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We're not going to stand for Mark stanchas heckling us here during the segment are we he is on the set causing trouble but we'll go to the Indianapolis Colts Calvert let's start with them talk about a dumpster fire they brought in Matt Ryan started three different quarterbacks fired Frank Reich hired Jeff Saturday and ended with four wins GM Chris Ballard he's taken the blame.

Look I'm not going to sit up here make excuses.

I mean when you're changing quarterbacks every year stuff stuff on everybody there's a quarterback in this draft that you think is that you move having a good would you go up to the one yes I do it every takes if we if we thought there's a player that we're driven to get that makes the franchise and the team better that's what we're doing.

Well all three of the young guys have potential so they I I think it shows ballers more than capable I think what it shows is when you have an impulsive owner and your quarterback retires early this league gets really hard for smart people even smart people.

So I mean if Andrew Luck was playing today we wouldn't talk one second about the GM we wouldn't even we don't talk about the GM much when Macvays rolling or Shanahan we don't talk about John Lynch because the coach I get these starting quarterbacks.

I changed quarterbacks and indeed like I changed my socks okay but look at so they made the playoffs with Philip Rivers they did and they've been about 500 without Andrew Luck so they're doing everything they can most of these moves I'm not a big Matt Ryan fan at this point in his career but like I got the move I like the move yeah I mean so again it's it's you know it's the old what's the old Mike Tyson line everybody's got a game plan until they get punched in the mouth right everybody's got a brilliant game plan until Andrew Luck retire suddenly and all the sudden it's like we're going to be a lot of fun.

And all of a sudden it's like wow we're not Gene I mean you can't you can't this morning it's funny how Sean McVeigh when Matt Stafford got hurt Sean McVeigh can't win him as many games isn't it and that funny how that works I don't know is there a lot of talent on this roster outside of I like Pittman I didn't think he had a great year.

The running back Taylor's good Quentin Nelson but I mean two guys on their defense who are like oh that guys really good DeForest Brooklyn okay there's one.

Darius Leonard when he's hurt all the time I know I know I'm just saying I think the rosters they have Pierce and Pittman and they have a young is it Jalani Woods the tie-down okay.

Interesting player I think they I think they need another receiver in a quarterback and we wouldn't talk about the GM they're looking way up at the jets in the AFC that's for sure.

Well let's slow down there cowboy all right let's get to the next story see how the fiat one on Sunday it's going to cost me a haircut here in short order but they still needed the lions to beat the packers to make the wild card now Seattle has a match up with the Niners who I think of one 10 straight covering machine Colin Pete Carol had an amusing response to how everything played out on Sunday here's what Mark Sanchez is college football coach had to say.

We love the lines coach came with a great job with this crew and they played a fantastic football game to get the wind to give us the chance so we don't try to do something with it unfortunately we're playing the Niners and they're loaded and they're loaded and healthy and on a roll and about as how did you could possibly get and doing it in a really commanding fashion to you know with the young quarterback who's doing so well we'll see how we how we get our guys back for this weekend's coming up quick.

Saturday ball game and we've already started our week in one of the way it feels like an old veteran team Trent Williams.

Kittle McCarthy I mean they got San Fred Warner you're talking about not only great players veterans C.O.X best players are all kids so it just feels like I mean be different if San Francisco was loaded with kids and Seattle didn't have as much talent but they had all this these veteran leaders Seattle's talent is over the

well as talent is overwhelmingly kids now Tyler Lockett's obviously a very good player DK Matt Caz is excellent but I mean Niners it's not just great players it's these guys have been in the league they're all I mean Kittle is a Hall of Famer Trent's going to be a Hall of Famer McCampries has an argument for a Hall of Famer you these guys have been around the league they've been in these big games over and over and over

Shanahan's been in big games over and over and over it's a tough this is a tough road I'll say Fox Bet has this at nine and a half to many points 10 earlier this week I would bet Seattle too many points Seattle will be competitive it's

him you got to be a team three times see it made Pete Carroll's got all the momentum and the Pete Carroll can say guys

that he's got a momentum because what Baker may feel to a dumb interception over time is that how he has momentum I doubted Pete Carroll the first three months of the season I look this up two

meetings with the Niners they got into the red zone twice that's it that's because the Niners are great yeah so what is how is this going to be TCU Georgia no God no come on all right let's move on to the third story

Arizona Cardinals heading into the off season with major needs I was yeah anyway we'll get to it in a second but the major concern is the next head coach Arizona owner Michael

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