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Call it a mixed bag.

Welcome in the beginning of another edition of the Ben Mather's show.

We are side by side in the air everywhere as we bite our tongue coast to coast, border to border, and beyond on the vast and powerful

microphones of FSR emanating live from inside your eardrumbs providing marginal sports talk radio

all night long, the Fox Sports Radio studios at a secret location in the Northwoods.

So is the glass half full or is the glass half empty?

We had the conclusion, the final game on the card for week seven of the NFL season.

We head to the Pacific Northwest, a game that was played in mud.

Thick mud.

James Winston in the Saints, continuing the post-Drew Breeze era visiting Seattle for a date with Gino Smith,

a quarterback matchup that only Mama would have loved.

There were a couple of questionable quarterbacks.

Now, Winston has an opportunity in New Orleans.

He doesn't seem to be taking advantage of it.

And Gino Smith, who's just a temporary quarterback in an emergency situation. Not a lot of juice. Not a lot of juice in this game. Let's be honest here. Now, did you watch? It wasn't much else on. It was some random NBA games. I did. I watched. We have your back. You don't have to worry about it. We checked it out. Someone named Brian Johnson, a rather generic name.

You imagine your little kid, you grow up to be a professional athlete, and you've got the same name as 18,000 other people.

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