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We are halfway through the weeks, guys.

It is Wednesday, November 12th.

Sherry Burris here with Manseyeo in Los Angeles, coast to coast. That is, wait, that side. That way. Yep. Mike Gereful. Oh, Hank Kyle Brandt in New York. Second half of the season, guys, really starting up. Now, Kyle, this is kind of make a break for some teams. Yeah, it really is. And it's also one of the best games of the year so far in the schedule in terms of record. in the NFC West. We get Seahawks. We get Rams. We're going to talk all about it plus all the other matchups coming up because on Wednesday we turn the page like Bob Seeger, right, Mike? And we get on to the next week. You guys don't know what I'm talking about. But Mike does. Silver Bullet Band, Detroit Lions. We see you too. Let's start the show. Good morning football.

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Sherry, Nantai, Mike G. and Kyle. You mentioned it. Returning the page, week 11.

We're going to start looking ahead because there is an NFC West Battle Royale that is going to be happening just next door to us here in Los Angeles.

Matt Stafford and the Rams will play host of the Seahawks on Sunday.

That game at SoFi Stadium, both teams, 7 and 2.

So this is a juicy matchup in a win here.

It could go a long way in deciding the NFC West.

It's been a strong first half of the season for L.A. And let me just tell you, head coach Sean McVeigh, he is leased. It is truly all 11. And proud of this group, they're earning a lot of the confidence with the way that they're working throughout the course of the week. And this is what we want to be able to do as the season goes is just continue to build. And, you know, like I mentioned, you know, you look up and you see you can't help but notice. I'm a fan of this game, how big time Seattle's been. And what a great challenge it's going to be. And great atmosphere at home next week against a great football team. So there might be a little bit more traffic in the area. Shocker. Looking at the NFC West standings right now, Seahawks won Rams 2. We talked about it yesterday, the trust in these two quarterbacks, Matthew Stafford and Sam Darnold. Maybe you could say he's the work in progress here, but I want to know what do you think, Kyle, a win would mean for Darnold and the Seahawks if they could get one across the street?

No, I mean a lot. It's, first of all, I think these are two, maybe the best two teams in the NFL if the Seahawks win this game in the power ranking sense. Are they sitting there as literally the best team out of 32? But also, listen, they may have to go back to that stadium in the playoffs.

They may see this team a second and a third time.

But my eyes go with all the quarterbacks and all the

Sam Donald's storyline, my eyes go to the coaching. And my eyes go to that guy who this would

be, I think, a coming out party for him. Because Mike McDonald would be going against Sean

McVe, who I've said a thousand times, I think is the number one best coach in the NFL. Mike McDonald would be going against Sean McVe, who I've said a thousand times, I think, is the number one best coach in the NFL. Mike McDonald is one of the most unknown coaches in the NFL. I think most people are just starting to say his name. I think most people can't even spell his name. It's not McDonald's like the quarterponder which he's. It's MacDonald, M-A-C. This is the guy who went to Georgia

as a college student, didn't play football, just there as a student, then was on the Georgia coaching staff, and was at Michigan, he was at Baltimore, he's been around forever. Do you know he's 17 and 9 as a head coach in the NFL over the first season and a half? That's brilliant. That's excellent, excellent coaching, seven and two this year. And I just think if you were to walk around

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