A Seahawks-Rams WTF Classic, an NBA Six-Pack, and Week 16 NFL Picks With Peter Schrager
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All right, it is 8.54 Pacific time. Peter Schrager said a couple days ago, not only do I want to come on Thursday's pod, I want to come on after Ram Seahawks. And I'm like, are you sure? You're in the East Coast. You sure you want to do this? You're working all day at ESPN? He said, no, no, I want to do it.
What happened in the dramatic Seahawks vs. Rams game?
And then we have a four-hour game. It goes in overtime. The Seahawks win on a two-point. It was the most dramatic, probably important Thursday night game at least of this decade. swings the NFC West, swings the one seed. The Rams, I don't even feel like they're in disgrace. They did everything they could. They had almost 600 yards. They had the ball almost 44 minutes and the Seahawks win the game for a variety of reasons. Some good, some dumb.
What NBA topics are buzzing this week?
Has there ever been a better Thursday night game than that? I don't know. I'm trying to think.
They had another good Thursday night game a few years back where Tyler Lockett had an incredible catch in the back of the end zone in the first half. Bill, that was so fun. It was so fun. It's like we were both texting throughout. Amazon did that amazing thing that we love. And I know Cousin Sal mentions, you know, the Rams, they have a 97% chance win probability on this one. Don't want to see that stat ever again, guys. It doesn't matter. I don't care. I don't care about the win probability.
I know.
We were writing...
How did the Seahawks secure their victory in overtime?
I mean, if we were back in the day when we used to read newspapers, I could imagine the press box, the ink being dry on the Sam Darnold article about just can't win a big game, always shits the bed when it matters, pees down his leg, the whole thing, the two interceptions.
Check out my iPad. All the times I deleted the topics I had for us. It was like, can they play Sam Darnold next week? I had that written down in the third quarter. He was amazing down the stretch. He really was. That was so fun. But what was weird is they didn't trust him. I thought down the stretch, especially late in the fourth quarter, they were being very careful about how much they wanted to put in his hands, where it was like, we could also just take this to OT. But then when it's 37-30 and they actually needed him to go down the field, that was the best stretch of the game he had. They threw the ball six times in the first half.
JSN at zero yards, one target. They just handed the ball to Charbonnet and Kenneth Walker every play. And it's like, oh, they want to win 13-10. Well, that's not going to do it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:05–2:19
2
What happened in the dramatic Seahawks vs. Rams game?
2:19–2:47
3
What NBA topics are buzzing this week?
2:47–3:22
4
How did the Seahawks secure their victory in overtime?
3:22–7:08
5
What are the implications of this game for the NFC West standings?
7:08–16:58
6
How are the Clippers performing this season?
16:58–18:05
7
What are the key matchups for the upcoming NBA Christmas games?
18:05–37:51
8
What are the predictions for Week 16 NFL matchups?
37:51–1:20:57
Speakers
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