner or a Dre Greenlaw who I know was off the field late but these are strong physical tough members of that San Francisco defense so the fact that Addison is able to take that ball and to go 60 yards with it just before half to me that's the major turning point I know the Niners only lost by five they had opportunities but gosh think about how different it could have felt there in Minneapolis had they not coughed up that touchdown for those of you who follow me on Twitter you may have seen the post that I quoted or quote tweeted from longtime NFL head coach and defensive coordinator Super Bowl winner Wade Phillips and this is what he posted that's why you don't blitz with no time left in the half in response to what we saw because there was no one no one behind Ward and Addison as they went for that ball so yeah quite a boost heading into the locker room for the Vikings and Kevin O'Connell he may have seen his Vikings fall into a hole in the first month of the season but they are anything but resigned to the way the season will play out when I stood in front of you guys this morning and I told you we had plenty more than enough to get it done if you just trust it in your brother trust it in what we do around here and then what was it no hesitation shoot your shot every single play you are prepared and ready to go play your best game yet you guys just did it give it up again complimentary football is a beautiful thing and we just felt it at the highest level we got to be ready to package this feeling up bottle it up everything we work for every guy in here doing everything they can to lean into the guy next to him and good things are going to happen for this team Kevin O'Connell passionate in that post game locker room and I know it's way too early to talk about playoffs so I won't but what I will say is the NFC is wide open that much we know it is wide open the Eagles are six and one the Niners are five and two the Lions are five and two having gotten their rear ends handed to them by the Ravens the Falcons are in first place in the south so those are your division leaders then you've got two teams that are four and 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