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Speaker 1: NFL Network Insider. That is Ian Rappaport powered by Chevron. Chevron,

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, my friend. How are you what's going on here?

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Speaker 2: You guys doing?

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Speaker 1: We're fantastic. Man, ten wins in a row atop the AFC.

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Speaker 1: Everything is everything is great.

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Speaker 2: It's crazy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, man, what do you think about this Broncos streak?

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's pretty crazy now. I do also see,

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Speaker 2: you know, it's the smallest marginal victory anyone's seeing, you know,

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Speaker 2: given me not a games one, and it's it's tight.

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Speaker 2: It's been really tight. But I think there is something

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Speaker 2: to be said for you know, teams and knowing how

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Speaker 2: any women and understanding how to connect themselves and making

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Speaker 2: sure to make all the right plays, you know when

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Speaker 2: that absolutely will got to have it. It's been honestly

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Speaker 2: pretty amazing to watch. I think, yes, it probably wasn't

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Speaker 2: maybe as close to some of the others. I think

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Speaker 2: it's been awesome. It's been a fun season.

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Speaker 3: And I have to ask you this because I'm whearing

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Speaker 3: right today and Ryan there was excusing me of being

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Speaker 3: a Chiefs homer, which I'm but I still have to

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Speaker 3: preface this question. When we look at what happened to

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Speaker 3: the Chiefs last night against the Texans, what do you

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Speaker 3: make of their fall? Is this just something temporary or

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Speaker 3: this is something that we could start to expect to

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Speaker 3: have more longevity to it.

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Speaker 2: You know, It's interesting because I think a lot of

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Speaker 2: people are, you know, rightly talking about the offensive line.

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Speaker 2: They just said three starters and they were last night,

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Speaker 2: and then they lost another offensive linement, So I think,

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Speaker 2: you know, that's sort of been up and downs, and

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Speaker 2: that's fair. But what's interesting to me was some of

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Speaker 2: their best players made mistakes. And whether it was Mahomes

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Speaker 2: whether rough game, whether it was she Rice dropping two passes,

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Speaker 2: whether Travis Kelsey dropping one. You know, when when it's

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Speaker 2: all on one and your best players are the ones

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Speaker 2: who want to come groop for you, and they haven't.

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Speaker 2: The other thing that kind of sticks out to me

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Speaker 2: is they've had a lot of injuries to their skill

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Speaker 2: guys and a lot of them haven't practiced at tom

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Speaker 2: It's like she Rice was pers since to this, He's like,

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Speaker 2: practice is important, catching cast is important, being familiar with

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Speaker 2: the quarterback is important. You know, this is to me

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Speaker 2: so of like when a guy holds out missus training

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Speaker 2: him and has a bad season and everyone's very surprise.

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Speaker 2: You know, happened to Ceedee Lamb, that happened to arm McLaurin.

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Speaker 2: Like practice is important. I think that you don't practice

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Speaker 2: for your best players. You know, that's it shows. I

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Speaker 2: think that's what's showing.

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Speaker 1: Tough news for the Colts with the Achilles tear for

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones. Uh, you certainly feel for him. I know

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Speaker 1: he's been he's battled his way back to this spot.

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Speaker 1: And the Colts, of course have been a really good.

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Speaker 2: Team so far this year.

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Speaker 1: Where do they go and I especially saw the news

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Speaker 1: that Riley Leonard's dealing with a knee injury. So where

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Speaker 1: do the Colts go here at quarterback?

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Speaker 2: Well, I mean they go to Riley by it and

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Speaker 2: I think, you know, they think he's going to be okay,

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Speaker 2: which is good. And actually it's a guy who was

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Speaker 2: considered to be a bit of rospects. He actually was

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Speaker 2: I thought pretty good on Sunday considering just basically no reps.

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Speaker 2: You know, now people will game plan for him, it's

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Speaker 2: attle different. But I think that's the first option. You know.

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Speaker 2: The reality is when you get to this time of year,

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Speaker 2: there's not a lot of options among like active quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: It's just not so it's like where do you go?

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Speaker 2: Go to a guy who knows your system and then

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Speaker 2: so Ceroner run and function. I think we'll start. They

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Speaker 2: got Brett Ripping on the practice squad, probably promote him.

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Speaker 2: I mean it's you know, look that it Cults are

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Speaker 2: hung and by a thread. I think right now the

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Speaker 2: playoffs were now maybe the seventh seed. I think that's right.

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Speaker 2: You know. So it's just it's not a good place

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Speaker 2: to be. It was such a feel good season and

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Speaker 2: it's all done the wrong way. Let's see if they

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Speaker 2: can save it, because I think, you know, overall, talent wise,

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Speaker 2: they're okay, but you know, without Daniel Jones obviously Anthony

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Speaker 2: Richardson what healthy enough. It's it's tough sweat the the

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Speaker 2: way is.

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Speaker 3: So the Charges played tonight. They're sitting a right behind

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Speaker 3: the Denver Broncos, and apparently they're getting some reinforcement with

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Speaker 3: a couple of guys getting healthy. How does this change

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Speaker 3: your trajectory? With about three or three games left remaining

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Speaker 3: in the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the interesting one for me is amar

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Speaker 2: and Hampton is back and he'scept for the fractured uncle,

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Speaker 2: you know, which is basically a two month injury, so

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Speaker 2: they missed. That's what he missed. And during that time,

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Speaker 2: Kamani Goadal kind of established himself as a potential starting

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Speaker 2: running back. You know, that's around a little bit up

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Speaker 2: a doubt in the practice croud they really played great.

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Speaker 2: Now you get a first round talent to come in

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Speaker 2: and join him and kind of get a little bit

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Speaker 2: of a carry share, you know. I think that's I

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Speaker 2: think it's going to be really important for them to

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Speaker 2: spell the doll, you know, give some some fresh legs

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Speaker 2: and some talent to their offensive backfield. And you know,

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Speaker 2: I think the other thing is justin Herbertson's like these

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Speaker 2: playings that are broken left hand broken bon in his

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Speaker 2: left hand, had surgery. But it seems to be that

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Speaker 2: I'm playing. We've seen a couple really good quarterbacks kind

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Speaker 2: of play through a broken hand. Josh Allender the last year, Herb.

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Speaker 2: It sounds like it's gonna group today. It's not going

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Speaker 2: to be one hundred percent, but you know, I think

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Speaker 2: we'll be in a good enough place to be successful

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Speaker 2: and to be efficient.

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Speaker 1: Ian always appreciate the time. Thank you so much for

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Speaker 1: the insight.

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Speaker 2: We'll check in with you next week. Thanks guys stick

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Speaker 2: here all right.

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Speaker 1: Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Ian Rappaport