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Speaker 1: What's up, guys, Chris Harry with you on a week

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Speaker 1: sixteen edition of Chargers Weekly. A very merry Christmas and

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Speaker 1: happy Holidays to all the Chargers fans out there. Coming up,

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get this week's opposing view from Ryan O'Halloran

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Speaker 1: of the Denver Post. But first, as we do it

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Speaker 1: every Thursday, What's on the Menu powered by Subway with

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Speaker 1: the voice of the Chargers Matt money Smith Buddy, a

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Speaker 1: division win last Thursday with the rookie quarterback playing a

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Speaker 1: hero and over time, I don't think you could have

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Speaker 1: scripted it any better. Man, No, And you know that's

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Speaker 1: an important one. And I think for all the people,

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Speaker 1: you know, we talked about this, right we have for

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Speaker 1: the last couple of weeks. Here is so much more

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Speaker 1: important for this team to get wins than to have

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Speaker 1: a higher draft pick, you know, especially when you got

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Speaker 1: swept out the division last year, to be on that

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Speaker 1: nine game losing streak, especially the manner in which you

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Speaker 1: lost to the brun Goes lost, I mean, think about it.

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Speaker 1: They lose to the Chiefs first and overtime in a

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Speaker 1: fifty eight yard field goal. They lose to the Broncos,

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Speaker 1: which I think is the worst loss of the year.

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Speaker 1: I mean, just thoroughly dominating that team and then ended

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Speaker 1: up losing it that way, And that really was kind

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Speaker 1: of that tipping point of the season where you win

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Speaker 1: that game and you're like, Okay, I can see this

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Speaker 1: team going on a run and maybe getting to push

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Speaker 1: into the playoffs, and then of course they lose to

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Speaker 1: the Raiders on two. Can't control the ball to the ground,

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Speaker 1: catches in the end zone that would have given you

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Speaker 1: the win. So nice to see get that revenge win.

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Speaker 1: Knock the players, knock the Raiders, I should say, out

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Speaker 1: of the playoffs. That's so good for so many of

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Speaker 1: these young players moving forward, and it'll be the same

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Speaker 1: against the Broncos this week if they can accomplish that.

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Speaker 1: I think it was most important for Justin to do

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Speaker 1: the actual act of winning a game in the division

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Speaker 1: and knowing you have two more to close out this year.

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Speaker 1: And I agree with you, who cares about the draft pick?

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Speaker 1: I don't If it's ten, twelve, thirteen, it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: It's more poor for Justin Herbert to beat the Broncos

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Speaker 1: and beat the Chiefs, And I don't care if it's

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Speaker 1: a skeleton crew of Kansas City Chiefs in Week seventeen.

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Speaker 1: Because I'm meaning anything, but it does mean something to

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Speaker 1: win three straight in the division going into twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: one with a quarterback in a second year. Yeah. Look,

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Speaker 1: you know, I get the draft thing when you don't

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Speaker 1: have a quarterback. You know, when you don't have a

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Speaker 1: quarterback and you're looking at oh boy, now we're slipping

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Speaker 1: from three to eleven and eleven to fifty. Okay, then

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Speaker 1: I money you can argue the charges. You got the

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Speaker 1: number one overall picking the draft exactly if it look

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Speaker 1: I think if you were as good as Burrow has looked,

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Speaker 1: as good as TWA has looked, it's going to be

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Speaker 1: an awesome draft class. I have full faith that all

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Speaker 1: three of these guys are going to be super just

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Speaker 1: phenomenal special players. But I would imagine you'd have a

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Speaker 1: majority of the thirty two GM say give me that guy,

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Speaker 1: give me the guy that's six foot six, two hundred

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Speaker 1: and thirty pounds, and constant, I mean consistently throughout his

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Speaker 1: rookie season has put his team in a position to

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Speaker 1: win games. I mean, look, Mike Batchley almost gave it

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Speaker 1: away again. You know how many times are we going

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Speaker 1: to get Herbert in a position, you know, putting the

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Speaker 1: cooperation from his teammates. So that goes beyond the one

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Speaker 1: loss record, the idea that he's even doing it to

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Speaker 1: put them in that position. In addition to just the stats,

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Speaker 1: all the rookie records he's going to break. How good

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Speaker 1: that arm looks. There's just so much to love about.

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Speaker 1: I think you're absolutely right, Chris. I think he is

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Speaker 1: again as great as he should. He's quarterbacks BAN. I

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Speaker 1: think he'd ended up being the number one pick if

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Speaker 1: they were to redraft right now. Yeah. I also I

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Speaker 1: look at all the things that happened you mentioned this

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Speaker 1: two weeks ago rather against the Falcons. That passes Tyrand Johnson,

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Speaker 1: that play. I hate the quarterback reaching out and I

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Speaker 1: agree when you're low it's okay, but when you're high,

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Speaker 1: you just don't have the strength that you have down

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Speaker 1: And as you said, you can hear the excitement. I

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Speaker 1: we might want to see Mario again. That's what you

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Speaker 1: you know, to get out duel Drew Locke as a

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Speaker 1: you want, and also climb out from the seller, right,

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Speaker 1: don't finish last and in the division two years in

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Speaker 1: But but you're the Broncos and there's like this balance

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Speaker 1: just the real uneven play from Lock and Jerry Judy

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Speaker 1: I mean, Josh Allen put on a clinic and you

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Speaker 1: look at Locks totals in the last three games, it's,

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Speaker 1: you know, one hundred and thirty two passing arms against Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: You know, you get Herbert out there to put up

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Speaker 1: rest of the division. Not only you're gonna have to

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Speaker 1: However Mahomes is now and another one who's twenty two.

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Speaker 1: Like it's just I think it's important to send that message.

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Speaker 1: And also for as you said, even if the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: give my guys, what would it be twenty days off?

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Speaker 1: You know, twenty twenty one days off going into a

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Speaker 1: just to focus on this one. I think the Broncos

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Speaker 1: just talking to Ryan o. Hollen a Denver Post. They're

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Speaker 1: like Josh Allen just ripped them up based on just

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Speaker 1: So let's get that before, you know, And I think

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Speaker 1: don't even run the ball. Just don't even run it,

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Speaker 1: Throwout sixty times, He's not getting hit, he's not taking sacks,

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Speaker 1: some degree going into free agency, Keenan continuing to add

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Speaker 1: you said, he's he's competitive, he's gonna say all the

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Speaker 1: right things. Who do you think of those wide receivers

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Speaker 1: I think it's kJ hammler Uh. You know, Tim Patrick

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Speaker 1: thee take the top off the defense guys. So that's

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Speaker 1: what Gus Bradley and the Chargers coaches got to be

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Speaker 1: looking at it is how did you play coverage to

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Speaker 1: make sure he's not running down the field like he

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Speaker 1: did against Carolina. Jerry Judy, the first round pick, four

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Speaker 1: catches the last four games. I mean something's going on there.

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Speaker 1: Is he not getting open? Is Drew like missing him?

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Speaker 1: I think it's a combination all those things. But I

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Speaker 1: think these last two games are big for Jude Jerry

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Speaker 1: Chris days in the side, I think he's gonna see

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Speaker 1: a little bit of Judy's gonna see a lot of

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Speaker 1: Handler maybe some day Shawn Hamilton's. They like to rotate

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Speaker 1: to see everybody. Obviously, the Broncos running game charge is

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Speaker 1: gonna see an old friend in Melvin Gordon. What's Melvin

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Speaker 1: saying about coming back to LA to play his old teammates. Well,

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Speaker 1: we hopefully get Melvine later in the week. When we

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Speaker 1: He's like, Hey, I mean, I'm excited for this game,

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Speaker 1: you know, as he should be. And uh, but also,

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Speaker 1: he was more looking for a fresh start, Whereas like

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Speaker 1: other players in that situation, they're trying to hang on

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Speaker 1: he sort of got over those feelings. He makes this

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Speaker 1: offense go when he's running it, well, that brings the

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Speaker 1: deep shots. He's you know, and he's he's also good protection.

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Speaker 1: So he's got going the second half of the year

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Speaker 1: even though Lindsay starts the game most weeks. But with Melvin,

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Speaker 1: he's probably gonna sit up those first three games next

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Speaker 1: year after that arrest in Denver, once he gets that

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Speaker 1: straightened out. So but I expect him to return next

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Speaker 1: year as their number one. Final thing, Ryan, what do

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Speaker 1: you think is going to decide this game? Obviously we

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Speaker 1: talked about it at the top. It doesn't mean anything

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Speaker 1: in terms of playoff, but I think there's something to

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Speaker 1: be said. You know, some people believe it, some people don't.

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Speaker 1: That momentum carries over. I think for the Chargers in

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Speaker 1: the case of just winning games in the division, I've

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Speaker 1: doing it, and then carrying that over to twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: What do you think is going to decide this one? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I would throw a lock in the same category as

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Speaker 1: Justin there, But in terms of a key to the game,

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Speaker 1: neither team is very good at getting takeaways. The Chargers

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Speaker 1: have sixteen. That's tied for twenty third. The Broncos have twelve,

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Speaker 1: that's tied for second to last. If one team can

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Speaker 1: gonna be interesting to be what the Chargers doing offense,

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Speaker 1: because where they're aware of the corner situation, they try

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Speaker 1: that may be their approach, That probably should be their approach.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, I gotta picked the Chargers to win because

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Speaker 1: right now their quarterback has a lot playing a lot

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Speaker 1: better than the Broncos quarterback. Ryan o haller and Den

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Speaker 1: proposed to get to see in person six feet apart

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Speaker 1: the press box at SOFI Stadium and always appreciate your time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah sure, Chris. All I want for Christmas on Sunday

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Speaker 1: is for you to give me that Bill Walsh find

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Speaker 1: the Winning Edge book listen. It's hard to find. It's

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Speaker 1: too expensive, but so anyways, Chris, have a good holiday,

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Speaker 1: all right, guys, that's gonna do it for us. A

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Speaker 1: big thanks to Ryan O'Halleran and Matt money Smith for

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Speaker 1: joining me and of course, thanks to you all for listening.

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Speaker 1: Be sure to download and subscribe to the Chargers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Network wherever you listen to podcasts. Again, very Merry Christmas,

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Speaker 1: Happy Holidays to all the Chargers fans out there. We're

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Speaker 1: excited for Sunday, enjoy the weekend, and until next time,

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Speaker 1: I'm Chris harn