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00:00But the night game is the one that's added some juice because the Dolphins have won three
00:07in a row, gotten back to five and six, and now the NFL can sell you a little, hey, Dolphins
00:12are back in.
00:13We got a couple of potential playoff teams here.
00:15Yeah.
00:16Yeah.
00:17Dolphins are a game and a half back of the last wildcard spot in the AFC.
00:20Denver's got it.
00:21And Denver's, I didn't see that one coming.
00:23I mean, neither did the oddsmakers.
00:24They gave them anywhere from four and a half to five and a half points for future numbers.
00:28But the story is, Chop Robinson, and I remember my reporting on this guy from Penn State.
00:34The thought was he's very raw, probably needs to have a redshirt year.
00:36Well, that's not happening.
00:37Not only, Mike, is it not happening.
00:40He's leading the NFL quarterback pressures over the last four weeks.
00:43That's incredible.
00:44He had a great game last week.
00:46He's playing great football.
00:47Now they're going to need him to not only pressure the quarterback, just make Jordan
00:52Love move off the spot.
00:53That's the thing now.
00:54I know it's cold weather.
00:56Warm weather teams historically don't do well in cold weather.
00:59In Green Bay, it's going to be a tough deal for them.
01:01But Chop Robinson's playing well.
01:02Their D-line's playing good football.
01:05And you know what?
01:06How about last week?
01:08Just seeing their pass game go well.
01:10Remember, Tyree Kill has been struggling with this wrist injury.
01:14Jono Smith, the veteran tight end, has gone off the last two weeks.
01:19Jalen Waddell, best game of the season.
01:20Where's that been?
01:22So that, it's all coming together right now.
01:23I know they're five and six.
01:25They're playing great football.
01:26Which is why the number is only three and a half.
01:29If you just, two weeks ago, I bet you that number would have been six or seven.
01:32Now it's only three and a half.
01:34And look, we know what the other narrative is here.
01:38Two is 0-4, under 40 degrees, the Dolphins as a whole never win in the cold.
01:43They played in the coldest game ever last year in January.
01:47They had to have picked a couple things up in that game, right?
01:50I mean, come on.
01:51It's not going to be that cold tomorrow night.
01:53I think the Dolphins are going to be in this game.
01:56So do I.
01:57We'll probably talk about this when I make my game picks.
02:00I usually don't like warm weather teams in cold weather.
02:02I remember I was at the game when the Bucs shut down Veterans Stadium, where they handled
02:07the Eagles.
02:08The Bucs had never won a game under 32 degrees, and they did that day.
02:12So yeah, at some point, as Mike, as you alluded to, these warm weather teams have to find
02:16a way to win on the road.
02:17And it's a critical game for them.
02:19Now, the Packers, let's face it, they're not winning that division.
02:22The Lions are better than they are.
02:23I get it.
02:24They're two games back, and they have to play together another time.
02:26They have to play each other.
02:27But it's right now trying to get a better seed.
02:30To me, the Dolphins have way more of the line here.