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Speaker 1: This week Thursday Night Action only on NFL Network, the

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Speaker 1: playoff chases on. We're here for it all Niners fighting

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Speaker 1: there's football every night. I don't know if they're fighting

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Speaker 1: They find a loss, Okay, all right, we got the Titans.

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Speaker 1: They got to get through them, that one in Nashville.

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Speaker 1: It is a season finale of Thursday Equipball Week sixteen

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Speaker 1: starts right here tomorrow at eight Eastern only on NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: And Welcome to GMF represented by old Trapper Reef. Sure

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Speaker 1: he thinks for choosing us on this Morning Now, Kyle Today,

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Speaker 1: my name's Kadams. Peter Schreeger and super world champion All

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Speaker 1: profile time paro bowler ten totstowns in his career on

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Speaker 1: deepends to keep to leave ten touchdowns. Yeah, a lot,

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Speaker 1: a lot, It is true story, Peter. Now he hangs

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Speaker 1: out in the booth with Gus Johnson with you at Fox.

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Speaker 1: Love it. Appreciate it, Peter Ace. I just try to

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Speaker 1: have fun, you know. I put the work in early.

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Speaker 1: Make sure I know what I'm talking about. Have a

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Speaker 1: little fun, baby. We're gonna talk about it for the

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Speaker 1: next three hours. All that knowledge you have from playing

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Speaker 1: It's time for highlights and the lead blocks shranks go.

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Speaker 1: Let's go. We had two games going on simultaneously last night.

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Speaker 1: And let's start with Washington versus Philadelphia. Garret Gilbert making

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Speaker 1: all the way to a ten ten game handoff Miles Sanders.

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Speaker 1: They're sticking to their run. Game shrinks. Who is this team?

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Speaker 1: for killing Jalen Hurts looking Goddard had a career night

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Speaker 1: last night when they needed him too. He was awesome.

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Speaker 1: We've got to lead. Philadelphia takes the lead. Hurts his

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Speaker 1: tenth rushing touchdown this season. That passes Michael Vicks Eagles

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Speaker 1: seven and seven. Washington with Garrett Gilbert, who'd been there

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Speaker 1: Let's hear from the winning quarterback, Jalen Hurts after what

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Speaker 1: was a huge Tuesday night football victory for the Philadelphia Eagles,

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Speaker 1: first division win for this football team this year can

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Speaker 1: so many truths from Eagles fans. A good gardener man

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Speaker 1: Bet I played with Bill like that, So it's true

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Speaker 1: they don't have to see if they don't have Cole Beasley,

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Speaker 1: he will not be available for win game. And also,

428
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Speaker 1: like Vicdermott, are you going to commit to the run

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Speaker 1: we saw singletary when we were also excited about it.

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Speaker 1: Bounce this thing out a little bit, get creative, get

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Speaker 1: your team to win. I want the Buffalo Bills in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs and I like them to go deep, but

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Speaker 1: I'd like them to get a win this week. To

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Speaker 1: me too, Okay, I'm going gotta go Kyler Murray. The

435
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Speaker 1: NFL world deserve to see Kyler Murray in the playoff

436
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Speaker 1: and I want to see him in the playoffs. He

437
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Speaker 1: too explosive, too excitement of a team not to be

438
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. A win list in these playoff Clinton

439
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Speaker 1: games though, So you got a big one. Probably my

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Speaker 1: game of the week Cardinals coach this week. Need a

441
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Speaker 1: big game, man, get this monkey off your back into

442
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Speaker 1: the playoffs. College or on Kyler murray Man. I love

443
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Speaker 1: to see him in the game. Change to trend this

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Speaker 1: year at Kyler Man finished strong into the playoffs? Baby

445
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Speaker 1: is he after ceiling? What can we do to hit

446
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Speaker 1: that and get over the hump that you're saying? Just

447
00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,679
Speaker 1: like when I was playing, right, I'll played for the Patriots,

448
00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:37,280
Speaker 1: got hurt in the FC Championship game twice and it

449
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Speaker 1: was mental for me, Like playoffs started. I'm like, okay,

450
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Speaker 1: here we go, leave, here we go again? Is your

451
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Speaker 1: body feeling good? I had to, like mentally just get

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Speaker 1: over that hump work. I made it through a playoff

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Speaker 1: game healthy, Like you know what I'm saying. I had

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Speaker 1: to just it was in my head. I had to

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Speaker 1: just get over that. And I think that's something that

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Speaker 1: Kyler and the Arizona Cardinals Cliff Kingsbury, they gotta get

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Speaker 1: over that hump. Would you say to a young guy who,

458
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Speaker 1: for whatever reason, has it one of the big primetime games,

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Speaker 1: can't get over the hump in these the Lions game

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Speaker 1: that you called that is a degregious loss. For the

461
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Speaker 1: cardinal gregious loss. I'll just tell him, you're young. You

462
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Speaker 1: definitely got a bunch of time to improve. And it's

463
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Speaker 1: just a stepping stone that everybody go through. Man. I mean,

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Speaker 1: besides like Tom Brady type of guys, what I'm saying,

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Speaker 1: everybody go through it. Man, you gotta grow, you gotta

466
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Speaker 1: get better. And once he get over there, hump, he

467
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Speaker 1: had become a lot a much better play football player.

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Speaker 1: All right, now, our next wife forward Wednesday. It's almost

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Speaker 1: Christmas time. That means one thing, presence. I'd like to

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Speaker 1: know the worst gift you've ever received for the holidays, Peter,

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Speaker 1: Can I tell you a holiday story? The year was

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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety four, and I only wanted one thing and

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Speaker 1: it was NHL Hockey ninety four for the sake of

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Speaker 1: Genesis Electronic Arts. If it's in the game, it's in

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Speaker 1: the game. And I thought I was getting it, and

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Speaker 1: I opened the present and it's the right box shape.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, oh my god, I get and my parents

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Speaker 1: got me thermal underpants and I'll never forget and they

479
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Speaker 1: still laugh about it to this day. It was cold

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Speaker 1: out I guess, And so I thought I was getting

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Speaker 1: the video game I wanted for months, and it was

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Speaker 1: thermal underpants. It did not go over well in the

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Speaker 1: Shreker household. And uh yeah, I eventually got the game.

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Speaker 1: And I don't know whatever happened to those thermal underpans.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know if they've ever worn thermals? Did

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Speaker 1: you get the game? Soon after? It was it like

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Speaker 1: years of you bringing it up at the dinner table.

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Speaker 1: I think I had to get it. There was something

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Speaker 1: zombi ka. Yeah, Home Haircut said, so I it's my

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Speaker 1: story secret signing for the Broncos early second year Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl year. Actually, okay, you know the DBS, we all

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Speaker 1: bring a gift fan. You put the gifts on the table.

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Speaker 1: Then we kind of go in order just go get

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Speaker 1: your gift. You just go pick one. So I tried

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Speaker 1: to be big leave. I'm going first, you know, try

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Speaker 1: to big dog the room. I wanted to get the

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Speaker 1: nice Squares box. It just you know, that box just

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Speaker 1: was so nicely wrapped and it looked it great, so

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't got the box. I opened it and it

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Speaker 1: was a home Haircut said. It had the apron you

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Speaker 1: put on yourself clippers. I don't need a home haircuts.

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Speaker 1: Did you have hair? I don't cut hair. I didn't

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Speaker 1: have hair, so I had to I had to put

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Speaker 1: that as who bought who? We couldn't tell who got what.

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Speaker 1: That's the whole thing of the secret sounding. You put

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Speaker 1: the gifts on the table and we don't know who

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Speaker 1: got what. You just go pick you a gift. T J. Ward,

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Speaker 1: Is it like it was? Me? Guys? No nobody fest

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Speaker 1: up to the home haircut set. But it did had

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Speaker 1: a price tag on it, and it was like two

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Speaker 1: hundred and ninety nine dollars expensive home haircuts. I just

512
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Speaker 1: need some and these clippers. I don't need the whole

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Speaker 1: home haircuts set though, So I was once in it.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not talking when you're in like eighth grade

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Speaker 1: and you're in seventh grade and you have a boyfriend

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Speaker 1: and it makes too I'm talking legitimate adult post college relationship.

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Speaker 1: I was given a coup on book with like one massage,

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Speaker 1: one like David Poco, one thirty minutes of like ice

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Speaker 1: skated or from hairs, no hand made, like made little

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Speaker 1: dot like dots on the edge, so it looked like

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Speaker 1: it was cut. And I was just like you're twenty

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Speaker 1: five years old. And then we broke up shortly thereafter

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Speaker 1: on and now you know why. It's just where did

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Speaker 1: this concept come from? Don't know. I've seen it. I've

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Speaker 1: heard about it, and I think guys think they're being

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Speaker 1: really romantic. I think you're not. Why don't you just

527
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Speaker 1: say in high school, why don't you just take me,

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Speaker 1: Die skate man? You just take me for what is

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Speaker 1: the medium medium coke at Giant Stadium? Now? Sure, men

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Speaker 1: everywhere throwing their construction paper up in the air, right

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Speaker 1: jan Sorry, get your wife something more more thoughtful and

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Speaker 1: that you can use. That's my lesson for the day.

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Speaker 1: But every want to help you, guys. No week fifteen,

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Speaker 1: it's finally behind us. Time to figure out who's going

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Speaker 1: in your lineups for the playoffs. Week sixteen to keep leeve.

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Speaker 1: I thought he was gonna say, I hate fantasy football.

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Speaker 1: I'm defensive player who plays two leagues. Aaron Rodgers quarterbacking

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Speaker 1: both the squads. I want to work. It worked too,

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Speaker 1: I won my playoff game. Of course, in your league,

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Speaker 1: Marcus Peters, what do we got like this one? This one?

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Speaker 1: This one of my podcast leagues. So it's Chris Long

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Speaker 1: is in that league. Even remember Amina Kimes is in

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Speaker 1: that league. One day, Let's do it Madame for one

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Speaker 1: canet Fantasy football advice from the Adams first tweet comes

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Speaker 1: from John Jasperson, who asks, great name Rogers, verse is

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Speaker 1: Cleveland or Stafford at Minnesota? Oh? If you're benching Rodgers

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Speaker 1: at this point, good night? I read? And Stafford has

548
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Speaker 1: been really good though too, and he keeps living in

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Speaker 1: Cooper Cup. I will say, Peter said, good night, I read,

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Speaker 1: and he's right if you look at this. Granted, they're

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Speaker 1: both top performance the quarterback position, especially in the second

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Speaker 1: half of this year. Stafford's been on a tear lights out,

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Speaker 1: one interception, last three games. Both guys have put up

554
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Speaker 1: twenty or more points on the year week in week out.

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Speaker 1: But the tear that Rodgers is on just a little

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Speaker 1: bit better, right or last four he scored fourteen total touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: He's three and a half touchdowns a game on average

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Speaker 1: is bananas to me. So he hasn't turned over the

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Speaker 1: ball even once. He's averaged three hundred twenty five point

560
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Speaker 1: three passing yards of game, so hard to beat that

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Speaker 1: kind of production. The Browns defense doesn't scare me. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna say, ride with Rogers while he's rolling. Hey, no,

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Speaker 1: I got no, You're Rogers all day. Our next tweet

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Speaker 1: comes from belassa brad who eggs aj did En up

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Speaker 1: against the Browns or James Connor who has cults on

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Speaker 1: Saturday night. Yeah, I got so many tweets from people

567
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Speaker 1: after posting, Hey, send us your lineup dilemmas of James

568
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Speaker 1: Connor owners who are worried. They're worried that he's not

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Speaker 1: getting going to get to love. Chase Edmonds is back,

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Speaker 1: So I think I kind of understand the word. I

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be worried. I know that he maybe had not

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Speaker 1: the showing that you would have wanted. Weird lopsided, upset

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Speaker 1: game against the lines. Of course he didn't score at

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Speaker 1: seven dey tootal yards no touchdowns, but it was a

575
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Speaker 1: weird game that cars were trailing most of the way.

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Speaker 1: And I'm not buying into the narrative that Edmonds is back.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's scored eleven touchdowns now in ten games

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Speaker 1: that he's been on the field with Edmunds this year,

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Speaker 1: so he's still productive even when Chase is out there.

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Speaker 1: So I think He'll be fine. Don't overreact to one

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Speaker 1: bad week. He's the number one option in the backfield,

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Speaker 1: where to me, Dylan is the number two. Clear number two.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the number one. What do

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Speaker 1: you think shrikes? Yeah? No, I like it. Especially last

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Speaker 1: week we saw like Brandon Bolden was running well and

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Speaker 1: Stevenson ran well. I think the Cults can be run on.

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Speaker 1: It's just that they run the ball really well as

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Speaker 1: well as Clay Connor. I would have informed you will

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Speaker 1: be at this game. Yes, I'll be doing the sidelines

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Speaker 1: for Colts versus Cardinals. I didn't have found that way.

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Speaker 1: The last week comes from Nick Gunn, who lost Chris Godwin. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: oh big lawesome, and he's wondering if you go with

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Speaker 1: Jamar Chase or Jail and Waddle, two top ten picks

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Speaker 1: at receiver, who do you go with? Waddle did not

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Speaker 1: play last week. Parker looked awesome. Guys stepped up a

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Speaker 1: Waddle has been a revelation. He has really taken over

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Speaker 1: the lead as far as rookies are concerned. If you

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Speaker 1: look at what he's done, no one else is even close.

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Speaker 1: When it comes to receptions over here, look at this

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Speaker 1: receptions leader straight. We've been on all over this past month.

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Speaker 1: This is nuts, and that's without playing last week, right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is still a huge lead from all

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Speaker 1: the other rookies, Jail and Waddle. He might be the

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Speaker 1: best of all of them. Chase has a higher ceiling,

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Speaker 1: but Chase to me, is more volatile because Chase depends

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Speaker 1: on big place in fantasy, and if the big play

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Speaker 1: potential or that doesn't happen in any given game, it's

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Speaker 1: more boom or bust than Waddle, who's clearly just going

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Speaker 1: to win it for your fantasy team, you know, and

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Speaker 1: they're going up against the Saints this week. Saints top

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Speaker 1: five most generous when it comes to receptions to wide receivers.

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Speaker 1: So I would absolutely go with Waddle overt Chase. But

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Speaker 1: if you're in a daily situation and the price point

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Speaker 1: is there, go ahead and put Chasing because he's always

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Speaker 1: good for a big play. I don't know, I just

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Speaker 1: feel like it's the rangel's more valuable three yards I

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Speaker 1: think last week. Yeah, it's good. He's a beloved X

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Speaker 1: Baltimore Raven. He's a beloved X Phildelphia Eagle. He's a

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Speaker 1: beloved X forty Niner. He's also a two time Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champion, a proud Maryland turp, and an all around

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Speaker 1: awesome guy. Ladies, gentlemen, please welcome to the show. Our guests,

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Speaker 1: former NFL wide receiver mister Torry Smith. What's going on?

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Speaker 1: Good morning, y'all. How are you doing. You did spend

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Speaker 1: those early years with the Ravens. He got in the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl ring with them. Right now they sit just

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Speaker 1: outside of the playoff picture, but there's still three games left.

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Speaker 1: Crazy few weeks in Raven's world. How do you feel

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Speaker 1: about Baltimore's postseason chances? I feel like they still have

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Speaker 1: a chance. You know, this may this may be my

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Speaker 1: favorite season that I've seen as a fan of the game.

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Speaker 1: You just never know what's going to happen in any

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Speaker 1: given week. COVID's obviously been a crazy ranch stewing in

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Speaker 1: there towards the back end of the season. But this

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Speaker 1: Ravens team, they're still in the hunt. You know. I

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Speaker 1: feel like it's a must win game on Sunday. You

636
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Speaker 1: win that and you win one out of the next two.

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Speaker 1: I think a ten win team is going to take

638
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,640
Speaker 1: the AFC North, and the Baltimore Ravens are in prime

639
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: position with the healthy Lamar back, who knows what's going

640
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 1: to happen. I think they're capable of doing it, but

641
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 1: that Sincinnati Bengals team is very talented as well. Tory,

642
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 1: good to see you. Thanks for making up on Good

643
00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:31,840
Speaker 1: Morning Football. Hopefully we'll have you in studio sometimes soon.

644
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: I'd like to see that. But speaking of the Ravens,

645
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,800
Speaker 1: a lot of controversy with John Harball's decision to go

646
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:40,080
Speaker 1: for two in the final minute against the Packers. You're

647
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:42,360
Speaker 1: tweeting a lot about it, and you know you're definitely

648
00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 1: team Hardball here obviously. The mean I love the call.

649
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 1: You know, I'm a firm believer that I believe in

650
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:50,400
Speaker 1: if you had the opportunity to control the game and

651
00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 1: dictate the game, you do it. Why go and kick

652
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,960
Speaker 1: the ball and then hope, honestly to be completely as

653
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: you can kick the extra point and Aaron Rodgers had

654
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 1: more enough time to get forty yards to do what

655
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Speaker 1: they need to do to kick a field goals. We

656
00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: have an opportunity to go and actually put yourself in

657
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,800
Speaker 1: position to whereas he has to make it. That's completely

658
00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:09,880
Speaker 1: different than them just having a few free plays and

659
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: having the opportunity to score. People are mad at the results,

660
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:15,920
Speaker 1: not at the process. The process is perfectly fine. Had

661
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: they had they got the two funking version this week

662
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,000
Speaker 1: or a couple of weeks ago, people be like, oh man,

663
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: he's so aggress that he's the greatest coach in the world.

664
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Speaker 1: Tore you very vocal on Twitter about the Jacksonville coaching vacancy.

665
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: So RG three said Ravens defensive coordinator Wink Martindale should

666
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,240
Speaker 1: be hired as the next head coach in Jacksonville. You

667
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 1: counter with your own recommendation, saying offensive coordinator Buying left

668
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,960
Speaker 1: Foot should be the guy. So why is he a

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Speaker 1: good fit in Jacksonville? Tory and I love it, you know,

670
00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: I hate that move for Wink. Obviously, Wink is primed

671
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: and ready for a head coaching position. Winks the defensive

672
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 1: coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens. However, the Jacksonville Jaguars, they've

673
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 1: been bad for the last ten fifteen years right consistently,

674
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:00,120
Speaker 1: except for one year. It's important that they were. They

675
00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:02,320
Speaker 1: take their time to get this right with the right guy.

676
00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 1: And Byron Leftwich is a guy who's earned his dudes,

677
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 1: earned his rights. But he's also loved in Jacksonville. You

678
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,240
Speaker 1: need someone that they're going to be comfortable building forward

679
00:31:10,280 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 1: with and also that has the ability, which he does.

680
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:14,800
Speaker 1: But the fans that are going to be patient with

681
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:17,920
Speaker 1: them if you go hire someone like myself, Jacksonville doesn't

682
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 1: care about me, They don't trust me, right But Byron

683
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 1: Levewich is someone that they know and they love and

684
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 1: they know he really values that organization as well. Give

685
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: him a long six year contract. Allow him to get

686
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: it right, because right now everything you've done is not work.

687
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 1: You can't just go and pick one guy firing the

688
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 1: next year. Right now, their characters in the line because

689
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: of the hire Irban Myris. So now it's important to

690
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,840
Speaker 1: get it the right way with the right man, and

691
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 1: that guy's Byron Leptwiod. Give someone they know a long

692
00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 1: contract to get it right. It's well thought out. Tory. Also,

693
00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 1: I saw that you've posted route runners. I don't know

694
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:49,200
Speaker 1: why you do this. Well all are going to get

695
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 1: his heat for it, But you said you're route runners

696
00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:55,320
Speaker 1: in the league or Davante Adams, Stefon Diggs, Keenan Allen,

697
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson and a Mauri Cooper. Now you did make

698
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: sure to mention that this is no order Joe coming

699
00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: me for who's the best. But I do want to

700
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 1: ask one of these guys as the best overall wide receiver,

701
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: who would you go with? From that list? I think

702
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: it's Devonte Adams, you know, I think it's hard to

703
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 1: argue against him at any given point. Yes, you can

704
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,959
Speaker 1: show a lot of love for my fellow church Stefon Digs,

705
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,120
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen, so many other guys. Really, Justin Jefferson is

706
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: right there as well, so Cooper cup Right, he's doing

707
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: better numbers than anyone else. I wouldn't be mad at

708
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: anyone if they said they're the best. But Devonte Adams

709
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,480
Speaker 1: is what he's been able to do consistently as that

710
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 1: receiver and being the top dog. He's proved it. You know,

711
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: there's nothing that he can't do. There's not a route

712
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: that he can run. He's awesome inside. He's the best

713
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 1: in the league when it comes to his releases, and

714
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,560
Speaker 1: he's always open. And their chemistry, the chemistry that they

715
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:44,240
Speaker 1: have there is amazing. But between him and Aaron Rodgers,

716
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,000
Speaker 1: so it's really tough to argue against Devonte Adams is

717
00:32:47,040 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 1: considering the numbers that He's consistently put up Tory, He've

718
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:52,800
Speaker 1: always been such a great ambassador for the league and

719
00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: now in your post playing days, keeping that torch going.

720
00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 1: It's so cool, so happy for you. Seem happy. It

721
00:32:57,320 --> 00:32:59,240
Speaker 1: seems like the family is doing great, and we just

722
00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 1: want to thank you half of our show for always

723
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: being such a great friend of our program. So Tory Smith,

724
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:08,000
Speaker 1: thanks for joining. Thank you appreciate you having welcome back

725
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: to Good Morning Football. I'm going to go ahead and

726
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 1: say our next guest is one of my favorites when

727
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 1: it stops by the show. One of the best running

728
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,320
Speaker 1: backs of his generation, the Titans, all time leading rusher,

729
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 1: he's got a Heisman trophies, now leading the Tennessee State Tigers.

730
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 1: So please welcome to the show Pride of the Ohio

731
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:26,560
Speaker 1: State Buck Ice, former running back Eddie George I Eddie, Eddie,

732
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: good morning, Happy Holiday. Cea. Now you just wrapped up

733
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:32,400
Speaker 1: your first season as head coach of the Tennessee State Tigers.

734
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,080
Speaker 1: Congrats you're building something down there in Tennessee. What's been

735
00:33:36,120 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 1: the biggest difference between playing and coaching and what is

736
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:42,360
Speaker 1: it meant to you to now lead these young men

737
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 1: who have these huge dreams of coming to the NFL

738
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 1: one day. Oh well, great question. You know, the biggest

739
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,320
Speaker 1: difference between playing and coaching is this is the closest

740
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: I'll ever get to the football field without having put

741
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 1: the pads on and imposing my will and somebody as

742
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: I'm living by kearsses through these kids, and what I've

743
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 1: learned in my first year is that this is all

744
00:34:05,040 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 1: about personal development, helping young men become men through football.

745
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:12,320
Speaker 1: All the stuff that I thought was corny, all the

746
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: coach speak, all those motivational speaks, talks that I had

747
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 1: as a player getting from coaches. I now use that

748
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: as the basis for my program to help these young men, realizing, hey,

749
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 1: you know, it's not all about talent. It's about being

750
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 1: on time. It's about having an initiative, it's about having passion, perseverance,

751
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,239
Speaker 1: all these things to become a great player, to become

752
00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:38,520
Speaker 1: a great team. And it's just been wonderful to pour

753
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 1: into these kids. To be here in Nashville, Tennessee. I've

754
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,399
Speaker 1: been here for twenty two something. Somebody years twenty two

755
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:49,239
Speaker 1: years or twenty three years very familiar with Tennessee State University.

756
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,920
Speaker 1: Have a few friends that have gone there, and when

757
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,319
Speaker 1: I was first presented with the opportunity, I kind of

758
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: shunned it away because I was like, listen, you know,

759
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,239
Speaker 1: Dion's doing it, Prime is doing it. I've never coach

760
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,280
Speaker 1: down in my life. I don't know what I can

761
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: add to a program, you know. So I kind of

762
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 1: told my wife about it, and she hit me with

763
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:11,160
Speaker 1: the question, well why not? You know when else would

764
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: you have an opportunity in the light in this lifetime

765
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 1: to go from no coaching experience to being the head coach.

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00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 1: This could be a gift from God and just walking

767
00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:22,879
Speaker 1: faith in it. So I said, you know what, let

768
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 1: me give it a serious start consideration. After sitting at

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00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: this desk, praying and meditating over it, talking to various people,

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00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:34,080
Speaker 1: I felt led to take on this challenge. And here

771
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Speaker 1: we go, you know, first year, you know, finish the

772
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:38,440
Speaker 1: five and six. Now we're in the middle of recruiting

773
00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 1: and fine tune to my staff. And it's been it's

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00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 1: been a joy, honestly to be in this position. That's

775
00:35:45,160 --> 00:35:47,879
Speaker 1: what's up. And it so between you at Tennessee State

776
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,800
Speaker 1: and Prime over at Jackson State. It's been a movement

777
00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:55,719
Speaker 1: former NFL players, former NFL stars heading to historically black

778
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,319
Speaker 1: universities to coach and what you think does mean for

779
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:02,960
Speaker 1: how profile recruits was deciding to take that talents to HBCUs. Well,

780
00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,120
Speaker 1: you saw what happened last week with the number two

781
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:07,919
Speaker 1: player of the number one player in the country going

782
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 1: to Jackson State, Dion flipping him from excuse me, coach

783
00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:16,720
Speaker 1: Prime flipping him from Florida State to come to Jackson State.

784
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,239
Speaker 1: And it just goes to show you, hey, you know what,

785
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter where you go. You know, the NFL talents,

786
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: The NFL is gonna find you if you're talented enough.

787
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,520
Speaker 1: I mean, Tennessee State leads all HBCUs one hundred twenty

788
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:35,480
Speaker 1: two players going into the NFL. We have two or

789
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: three NFL Hall of Famers and Richard did and the

790
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,759
Speaker 1: late Claude Humphrey. So it's not necessarily about, you know,

791
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: going to the Power five schools just to get recognition

792
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,759
Speaker 1: or to get seen. Now, I went to one. I

793
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 1: wanted to play for one. I wanted my family to

794
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,839
Speaker 1: see me. I wanted to have an opportunity to play

795
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: for national championship when heismans and all of that, and

796
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,320
Speaker 1: have an opportunity to the NFL. But I could have

797
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 1: gone to an HPCU in the same in the same breath,

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00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,920
Speaker 1: and it's it's it's a wonderful experience. When you're at

799
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:11,640
Speaker 1: an HPCU is much different than going to a different school.

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00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,359
Speaker 1: You know, it's a different a totally different bod and

801
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,200
Speaker 1: I really have enjoyed it, and I think it's going

802
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: to be a movement where you'll see a lot of

803
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:25,160
Speaker 1: other kids consider HPCUS when they're looking for a program

804
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:27,160
Speaker 1: to go to. I want to touch on your former squad,

805
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: the Titans here. They've been staying a float without Derek

806
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: Henry since week eight. They're sitting at the three seed.

807
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: They're nine and five. Maybe Derrick Henry comes back to

808
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:36,719
Speaker 1: help on that. They've got to get past the nine

809
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 1: ers tomorrow, right here on NFL Network. What do they

810
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:41,160
Speaker 1: need to do? What's the key? Hopefully they get Aj

811
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 1: Brown back too. Yeah. Aj Brown there getting healthy at

812
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 1: the right time. Defensively, they've been playing outstanding football. Had

813
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,640
Speaker 1: to shut out against Jacksonville two weeks ago. They played

814
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 1: great against Pittsburgh last week defensively speaking, but what's hurt

815
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: them has been the turnovers. Um Tandy Hills got to

816
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: protect the football's got to make better decisions. If they

817
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,799
Speaker 1: are able to do that, they're still able to get

818
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: more balanced Without Derek Henry, They're just missing the explosive runs.

819
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Speaker 1: But I think the Titans have a great chance to

820
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 1: pull off this victory and finished off strong for the

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Speaker 1: rest of the season. Eddie, we uh, you got the

822
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:17,640
Speaker 1: Titans tomorrow night, but we also have the Colts on

823
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,360
Speaker 1: Saturday night on NFL Network. And I got to ask you,

824
00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 1: you know all this talk about the MVP Award being

825
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,640
Speaker 1: up for grabs twenty twelve, was the last time a

826
00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:26,879
Speaker 1: running back one one? Do you think Jonathan Taylor could

827
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,160
Speaker 1: do this? I think I thought Derek Kenby should have

828
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 1: won it last year, but I'm gonna let they go.

829
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: But I think Jonathan Taylor is definitely a guy that

830
00:38:34,719 --> 00:38:37,400
Speaker 1: can win it this year. He's been the catalyst for

831
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: their offense. They really turned around their season, and if

832
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: you could run the football during this time of the

833
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:45,080
Speaker 1: time of year, you have a great chance to go

834
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,480
Speaker 1: deep into the playoffs and probably win it all. And

835
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:49,720
Speaker 1: he is certainly the hottest running back in the NFL

836
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: right now, and it's a rival you want it. But

837
00:38:51,640 --> 00:38:53,320
Speaker 1: I mean, as a running back. You gotta be ruined

838
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,760
Speaker 1: for that, right of course. Two thou twelve Are you serious?

839
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: Derek Henry had two thousand yards last year and I

840
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,680
Speaker 1: don't think he got one MVP boat, which is crazy

841
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,840
Speaker 1: to me. And I'm glad that we're recognizing the running

842
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: backs now for the MVP Award. So yeah, it's been

843
00:39:12,040 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: this this crazy. It's too long, two thousand cloths, ridiculous.

844
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 1: Let's remember it's in a vacuum. Aaron Rodgers lit the

845
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: world on fire last year. Aaron Rodgers really playing yo.

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00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 1: This year, we'll see if Jonathan Taylor can stiff arm

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers away from winning it two years in a row. Eddie, George,

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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. We love you and good luck next year.

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Speaker 1: Feel all right, Eddie, We'll do okay. You were amazing, Apprecia.

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Speaker 1: I had a blast. It was super fun that Wi