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Speaker 1: four eighty five. If you listened on Tuesday, we did

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Speaker 1: As always, we can go ahead and start the clock.

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Speaker 1: We'll go to the NFC. We will start in the

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Speaker 1: NFC East with the Dallas Cowboys. The only question for

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys, the biggest question for the Cowboys is this,

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Speaker 1: can the defense be average. If the defense can be average,

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Speaker 1: they not only can win the division, this can be

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Speaker 1: the best Cowboys team of Dak's career. George Pickens, to

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Speaker 1: his credit, accepted the franchise tag, decided he's gonna go

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Speaker 1: try to prove it. I thought last year he was

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Speaker 1: phenomenal until the very end of the year when he

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Speaker 1: but he had nearly fifteen hundred yards. He was great

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Speaker 1: Ceedee Lamb is one of the most talented players in

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Speaker 1: the entire league. Last year, the defense did not give

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Speaker 1: them a chance to compete, but they drafted one of

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Speaker 1: my favorite players in Caleb Downs. They took Malachi Lawrence,

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Speaker 1: They traded for d Winders and Rashaun Gary. They remade

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Speaker 1: the secondary. If that defense, if they can have the

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Speaker 1: fifteenth ranks scoring defense in football next year, they can

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Speaker 1: win twelve games. Giants all right? Concern for the Giants,

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Speaker 1: did Malik is maliite neighbors going to be all right?

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Speaker 1: I he suffered a bad knee injury, but his having

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Speaker 1: one of the rare ACL recoveries where it does not

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Speaker 1: seem like he's not only is he not ahead of schedule,

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Speaker 1: he seems like he's behind schedule. He was so dynamic

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Speaker 1: and so special when we've seen him healthy. That's terrifying

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Speaker 1: if you're a Giants fan. On top of that, you're

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Speaker 1: you know, your running backs has got a blown up

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Speaker 1: know if Jackson Dart is the you know, the mature

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Speaker 1: force in the room that a lot on John Harbaugh's plate.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to read too much into the embarrassing

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Speaker 1: up the team, but John Harbaugh is going to really

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Speaker 1: have to prove his coaching medal this year with this

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Speaker 1: Giants team. That's going to be a trendy pick for

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Speaker 1: a lot of people. Eagles, I've said it before, I'll

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Speaker 1: out of a take, but I believe it. The Eagles

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Speaker 1: are the only team in the league that them being

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Speaker 1: the number one seed would not surprise and also them

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Speaker 1: firing their coach during the season would not surprise me.

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Speaker 1: I think their spread of potential outcomes is the widest

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Speaker 1: seven and ten and fourteen and three both are possible.

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Speaker 1: And not surprisingly, Hurts once again with a new offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: good or for bad, to rely on. Uh. With man

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Speaker 1: that and then finally the Washington Commanders. I can't remember

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Speaker 1: from two years ago to last year. Jaden had one

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Speaker 1: may say, put together defense. All those wards were in

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Speaker 1: much as Colin, but a lot of the Caleb Williams

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Speaker 1: All right. The Lions first year without Ben Johnson last year,

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Speaker 1: find out how prophetic Dan Campbell was when he told

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Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game. Guys, this might be the you know,

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Speaker 1: our best chance. We might never get closer than this.

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Speaker 1: Lions fans obviously hoping that's not the case, but we'll

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Speaker 1: find out this season. Packers, you could argue their best

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Speaker 1: an intriguing spot for Kevin O'Connell. Kevin O'Connell I think

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Speaker 1: they should give Kyler Murray every single first team rep

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Speaker 1: me about where Bryce is. Can they build on last

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