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Speaker 1: Everybody. Chris Harry with you on a new episode of

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Speaker 1: Chargers Weekly. Coming up, Sean Merriman's going to join me.

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Speaker 1: He'll detail his trip to Nashville for the twenty nineteen

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Speaker 1: NFL Draft. We'll also talk lights out Extreme Fighting, which

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Speaker 1: kicked off last weekend to a sold out crowd in Burbank.

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Speaker 1: But first, defensive tackle Damien Square is back. He discusses

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Speaker 1: his return to the team. Well, it was only a

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Speaker 1: matter of time, but the defense got better this week.

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Speaker 1: Defensive tackle Damien Square is back in the powder of

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Speaker 1: know free agency can be a long drawn out process. First,

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Speaker 1: how glad are you that it's over? In second, what

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Speaker 1: You know that those possibilities showed up in many different ways, man,

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Speaker 1: How much of a learning purt do you think that

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Speaker 1: I mean, this league is um got a lot of

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Speaker 1: to be. There also has to feel a sense of

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Speaker 1: and Sean normally we kicked things off with football, but

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Speaker 1: last weekend in Burbank. It was sold out. It looked

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Speaker 1: no question my man. Looking forward to it and guys,

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Speaker 1: that's gonna do it. My Thanks to Sean Merriman and

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Speaker 1: Damian Square for joining me, but of course thanks to

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Speaker 1: you all for listening. If you like what you hear

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Speaker 1: Have a great weekend and until next time, I'm Chris

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