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Speaker 1: Needed a stiff drink, but you got the money. Congrats coach.

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Speaker 1: What was the experience like.

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Speaker 1: Now, coach, it's age old in all sports for coaches,

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Speaker 1: Who gets the net for you tonight?

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you, brother, and to talk to you next week.

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Speaker 3: We all have that one teacher who believed in us.

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Speaker 4: but you know, later round draft pick. I think that

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Speaker 4: he probably you know, would hope to be as high

433
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Speaker 4: as a second round pick, and and so he probably

434
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Speaker 4: deserves it. But I think for the Vikings needs. I'm

435
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Speaker 4: not sure that we would go with the second round

436
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Speaker 4: pick on a running back, but man, it would be

437
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Speaker 4: for a guy that didn't get a sniff from the

438
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Speaker 4: Gophers being at Holy Angels. I would have to think

439
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Speaker 4: that this would just be the ultimate just redemption story

440
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Speaker 4: for him, because I think it did. I think it

441
00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 4: did hurt him a little bit that he didn't even

442
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Speaker 4: get looked at by his the team in his hometown.

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Speaker 1: He didn't get a sniff in Nebraska for two years. Well,

444
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Speaker 1: at least Nebraska gave him love.

445
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Speaker 4: Yep, you know, Nebraska saw something in him, and I

446
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,639
Speaker 4: know that, you know from talking to him, Like he

447
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Speaker 4: knew the battle that he was going to have, Like

448
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Speaker 4: he was fully aware of where he was on the

449
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Speaker 4: depth chart and all he all this kid has done

450
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Speaker 4: is work.

451
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Speaker 1: He just worked, did this dude?

452
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Speaker 4: This kid works so freaking hard, man, and so he

453
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Speaker 4: deserves everything he gets and hopefully he gets it with

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Speaker 4: the purple.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Q, the the dumb question potential dumb question alert

456
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Speaker 1: because you know so much more about it than me.

457
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Speaker 1: Jeremiah Love notre Dame. Yeah, I mean, is he absolutely

458
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Speaker 1: overall better than Emma Johnson. Yes, okay, why.

459
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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Just overall game.

461
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Speaker 4: I mean it's I think, can you just you just

462
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Speaker 4: watch them run and then in this their styles?

463
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Speaker 1: You know, I think he's got it.

464
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Speaker 4: He's probably be built now right now to be a

465
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Speaker 4: you know, a starring running back in the NFL. Emmett,

466
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Speaker 4: I could see him sort of working his way into

467
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Speaker 4: a little bit more of a role situation of this

468
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Speaker 4: first year before he really became you know, maybe a

469
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Speaker 4: true one or two. So I think that's just the

470
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Speaker 4: difference again. You know, let's let's bring up with koc

471
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Speaker 4: Us the other day. It's a timeline thing, you know,

472
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Speaker 4: could Emit Johnson be a day one starter. I probably

473
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Speaker 4: wouldn't put money on it right now for the Vikings,

474
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Speaker 4: but could Jeremiah Love one hundred percent?

475
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Speaker 3: If the Vikings defensive tackle has been part of this

476
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Speaker 3: conversation too, and I think you hit it on the

477
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Speaker 3: front end before you dig too deeply into a particular spot.

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Speaker 1: Let's just throw eighteen out there.

479
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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: Part of the conversation is free agency could vastly I

481
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Speaker 3: mean it could be in credit to change the entire

482
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Speaker 3: picture of what you're looking at. But is what type

483
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Speaker 3: of player would you be looking for. If we're looking

484
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Speaker 3: for a new interior d Lineman in late April. We

485
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Speaker 3: know about LDR, we know about Jalen Redman, and these

486
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Speaker 3: guys what we have from a depth standpoint. But if

487
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Speaker 3: you were looking at an inside fat guy in the middle,

488
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Speaker 3: what type of player are you looking at? Are you

489
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Speaker 3: looking at somebody to defend the run? Are you looking

490
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Speaker 3: somebody with a little jump and a little snap to

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Speaker 3: their game to get to the quarterback's feet?

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Speaker 1: What you're looking for? Like Versage kept asking the draft analyst,

493
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Speaker 1: who's the best bull rusher? Like, like, who can bull rush? Well?

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Speaker 4: I would probably put that, put that with like a

495
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Speaker 4: Caleb Banks out of Florida. He's a great bull rusher,

496
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Speaker 4: Caden McDaniel McDonald excuse me from Ohio State. He's like

497
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Speaker 4: your true like anchor. You know, here's your guy in

498
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Speaker 4: the middle. Six three three twenty six is what he's

499
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Speaker 4: listed at right now. Lee Hunter, Texas Tech six four

500
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Speaker 4: three thirty. He's a he's a vertical player, not a

501
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Speaker 4: lot of you know, wiggle.

502
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Speaker 1: He's this.

503
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Speaker 4: He's more of your fat pat sort of guy. Run

504
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Speaker 4: stopper can give you some juice up the middle, a

505
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Speaker 4: little bit some other guys that I would probably looked towards. Well,

506
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Speaker 4: here's the question that I'd have to I'd have to

507
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Speaker 4: answer this question with another question. And we won't know

508
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Speaker 4: this until we get to the draft, because hopefully we

509
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Speaker 4: have this answered by the time a week or two

510
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Speaker 4: into free agency.

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Speaker 1: Who's our quarterback?

512
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Speaker 4: Because we saw what our approach was last off season?

513
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Speaker 1: And is Derek Carry even really in shape? But anyway,

514
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Speaker 1: go ahead, Well he's my number one, he's my number

515
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Speaker 1: one free agent. But so so I would say who

516
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Speaker 1: is your Who's your quarterback? And the reason I say

517
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Speaker 1: that is because you look at what we did last

518
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Speaker 1: last off season. We are coming off this high with

519
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Speaker 1: Sam Darold here, we were thinking, we have this high

520
00:25:40,200 --> 00:25:42,400
Speaker 1: powered offense that can get the ball vertically down the field.

521
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Speaker 1: We can score a lot of points.

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Speaker 4: Thus we need pass rushers, so we were looking for

523
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Speaker 4: into your pass rushers. Well, guess what happened our offense

524
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Speaker 4: when Anemik we were breaking in a young quarterback.

525
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Speaker 1: We sputtered.

526
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Speaker 4: We end up facing more runs than we've ever faced

527
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Speaker 4: in a long time, and we and we didn't do

528
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Speaker 4: very well in that department.

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Speaker 1: Bulk of the season. We couldn't stop the run.

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Speaker 4: We got pushed around, so we chose for We chose

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Speaker 4: athleticism and pass rushing over girth and strength to stop

532
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Speaker 4: the run. And it hurt us since in a lot

533
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Speaker 4: of ways defensively. So if you feel like we can

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Speaker 4: get a quarterback in here that can get us close

535
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Speaker 4: to what we had with Sam Darnold, not saying that

536
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Speaker 4: has to be exact, then I think that you should

537
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Speaker 4: go for more interior pass rushing defensivelignment in this draft.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So to dovetail off what Nordo asked and what

539
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Speaker 1: you just amplified, minimal steam. It's minimal steam. Peter Woods Clemson, Yes,

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Speaker 1: Peter Woods Clemson. Would you consider him to be one

541
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Speaker 1: of the, if not the best interior guys?

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Speaker 4: Yes, and I would, and I would couch that with

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Speaker 4: the idea that Auburn's Keldric Falk is an inside outside

544
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Speaker 4: player as well. He I think that he's listed more

545
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Speaker 4: as to like a like a true like three four

546
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Speaker 4: to three out, you know, defensive end. Now, we don't

547
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Speaker 4: have a standard four to three setup, so we have

548
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Speaker 4: a three four setup where those those quote unquote defensive

549
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Speaker 4: ends sort of slide inside and have to become a

550
00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,240
Speaker 4: little bit bigger, more stouter player at six foot six,

551
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:14,520
Speaker 4: two hundred and eighty five pounds. I feel like a

552
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Speaker 4: guy like Falk could give you both. He could give you,

553
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Speaker 4: you know, some of that run stopping ability. He could

554
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Speaker 4: give you some of that pass rushing ability from the inside.

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Speaker 4: And I think that Peter Woods is more of a

556
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Speaker 4: true one technique three technique type of player. I think

557
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Speaker 4: they would be both. I'd be very happy with both

558
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Speaker 4: of them. But I think it depends on if Fulk

559
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,840
Speaker 4: goes before you and if he doesn't, and they're both available,

560
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Speaker 4: then what's your strategy with those those two players?

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Speaker 1: Think TJ's on the team next season? Hawkinson? Yeah, no, okay,

562
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Speaker 1: I'm feeling after leaving the combine, Eric Wilson wants to

563
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Speaker 1: stay here, wants to stay here badly, and I think

564
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Speaker 1: they're going to get something done with him. Is he

565
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Speaker 1: a priority guy, Eric Wilson? I think so.

566
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Speaker 4: I mean Jo, you know, and I think it says

567
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Speaker 4: a lot of I think it says a lot to

568
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Speaker 4: the other players as well.

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Speaker 1: If you play.

570
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Speaker 4: Well and you're well liked and you are a good leader,

571
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Speaker 4: we will try to reward you for that, you know.

572
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,600
Speaker 4: So much of NFL contracts are based off of potential,

573
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Speaker 4: and as you become a veteran, you get paid off

574
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Speaker 4: of more like what you've done. And I think what

575
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Speaker 4: he's done, especially in this system from last year, needs

576
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Speaker 4: to be rewarded in a way that I think helps

577
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 4: out the team dynamic, you know, that team leadership and

578
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 4: for you know, if we all think that Harrison Smith

579
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Speaker 4: is truly retired, which I do believe he's retired, then

580
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 4: you're looking for some veteran voices on this team and

581
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 4: that have been there and gone through it, and I

582
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Speaker 4: think bringing him back should be a priority.

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Speaker 1: So it's Caldric Falk right, Yeah, Yeah, the the Auburn

584
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Speaker 1: defensive lineman and edge correct. Oh, he's seeing Yeah, he

585
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: was really steamy like yesterday right before I left chatting

586
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Speaker 1: with some people. Holy cow, last one. I'd like them

587
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Speaker 1: to to to consider Niners receiver Juwan Jennings in free agency. Sure,

588
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:15,960
Speaker 1: all right, because I think it's cost effective.

589
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 2: Uh.

590
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Speaker 1: I just know that he's that he's a natural leader

591
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 1: and he can be vocal about it, super strong.

592
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 2: Uh.

593
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Speaker 1: You know, it's like Alan Lazard when when when he

594
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Speaker 1: was playing really well, one of the better run blocking

595
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: overall type receivers in the NFL because of his his

596
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: tenacity and his physicality and putting the hit on people.

597
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Speaker 1: And and I think the Vikings could use something like that,

598
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Speaker 1: especially if they're going to run the ball maybe a

599
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,160
Speaker 1: little more next year. He here's the problem with with

600
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Speaker 1: with this and being being over the cap uh is

601
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Speaker 1: is you know since I went pear shaped and Deebo

602
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 1: Samuel left for Washington, Jennings had nine touchdowns last year

603
00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,479
Speaker 1: and six the year before, you know, with all the

604
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: injuries to the receivers, and and he you know, he

605
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: played fifteen two games in a row, but he started

606
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: two years in a row, start at fifteen last year.

607
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Speaker 1: So you'd be catching Juwan at a time of his

608
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Speaker 1: career where his value is absolutely for him as high

609
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Speaker 1: as it possibly could be. It's kind of like Jalen Naylor,

610
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Speaker 1: you know, because the free agency market is just I

611
00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: mean some of the I like Alec Pierce, that wide

612
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 1: receiver for Indy. Yeah, I like he's good. Some of

613
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Speaker 1: the astronomical numbers that I was hearing there that he's

614
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 1: going to get in free agency, I'm like, holy cow,

615
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Speaker 1: I ain't saying he's one trick Pony nine routes down

616
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 1: the field and he's super fast, but they were big numbers.

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Speaker 1: I think Nayler's going to be offered something big from

618
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Speaker 1: somebody else simply because they have more. But like Juwan Jennings,

619
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Speaker 1: he's probably going to get more than I think. I

620
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Speaker 1: just think he's an awesome, awesome fit here. I wouldn't

621
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Speaker 1: hate that either.

622
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Speaker 4: I mean, the thing is like, we got some we

623
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Speaker 4: got some big time decisions to make it that wide.

624
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Speaker 1: Receiver group, you know, like Addison in the fifth year old. Well, yeah,

625
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 1: that's the thing.

626
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 4: It's like, you know, how do you see Addison fitting

627
00:31:03,280 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 4: into this team beyond this year? I want him at

628
00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 4: what cost?

629
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Speaker 2: I know?

630
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Speaker 1: But fifth ier option to this spring too, right, yeah,

631
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Speaker 1: fitth the ier option to buy some time, not to

632
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,920
Speaker 1: think about it fully guaranteed, but to give him an

633
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:23,160
Speaker 1: opportunity to continue to mature, to give him an opportunity

634
00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: to show you, all right, you know, I got whatever

635
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: and whatever squared away because he's really I mean Addison

636
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:34,560
Speaker 1: and Jefferson the right quarterback, and then like Juwan Jennings

637
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Speaker 1: or another receiver. I mean, that's that's fantastic.

638
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 4: U man, I'm I am probably not quite there yet

639
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 4: with that philosophy.

640
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Speaker 3: The only thing, the only thing I don't like is

641
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,960
Speaker 3: you constantly hear it from Justin Jefferson. At the first

642
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 3: five or six times in the last couple of years,

643
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:56,840
Speaker 3: we're just kind of willing. I mean, it's kind of

644
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:58,880
Speaker 3: like you're dragging him like a sledge the great part,

645
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 3: or we're trying to will him into being focused in

646
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:04,840
Speaker 3: the game and just loving the game and stuff like.

647
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 3: That's that's I wonder how grating that could be with

648
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Speaker 3: some people around.

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00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,280
Speaker 1: Mister addis a very fair point.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that's that's the you know, I struggle with that

651
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 4: because because he's so good, he's very talented. But you know,

652
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Speaker 4: I'm sort of of the mindset, you know, it's almost

653
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,720
Speaker 4: like a street three strike rule, like I'm willing to

654
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 4: give a lot of these young guys a little bit

655
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 4: of a long leash, long runway, so to speak, but

656
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 4: at some point in time, you got to put your

657
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Speaker 4: big boy pants on.

658
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 1: And I'm not I'm not so sure.

659
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Speaker 2: You know.

660
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 4: I know that he's probably changed a lot of things internally,

661
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 4: and they see him on the day to day and

662
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 4: I'm sure he's definitely matured in some ways. But you

663
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:48,959
Speaker 4: you try to pair that up with how much you're

664
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 4: spending at each position. I don't know if I want

665
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 4: to get into a Cincinnati Bengal situation. I know that

666
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 4: that's like the easy, low, low hanging fruit, but like

667
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 4: they've invested so much into their wide receiver corps point

668
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 4: and I get I get that Joe Burrow got hurt.

669
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 4: But is that really the recipe to win you Super Bowl?

670
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Speaker 1: Well, then trade Addison designed Naylor.

671
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Speaker 4: I don't. I don't hate that idea. I mean, I

672
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 4: think if you're gonna sell, you sell high. I mean obviously, I.

673
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:20,960
Speaker 1: Mean, Jalen ain't as good as Jordan Jay Naylor.

674
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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's not as good as No, he's not as

675
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Speaker 4: good as Addison. No, But when it comes to cost

676
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Speaker 4: savings and what you could get out of an asset.

677
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Speaker 1: And not sweating off the field, you know, I think

678
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Speaker 1: that if you lose that value if you re sign

679
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 1: him to potentially a ten million dollar deal, though Naylor

680
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 1: is no longer financially cheaper on the deal, if you

681
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Speaker 1: trade Addison and resign him to a free agent contract, No,

682
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Speaker 1: those are all fair points.

683
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Speaker 4: I think what's more important, though, is trying to figure

684
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Speaker 4: out what you're gonna do with your number two receiver

685
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Speaker 4: in Jordan Addison, and if you if you feel like

686
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 4: he still is a hot commodity, even though I think

687
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Speaker 4: a lot of teams probably red flagged him for off

688
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 4: field stuff and all the things that you just talked

689
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 4: about Nordo, like does he love the game?

690
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: Do you do?

691
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 4: You have to constantly say go versus woe? I don't know.

692
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:10,719
Speaker 4: It seems like it seems like that's the case. I

693
00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,920
Speaker 4: think once you take care of that, if you move,

694
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Speaker 4: if you use him and leverage him to move him,

695
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Speaker 4: and you get draft picks, whatever whatever compensation you get,

696
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Speaker 4: then I think that the fine. Then you just deal

697
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 4: with whatever you got to deal without a nailer. Then

698
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Speaker 4: he's kind of it's never gonna be it's never gonna

699
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Speaker 4: be the equal value. So like you, it's still gonna

700
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Speaker 4: be a net positive, I guess, is my point. Yeah,

701
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Speaker 4: it'll be a net positive. If you moved him off,

702
00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 4: the team, got some assets for him, saved the money

703
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Speaker 4: on the fifth year, plus A plus an extension. If

704
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:40,719
Speaker 4: you feel like you want to give him extension, you

705
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:42,480
Speaker 4: don't have to worry about all that stuff you might

706
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Speaker 4: have to give Naylor what twelve twelve million year whatever

707
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:48,000
Speaker 4: it is, Okay, we still need to find another receiver,

708
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,480
Speaker 4: probably through the draft. Jacoby Myers might be available with

709
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 4: the Jags. He could be Jennings could be available as well,

710
00:34:55,760 --> 00:35:00,880
Speaker 4: So like there could be some answers there, but I

711
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 4: just I don't I'm not in the camp right now

712
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 4: giving Jordan Addison a long term deal.

713
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Speaker 1: And you love Brazinsky right or did he squeeze you

714
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Speaker 1: in O six and.

715
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Speaker 4: Oh gosh, no, no not at all. I mean Razinsky gave

716
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 4: me a sweetheart deal. I wish she would have resigned

717
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:17,759
Speaker 4: me back in twenty ten at the.

718
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Speaker 1: C got aversage in ninety nine. Yeah, is that a

719
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Speaker 1: red flag? With all the former players are like the

720
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Speaker 1: money man's the best.

721
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 2: No.

722
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Speaker 4: The funny thing is she just spit out gods and

723
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Speaker 4: I and I've said this to Rob before, but you know,

724
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 4: you know he played the I see. The thing is

725
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 4: like I knew what my lot in life was with

726
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Speaker 4: the Vikings. I knew my time was going to be

727
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 4: up months and months and months before, like during the

728
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:42,799
Speaker 4: during my last season, I knew that it was my

729
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 4: it was my last season. So what I end up

730
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:49,279
Speaker 4: signing with the Rams? He calls me. I'm in my

731
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 4: hotel room in Saint Louis. He's like, Bro, just want

732
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 4: to say congratulations and whatever it is. I just saw

733
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:57,759
Speaker 4: the deal go through. Mike thanks me. And he's like, hey, man,

734
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 4: if I knew that you were going to sign for

735
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Speaker 4: veteran minimum.

736
00:36:00,560 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 1: One year for one point too, what are we doing.

737
00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 4: He's like, oh man, we could have Like I'm like, okay,

738
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:10,640
Speaker 4: I'm calling BS. I like, you don't have to say that, Like,

739
00:36:10,760 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 4: I get it. I know that you guys want to

740
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:14,000
Speaker 4: move on for me, you want to get younger at

741
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 4: that position, Like don't you don't have to play this game.

742
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 1: My ego is fine. And see, that's what's so great

743
00:36:19,120 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 1: about Rob is we've all known him so long. He's

744
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 1: so genuine and authentic and real. You can joke with

745
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 1: Rob about things like this and it's not weird. Oh man,

746
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:29,919
Speaker 1: you should hear Greenway go after him. Oh it's it's

747
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 1: it's classic. Yeah, it's great. Oh yeah, franchise franchise tag.

748
00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it's so it's so funny. Yeah, it's so funny. Gonzales. Oh,

749
00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: I know, like, yeah, you're the very best, Thank you,

750
00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:44,960
Speaker 1: thank you man. We'll watch you on TV Today sounds good,

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Speaker 3: in front of a final hour that's going to feature

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Speaker 3: some fun NFL Draft conversation, Bears Vox, Jeff Joniak, you'll

756
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 3: hear National football insider Jeremy Fowler as well, maybe a

757
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:19,919
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Speaker 3: It's poker, black jack and table games all year round,

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Speaker 3: we're gonna start with the Minnesota Wild. We had it

767
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:47,719
Speaker 3: was two segments. We had both Russo and we had

768
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Speaker 3: head coach John Hines on as the Minnesota Wild return

769
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 3: to action. The Olympic break is over, and it was

770
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Speaker 3: Faber and Boldie and Hughes oh my all returning via

771
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Speaker 3: play and they got a good sounds like a couple

772
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 3: of meals and some z's. They should be ready to

773
00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 3: rock tonight puck dropping Colorado at eight pm right here

774
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,600
Speaker 3: on your home for Wild Hockey. The fan know Nathan

775
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 3: McKinnon for the Avalanche. Last night they beat Utah four

776
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 3: two so Avs on the end of a back to back.

777
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 3: This evening, Wild on the front of a back to back.

778
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 3: They'll be in Utah tomorrow night. The coach did confirm

779
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:25,680
Speaker 3: with PA that GUS boss mister Gustafson, returning from his

780
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:29,640
Speaker 3: own Olympic dallions as well. He's going to be between

781
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 3: the pipes for the Minnesota whild this evening. So we've

782
00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 3: been waiting for it and there's no rest for the weary.

783
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 3: It's right back at it against a big timer.

784
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:42,239
Speaker 1: In the West. Sooner excited for this one tonight to

785
00:38:42,280 --> 00:38:45,439
Speaker 1: listen to it with Joe and John on KFAM and

786
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 1: quick peek at the Western Conference standings. With twenty and

787
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 1: change to go, you got the Abs after beating Clayton

788
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 1: Keller's team last night. They have eighty five points and

789
00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: then you got the Stars and US seventy nine and

790
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 1: seventy eight complete meat grinder. Let's not forget you went

791
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 1: to the last game the Wild played against Colorado and

792
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 1: Wally stole the show, made some big saves I think

793
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:13,759
Speaker 1: in a shootout like stop McKinnon and the car celebrated

794
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: with the fist pump. Yeah, all of AVS Nation, including Rochie,

795
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:19,520
Speaker 1: took offense to it. Oh they were all mad.

796
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 2: Yeah.

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00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 1: Roachie's on the radio show five zero minutes from now.

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00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 1: Don't think we're I think we're not bringing that thing up. Well,

799
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,960
Speaker 1: you're acting like you won the cop That's what it was. Yeah,

800
00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 1: but you don't have to deal with Wally tonight. Guys.

801
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,800
Speaker 1: You know, I wonder if it beat you with Wally,

802
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:34,439
Speaker 1: beat you with Gus?

803
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:34,839
Speaker 2: What up?

804
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: I wonder if what we just talked about plays into

805
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:42,080
Speaker 1: Volstet not playing tonight, putting too much pressure on himself

806
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 1: getting booed lustily by the crowd because bus is two

807
00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 1: seven and one lifetime against the Apps.

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00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,600
Speaker 3: What if it's fighting into the current a little bit

809
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 3: too with Gus, who I believe struggled and mark Strom

810
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,120
Speaker 3: was in the mix there for Sweden instead of him.

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Speaker 3: Tried to get him back on the ice as soon

812
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:03,680
Speaker 3: as possible, even though it's just a day maybe, but

813
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 3: just wanted to get him back in there.

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00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 1: Well when Balstat if he's starting and he goes to

815
00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:13,279
Speaker 1: his spot at Ballerina tonight, it'll be loud. I mean

816
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 1: it would be because it's a super smart, dedicated hockey

817
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:22,120
Speaker 1: crowd that has immense cup crad so they know what

818
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 1: they're doing, and I don't know, maybe they feel it's

819
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: a little too much pressure on him. You know, we

820
00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: got our top two blue liners what Heinze said. You know, yeah,

821
00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 1: with Fabes and Hughesy, we expect big time performances tonight.

822
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: That's who they are. But they are fresh off that

823
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:41,560
Speaker 1: Olympic grind. Yeah, so it does have some wild card

824
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 1: to it. And then you get you know, your goaltender

825
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,879
Speaker 1: is going to be booed and booed lustily, and they're

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Speaker 1: getting after the kid and just a good google he

827
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Speaker 1: good just yeah, I know he's two seven to one,

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Speaker 1: just use him.

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Speaker 3: Great point puck drop shortly after a We're gonna find

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Speaker 3: out tonight right here on the fan and via the

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Speaker 3: free iHeart radio app the Timberwell channel. You're gonna be

832
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 3: able to listen to the Minnesota Timberwolves. They're at the

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00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,319
Speaker 3: Clippers this evening. It's nine pm tip off. You can

834
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Speaker 3: listen to it on the iHeartRadio Timberwolves channel or watching

835
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 3: on Prime. They played a pretty even game the other

836
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:14,799
Speaker 3: night with Portland. You are in Indies, so I don't

837
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:16,360
Speaker 3: know how much you were able to watch that. But

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00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,839
Speaker 3: I didn't watch any of it. I asked you who won,

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Speaker 3: and you told me that.

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Speaker 1: They eked to buy them a little bit of it.

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00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,040
Speaker 1: I saw it was one twenty four, one twenty one.

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00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: It's still it just personally for me and I didn't

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00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 1: watch it, but I watched the others. It still is

844
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,400
Speaker 1: just not quite right. No, it is.

845
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 3: And did you before you went to Indy, were you

846
00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:37,040
Speaker 3: able to watch a little bit of a blood bat

847
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 3: that took place with the Sixers And then you got

848
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Speaker 3: the chance to chat with with Chris Finch on Monday

849
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:42,400
Speaker 3: following that.

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Speaker 1: So it's like the Clippers game was a disaster, all right,

851
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: we need to buy our Clipper sixers.

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00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:49,240
Speaker 3: We need to bounce back from that. You get Rudy

853
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,480
Speaker 3: in the mix, and that was the talker over a

854
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:54,000
Speaker 3: couple of days. There is my goodness, does Rudy make

855
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 3: a difference with this squad felt like you did in

856
00:41:56,520 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 3: some ways. But but you still see it with this

857
00:41:59,040 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 3: team once in a while when things aren't right, like

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00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,480
Speaker 3: Drew Holliday having a night last night, Scoot Henderson off

859
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 3: the bench, like there's just there's little moments and lapses

860
00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 3: over the totality of a game that in the end

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00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:15,000
Speaker 3: it's like, ooh, Jayden hit five triples last night, Vincenzo

862
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:17,439
Speaker 3: couldn't be stopped and ant led the way with thirty four.

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00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 3: So you're getting into the winners circle that way. But

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Speaker 3: the advantage to the Wolves right now. You know, I

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Speaker 3: don't believe in jinxes, but Spurs are on ten straight.

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Speaker 1: Okay, see still atop the heap.

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Speaker 3: The rest of the West is middlane right now, right,

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Speaker 3: and the Wolves are a game from being tied for

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Speaker 3: the third spot. Still razor thin margin, but great shot

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Speaker 3: to jump up the charts here moving forward if they

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Speaker 3: can find and gel and find some cohesion a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Well with Finchy FINCHI. On Monday, now they were without Rudy.

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Speaker 1: They also were without nas Reed. Yeah, and Julius Randall

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Speaker 1: had a bad illness but he played through it. Finchi's

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Speaker 1: bit on Monday was they were what's called short closing

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Speaker 1: on three point shots. Okay, like he said, at least

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Speaker 1: six in the first half where you're just kind of

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Speaker 1: lackadaisically running out to the three point guy. But it's

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Speaker 1: bad and they hit all of them.

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Speaker 2: Yea.

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Speaker 1: And he also said, just put this in your back

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Speaker 1: pocket for LFL twenty six, twenty seven. Yeah, you got

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Speaker 1: this year for con vj Edgecombe. Yeah, he's just put

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Speaker 1: him in your back pocket. I tried to draft him

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Speaker 1: this year, got snipe. He's a thing very late. He

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Speaker 1: was awesome with MAXI. They got a nice backcourt right there, bro,

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Speaker 1: but with Gobert and Reed coming back and and the

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Speaker 1: the oh yeah finally and I think you'll enjoy this.

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Speaker 1: I brought it up with Chris on Monday. So I'm

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Speaker 1: watching the MAVs game against the Wolves the previous Friday,

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Speaker 1: all right three two wake up Paul and Charles Barkley

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Speaker 1: was like, here's what bugs me about the Wolves. When

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Speaker 1: they get up ten on a bad team like Dallas

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Speaker 1: that's begging to get to Turks and Caicos, the championship

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Speaker 1: type teams more than not make that twenty and thirty.

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Speaker 1: The Wolves never do right, good point. Jalen Rose came

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Speaker 1: at him, like, understand what you're saying, and it may

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Speaker 1: not be for everybody's taste. This team is one of

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Speaker 1: the if not the most talented teams in the NBA.

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Speaker 1: They need a challenge and when they get to the

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Speaker 1: postseason and they go ten to ten the whole game,

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Speaker 1: they're going to the Western Conference Finals. So they like

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Speaker 1: argued a little bit about it. It was the bomb.

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Speaker 3: isn't it, Pa, Well that's what we think.

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