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Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers after a successful two point conversion that left

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Speaker 1: who are now four and eight. Welcome into morning Scramble.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna find a way to make sure everyone is

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Speaker 1: Kim McCorvey, Jody Jackson, I'm Danny Serek. It was a

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Speaker 1: rough one. It's I feel like the vibes are pretty

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Speaker 1: down today, although like we're pretty much the first ones

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Speaker 1: it was tough to take. I mean because as Kyler

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Speaker 1: watch it slip away, Danny. I said the same thing,

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Speaker 1: Like we just knew something was going to happen, like

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Speaker 1: can do so much after the catch too. I mean,

429
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Speaker 1: he's a guy that can really make a That happened, Jenny,

430
00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,439
Speaker 1: what about your rise in Chind? So I debated this

431
00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,840
Speaker 1: a little bit and I felt like, so, look, the

432
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,000
Speaker 1: fourth quarter was not ideal from any standpoint, so I

433
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Speaker 1: kind of had to I was looking for, Okay, well,

434
00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:15,200
Speaker 1: I can't go this way because because of the fourth quarter,

435
00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:17,520
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna go here anyway. And it's the offensive

436
00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:20,440
Speaker 1: line because I really liked what they did for most

437
00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,600
Speaker 1: of the game blocking for James Conner, pass protecting, and

438
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,679
Speaker 1: we know the hand that they have been dealt. We

439
00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:29,080
Speaker 1: did see Max Garcia back in there, but we know

440
00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,520
Speaker 1: about the inexperience and just how that group has What

441
00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,960
Speaker 1: did you say, it was, Danny the eighth combination eight

442
00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:38,120
Speaker 1: starting offensive line combination. Four of the five starters are

443
00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,760
Speaker 1: now on IR after the Cardinals place left tackle DJ

444
00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,840
Speaker 1: Humphreys on IR late last week with the back. Yeah,

445
00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,879
Speaker 1: and I was disappointed with that because Dj, I didn't

446
00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:47,399
Speaker 1: know how bad the back was. You know, I was

447
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,520
Speaker 1: hopeful maybe he could you know, he could still return,

448
00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:51,879
Speaker 1: I guess for the last game. But that's just a

449
00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,520
Speaker 1: big excuse me, a big blow to this team. And

450
00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:56,679
Speaker 1: I liked what they did. I mean, also, if you

451
00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:00,160
Speaker 1: watch that first drive, really throughout the game, they were

452
00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:04,199
Speaker 1: using at times two tight ends. They were using a

453
00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,720
Speaker 1: guard and a tight end to pull to both sides.

454
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,600
Speaker 1: It was effective to the left side a few times

455
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,919
Speaker 1: or two tight ends, and I thought that was a

456
00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,439
Speaker 1: really strong play for them. They went to it a

457
00:21:14,480 --> 00:21:18,399
Speaker 1: few times and they looked much more on the same page.

458
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,600
Speaker 1: That's kind of like what we talk about with Cliff

459
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,480
Speaker 1: and Kyler. But for the O line, I mean, we

460
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,399
Speaker 1: all know nothing, nothing really can be generated on a

461
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,560
Speaker 1: consistent basis if those guys are not on the same page.

462
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Speaker 1: And we know how hard it is, you know, when

463
00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,560
Speaker 1: they're a new group and they're all you know, all

464
00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:36,000
Speaker 1: it takes is one guy missing an assignment and blows

465
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,280
Speaker 1: up a play. So there were much less of those

466
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:40,280
Speaker 1: in this game. And now and then I had a

467
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:42,400
Speaker 1: little guilt over well, the D line was really good too,

468
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:44,960
Speaker 1: so but I'm going to the O line because I

469
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,560
Speaker 1: know it's been tough, and you know, and Sean Coogler's

470
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,560
Speaker 1: not here obviously, and we know what happened with that,

471
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Speaker 1: and you know, it's never easy when you have change

472
00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,520
Speaker 1: and flux and personnel and coaching. And I thought, really

473
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Speaker 1: and that was what was encouraging to me, because after

474
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Speaker 1: what I saw in Mexico City and after all that

475
00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,399
Speaker 1: went down, you know, I didn't really know how this

476
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Speaker 1: team was going to come out. But I really liked

477
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Speaker 1: what I saw early in the game. And I just wish,

478
00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,320
Speaker 1: I just wish what we saw from the line and

479
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,600
Speaker 1: from the run game and the offense in general, what

480
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Speaker 1: we saw in the first quarter, I just wish we

481
00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:18,440
Speaker 1: would have seen a little bit of that in that last,

482
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Speaker 1: you know, five minutes of the game. Definitely agree my

483
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,199
Speaker 1: year Risinshine leads to my Rise and Shine, player of

484
00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,960
Speaker 1: the game, which was running back James Connor his first

485
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,119
Speaker 1: hundred yard rushing game as a Cardinal, first in almost

486
00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 1: two years, to hit that milestone the tenth time in

487
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,760
Speaker 1: his career. He was a true bulldozing running back those

488
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,119
Speaker 1: tough runs up the middle twenty five carries for one

489
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:41,960
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty yards, one receiving touchdown. Connor averaged four

490
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Speaker 1: point eight yards per carry. The Cardinals have had trouble

491
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Speaker 1: establishing the run, and that's the Chargers weak spot was

492
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 1: stopping the run, and the Cardinals capitalized on that. You

493
00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:54,720
Speaker 1: touched on Sean Coogler not just the offensive line coach,

494
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Speaker 1: he was also the run game coordinator and just prior

495
00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:02,199
Speaker 1: the loss of Eno Benjamin, who the Cardinals released, So

496
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 1: there's been a lot of change in that running back's room.

497
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Speaker 1: And behind James Connor is rookie Kanta Ingraham, who yes,

498
00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:10,960
Speaker 1: has played well when his number has been called upon,

499
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Speaker 1: but he's not that consistent one to punch with James Connor.

500
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Speaker 1: And then they called up Corey Clement, so it was

501
00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:20,239
Speaker 1: pretty much all on James Connor and all of the

502
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,960
Speaker 1: change that has happened in the last two weeks for

503
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Speaker 1: him to come out come out after the performance in

504
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Speaker 1: Mexico City and just have this breakout game. I think

505
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Speaker 1: says a lot about him and his mental toughness and

506
00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: the ability to kind of put the team on his

507
00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 1: back and physically just dominate in the run game. Yeah,

508
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,040
Speaker 1: and people were saying, you know, how can we did

509
00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,800
Speaker 1: and see this earlier? Well, that rib injury. I mean,

510
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Speaker 1: imagine for those of you out there that have a

511
00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,680
Speaker 1: little cough for a cold and you hurt your rib,

512
00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 1: like he couldn't breathe because of his rib injury. So

513
00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,440
Speaker 1: so to then get tackled and punched and hit. Yesterday

514
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,360
Speaker 1: was probably the first day I haven't spoken to him,

515
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Speaker 1: but you know that he was probably feeling his best.

516
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Speaker 1: As time will go on and coming out of the

517
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Speaker 1: bye he'll feel even better, hopefully, hopefully, assuming everything came

518
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Speaker 1: out of last yesterday's game. Well, but you know that

519
00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,359
Speaker 1: third and four where he just he caught the ball

520
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:15,239
Speaker 1: and ran over a couple of dudes. I was like, oh, yeah, Like,

521
00:24:15,320 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 1: this guy is a bad man and he is fun

522
00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,399
Speaker 1: to watch, and it is a little more what we

523
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Speaker 1: saw last year, because that's the James Connor that you

524
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Speaker 1: expect to see. And you know, he's it's this is football,

525
00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:31,280
Speaker 1: and he wasn't completely healthy and I think he is now,

526
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Speaker 1: so that's a good sign. Definitely a good sign. And

527
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Speaker 1: j C is gonna be JC and he's gonna score

528
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Speaker 1: and tweet yesterday this is not a schedule tweet. James

529
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Speaker 1: Connor is an end zone like, he's gonna score every

530
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Speaker 1: week no matter what how he gets in. And it

531
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Speaker 1: was good to see him kind of getting the outside

532
00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:48,840
Speaker 1: and literally just deflect Kleo Mack like he was nothing

533
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Speaker 1: and then still be able to catch the ball and

534
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,520
Speaker 1: getting the end zone. Was just typical Jac that we're

535
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,080
Speaker 1: used to see in and it's nice to see him

536
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:58,600
Speaker 1: come back and run over people again. Let's wrap it

537
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,680
Speaker 1: up with bring home the base an cute. I have

538
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,120
Speaker 1: no choice to start with you because you have had

539
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 1: the same bring home the Bacon week after week. So

540
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 1: I think everyone is wanting to know is this team

541
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:16,080
Speaker 1: gonna be okay? No comment? Okay, that's your bring home

542
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 1: the Bacon is no comment comment? Yikes, Jody to Cincinnati, No, Um,

543
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,440
Speaker 1: I mean are they going to be okay? I mean

544
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 1: I think hopefully we'll all live through this, you know

545
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,480
Speaker 1: now you know, Um, it doesn't look good for any

546
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:35,399
Speaker 1: permutation of a playoff scenario at four and eight, it's not.

547
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:41,280
Speaker 1: It's not what anyone expected at this point. Um, there's

548
00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 1: just so much that has to still get better. I

549
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:47,920
Speaker 1: think my easy answer is continue to get better, and

550
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,600
Speaker 1: I think it does. Gosh, it's it's on everyone, right,

551
00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:55,120
Speaker 1: Like I can't just say it's on Kyler, but I

552
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:59,959
Speaker 1: think he needs to continue to um because he's so explosive.

553
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:02,719
Speaker 1: When you know, we've seen this passing game rack up

554
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 1: yardage over the last couple of years, even when the

555
00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 1: team wasn't being successful, you know, three hundred yards, three

556
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty yards a game. You know, even you know,

557
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 1: now it's I feel like, even though as good as

558
00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 1: the first half was, we cling to oh wow, you know,

559
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:16,600
Speaker 1: and just the numbers haven't been there and it's got

560
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:21,919
Speaker 1: to be better. So it's really getting everybody on the

561
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 1: same page. I saw a little more. I saw a

562
00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:25,919
Speaker 1: lot more of that this week. I think it's just

563
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 1: continue to get better. And as much as it's you know,

564
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 1: when you don't have that playoff prize in front of you,

565
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 1: or at least it seems very daunting at this point

566
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:37,399
Speaker 1: that it would, you know, it seems nearly impossible. Hopefully

567
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 1: their motivation is there, which I think you're going to

568
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,239
Speaker 1: maybe get to here in a moment, but you know,

569
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,520
Speaker 1: getting better. It has to be number one on everyone

570
00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: got to finish draw well. I think it's fair to

571
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,480
Speaker 1: say doesn't all fall on Kyler Murray when it comes

572
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:53,120
Speaker 1: to performance on the field. I do think that it's

573
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 1: time for him to step up as the leader, as

574
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 1: the franchise quarterback. They have now paid him and expect

575
00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:59,439
Speaker 1: him to be. He's more of an introvert. We we

576
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,480
Speaker 1: don't need to go into depths about the type of

577
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: leader he is and how it might differ than some

578
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,360
Speaker 1: of the other franchise quarterbacks around the league. So there's

579
00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 1: a chance that Kyler Murray has been more of a

580
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 1: leader in the locker room this year. So we might

581
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,879
Speaker 1: not know that for a fact, but this is absolutely

582
00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,040
Speaker 1: the time that you step up because at this point

583
00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,720
Speaker 1: you're playing for bride. The Cardinals mathematically have not been

584
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 1: eliminated from the playoffs, which is wild at foreign eight,

585
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,440
Speaker 1: but it pretty much feels that way and I think

586
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 1: that's what the team is starting to realize. Postgame in

587
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,760
Speaker 1: the locker room, player is talking about at this point,

588
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 1: you just have to look in the mirror and figure

589
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: out how you want to finish. You have five opportunities

590
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 1: to just finish the season strong, and it's not so

591
00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: much about momentum looking ahead into next season. You want

592
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: to be the type of teammate that you would want

593
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:45,639
Speaker 1: to play with. You don't want to be in a

594
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: locker room next season with sitting next to a player

595
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 1: who you know do not give it. They're all for

596
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: the sole fact that the playoff hopes were just gone already.

597
00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,359
Speaker 1: You want to be able to sit next to someone

598
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 1: and fight and play with someone who you know will

599
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:03,479
Speaker 1: give it. They're Alla. Baker's the shining example again. And

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00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,239
Speaker 1: you know, these guys have to be really gutted if

601
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: we're being you know, being really honest here, these guys

602
00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 1: have to be so disappointed. Four and eight was not

603
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: what anyone thought they were going to be. And that's

604
00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,440
Speaker 1: the one thing is the effort has been there with

605
00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:18,680
Speaker 1: these guys. I mean you see it, and you see

606
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 1: it on their feesat on their faces yesterday coming off

607
00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,800
Speaker 1: the field. It's just devastating to be in the spot

608
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 1: and they care. They care a lot. So I think

609
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,439
Speaker 1: Danny you're right. The pride. I think it's going to

610
00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 1: be there, but I think right now in this bye

611
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 1: week is going to be that emotional roller coaster of

612
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 1: like saying, all right, you know, just nothing has gone

613
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 1: how we wanted it. What do we do now? So

614
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:42,200
Speaker 1: it's time to rejuvenate, relax for the players, for us

615
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:44,880
Speaker 1: on the byeweek. Zach Allen in the locker room was saying,

616
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: this one's going to sing a little bit longer for

617
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,960
Speaker 1: the extra week, but it's time to regroup for the players,

618
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: to rest up their bodies, try and get as healthy

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Speaker 1: as you can for those final five games. We're going

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Speaker 1: to be relaxing and rejuvenating, which means no morning scramble

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Speaker 1: next week. But we will come back Tuesday, December thirteenth,

622
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 1: after Monday Night football against the Patriots. I'm gonna miss

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Speaker 1: you guys next week. Sure, you know, victory Monday on

624
00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 1: a little bit, but maybe it'll be a victory Tuesday.

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00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 1: That's the goal, you guys, do rejuvenate. You deserve it.

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Speaker 1: You guys, we're extremely hard out here. Every day. You

627
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: need a little break, you know, appreciate it. Well, that's

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Speaker 1: the break that we're going to get We'll see you

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Speaker 1: guys right here live Asy Cardinals on Twitter live streaming Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: December thirteenth for Him mccorby and Jodie Jackson. I'm Danny Sak.

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Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining us here on Morning Scramble