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DeFilippo and McKenzie fired, Chargers/Chiefs preview and defensive FAs who are about to get paid

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🗓️ 12 December 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The days following Week 14 saw two major firings around the league that didn't come as a huge surprise. Yahoo Sports' Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson open the show with the behind-the-scenes chatter surrounding the Minnesota Vikings dismissing John DeFilippo and the end of the Reggie McKenzie era for the Oakland Raiders.Also on the show:– The Seattle Seahawks continued to look impressive on Monday Night Football (7:30)– Jon Gruden's questionable player management and why Raiders fans should be worried (11:15)– Previewing the matchup between the AFC's two best teams: the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs (19:00)– Earl Thomas, Brandon Graham, Jadeveon Clowney, Demarcus Lawrence and the defensive free agent class of 2019 (25:00)– Tyreek Hill vs. Odell Beckham, Jr. (34:30)– Previewing Cowboys/Colts and Patriots/Steelers (42:45)Stay up to date with the latest NFL news and coverage from Yahoo Sports on Twitter @YahooSportsNFLFollow Charles @CharlesRobinsonFollow Terez @TerezPaylor See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0

Okay, welcome to the Yahoo Sports NFL podcast. Today,

0:03.4

Chaz and I are going to preview the Thursday night matchup between the two best teams in the

0:06.9

AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers. We'll also talk about

0:11.0

Demarkas Lawrence, Brandon Graham,

0:13.2

Jayevian Clowney, and some other free agent storylines to look forward to in 2019.

0:17.8

But first we're going to start with the Vikings Seahawks game from last night.

0:21.8

The real story behind John D. Philippo's firing and what that means

0:25.1

from Minnesota.

0:26.1

All right, let, sir. What's going on in everybody?

0:35.0

Man, Torez-Paylor, senior NFL writer for Yahoo Sports, and I'm here with my main man.

0:42.0

Fellow senior NFL writer Charles

0:44.4

Robinson like we always do about this time Charles what's going on with you brother?

0:48.0

Do well still employed today unlike John D. Fortbo so you know what, every day with the paycheck is a good day.

0:55.8

Hey, anytime you can cast those checks, my friend, it's a good day, you're right.

0:59.6

And you know, it's so crazy that this happened because literally within what 10 seconds of this becoming National News, you sent me a quick text about it.

1:08.8

It's like, Flip's gone.

1:10.4

And you did that because I believe we talked about this a few weeks ago on the

1:14.9

podcast and I was wondering if our producer our age producer Brett Rader

1:18.7

will mind bringing that up right now.

1:20.3

John D. Philippo, I think there is some frustration with John D. Philippo internally with the

1:28.1

Minnesota Vikings. I think that, and I say this having spoken to some people I now question whether Mike Zimmer the head coach and John D. Philippo are necessarily absolutely on the same page.

1:41.0

I got to tell you Charles you absolutely you know you nailed that one that one

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