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Championship weekend just got brutally honest.
Super Bowl champion Robert Turbin joins D.A. for a candid preview of the AFC Championship Game and NFC Championship Game — and he doesn’t sugarcoat a thing.
With backup Jarrett Stidham stepping in, Turbin is blunt when asked if he can win the AFC title: “No way.” In fact, Turbin says “this sucks” because it feels like the New England Patriots may have won the game before it even kicks off.
It’s an unfiltered conversation about injuries, inevitability, and the harsh reality of the NFL playoffs — from someone who’s been there and won it all.
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Hear me with Turbo each and every Sunday
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morning on NFL Radio Channel 88. Turbo,
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good morning, good afternoon, and now,
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good night, good evening. How you doing?
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Oh, I'm doing great. I'm doing great.
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Thanks for having me back on the show,
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man. I I I couldn't wait to to join you
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tonight. It's always, you know, a fun
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time to get on the show with you
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postgame. I just got back from uh Sky
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Zone, so I'm a little sorry for for the
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target there, but my son, you know,
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that's one of his favorite place to go.
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a little trampoline park.
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So, uh, so that's where I was watching
0:32
the game at tonight.
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All right.
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You know, uh, with a couple beers, man.
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So, yeah, man. Uh, exciting exciting one
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tonight, wasn't it?
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We, we set this thing up this morning
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when we were on NFL radio and, you know,
0:46
this game tonight lived up to what we
0:49
were talking about. It was a smashmouth
0:51
game in the cold weather. Both teams
0:53
were playing very physically, but that
0:55
throw that Caleb makes to tie this thing
0:59
up off back foot, fading away at his own
1:02
40 yardd line, scrambling back as a
1:05
former player yourself. What do you see
1:08
in that play and what made that play so
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wild?
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I I you just see pure greatness if as a
1:15
player on the sideline, I'm watching a
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play and this what I do.
1:23
you just sit back and you're just like,
1:25
dang, how how did he make that play? And
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I've been fortunate to play with some
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special players now. I, you know, you
1:32
know, I talk about Marshawn a lot. I
1:34
play with Andrew Luck, who was pretty
1:35
special in his own right. You know, Tony
1:38
Romo, uh, that that that that spin that
1:41
he would always get out of when pressure
1:43
came, uh, you know, from his blind side.
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But it's those players that after a
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little while, you kind of get used to it
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and you just sit back and you say, you
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know, he he he did it again. And that's
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the first thing that I thought of when I
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saw Caleb Williams throw that touchdown.
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What did you think about the
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interception? Collinssworth had
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suggested DJ Moore was supposed to break
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and didn't. Maybe Caleb was anticipating
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that. Is that too aggressive of a throw
2:14
there by Caleb Williams showing some
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inexperience? Whose fault is that INT
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that sets up the gamewinner for the the
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Rams? I
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I'm glad you asked this. I want to
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preface this by saying,
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you know, we don't know, we weren't in
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the huddle, okay? So, we don't know
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exactly the route concept, but the thing
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that I love about Collinsworth is that
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he he sees everything. Like my dream, I
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want to be as good as him one day in the
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booth. He sees everything. You have to
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run. The thing that is noticeable on
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that route is that DJ Moore is not
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running 100%.
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Why? And Caleb is throwing you the ball.
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That is you. You get cut for plays like
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that. that those are the type of plays
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that lead to you having a one-on-one
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with your head coach and GM in the off
3:05
season and they say, "Thank you for your
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services,
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but we're moving on. You got to run on
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that play." That's what I saw.
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And you're talking about DJ Moore. He's
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got to run. You thought that he days ago
3:18
100%. You see the replay and he is not
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running full speed. He's not running for
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he's not even running 85 to 90%. When
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you look at it, he and I'm just I'm not
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saying he's dogging it, but what I am
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saying is you know that you're going to
3:35
watch that tape and and coach gonna say
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that's a loaf. Why you not run? If you
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need a break
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sideline for a play so we can get
3:43
somebody who can run because the thing
3:45
about that play is if you watch it,
3:47
there's a scene and then there's DJ
3:50
Moore coming across, right? So now what
3:52
you're doing is you're putting the
3:53
safety in a bind. You're putting the
3:55
safety in a bind. Are you gonna take the
3:57
deep seam or you going to take the
3:59
crossing route and then Caleb Williams
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is going to make his decision, but
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because he's not running, the safety's
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in able to undercut that throw. And DJ
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Moore is not even in he's nowhere in the
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picture. You're not even in the picture
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to be able to play defense. Maybe it is
4:14
a bad throw, but if you're running, how
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many times in these playoffs have we
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seen a guy, we've seen Puka Noola do it
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against the Carolina Panthers? We've
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seen wide receivers end up having to
4:24
play defense because of a choice throw
4:28
by the quarterback be because DJ Moore
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is not running. He's not even in a
4:32
position to do that. So, he's got to
4:35
run. That that play to me, I thought Col
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Collinssworth was 100% on that. That's
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on DJ Moore. He's got to run.
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So, the Rams win. They move on to the
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NFC Championship game after the Seahawks
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just bludgeoned the NerS. Do you think
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the Rams give the Seahawks a better game
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than San Fran did?
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Of course. Of course they do. They're
4:57
healthy. They got their team. Uh both
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games this season that the Rams and
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Seahawks have played against each other
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have been just dragout dog fights uh to
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the end. um they they match up against
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each other well and it's gonna be one
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hell of a game to watch.
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Earlier in the day, CJ Shroud had
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himself one of the worst quarterback
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days you could possibly have and he has
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really significantly regressed since his
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rookie season. What' you see today with
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with how poorly he played?
5:28
He just looked uncomfortable and then it
5:30
felt like he lost his confidence at at
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some points of the game. I I think the
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Texans,
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they're they're in a tough spot here
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because, you know, CJ Stra is a high
5:42
draft pick, but I don't know if he's
5:45
gotten any better from his rookie
5:47
season. I I I think a lot of us could
5:50
agree that there's been, even if it's
5:53
slight, some some regression there.
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Maybe it's because Bobby Sloick's not
5:58
there anymore as the offensive
5:59
coordinator. I I don't know. But the the
6:02
Texans have to be very careful about how
6:04
they approach their future because they
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obviously have the right head coach and
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they've got the personnel on defense and
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and I think for the for the most part
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they've got some good players on
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offense, but you got to make sure you're
6:16
right at quarterback. And the the worst
6:19
thing you can do is settle because of
6:23
politics because he was drafted at X
6:26
spot in the first round or because he's
6:28
getting paid, you know, X amount of
6:30
dollars, all right, to and our salary
6:33
cap is being hit. You know, you you have
6:36
to make decisions personnel-wise that
6:38
you feel like is going to be best for
6:39
your future. And and I think Houston,
6:42
they got they got to think real deep
6:44
about if if if they feel like CJ Stout
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is going to continue to be that
6:47
quarterback for them.
6:48
For sure. When it comes to this AFC
6:51
Championship game, Jared Stdum has to
6:54
throw his first pass of the season in an
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AFC title game against a very good
6:59
Patriots defense. The Patriots open up
7:01
as significant favorites in this game.
7:04
Is there any reason to believe that
7:05
Shawn Peyton can coach up the backup QB
7:08
to actually win the AFC Championship
7:10
game?
7:11
No, man. There isn't. This sucks. Okay,
7:14
let's just be honest. All right, no
7:15
disrespect to Jared Stum and the
7:18
Broncos. All right, but this absolutely
7:21
sucks. Okay, this is supposed to be, you
7:24
know, Drake M versus B. Two of the young
7:26
two young guns, man, going at it to try
7:29
to get to their first Super Bowl. It's
7:32
crazy. I don't want to discredit or
7:34
discount or disrespect Jared STDM. He's
7:38
a hardworking player. That's why he's
7:40
still in the league. Okay? If he wasn't
7:42
hardworking and if he didn't practice
7:44
his butt off and work his butt off, all
7:46
right, in the offseason, he wouldn't be
7:47
in this position. All right? And he
7:49
certainly wouldn't be trusted by a guy
7:51
like Shawn Peyton. So, we got to give
7:53
him a chance because of that. But
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listen, I I I just maybe he proves us
7:58
all wrong, but th this to me is is
8:02
easily Patriots punching their ticket to
8:05
the Super Bowl.
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Interesting. Well, I know it's been a
8:08
long day for you. We woke up early to do
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Sunday uh NFL tailgate. We'll be doing
8:13
that the next three Sundays on NFL Radio
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Channel 8. So, make sure you are locked
8:18
in because Turbo and I break down
8:20
everything from the playoffs every
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single Sunday throughout the postseason,
8:23
but we did in the regular season
8:24
obviously as well. This is season two
8:26
between the two of us. But also, Turbo,
8:29
you can follow him on social media and
8:30
check out his takes and his thoughts and
8:32
everything in the football world and
8:33
he's joined us multiple times this
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football season, which we love. The
8:36
comments are always all about Turbo. I
8:38
get so many cool tweets about our show
8:40
on Sunday. So, I love you, brother. I
8:42
appreciate you jumping on here tonight.
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It's been a long day, so I'll let you
8:45
get going, but thanks so much, man. And
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I hope that Sato Tequila is delivered in
8:48
good health this holiday season.
8:50
It's already gone. It don't last long
8:52
when it it don't last long when it comes
8:53
to when they get to the album. Just tell
8:55
you right now how good it is.
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Okay.
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You know, I had to bring out Listen, I
8:59
don't usually wear the Seahawks swag.
9:01
I had to pull it out today just because,
9:03
you know, I'm in, you know, I'm in Cali
9:04
and you might I might walk by some 49er
9:06
fans, you know, you know, just nice and
9:09
subtle, you know, just boom. I even keep
9:11
the jacket covered. I just might just do
9:13
one like this.
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Very nice. All right, buddy. I'll talk
9:18
to you.
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