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Speaker 1: win in Nashville. I'm Greg Rosenthal, and tonight on the recap,

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to be joined by Shield Capatia. Uh. You

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Speaker 1: know from Birds with Friends. It's a crossover week here

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Speaker 1: on the Around the NFL podcast, Shiel writes for The Athletic,

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Speaker 1: longtime writer with the Spin dot Com. To Shiel and Uh,

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Speaker 1: I'll start with this. Were you surprised that the Titans

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Speaker 1: like if the you know, the offense has been so efficient,

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Speaker 1: I um, I picked the Colts in this game. Shields

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Speaker 1: wrote that that Carson wentz Um takedown piece. I would

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Speaker 1: heard a nice you know back and forth on Twitter

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Speaker 1: It's been Uh, it's been some down years in the

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Speaker 1: but I've known I've known you a long time and

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Speaker 1: it's good. People should really check out Shields work at

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Speaker 1: the Athletic Um being serious, one of the the best

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Speaker 1: I'm just glad you said I had to edge over

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Speaker 1: Their podcast is Birds with Friends at the Athletic. Alright, um,

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