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Alex Smith Untangles the NFL Divisional Round

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The NFL playoffs are cruel. Take Dak Prescott…last week, he had the best game of his life against the Buccaneers. This week, his season ends on an inexplicable trick play that humiliates you in front of tens of millions of people. Or, take the Buffalo Bills…who were licking their chops to face a banged up Bengals offensive line, only to look completely outmatched in front of their home fans. So today, we ask our friend Alex Smith, a quarterback who’s been there before, to tell us what impressed him during the Divisional Round this weekend. And how the four teams left standing managed to make it this far. To help ensure you didn't miss any of our best stories from the past year, we've collected our favorite episodes of 2022 into one playlist. We think you’ll love every episode on there, so check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I only leave the audition to do that.

0:02.8

Stamps it back to deck, press count.

0:04.6

He pulls over the middle to turn it.

0:06.5

He gets hammered out by Jimmy Ward.

0:08.8

The game is over.

0:12.1

What a way for the Niners are on their way to Philadelphia.

0:16.0

Alex Smith, we just watched the end of this Cowboys Niners game.

0:21.2

And I need to understand the end of this Cowboys Niners game.

0:25.5

Did you ever take a snap from a running back behind a one man, Olaan?

0:29.0

As soon as I saw them line up in this formation,

0:31.4

it just brought up so many funny memories.

0:34.8

Because every team Pablo goes over this situation,

0:40.2

you know, like you always practice these end-of-game scenarios.

0:42.8

And a lot of times you do them on the walkthrough of the day before the game.

0:45.6

You kind of, you don't actually run plays.

0:47.9

You just kind of like, hey, if we get in this crazy scenario,

0:50.6

this is what we're going to do.

0:52.2

And I've been a part of some of these where you're like,

0:54.8

we're going to take out all the linemen, right?

0:57.6

And we're basically going to put in like all our skilled guys at the O-line.

1:01.7

Because, you know, if it turns into the, you know, the pitchy-pitchy thing,

1:05.8

we got, we want these playmakers out there.

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