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Speaker 2: his normal time slot, Charlie Goldsmith will join us at

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Speaker 2: one o'clock this afternoon, and unfortunately, Austin, we have some

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Speaker 2: more to talk about with the Cincinnati Reads as Nickelodolo

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Speaker 2: left his rehab start yesterday with the Daytona Tortugas because

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Speaker 3: The tortugas. Do you know what tortuga is Spanish for tortilla? No,

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Speaker 3: that's tortilla is Spanish for tortilla. You're close, though, Yeah, tortoise.

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Speaker 3: The date the Daytona turtles pretty much. Yeah, the tortoises,

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Speaker 3: although I'm sure somebody would say there's a big difference

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Speaker 3: It's a badass.

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Speaker 2: All we know is that Nickelodolo left his rehab start

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Speaker 2: with a blister issue, that same blister issue that landed

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Speaker 2: Niclodola on the injured list to start the season. And Moyle, boy,

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Speaker 2: do I have so many questions about that? I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't really understand it. And well, obviously we'll have

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Speaker 3: a chance to talk to Charlie about it. You and

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Speaker 3: I were just talking before the show, like if this

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Speaker 3: And it was it again precautionary? Does he become somebody

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Speaker 3: different ways that you can work around this? And I

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Speaker 3: think Terry Francona is going to be talking prior to

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Speaker 3: So hopefully Charlie will have some answers for us at

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Speaker 3: the top of the hour. But there's way more questions

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Speaker 2: we'll talk more about Lodola, we'll talk about today's starting

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Speaker 2: lineup and this series opener against the Texas Rangers. But

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Speaker 2: does that mean going forward? We got a lot to

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Speaker 3: Thrown side sessions, he's thrown a bullpen like he's he's

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Speaker 2: Up to this, so like, yeah, what was it?

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Speaker 3: why is this three years now where the Reds can't

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Speaker 3: come up with the right way to treat this thing? Yep,

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Speaker 3: I just, I just I don't know. I don't know

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Speaker 2: like we said, there's just far more questions than answers

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Connor Griffin today, I think they're going to try

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so tip your cap. I think I got Jerry

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Speaker 3: Have that demand when the ducks, when the ducks quack

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Speaker 2: When the ducks quack, I'm gonna save that. That's a

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Speaker 2: did you hear what happened with Kansas City Royals catcher

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Speaker 2: He was scratched from the Royal starting lineup for yesterday's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And so what age is where he surfaced? And

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Speaker 3: Now, I don't think I don't think it's ever an excuse.

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Speaker 2: How many like is there a threshold, like can you

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Speaker 3: Once you're out of high school? I don't think you

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Speaker 2: And like the crazy thing is like Vinnie Pascatino, the

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Speaker 2: Oh, which is kind of cool. They did lose the game,

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Speaker 2: Do you blame Carter Jensen?

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Speaker 3: You know, I watched almost that whole game, and it

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Speaker 2: Unbelievable. Some disappointing news coming just days in the National

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Speaker 2: Basketball Association after we talked about Luca's six hundred point

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Speaker 2: night's loss and Austin. It did not look like a

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Speaker 2: Anthony Edwards's honesty, just missed the start of the game. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: From the court to the cage, the Diamond to the dome.

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Speaker 4: He brings the heat.

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Speaker 2: What a time that was. Happy Birthday, Jay Bruce.

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Speaker 2: about do you move on from Brady Singer? What value

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Speaker 2: does he have here with the Cincinnati Reds. He pitched

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Speaker 2: against the Boston Red Sox. He only lasted four innings,

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Speaker 2: spread out five hits and three on runs while walking too.

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Speaker 2: What do you need to see today from Brady's Singer

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Speaker 2: for the Reds.

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Speaker 3: I need him to eat up some innings because I

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Speaker 3: don't want to see the bullpen at all.

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Speaker 2: If I can't help it.

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Speaker 3: I would love for Brady's singer to do what Sandy

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Speaker 3: Alcintara did last year. Yeah, that's asking a lot, I know,

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Speaker 3: but yeah, it's just be pitch efficient, don't walk guys,

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Speaker 3: and trust your defense behind you. And you know, the

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Speaker 3: last time that Brady faced the Rangers, I remember, I

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Speaker 3: think that was the game the Reds won, like fourteen

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Speaker 3: to three around this time last year. It was his

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Speaker 3: first game as a Red and he was awesome in

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Speaker 3: that game. I think he ended up going seven innings,

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Speaker 3: struck out maybe seven or eight guys. So just be

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Speaker 3: pitch efficient, don't get yourself into trouble, eat up some innings. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and like, don't be afraid to pitch the contact.

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Speaker 2: And that's the thing with Singer.

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Speaker 3: He's never been like this overpowering, strikeout twelve guys type

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Speaker 3: of dude. He's not afraid to pitch to contact in

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Speaker 3: that I think bodes well for this team.

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Speaker 2: Some other Major League Baseball games happening this afternoon and

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Speaker 2: this evening. You mentioned the home dog strategy. It'll be

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Speaker 2: on display a lot today. The National is a home

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Speaker 2: dog against the Dodgers. Tigers have their opener against the

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Speaker 2: Saint Louis, Cardinals, Yankees and Marlins, both teams five and

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Speaker 2: one going at it. How about this for an early

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Speaker 2: surprise to the season. Austin Padres go to Boston today.

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Speaker 2: Padres are two and four. Red Sox have not won

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Speaker 2: a game since the opening game of the season. Red

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Speaker 2: Sox are one and five on the year. Sonny Gray

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Speaker 2: takes the mound for the Boston Red Sox this afternoon.

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Speaker 2: White Sox a home dog against the Blue Jays. What

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Speaker 2: about the Cleveland Guardians? How about the Guardians start of

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Speaker 2: the season four against the Mariners, three against the Dodgers,

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Speaker 2: all on the road, and the Guardians come home today

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Speaker 2: to open up against the Cubs At four and three.

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Speaker 2: It's a pretty strong start for the Guardians, who are

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Speaker 2: slight home dog this afternoon. Rocky's clearly a home dog

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Speaker 2: with Michael Lorenzen on the mound today. You mentioned the

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Pirates a home dog against the Royals. The h

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Speaker 2: Angels a home dog against the Seattle Mariners. What about

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Speaker 2: to start for Mike Trout this year? Positive signs for

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Speaker 2: Mike Trout. Baseball's just better if Mike Trout's good. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 2: the Angels aren't going to be very good this year

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Speaker 2: at all, and the Giants are a home dog against

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Speaker 2: the Mets. Giants have turned it around a little bit

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Speaker 2: as well. At three and four. That is your Major

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Speaker 2: League Baseball slate for this afternoon. Let's take a break.

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Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll open the phone lines up

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Speaker 8: Son.

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Speaker 3: We have a bit of a developing situation. Oh you know,

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Speaker 3: we've talked extensively at least yesterday about the Reds new

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Speaker 3: City Connect uniforms. Of course, well it's been announced I

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Speaker 3: guess sort of by the Reds that it's a City

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Speaker 3: Connect series. So it's City Connect one point oh, which

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Speaker 3: is the black all black uniforms that they have worn

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Speaker 3: for the last few years. Those are going to be

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Speaker 3: worn on Friday home games as they always are, all right,

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Speaker 3: but they say that City Connect two point oh will

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Speaker 3: be worn for Saturday home games. Really, and that of

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Speaker 3: course being announced on Thursday next week. The unveiling of

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Speaker 3: the new city connect uniforms for the Red.

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Speaker 2: Leg So we're talking multiple city connects. Yes, okay, that

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Speaker 2: is a bit of a development.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if other teams are doing that. I

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Speaker 3: don't know if other Major League teams are keeping the

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Speaker 3: first version of their city connects and adding a second one.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. Now, there are folks out there that

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Speaker 2: appreciate a little bit of nostalgia that like what the

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Speaker 2: original brings to the table. If you had your say

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Speaker 2: and you were offered, or maybe someone around the Reds

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Speaker 2: is listening and thinks, you know what, Tony and Austin

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Speaker 2: this time around, they deserve a city connect too. If

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Speaker 2: that were the case, do you like the red or

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Speaker 2: would you like the nostalgia with the all black? I'm

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Speaker 2: just I'm happy to be. I don't really like the

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Speaker 2: black ones that much. Okay, I think if as long

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Speaker 2: as the leak is true, I think those red ones

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Speaker 2: are sharp and the pinstripe with it. I'm sold. I'm

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Speaker 2: absolutely sold. Let's grab a couple phone calls here, well,

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Speaker 2: our number one. It's important on Fridays because once our

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Speaker 2: number two gets here with Charlie and talkbacks and Tommy

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Speaker 2: g and Bob Manjeen and Mo Wagger later from the

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Speaker 2: final four, things can start to move pretty quickly, so

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Speaker 2: it's important to get a couple of phone calls here

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Speaker 2: on a Friday and hour number one. Let's start with

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Speaker 2: our friend John. How are you John?

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Speaker 9: Happy Friday?

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Speaker 2: Fellas, how are you happy Friday? John?

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Speaker 9: And happy Easter or Passover if you celebrate either, really

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Speaker 9: enjoy it on Sunday and we'll chat next week of course,

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Speaker 9: But just a couple of things I.

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Speaker 4: Want to talk about.

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Speaker 2: And John, happy, Happy opening day there in Boston.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, people are already angry. It doesn't take much to

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Speaker 9: make Redspox fans angry. Are you talking about firing Alex Cora?

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Speaker 4: They hate ownership. They just they don't score runs.

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Speaker 9: And my entire life, guys, and I'm sixty two, the

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Speaker 9: Red Sox always scored runs. They didn't always have great pitching,

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Speaker 9: but they always had a lot of offensive firepower. They

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Speaker 9: may not have a guy who hits twenty five zero

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Speaker 9: months this year unless woman Anthony steps it up a bit,

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Speaker 9: so they're not the classical Red Sox team that scores

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Speaker 9: a lot of runs. I wanted to jump in and

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Speaker 9: talk a little bit about Kyle Duggart because I missed

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Speaker 9: that yesterday. As far as Dougger, when he was released

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Speaker 9: last year by the Patriots, I didn't think he'd be

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Speaker 9: a good fit with the Bengals, But then after watching

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Speaker 9: Geno Stone last year, I think anyone would be a

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Speaker 9: good fit with the Bengals in the safety room because

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Speaker 9: Kyle Bugger will do two things that Geno Stone won't do.

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Speaker 9: He will kick people, He's not afraid to do that, and.

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Speaker 4: He is not going to make business decisions.

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Speaker 9: He's the anti Geno Stone. So you put him with

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Speaker 9: Brian Cook and maybe that Caleb Downs, that's a pretty

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Speaker 9: good safety room. Because I think it was James Rapine

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Speaker 9: last year who reported that the Bengals gave up eighteen

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Speaker 9: hundred guys and seventeen touchdowns to tight ends.

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Speaker 2: And there was a point yesterday too where I think

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Speaker 2: a lot of people just jumped and said, Okay, if

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Speaker 2: Kyle Dugger is joining the Bengals alongside Brian Cook, well,

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Speaker 2: then Caleb Downs is off the board. I hope that's

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Speaker 2: not how the Bengals play it. I hope if the

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Speaker 2: Bengals get there at number ten and Caleb Downs is there.

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Speaker 2: I hope adding Kyle Dugger would not deter them from

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Speaker 2: taking Caleb Downs at number ten.

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Speaker 9: But if you want to use an eight man front, he's

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Speaker 9: good at that.

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Speaker 4: He's good going.

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Speaker 9: Forward, can rush the passer with him.

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Speaker 4: Yep, he's a playmaker.

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Speaker 2: He's Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, absolutely, yeah. I mean he had that I

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Speaker 9: think in twenty twenty two or in twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 9: whichever game it was. But yeah, he's he's a solid player.

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Speaker 9: Another thing, professional guy, serious, He's gonna come to work

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Speaker 9: every day. This is important in him. So I think

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Speaker 9: it's a good move. But again, we have to look

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Speaker 9: at what happens in the draft, and I'll throw one

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Speaker 9: safety that might be intriguing that's gonna go probably in

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Speaker 9: the third or fourth round. Aj Hawley, who's from LSU.

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Speaker 6: He's kind of like.

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Speaker 9: Dugger though sixty two fifteen, really good in zone, but

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Speaker 9: might struggle when you ask him to cover man a

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Speaker 9: man deep, so he may.

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Speaker 4: Be off the board.

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Speaker 9: In the player I love is Jacob Rodriguez talking about

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Speaker 9: a guy who maybe he is in all about trades,

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Speaker 9: but he's all about production and winning six one two

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Speaker 9: thirty undersize linebacker. But if you remember, thirty years ago

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Speaker 9: some guy named Zach Thomas did okay for himself, went

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Speaker 9: to the Hall of Fame. Not saying that Jacob Rodriguez

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Speaker 9: is gonna do that, but off the field stuff. I mean,

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Speaker 9: his wife, em Up is a Blackhawks helicopter pilot as

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Speaker 9: Tony and Austin. You know this, the quarterbacks of this

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Speaker 9: minus guys on the field. He was recruited as a quarterback.

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Speaker 9: So he's got to be pretty good, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: And he's the type of player that I think of

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Speaker 2: what the Bengals that they've missed on because they get

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Speaker 2: so caught up at times, I feel like in measurables

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Speaker 2: and testing and not what they do on the film. Like,

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Speaker 2: I don't care. To me, I don't care what Jacob

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Speaker 2: Rodriguez runs in his forty I care how quickly he

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Speaker 2: can identify, run past and fill a hole. I care

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Speaker 2: about what he can do in space to make a tackle.

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Speaker 2: He just passes the eye test on film when you

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Speaker 2: watch him. I don't need to see what he runs

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Speaker 2: because I think he can make up with that with

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Speaker 2: his mind and his instincts ahead of time as well.

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Speaker 9: Exactly so that what Sjamar Stewart last year is kind

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Speaker 9: of like the flip side yep of Jacob Rodriguez. I

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Speaker 9: mean he and his one quarterback pressure which came in

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Speaker 9: training camp against the franchise quarterback.

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Speaker 4: That's not a good thing.

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Speaker 9: Before I go, Fellas, I just want to maybe make

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Speaker 9: one comment on the Final four. I've got this sneaking

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Speaker 9: suspicion Illinois is gonna win the thing. Okay, Arizona, Yeah,

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Speaker 9: Arizona and Michigan. Obviously, everyone feels whoever wins that game

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Speaker 9: is gonna win the national championship. But I've seen this

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Speaker 9: a lot where the two best teams meet in the

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Speaker 9: semis and then when one of them gets to the finals,

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Speaker 9: they might be a bit spent. This is not a

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Speaker 9: great Connecticut team, but looking at won five national championships

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Speaker 9: in less than thirty years, Illinois shows up to the

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Speaker 9: final four well once every two decades. I mean, the

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Speaker 9: greatest player in the history is Kendall gill so he

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Speaker 9: was a really good player. But I mean it's not

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Speaker 9: like North Carolina or Duke and I think it would

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Speaker 9: kind of be a good match for Indiana winning the

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Speaker 9: national championship in football. If Illinois wins the NCAA basketball

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Speaker 9: tournam because they don't really have a great history either.

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Speaker 9: Would be kind of an interesting thing that the big

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Speaker 9: thing is they look like a European professional.

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Speaker 2: That's what I was gonna say. Those players. You talk

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Speaker 2: about the stage of the Final four, they've played on

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Speaker 2: big stages already. The Eastern European players that are at Illinois,

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Speaker 2: I think that gives them a little bit of an advantage.

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Speaker 2: And there's always just that that let down. I saw

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Speaker 2: a stat earlier in the week in the NCAA tournament,

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Speaker 2: and the last six teams that have beaten Duke in

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Speaker 2: the tournament have lost their next game. And you wonder

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Speaker 2: if that's going to be the case with you kN

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Speaker 2: as well.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, hopefully Dean, he really doesn't head but anyone that's right.

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Speaker 2: That's right, fellows.

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Speaker 9: Have a great John, Happy holiday with chat next week.

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Speaker 2: Appreciate you have a great weekend. Uh, Mike, what's going on?

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Speaker 8: How are you?

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Speaker 5: Hi?

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Speaker 10: Guys?

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Speaker 6: Uh?

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Speaker 10: I'd say happy Good Friday, but there's nothing happy about

656
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Speaker 10: Good Friday. It's actually there in college. We'll get it objectively.

657
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Speaker 10: I I heard the greatest interview with Well. I love

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Speaker 10: Lewis Riddick. I just love Lewis. I love everything about

659
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Speaker 10: Lewis Riddick. And he did the greatest breakdown of Fernando

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Speaker 10: Mendoza and Ty Simpson this morning that I've ever heard

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Speaker 10: on The Patrick's show. And he is so impressed. He said, he,

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Speaker 10: you know, stood five feet away from Mendoza during his

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Speaker 10: whole pro day and he said, Mondo, he was actually

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Speaker 10: running the pro day. Yeah, and what guys are going

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Speaker 10: to do? What how they were going to do it?

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Speaker 10: But he said he's really hit to wait.

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Speaker 6: For him hard.

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Speaker 10: He has ripped his lower body, his quadities. He couldn't

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Speaker 10: say enough wonderful things about Mendoza, not not about throwing

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Speaker 10: seventy yards down the field, you know, none.

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Speaker 2: Of just just the quarterback intangibles. He even mentioned the

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Speaker 2: idea that that every time he talked to a wide receiver,

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Speaker 2: he called the wide receiver by name and then called

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Speaker 2: out the route. And he said that's probably some minuscule

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Speaker 2: that you don't notice, but people there notice it. And

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Speaker 2: and the way he makes everything personal and and Mendoza

677
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Speaker 2: talked after his prodey about the reason he threw so

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Speaker 2: many passes is because he wanted to make the other

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Speaker 2: guys around him shine and I think he did a

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Speaker 2: great job of that. But he checks every intangible box

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Speaker 2: you want as your quarterback.

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Speaker 10: And what an excellent decision to hook him up with Cousins.

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Speaker 6: To break you man. I think that was agreed, agreed, brilliant.

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Speaker 10: Okay, if you have to pick right now who's in

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Speaker 10: the final four. Now with the Illinois team, there's one

686
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Speaker 10: thing you got to think about here. I kind of

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Speaker 10: like him as a dark horse too, like John, but

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Speaker 10: they're not. They don't have the depth that that Michigan.

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Speaker 6: And Arizona have. They just don't.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Illinois knocks off Yukon just because of

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Speaker 2: that stat that that teams that have beaten Duke have

692
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Speaker 2: lost their last six and the way in which they

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Speaker 2: went about beating Yukon. I just like Illinois's makeup. I

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Speaker 2: think Illinois, and I'll give the edge to Arizona because

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Speaker 2: I think Arizona is probably one of the only teams

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Speaker 2: in the country that can match up with Michigan size inside,

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Speaker 2: and I like the Arizona guards a little bit better.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, and that freshman Pete has really come into his

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Speaker 6: own color.

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Speaker 2: Pete is awesome. And and if you look at Arizona,

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Speaker 2: they got a little bit of international flair on that

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00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,920
Speaker 2: team as well, with del Orso and Karl Chenkof. They

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Speaker 2: got some players that have an over his background as well,

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Speaker 2: mixed in with a lot of size. I like Arizona

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Speaker 2: and I like Illinois.

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Speaker 6: You think Lloyd goes to North Carolina. I hope he doesn't.

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Speaker 6: I pray he doesn't.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. It's it's just so weird how long

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Speaker 2: this has taken. But if I'm Arizona, I'm throwing everything

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Speaker 2: I have at Tommy Lloyd.

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Speaker 6: I think you have to. Plus, he's a West Coast

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Speaker 6: guy anyway, and I don't know that North Carolina is

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Speaker 6: a better job anymore.

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Speaker 2: At this point. Yeah, I agree. I know the ACC

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Speaker 2: is not as good as the Big twelve right now

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Speaker 2: as well, so I think you take that into consideration.

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Speaker 10: You're right, and a lot of older guys like me

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Speaker 10: still think the ACC rules.

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Speaker 6: No, they don't third or fourth on the depth chart.

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Speaker 6: One last question, guys, who do you like to be

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Speaker 6: in the NBA finals?

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Speaker 2: Man, that's that's tough. I still think in the West,

723
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Speaker 2: I have to go until someone knocks him off. I

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Speaker 2: have to go with the Thunder, even though I think

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Speaker 2: the Nuggets, and I even I think the uh, the

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Speaker 2: San Antonio Spurs are right there in the the East.

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Speaker 2: I think I'm gonna go with the Boston Celtics now

728
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Speaker 2: that Tatum's not only back, but he's playing at his

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Speaker 2: elite level. I'll go Celtics and as of today, Thunder,

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Speaker 2: I'll go with Spurs. Pistons ooh okay, well.

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Speaker 6: I kind of tend to win with Austin. I think

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Speaker 6: Wendy if Wembley wants to, Wendy can score sixty as

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Speaker 6: a drop of a hat if he wants to.

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Speaker 2: Agreed.

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Speaker 6: But and they have great guards on that team. But

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Speaker 6: but Boston's got a really great team. The Pistons I

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Speaker 6: never my sentimental favor to do something, and they do

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Speaker 6: play old fashion, kind of roughed up NBA style basketball.

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Speaker 6: But the Celtics got so many scorers, Like you said, Tony, yah,

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Speaker 6: it's gonna be fun anyway, guys, Thanks, thanks Mike.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate that. You know, the only thing with the

742
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Speaker 2: Pistons Cunningham is still out, So how does he come back?

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Speaker 2: I think is a is a big catalyst for what

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Speaker 2: they can do. We'll take our final break of the

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Speaker 2: hour when we come back. We'll finish up our our

746
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Speaker 2: set of phone calls here and then we'll get to

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Speaker 2: Charlie Goldsmith at the top of our number two. The

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Speaker 2: Friday edition of Sincy three sixty continues next thanks to

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Speaker 2: our friends at sky Lenechiley, WK one and fifteen thirty

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Speaker 2: Welcome back since he three sixty ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati

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Speaker 2: Sports Station. We roll along here our number one just

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Speaker 2: a few minutes and we'll welcome in our good friend

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Speaker 2: Charlie Goldsmith to talk some Cincinnati Reds. Until then, Mark

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Speaker 2: is hanging on with us right now. What's up, Mark?

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Speaker 4: Okay?

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Speaker 6: I can't.

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Speaker 4: I didn't.

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Speaker 7: I mean at the beginning of the show. I mean,

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Speaker 7: I'm assuming y'all were having some Bengals talk.

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Speaker 4: I wanted to put this scenario out there.

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Speaker 7: Tony Pike gets the quarterback, and uh, you got three

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Speaker 7: ride receivers on the field and Dax's Hill is covering

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Speaker 7: you know, your number two or your third wide receiver?

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Speaker 4: Which direction are you going?

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Speaker 2: And until I see more, probably at Dax Hill?

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Speaker 4: So okay, got it. That's my concern.

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Speaker 7: I think good quarterbacks are gonna find him in coverage,

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Speaker 7: and I think that's gonna be a problem.

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Speaker 4: I don't think he can gover.

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Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's fair. He's got to he's got

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Speaker 2: to show the ability a little bit more consistently than

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Speaker 2: what he has. I think that's a I think that's

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Speaker 2: a fair concern or criticism.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: So, so with that being said, I wouldn't you say,

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Speaker 7: trying to get a quarter a cornerback in free agency

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Speaker 7: or high in the draft. Wouldn't that be shouldn't that

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Speaker 7: be a priority to another solid quarter cornerback.

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Speaker 2: I think you can make the case for it. But

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Speaker 2: for me, I just I still think there's something there

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Speaker 2: that Like, if you ask me the same question, if

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Speaker 2: I'm am I more concerned as a quarterback about Dax

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Speaker 2: Hill or the pass rush, Well, I think Dax Hill

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Speaker 2: is better than what they have at pass rush right now.

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Speaker 2: I think Dax Hill is better than what they have

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Speaker 2: at any linebacker position right now. So you could argue

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Speaker 2: corner being in need, and it certainly is. I just

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Speaker 2: think that the pass rush and linebacking unit is a

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Speaker 2: bigger need right now than corner.

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Speaker 4: Okay, got it, Well, maybe this may if you.

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Speaker 7: Draft a safety like that Caleb Down's dude, and you've

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Speaker 7: got good safeties. Maybe they can cover up a not

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Speaker 7: so good cornerback. So that's another way of looking at

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Speaker 7: it too, But we'll.

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Speaker 4: See what happens. So let me get off and lives

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Speaker 4: to the rest of the show.

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Speaker 2: I appreciate you, Mark, thank you for that. One more

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Speaker 2: here Ian is calling in to finish up our number one.

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Speaker 2: What's up being.

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Speaker 6: Hey, guys, hey with Lodola. This is a positive. This

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Speaker 6: will be quick.

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Speaker 8: But I called you all about it last year. But

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Speaker 8: I'm serious because when I started playing bass. Now I'm

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Speaker 8: right handed on fingerpicking, left handed on threading. He's left handed, but.

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Speaker 6: After he had a bout.

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Speaker 8: Of blisters, he kind of stabilized last year. So I'm

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Speaker 8: thinking the combination of needing to go through that like

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Speaker 8: rough interior. And then he said he already had callousies

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Speaker 8: or whatever, just like base though man, I had to

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Speaker 8: go through a series of it before it could like

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Speaker 8: stop happening. And then I think, finally, if the moisture

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Speaker 8: problem with his hand really is like just continuous with them,

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Speaker 8: he really.

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Speaker 6: Should get on like some medication like.

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Speaker 8: Powder and trying your hands is probably not gonna work,

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Speaker 8: because I just imagine any gigs that I played and

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Speaker 8: the issues. The only other solution I had was literally

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Speaker 8: filling my finger with freaking super glue like ten minutes

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Speaker 8: before playing the show.

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Speaker 6: And it worked.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I just I think Ian I appreciate the

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Speaker 2: phone call. I think the only issue is the fact

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Speaker 2: that it crept back up so quickly after his first

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Speaker 2: rehab start in Daytona. That is something we will spend

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Speaker 2: a lot of time when we get back with our

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Speaker 2: good friend Charlie Goldsmith. He kicks off our number two

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Speaker 2: of since he three to sixty next on the Home

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Speaker 2: How is your break