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I'm not going to waste your time. Ten takes and ten minutes every single week. Start the clock. Take number one. The Chargers are going to the playoffs. You guys already know that. I've said it all season. They're going to win 11 games. They're 7 and 3 right now. they're going to finish 11 and 6.

And it's really, really cool to watch them last night because it was a slow motion car crash

that we've seen from the Chargers for, I don't know, 30 years. Oh my God, they got great fantasy numbers and touchdowns this and fireworks this. And then they completely wet their pants in the second half and charger their way out of a win. Charger is a verb. We've used it for years on Good Morning Football. They're going to charger this up. Don't charge her in the fourth quarter. In fact, before Scott Hansen was doing it on Red Zone, we used to say the witching hour was always the Chargers hour because there was Phil Rivers teams with great players and all pros and you know who, everybody, defense, offense. They would always charger it up at the end end it felt like this team didn't charge it up, and it's because of the coach. I've said it before. The day that they hired Jim Harbaugh was one of the best days in Chargers history. They've had other coaches come in and try to uncharger them, and even coaches that, you know, were pedigree and had great resumes. Jim Harbaugh is an alien. He's one of one. The fact that the charges were able to land him means they're going to uncharge her. I don't know what they're going to happen when they get to the playoffs. They may win. They may not. But book the chargers for a playoff game. And I've said this since week one. Take number two. The Bengals, I think, are maybe the most incredible bad team of the last 25 years.

100% pure electricity, fireworks and football, just like you want.

Don't miss a Bengals game.

They're always so fun, and they almost never win.

It's fine.

They're one of the best bad teams I have ever seen.

So fun to watch. Last night was the same deal. They're down. And Collinsworth was on it. I have to give him credit. He's like, the Bengals' offense is working the best when they just decide, let's just start bombing away three-pointers. Never mind working into the block or trying to get to the free throw line. Just start shooting threes from the logo and see if they go in.

And in the second half,

they started going in for the Bengals,

always eventually go in.

And then they came up short and they lose like they always do. We have to let them go. They're not going to make some run to the playoffs because they're four and seven. They're not going to win six in a row. but I love watching them every single week.

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