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Hello and welcome.

It's our number two.

Hour two of our radio program, the L.A. Rams panced the Cardinals. So thumbs up or thumbs down, is that win by Los Angeles a turning point for Matthew Stafford and the Rams?

We'll answer that question and more right now in our number two.

Ramhorns on display.

Welcome in the beginning of yet another hour of the Ben Mather Show.

We are together in the air everywhere as we wag the dog,

coast to coast, border to border and beyond on the vast.

And intergalactically powerful microphones of FSR emanating live from the path on the warpath.

The Fox Sports Radio Studios at a secret location somewhere in the Northwoods.

Hope you're doing well.

Things can't be going that bad.

You're listening to a marginal overnight radio show.

We thank you for that.

Our lead this hour comes from the National Football League, a wildcard weekend that is

very forgettable in every way.

If you like competitive games, if you like games that come down to the very end, if

that's your thing, competition. If you don't have any skin to the very end, if that's your thing, competition,

if you don't have any skin in the game and you just want to watch two teams duke it out

and see who's going to choke at the end, I really didn't get that.

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