Week 13 Monday Hangover — Cowboys check-in, Geno Smith’s future, Deshaun Watson’s return, Baker Mayfield’s release and more
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🗓️ 6 December 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Robert Mays and Mike Sando wrap up a busy Week 13 with the Monday Hangover. They check in on the Cowboys and Mike McCarthy following their big win on SNF before examining Geno Smith’s future in Seattle. They also talk about Deshaun Watson’s return, Baker Mayfield’s release and Atlanta’s QB situation.
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1:09 Cowboys & Mike McCarthy
17:25 Seahawks & Geno Smith’s future
30:57 Deshaun Watson’s return
39:04 What is the QB future in Atlanta?
45:18 Panthers release Baker Mayfield
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| 0:00.0 | This is the athletic football show. |
| 0:15.8 | Welcome to the athletic football show. |
| 0:18.4 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:19.3 | Joining me today. |
| 0:20.5 | It's the athletic zone, Mike. Mike, how are you doing, man? I am doing well. How are you. I'm Robert Mays. Joining me today. It's the Athletic Zone, Mike Sando. |
| 0:21.8 | Mike, how are you doing, man? |
| 0:23.0 | I am doing well. |
| 0:23.9 | How are you? |
| 0:24.7 | I'm doing good. |
| 0:25.8 | Week 13 into December now. |
| 0:28.8 | It is 4.30 p.m. in Chicago. |
| 0:32.4 | It is pitch black outside. |
| 0:34.1 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:34.3 | Which I'm not a huge fan of. |
| 0:36.1 | But that's the point in the calendar that we've reached. We've reached the point in the calendar where the Monday hangover might be changing formats a little bit as we get down the stretch here. We're going to talk more big picture conversations about these teams in general. And then I think as we get closer to the playoffs, there'll be more playoff-centric conversations. But we're going to be digging into four more games today. We're going to talk about the Falcons and their |
| 0:57.4 | quarterback situation a little bit later. Sean Watson's return, chat about the Seahawks and |
| 1:02.1 | kind of their shifting fortunes in the NFC West with Jimmy Garoppolo's injury and where that might |
| 1:07.9 | leave them. But I want to start with the Sunday night game from last |
| 1:11.1 | night. The Cowboys put up 54 points on the Colts, which is a shocking number when you consider |
| 1:16.8 | how the first three quarters of that game went. But a good day for Dallas in a bunch of different |
| 1:22.1 | ways. They beat up the Colts. This further solidify themselves as one of the better teams in the |
| 1:27.2 | league. The other one of the better teams in the league, |
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