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Speaker 1: good win against good football team. Minnesota's a good team. Bill.

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Speaker 1: We know that coaching can be precarious in this league.

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Speaker 1: For instance, Mike McCarthy was fired just have to do

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Speaker 1: pretty much, Bill. A couple of times we saw situations

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