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Speaker 1: We head out to the Kiwi Common Spirit Health Hotline

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Speaker 1: and bring on Ian Rapaport, our NFL Network Insider powered

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Speaker 2: Ian.

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Speaker 1: Good afternoon, How are you?

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Speaker 2: What's going on? How you guys doing?

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Speaker 3: We appreciate your time, man, So big game here yesterday. Obviously,

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Speaker 3: the Broncos beat the Packers, two really good teams going

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Speaker 3: at it from a national perspective, As best you can

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Speaker 3: sort of put in into words, what what does this

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Speaker 3: win mean nationally speaking? If anything for the.

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Speaker 2: Broncos, I mean, I feel like it means as much

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Speaker 2: as kind of they all do, which is just continue

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Speaker 2: to re emphasize how good this team is, you know,

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Speaker 2: And I think like, like it really has gone from like, hey,

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Speaker 2: the Broncos might have a shot to like, all right,

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Speaker 2: they like really one of the best teams. And each

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Speaker 2: time they do this, it's sort of like, all right,

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Speaker 2: they really really is a couple different sort of iterations

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Speaker 2: of this season. Right, that was like the this defense

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Speaker 2: is great and bon Nicks is kind of along for

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Speaker 2: the ride, and it's like this team is winning somehow

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Speaker 2: close games, but his bonis good enough. And I think

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Speaker 2: we've kind of reached the point where it's like they

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Speaker 2: might just be all the way good, which brutally fascinating,

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Speaker 2: I would say, and.

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Speaker 4: Kind of cool, a little out of schedule again, but.

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Speaker 2: Very very fun to watch, and I think everyone has

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Speaker 2: taking notice.

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Speaker 5: You know, the game was Sunday was somewhat of a

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Speaker 5: playoff type atmosphere, and I thought this was a great

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Speaker 5: test for the Broncos against a team like the Green

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Speaker 5: Bay Packers. After watching that game and looking at the highlights,

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Speaker 5: do you feel right now that this Broncos team, this

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Speaker 5: this iteration of this team, they can win a Super Bowl?

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Speaker 2: I mean I don't. I don't really see why not.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you know, things can change when the stakes

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Speaker 4: get really, really high. I just don't know.

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Speaker 2: That I've seen anything where I would say like, well,

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Speaker 2: you know, this team isn't good enough here, Like what

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Speaker 2: would that be? You know, like seriously, what would that be?

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Speaker 2: I mean they have all the things, you know I

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Speaker 2: mentioned injury on the back end, like okay, but they

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Speaker 2: have depth there. They lost their running back okay, but

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Speaker 2: they have another really good one. The quarterback is especially

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Speaker 2: when it's all been on the line has made some

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Speaker 2: really really good plays. I just you know, I don't

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Speaker 2: know what else you're looking for. And I think this

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Speaker 2: year especially has taught us that just because you have

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Speaker 2: the name on the back of the jersey doesn't guarantee

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Speaker 2: a playoff spot. The Broncos are a perfect explanation of that.

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Speaker 1: Well, you found out that Patrick Mahomes towards ACL yesterday,

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Speaker 1: a really tough blow there for the I can't see

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Speaker 1: Chiefs among the fact that they were eliminated. Now, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I guess we don't really know the prognosis necessarily, but

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Speaker 1: this certainly seems like it might impact the way the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs would approach even the beginning of next year, don't

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Speaker 1: you think.

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Speaker 2: I don't know that it will impact their approach, but

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Speaker 2: I think it is very possible it impacts whether or

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Speaker 2: not Patrick Mahomes is ready for the season. You know,

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Speaker 2: like if it's if it's just an abl then it's like,

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Speaker 2: all right, that's nine to eleven months, maybe twelve months,

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Speaker 2: but like probably could play right there. If it's more,

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Speaker 2: then you know, I would say, you're looking at a

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Speaker 2: longer recovery. And that's what we don't know.

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Speaker 4: He's in Dallas right now getting a second opinion.

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Speaker 2: It didn't look great, I think, you know, I don't

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Speaker 2: know what he was playing with, but his knee definitely was,

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Speaker 2: you know, hurting him, I think for probably the last

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Speaker 2: month or so. But yeah, I mean, you know, the

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Speaker 2: prospect of Mahomes not being ready to start the season

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Speaker 2: is I think something that's at least a real consideration

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Speaker 2: possibility for Kansas City.

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Speaker 3: In another big game for the Broncos coming up Sunday,

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Speaker 3: Jacksonville comes in and they're a ten win team that

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Speaker 3: they've sort of flown under the radar. It's not the

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Speaker 3: same as the Packers coming in, uh, sort of a

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Speaker 3: national team. But when you look at the Jaguars, what

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Speaker 3: couple of things pop in your mind that makes them

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Speaker 3: a dangerous team?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean this is another one where like if

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Speaker 2: you looked at the name on the jersey, you would

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Speaker 2: think one thing, but if you watch them on the field,

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Speaker 2: you'd probably think another. I mean, you know, and they've

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Speaker 2: they've a little bit like the Broncos, they faced questions

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Speaker 2: about the quarterbacks probably throughout the season. There was a

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Speaker 2: stretch where he was very turnover prone and now he's

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Speaker 2: probably playing his best football, and you know, coaching matters.

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Speaker 2: I think Liam Cohen was a guy who, you know,

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Speaker 2: the league was probably on a little late. But the

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Speaker 2: way he's helped.

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Speaker 4: That offense has been really impressive.

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Speaker 2: And it's not just Trevor. I mean they they now

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Speaker 2: Ba sh ol Tuten won't play, but because he broke

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Speaker 2: his finger and had surgery. But you know, they run

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Speaker 2: the ball well, they get the ball in mans to

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Speaker 2: the playmakers that are efficient and on defense, you know,

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Speaker 2: they had all sorts of talent up front. It took

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Speaker 2: him a while to be able to get to the quarterback.

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Speaker 2: And now they are getting to the quarterback. You know,

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Speaker 2: they're they're pretty good and I think they, you know,

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Speaker 2: definitely have been among the more surprising teams this year.

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Speaker 5: The Bill's games started against the Patriots with three consecutive

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Speaker 5: drives that ended in punts. After that, it was the

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Speaker 5: Josh Allen Show. Now he is the reigning MVP of

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Speaker 5: the league. Do you see him running it back and

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Speaker 5: consistently putting up those numbers as the season started to

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Speaker 5: wind down.

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Speaker 2: If he's going to keep doing what he's done. The

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Speaker 2: last was two or three weeks, then I think maybe yeah, because.

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Speaker 4: Like if you want to say to me, like, you know,

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Speaker 4: Josh Allen is the best player in football right now,

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Speaker 4: Like it's.

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Speaker 2: A tough argument if you've watched any of the last

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Speaker 2: couple of games. We watched the second a half against

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Speaker 2: the Bengals, watched the last three quarters or two and

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Speaker 2: a half yesterday, Like there is a point where he

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Speaker 2: could sort to do whatever and really can't be stopped.

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Speaker 2: And there's just you know, there's not a lot of

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Speaker 2: guys who have that in him. I mean, Mahomes does,

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Speaker 2: Lamar does you know, maybe some.

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Speaker 4: Others, but not the list is pretty short.

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Speaker 2: And when he goes from like Josh Allen to Josh

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Speaker 2: like alien, he is so good. So I mean if

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Speaker 2: and when there's like some sort of low or injury

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Speaker 2: or something like, I don't see why he wouldn't be

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Speaker 2: the MVP.

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Speaker 1: Again, Well that's what I have for Ian appreciate the

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Speaker 1: time Jadon Daniels was a shut down for the season. Today,

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Speaker 1: I'm probably probably not surprising ultimately considering where the Washington

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Speaker 1: Commanders are currently at, but you're seeing other teams where

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Speaker 1: they continue to want to get their guys out there,

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Speaker 1: including the Bengals who are playing Joe Burrows. So I

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Speaker 1: guess in that respect, is this just a wave the

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Speaker 1: white flag and we'll we'll shoot for next year kind

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Speaker 1: of deal.

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Speaker 2: You know. I've got a lot of conversations about this

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Speaker 2: with sources and with a lot of people, and I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, players always want to play. Certainly Joe Burrow

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Speaker 2: wants to play, and you never want to wave the

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Speaker 2: white flag. The problem is Jenden Daniels is so talented,

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Speaker 2: but he's had three different injuries this year, well three

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Speaker 2: injuries and then another occurrence of the same injury at

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Speaker 2: the elbow, and like, you're not playing for anything. It's

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Speaker 2: not his decision. But if he goes out and injures

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Speaker 2: himself and like puts himself in jeopardy to start next year,

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Speaker 2: is that worth it? You know? And like, again, nobody

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Speaker 2: wants to give up on anything, but it just I

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Speaker 2: couldn't get to a point where it made sense to

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Speaker 2: play him, Like there's nothing to play for. He's been injured.

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Speaker 2: You know, he's good. It's not like he needs to

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Speaker 2: learn the scheme like players like him. So there's not

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Speaker 2: like he needs to prove anything, Like what would actually

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Speaker 2: be the reason to play him besides just to play him.

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Speaker 2: So this feels like the right decision for me. It's

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Speaker 2: weird because like there's not a lot of this, and

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Speaker 2: there hasn't been a lot of this, But I really

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Speaker 2: do think it's the right decision for the Washington commanders.

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Speaker 3: I really do.

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Speaker 1: Always great, Ian, We will chat with you next week.

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Speaker 2: Man. Thank you, Okay, thanks guys, Thanks, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport