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Welcome in to a new episode of NFL Cover Zero, the Sunday night week 14 edition.

Drew Franklin here, filling in for Matt Jones.

And our good friend Billy R. Sports, who's in the producer chair, has slid over into the co-host chair to join us for tonight's episode as we recap all the week 14 fun, including a couple of snow games that added to the excitement. Before we get to all that, I just want to make a, you know, let everybody know why Matt's not here. We also weren't here Wednesday. We're going to be fine getting through the show without him, but Matt needed some time away. His father had a surgery last week, and that came with an unexpected diagnosis after the surgery, and Matt just needed a little time away to hang with his family as they process that and his dad Larry recovers. But like I said, we'll get through it. We're thinking about Matt and hope everything goes there well. Sorry we missed last week's episode. This all kind of last Wednesday's midweek episode, this all kind of came out of nowhere as Matt's dealing with that, but he's been home with them. So I hate that we missed you the middle of last week, but Billy, we got it under control today. We'll handle tonight's episode. We had a lot of fun football, lots that we can get to in our weekly recap. That's right. Our heart is with Matt during this tough times. We're thinking about you and your family, Matt. But we got a great slate of games to

talk about today, Drew, and there's nothing like sitting on your couch for four, five, six hours

at a time. I really do feel like a slob sometimes, but I'm working, Drew. I can't be taken off

the couch, right? Of course. It is a tough assignment to sit and watch football all day, but we'll

tough it out. We do that for the league and for this podcast and our NFL cover zero listeners. I was actually late getting to my couch. I was in Nashville all weekend. I actually got to listen to my local Titans broadcast for the first quarter to as I was making my way back. And then my lovely wife, we're about halfway home. She was like, want me to takeover driving and you can just watch Red Zone in the passenger seat? And I was like, I love you so much right now.

So I did miss a little bit of the first half of the one o'clock games, but got home in time to catch up with the end of everything. And had a good time in Nashville. You know, I know we have a lot of Kentucky listeners from our KSR audience. That's right. That basketball game was bad. but otherwise Nashville, I had a, there was a lot going on in my Nashville trip.

I mean, the basketball was part of it, but just starting right away, I get to my hotel, and we pull in, it's probably 1.30. We go valet, you know, we're just getting there. We're excitement, games at night. Go upstairs. I'm not in my room.

Ten minutes. I'm coming right back down. We're just dropping bags going to meet friends. Come down and in the ten minutes from me handing my key to the valet and coming back down, there was a shooting right there in the doorway that included one of the valet. I come down and literally they're putting up the crime tape as we're walking out the door. 10 minutes into my trip to Nashville.

I think everything's okay.

It was shot in a leg.

The valet. literally they're putting up the crime tape as we're walking out the door. Ten minutes into my trip to Nashville.

I think everything's okay.

It was shot in the leg, the valet guy. The chute... The valet was shot in the leg. Yeah, shot him in the leg. They didn't catch the people. They took off. They had the car and everything. But, I mean, it was... I must have missed it by a minute or two. because I had just been right in that spot,

dropped my car,

went straight up and set my suitcase down,

and then when I came back,

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