Keefer and the Beats: One of the worst losses of the Mike Tomlin era in Pittsburgh? What's gone wrong in Buffalo, and can the Bills save their season? And a look at the first-place Falcons
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🗓️ 5 December 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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In Week 13 of Keefer and the Beats, Zak Keefer digs into the flawed Pittsburgh Steelers with Mike DeFabo, the disappointing season and the Sean McDermott, Ken Dorsey and Josh Allen conversation in Buffalo with Tim Graham, and the Desmond Ridder conundrum in Atlanta as the Falcons remain in first place with Josh Kendall.
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| 0:32.5 | This is the athletic football show. |
| 0:48.1 | Welcome back to the athletic football show. |
| 0:50.5 | This is Zach Kiefer, here to dig into week 13 across the NFL. |
| 0:54.6 | Now we have to start with the San Francisco 49ers who absolutely looked like the league's best team yesterday in Philadelphia, |
| 1:00.5 | routing the Eagles 4219. |
| 1:02.9 | For my money, the 49ers now own the two most impressive wins by any team this season, |
| 1:07.9 | that one and their 42 to 10 pounding of the Cowboys back in week five. |
| 1:12.0 | I'd also hear the argument for the Ravens 38 to 6 win over the Lions back in week 7. |
| 1:17.3 | The things are suddenly getting interesting in the NFC. |
| 1:19.8 | Now, the Eagles are still on top at 10 and 2, |
| 1:22.3 | but now San Francisco, Dallas, and Detroit are all just a game back at 9 and 3. |
| 1:27.1 | That's going to be a really fun four-team raise for that top seed in the first round by |
| 1:31.2 | over the next couple weeks. |
| 1:32.9 | And by the way, we've got a great one next week. |
| 1:35.2 | The Eagles are in Dallas for Sunday night football. |
| 1:38.2 | And the AFC, the Chiefs, no longer own the number one seat after falling in Green Bay last night. |
| 1:43.7 | Now, questionable officiating aside, everybody saw the blown P.I. call late. Okay. longer own the number one seat after falling in Green Bay last night. Now questionable |
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