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Hello.

I am. What's going on, guys? Oh, I didn't think you were there. How do you like that? Do we not have the video aspect of Chris Gasp for today? It's just. Oh, there it is. Oh, there is. Oh, there you are. Hi. Nice to see your face. I figure we'll start with this game coming up on Sunday night.

Pat's Ravens. Are you, where are you at with the Pats after they blew this 21 point lead to the Buffalo Bills last Sunday? Because you and I haven't spoke to since then. We did the pregame. It felt like things were rolling. Everything's coming up. Pats, 21-0, and all of a sudden,

the quarterback turns into a pumpkin in the second half. They gave up five straight touchdowns of the bills, and they walk out of Gillette with a loss, snapping the 10-game losing streak. So your thoughts on that and going into this game Sunday night. Yeah, I mean, I think it's related to how I feel about this game Sunday night. I think that there's a gap, and sort of a credibility gap between what their record is

and maybe what some of the reservations are still about the team

as a bona fide Super Bowl contender going to the playoffs.

And I think part of that is what happened against Buffalo,

not just that they lost, but the way that they lost.

If you look at where they're at in terms of

how often they've played with the lead this year, it's more than 71% of the time. According to

next gen stats, the only team that's played with the lead more is the Jacksonville Jaguars. And so

when you look at that, you start to think, okay, is this a team that needs a certain set of circumstances to win?

Are they capable of the type of win that Buffalo had coming back from a 21-0 deficit or even the one that Seattle had last night?

Now, granted, in fairness to them, they haven't needed that win because they've been so consistent.

But do you look at them and think that they're capable of that type of win? Because the playoff games, we know the competition's going to be better. The games are probably going to be closer. There's probably going to be more back and forth than they experienced during the 10 game winning streak. And that sort of brings me to, you know, Lamar Jackson, who's, I would say the swing vote, basically, and how they fared against

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