WEBVTT - 10-1-25 Roundtable Show with Mike Petraglia

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<v Speaker 1>Close it in a seven o'clock on this Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the roundtable show log Next in Richwood, presented by

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<v Speaker 1>Postman Law here each and every Thursday, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have not we have not mentioned this. Remind

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<v Speaker 1>me Rock, this will be an off air match. Remind

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<v Speaker 1>me to mention our poster giveaway in house when we

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<v Speaker 1>get to the break, because Sean Bolker has a Bengals

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<v Speaker 1>print he's giving away each week here on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, I think we've got I think we've tracked

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<v Speaker 1>him down. I think we have trags. Do we have trags?

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<v Speaker 2>Trags?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you there?

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<v Speaker 2>Wait?

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<v Speaker 3>I heard a click?

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<v Speaker 1>I think it is he covers the Bengals from c

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<v Speaker 1>l NS since he with a y dot com host

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<v Speaker 1>of the Jungle World podcast on YouTube.

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<v Speaker 3>Would this be Mike Petralia, It.

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<v Speaker 4>Would be indeed, gentlemen, a little bit late, but happy

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<v Speaker 4>to join you.

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<v Speaker 1>It is great to hear from you. It's been a

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<v Speaker 1>busy day. We appreciate you making time. Jamar Chase spoke

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<v Speaker 1>today about speaking up.

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<v Speaker 3>What did he say?

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<v Speaker 4>He wants guys to play with anger and emotion and

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<v Speaker 4>he thinks that's a good sign. Of course, he doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>want his team mates losing control on the field and

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<v Speaker 4>drawing fifteen yard penalties. But in terms of on the sideline,

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<v Speaker 4>I think he wants more vocal leadership. He wants people

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<v Speaker 4>yelling at each other when things are sloppy, like eleven penalties.

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<v Speaker 4>When you have eleven penalties and that's two more than

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<v Speaker 4>first down that you have for a game, that's problem.

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<v Speaker 2>And Monday Night was another.

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<v Speaker 4>Example of the Bengals being sloppy and undisciplined as a team.

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<v Speaker 3>Across the board in all three areas.

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<v Speaker 4>And that's where Zach Taylor knows he has to step

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<v Speaker 4>up and accept responsibility that this team is not prepared

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<v Speaker 4>mentally for a lot of these games. And that's what

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<v Speaker 4>I think a lot of fans can see when they

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<v Speaker 4>watch this Bengals team.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, they don't have Joe Burrow.

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<v Speaker 4>We all understand that, we all understand that they're not

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<v Speaker 4>the same team.

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<v Speaker 2>But with that in mind, all.

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<v Speaker 4>The more reason this team should bear down on the

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<v Speaker 4>fundamentals and execute as.

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<v Speaker 2>Close to flawlessly as possible.

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<v Speaker 4>And it doesn't look like there's an emphasis or a

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<v Speaker 4>priority physically or mentally on doing so.

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<v Speaker 5>Tracked, you're around this team a lot, you know the

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<v Speaker 5>personality you know the players.

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<v Speaker 3>Is there a player too that you can think of

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<v Speaker 3>that maybe you.

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<v Speaker 5>Know has the position and the authority to be a

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<v Speaker 5>little more vocal, but isn't yet like a Ted Carris.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm just trying to think of something.

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<v Speaker 4>That's exactly where I was going to go. That's exactly

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<v Speaker 4>where I was going to go. Ted Carris and Orlando

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<v Speaker 4>Brown Junior. They are captains, they are team captains, but

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<v Speaker 4>I think they probably have to be a little more

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<v Speaker 4>vocal on the sideline. Go up and read the Riot

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<v Speaker 4>Act to these linemen, including themselves, and they have to

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<v Speaker 4>say that what we're doing is not acceptable, even when

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<v Speaker 4>they're not committing the penalties.

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<v Speaker 2>When you're getting.

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<v Speaker 4>Blown off the ball constantly, when you can't run the

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<v Speaker 4>ball two and a half yards three yards of carry,

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<v Speaker 4>when you're hoole held to two and a half yards

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<v Speaker 4>of pop, that's unacceptable, especially when you don't have Joe Burrow.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know the Bengals is going to have to

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<v Speaker 2>do some soul searching. It's cliche, but it's true.

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<v Speaker 4>And then in terms of getting the defense lined up properly,

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<v Speaker 4>that's again inexcusable.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that's Pop Warner stuff.

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<v Speaker 4>And if you don't know who's supposed to be on

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<v Speaker 4>the field or where you're supposed to be when you

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<v Speaker 4>get on the field, that's a damning sign that you're

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<v Speaker 4>not well prepared for the game.

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<v Speaker 3>And trags.

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<v Speaker 1>If anybody thought there was doubt, Zach clearly erased it

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<v Speaker 1>this week.

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<v Speaker 3>He is firmly in the corner of Jake Browning.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, and I think part of that is they don't

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<v Speaker 4>really have another option at this point. I know names

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<v Speaker 4>like Russell Wilson and Jameis Winsday get thrown out there.

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<v Speaker 4>I think this team needs to show that they're worthy

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<v Speaker 4>of the front.

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<v Speaker 2>Office going out and making a move.

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<v Speaker 4>Now that being said, if the front office went out

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<v Speaker 4>and made a proactive mood move, because the division is

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<v Speaker 4>winnable with Baltimore banged up, the Browns to the Browns,

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<v Speaker 4>nobody takes them seriously, and the Steelers have a reputation

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<v Speaker 4>of playing for ten or eleven weeks great and then

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<v Speaker 4>folding down the stretch under Mike Tomlin, they get worn down.

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<v Speaker 4>The division is there to be taken if you just

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<v Speaker 4>play at a good to average level, and the Bengals

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<v Speaker 4>are nowhere close to that maybe a guy like Jamis

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<v Speaker 4>Winston comes in and could make a difference in two

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<v Speaker 4>to three games, but more likely than not, until you

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<v Speaker 4>clean yourself, you clean your act up on both sides of.

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<v Speaker 2>The ball, it probably wouldn't make a difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Treggs, you wrote an absolutely phenomenal story earlier this week,

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<v Speaker 1>headline read It's time for the Bengals to question every

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<v Speaker 1>facet of their football operation because it's broken. There was

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<v Speaker 1>one line I want to highlight and ask you about

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<v Speaker 1>in the story that Rock and I just talked about.

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<v Speaker 1>This line you wrote their history is to act like

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<v Speaker 1>the future is more important than the present. And you

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<v Speaker 1>compare a contrast to that to the Eagles at Howie

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<v Speaker 1>Roseman and it's night and day, isn't it?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh?

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<v Speaker 2>It is?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean the priority in those cities is to win

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<v Speaker 4>Super Bowls. The priority in Cincinnati is sign your star players,

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<v Speaker 4>put fans in the seats, and hope to win with

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<v Speaker 4>your best players playing at a tip top level. Well,

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<v Speaker 4>the problem with that is if you get one or

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<v Speaker 4>two of your star players go down with injury and

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<v Speaker 4>you haven't signed depth, you haven't scouted properly, you haven't

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<v Speaker 4>done the work you needed to do in free agency,

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<v Speaker 4>which clearly they did not at the Interior guard position offensively.

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<v Speaker 4>Then that's going to leave you short and you're going

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<v Speaker 4>to get exposed. And that's what's happened with these Bengals,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's happened throughout history. I mean, I don't want to,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, rail on the last four decades, but everybody

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<v Speaker 4>listening to this knows what the record is. The record

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<v Speaker 4>is the record. Your history is your history, and that's.

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<v Speaker 2>All I was pointing out.

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<v Speaker 1>Tim Taylor Britt, What do you make of his current status?

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<v Speaker 4>Actually, I should say very shaky. I would say he

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<v Speaker 4>is on the brink of being benched for longer periods

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<v Speaker 4>than just one or two snaps. I think there's a

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<v Speaker 4>possibility if he doesn't pick up his quality of play,

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<v Speaker 4>and now Golden referenced that this week and meeting with

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<v Speaker 4>us on Wednesday. If he doesn't pick it up, I

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<v Speaker 4>think the Bengals are going to just have to sit

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<v Speaker 4>him and go with some younger players, whether it's Marco Wilson,

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<v Speaker 4>he got some time on Monday night.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't really look great.

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<v Speaker 4>Sick Newton, Josh Big Newton is going to get more

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<v Speaker 4>playing time and certainly DJ, Turner and Hill, assuming they

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<v Speaker 4>don't get hurt, are going to play more, and Cam

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<v Speaker 4>Taylor is going to watch on the sidelines.

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<v Speaker 1>Trag's last question, I want to spend at the Reds

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<v Speaker 1>because you're a multitasker, you cover the Reds as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be interested in after a night to sleep on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Just give me a takeaway, either the playoff series or

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<v Speaker 1>the season for the twenty twenty five Cincinnati Reds.

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<v Speaker 4>Fifteen in Game five, bases loaded, nobody out, don't score.

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<v Speaker 4>Ellie Daily Cruz strikes out, singing, you don't put the

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<v Speaker 4>bat on the ball. It's happened countless times. That was

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<v Speaker 4>the end of the series in MAAS estimation.

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<v Speaker 2>That has to be addressed in the offseason. I know

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<v Speaker 2>they're almost.

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<v Speaker 4>Certainly not going to trade Ellie Daily Cruz. I understand that,

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<v Speaker 4>but they have to beef up the bats in the lineup.

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<v Speaker 4>They have to find a way to do that by

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<v Speaker 4>hook or by crook.

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<v Speaker 1>Trags, if those listening want to read, watch, follow and

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<v Speaker 1>know all that you have going on, how would they

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<v Speaker 1>go about doing that?

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<v Speaker 2>All right?

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<v Speaker 4>On the X, Trags t r A g F online

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<v Speaker 3>Pod and a program preview and closing. This is very big.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm very excited. Next week Rock is on assignment.

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<v Speaker 1>I am told by high level sources on condition of anonymity,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm breaking that that you are going to join

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<v Speaker 1>me in person next week six to seven o'clock at

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<v Speaker 1>this very establishment. Can you confirm I can confirm? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you paused there for a second. I was getting very nervous.

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<v Speaker 2>Which would be.

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<v Speaker 4>Had the result on parent, had the results in LA

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<v Speaker 4>been different?

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe a different answer, but yes, I can.

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<v Speaker 3>Improm totally understand. All Right, thank you sir, good catching up.

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<v Speaker 2>Alright, alright, guys, take care