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  • that leaves you with the Bucks and the Raiders.

  • Who is the X factor you're focusing in on in that game?

  • I think it's very easy.

  • Is Henry Rugs the third?

  • I think a lot of people surprised that he was drafted as high as he was over some of those other receivers in the draft last year.

  • But the impact that he has had on this Raiders offense has been unbelievable.

  • There three, you know, with him playing their owing to without him, and I know it's not all because of him, but that offense is certainly very different with Henry rugs on the field because of the threat that he brings.

  • He opens things up for other people, and if you are going to double him or put somebody over top of him, he will break the defense himself for 40 or 50 yard touchdown.

  • He is a special player because of that speed, and I know much is made about how little or how, how unimportant receivers are to an offense.

  • But I think that is a mischaracterization, especially when you look at the dynamics of this team.

  • When they put rugs out there, he blows the roof off the defense, much like Tyreek Hill.

  • Then everything else falls into place After that.

  • We'll stay on that game for a minute.

  • Dominique close to your unique perspective for this morning because I know you are looking closely at that game.

  • Dominique Fox Worth.

  • Look at that picture.

  • By the way, Dominique, what is your unique perspective this morning?

  • My God, that is such a terrible name.

  • I don't know which producer toe hate because of it, but let him know Unique perspective is awful, but we'll run with it.

  • I do think that the Raiders will beat the Bucks this week, in part because Henry rugs is out there.

  • But the Raiders are a lot better.

  • We give him credit for their three and two, but they've played the second toughest schedule s so far in the league, and they had a big win last week that I think some people might consider a fluke.

  • But if you look at the way that they've been playing, particularly on that offense, they've been playing a lot better.

  • The front foreign defense isn't as good as they as they wanted to be, but I think Jon Gruden, Mike May act a lot of credit for building a roster and playing well s so far this season.

  • I think they're going to surprise a lot of people and have a good chance in my mind of making the playoffs.

  • And I do think I'm not gonna waffle on this or waiver at all.

  • I think they beat the Bucks this weekend.

  • It surprised everybody.

  • That's Jon Gruden against his former team, so you know he'll have a lot of motivation for that.

  • Ryan Clark, What do you think?

  • Brady and the Bucks just looked so good against Green Bay?

  • You're rolling with that.

  • You like Vegas to beat him this weekend.

  • You know what?

  • I don't like Vegas to beat him because I think this is gonna be another part of the maturation process of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under Tom Brady being able to handle success, we watch them handle the adversity of losing to the Chicago Bears being so heavily penalized and they come out, they play great defense.

  • Tom Brady does exactly what he needs to do, so this is the next step being able to handle that that success and stack week after week.

  • That's what Tom Brady and Bruce Arians are going to be preaching.

  • And when you play as well as you did against the Green Bay Packers, you understand what Henry rugs Darren Waller and Josh Jacobs represent as a challenge to you offensively for the Las Vegas Raiders.

  • So I looked for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to come out even more motivated this week to win with an understanding of who they're facing and get another w in the column for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

  • Graziano, What are you hearing?

  • As we lead into this?

  • It's one of the most interesting games of the weekend.

  • Yeah, look, the Raiders air feeling very good.

  • I'm with Dominique.

  • I picked the Raiders to win this game.

  • I think they're coming off of a bye.

  • They've beaten, you know, the Saints and the Chiefs, in addition to the Panthers, who were better than you think.

  • But Saints in the Chiefs, those.

  • They're too big wins.

  • They were getting healthy at the receiver position, and I think they're you know, they're in a good space.

  • I Raiders believe themselves to be contenders, and I would not be at all surprised to see them beat Tampa.

  • Tampa Bay is coming off a game the Packers kind of handed to them.

  • I like the Raiders.

  • It's interesting.

  • And then, Desmond, don't think that I'm gonna I'm gonna not give you the opportunity to respond.

  • At the beginning of this conversation, Dominique said something about wide receivers not being very important.

  • I can't believe Desmond, that you're going to take this lying down.

  • Well, you know, he copped it by saying It's a mischaracterization, too.

  • So I was all ears and he said that, like, Wait, wait, what?

  • You know, I know him today.

  • You don't like the unique, whatever your name is in your little segment.

  • I know that, but don't be dissing a little.

  • So I was making the point that people don't understand how important receivers are they looking, their reception, their targets in their stats and they think that's it.

  • But I'm telling you, as a defensive player, when you go into a meeting room, as important as Josh Jacobs is, if he gets 10 yards, you're like, man, that stinks.

  • But if a receiver gets behind your defense, that's six point.

  • So I think receivers are a lot more important.

  • Fast ones are C I was trying to read your reaction.

  • No, he made a good point about Henry rugs the third.

  • I agree.

  • I agree with them.

  • Ryan.

  • No, I was just You know, I think I think Tom is right.

  • I just like the fact that Desmond was all ears because he was gonna have to check him if he didn't fix it and say it the right way.

  • See, this is what culture Wednesday is about.

  • Greeny like right now.

  • Do I care about Vegas?

  • And do I care about the bucks?

  • Absolutely.

  • I'm also care about what's going on on this show, and you can hear you can hear the rugs take the top off.

  • Yes, but who cares?

  • What's more important is that this was gonna check dumb.

  • If dumb ain't said right.

  • That's what today is about.

  • Today has been great.

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that leaves you with the Bucks and the Raiders.

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