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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. We are gonna

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Speaker 1: give our final predictions on what's gonna happen in this

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Speaker 1: AFC Championship game between the Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs Mt.

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Speaker 1: Banks Stadium, three o'clock Sunday. Make sure you're tuned in,

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Speaker 1: as I know you will be. Come on, But Garrett,

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Speaker 1: let's talk about how we think this is all gonna

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Speaker 1: play out, and what do you think is kind of

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Speaker 1: the biggest key to the game for the Ravens, Like,

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Speaker 1: if this one thing happens, the most important thing, the

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Speaker 1: Ravens are gonna win this game.

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Speaker 2: I think that if I were to still it down

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Speaker 2: to one thing, that if we're looking at the final

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Speaker 2: Blox score after the game and the Ravens don't turn

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Speaker 2: the ball over, I think they win the game. And

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Speaker 2: that's probably something you could say for most games, and

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Speaker 2: that's probably a low hanging fruit. But I think that

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Speaker 2: if with these two teams, if you line them up

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Speaker 2: and the Ravens play a clean game, I don't really

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Speaker 2: see a scenario where they lose. I think that the

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Speaker 2: Ravens are the better team overall. But I and so

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Speaker 2: I think it comes down to turnovers in those situations.

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Speaker 2: So if the Ravens don't turn the ball over, I

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Speaker 2: think they win this game.

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Speaker 3: You're kind of reading my mind.

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Speaker 1: I'll take it a step further, like, I agree with you.

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Speaker 1: The Ravens are the better team. I think they have

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Speaker 1: the advantage in a lot of the different more nuanced

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Speaker 1: matchups of this game. The Ravens strengths are the Chiefs weaknesses.

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Speaker 3: And I think when you.

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Speaker 1: When you look at what a lot of the analysts

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Speaker 1: and those who are really dialed into the x's and

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Speaker 1: o's are saying, a lot of them are like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: good luck Chiefs, Like this is gonna be a tough one,

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Speaker 1: and I agree with that. So my biggest key is like,

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Speaker 1: nothing crazy, nothing out of the ordinary. Yeah, I was

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Speaker 1: talking trick plays. I'm talking turnovers, bad turnovers. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be rainy, most likely at MPT Banks Stadium. No special teams,

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Speaker 1: big plays for the Chiefs. The punt return last week

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Speaker 1: for a touchdown. So I think it and you can't

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Speaker 1: rule that out because guess what you're facing Patrick Mahomes,

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Speaker 1: who has a penchant for making crazy plays off script

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Speaker 1: and whatnot. Now said is Lamar Jackson right, But that,

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Speaker 1: to me is the only way that I see the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs being victorious in this game.

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Speaker 2: It's interesting. I was listening to Peter Schrager, he was

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Speaker 2: on Bill Simmons podcast and Good Morning Football, and he said,

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Speaker 2: I looked at this game every which way, and every

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Speaker 2: time I look at it from all these different scenarios,

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Speaker 2: I'm coming up Ravens every single time.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 2: But basically the X factor for him is the Chiefs

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Speaker 2: and the been there, done that, and the Patrick Mahomes

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Speaker 2: and this is the team that's been a modern day dynasty,

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Speaker 2: and so he and he exactly so he's taking the

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Speaker 2: Chiefs is basically taking the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: I think he also I think also part of it

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Speaker 1: was that he picked them at the start of the year,

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Speaker 1: so he was kind of like sticking to his original pick,

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Speaker 1: you know.

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Speaker 2: But I but I do think I understand that line

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Speaker 2: of thinking. It's not really logical in the sense of like,

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Speaker 2: all right, Ravens win this matchup. They're better in this area.

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Speaker 2: I like them here, I like the home field of

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Speaker 2: van I like the crowd all that stuff. But there's

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Speaker 2: just something I can't put my finger on. And it's

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Speaker 2: basically just like it's the notion that the Chiefs are

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Speaker 2: are the modern day dynasty. This is Brady and Belichick,

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Speaker 2: you know, at their at their peak. That's that's what

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Speaker 2: you're you're scared of to a certain extent. But I

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Speaker 2: just think that, like on the flip side of that,

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Speaker 2: like I know we're going to talk more specifics on

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Speaker 2: the flip side of that, the Ravens have slayed that

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Speaker 2: dragon before too, Like they went into New England after

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Speaker 2: losing the AFC Championship at twenty eleven. A lot of

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Speaker 2: similarities in that game, and like that was not a

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Speaker 2: game that the Ravens were supposed to win. They weren't

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Speaker 2: supposed to win the Divisional round the previous week when

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Speaker 2: they went up against Peyton Manning and the Broncos, who

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Speaker 2: were the best team in the league that year. Then

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Speaker 2: they played the Patriots and of course you're not going

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Speaker 2: to do it twice after winning that emotional game, and

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Speaker 2: then they won that game and it really wasn't particularly close,

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Speaker 2: even though Brady was at the peak of his game

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Speaker 2: similar shades to that one, and it wouldn't surprise me

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Speaker 2: at all if it played out Honestly, it wouldn't surprise

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Speaker 2: me if it's if it's a close game at half,

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Speaker 2: as most games are, and then just like they did

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would agree with that, all right, So let's

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Speaker 1: look at it more, take a more nuanced look at

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Speaker 1: this and when the when the Chiefs have the ball,

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Speaker 1: what do you think it is that they're going to

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Speaker 1: be trying to do versus what the Ravens are looking

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Speaker 2: Well, they've had some success running the ball with Pacheco,

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Speaker 2: and I think that they're going to try to establish that.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's a hard nosed runner. I think he

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Speaker 2: to be and I know that Rokwan Smith has talked

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Speaker 2: about that this week, you know, basically physical runner, physical defense.

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Speaker 2: Let's see who wins that battle.

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Speaker 1: I think it's explosive runs from Pacheco that could that

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Speaker 1: could gash the Ravens that that has, as we talked about,

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Speaker 1: been the one weakness. Now the Ravens kind of squashed

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Speaker 1: running game, and that will be a big priority this

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Speaker 1: wee week also, But I think that's kind of the

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Speaker 1: way that the Chiefs can a keep the Ravens offensive

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Speaker 1: ball on the ground against this Ravens defense, that's probably

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Speaker 1: their best route. I also think that now, but check

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Speaker 1: it's dealing with injury also, Yeah, Joe Toney, they're all

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Speaker 1: pro guard who played a fantastic against the Bills before

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Speaker 3: So that's difficulty. Now.

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Speaker 1: They have Creed Humphrey, they have you know, a Tray Smith.

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Speaker 1: They have good interior blockers, but if Tony's not out there,

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Speaker 1: that's tough.

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Speaker 2: Oh that's huge. I think the other thing too that

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't discount. I think that the Chiefs will try

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Speaker 2: to take some shots Markez Valdez Scantling. He's a speed

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Speaker 2: guy who made some nice catches against the Bills, you

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Speaker 2: know of some some chunk plays. I think I'll try

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Speaker 2: to hit some some chunk plays to him over sheet

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Speaker 2: Rice And I think that you know, the Ravens have

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Speaker 2: really good corners, but you know, and it looks like

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Speaker 2: Marlin Humphrey probably has a decent shot of playing in

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Speaker 2: this game. It sounds like he's, you know, gonna do

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Speaker 2: I do think it'll be I'll be curious to see

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Speaker 2: if he's just play one hundred percent of the snaps.

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Speaker 2: Is in a mix between him and Darby? Does they

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Speaker 2: use do they use Marlin in certain situations? But you know,

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Speaker 2: the speed piece, they're more of a physical secondary and

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Speaker 2: I think they can run with guys. But MVS and

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Speaker 2: if they can get open and Mahomes can put the

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Speaker 2: and that's where the Ravens need to take away.

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Speaker 1: I think this is gonna be. Does Patrick Mahomes take

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Speaker 1: the quick throw the underneath stuff the screens.

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Speaker 3: It would not surprise me if they.

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Speaker 1: Threw a lot of wide receiver screens at the Ravens defense.

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Speaker 1: Try to stretch them out horizontally. They have speed threats

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Speaker 1: Kadarius Tony. You know, they have Mkole Harmon. They have

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Speaker 1: the threats out there where she Rice is is pretty good.

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Speaker 3: Ball in his hands.

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Speaker 1: To me, it's it's more about that, Like, I don't

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Speaker 1: he can make every throw, of course he can make it.

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Speaker 1: But I think the Ravens take that away. We saw

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Speaker 3: Track guys out there.

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Speaker 1: Now, whether they catch the ball, that's the other that's

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Speaker 1: the question, that's that's where they've struggled. And of course

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Speaker 1: Brokwon Smith is going to be breathing down your neck.

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Speaker 1: He's coming one hundred miles per hour. Only those wide

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Speaker 1: receiver screens to take your head off.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting you and I kind of see it

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Speaker 2: a little bit differently. I don't you see the Chiefs

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Speaker 2: I try to see them do a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think the Ravens really haven't given that

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Speaker 1: I sure could they try a bomb to the MBS,

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Speaker 1: like yeah, but I think I think they try to

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Speaker 1: attack the Ravens more horizontally and try to matriculate the

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Speaker 2: The reason I don't see that is I don't think that.

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Speaker 2: I just think the Ravens blow that up. They have

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Speaker 2: giving up much like I feel like Kyle Hamilton, if

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Speaker 2: you want to run to the boundaries against this Ravens defense,

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Speaker 2: sure go ahead, Patrick Wayne and Roquan Smith and Kyle Hamilton.

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Speaker 2: They'll clean that up.

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Speaker 1: Like I like that approach, I feel like, and it's

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Speaker 1: hard to it's really hard to matriculate the ball down

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Speaker 3: Putting together screens.

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Speaker 1: You really want to pop one. You get the blocking

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Speaker 1: right on one of those, and you have their speed,

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Speaker 2: One, pop one. I think that, And that's why I

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Speaker 2: just wonder if that if they'll try to take some

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Speaker 2: some vertical shots. You know, we'll see who's that who

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Speaker 2: ends up being right on that. But it's interesting that

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Speaker 2: we see it a little bit different.

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Speaker 1: And then to me, it's not I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: designed vertical shots. To me, the vertical shots are an

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Speaker 2: Well, the extended play thing is definitely.

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Speaker 1: That's where you always have to be, you know, on

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Speaker 1: your p's and q's and and all plaster and all

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Speaker 1: those things that the Ravens talked about all week.

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Speaker 3: With Patrick Mahomes, that's what you have to worry about.

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Speaker 1: I don't see them taking a five to seven step

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Speaker 3: It's you know, you you almost get a sack on him.

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Speaker 1: He spins out of it, rolls to his right, and

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Speaker 1: now he's launching the ball down the field and nobody,

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Speaker 1: few guys do it any better than Patrick Mahomes does.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I'm with you on that. I think

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Speaker 2: that one of the keys, my defensive keys, is the

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Speaker 2: broken place. Like Mahomes has been so excellent at that.

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Speaker 2: That's where Travis Kelcey really comes into play because they

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Speaker 2: just seem to know, like they just know each other

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Speaker 2: the play breaks down, Kelsey finds a soft spot. I

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Speaker 2: like Kyle Hamilton's ability to run and cover or Marl

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Speaker 2: Humphrey's ability to run and cover on Travis Kelsey. But

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I do too. And you know, I, especially.

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Speaker 1: With the guy coming off a calf, you know, I

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Speaker 1: I think a real big bonus of Marlin getting back

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Speaker 1: I think also to my point about the wide receiver screens,

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Speaker 3: Two mm hmm. We'll see.

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Speaker 2: As we look at this offense, one thing that we

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Speaker 2: The big dog.

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Speaker 3: The big dogs back and let him out of the doghouse.

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Speaker 2: He was full participant all week in practice.

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Speaker 3: Yep.

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Speaker 2: He was a full participant at the end of last week.

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Speaker 1: I shouldn't say let him out of the doghouse. That

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Speaker 3: Now you take that off and this dog's right, it's

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Speaker 1: Yes, And I think it's perfect timing because I think

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Speaker 1: this Chiefs defense is susceptible to tight ends. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 3: And they're not the only ones.

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Speaker 1: It's been a two year trend for them of tight

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Speaker 1: Nick Bolton, Willie Gay, those guys can run and hit.

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Speaker 2: Well that's my question there. So is that feasting who's

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Speaker 3: Both of them say more?

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Speaker 2: Please? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think, But I don't know that.

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Speaker 1: Like I expect Mark to go off, you know, to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that that would be probably I wouldn't

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Speaker 3: That'd be a good day.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I could. I agree with you the way I

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Speaker 2: lot of people have probably been selling Mark a little

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Speaker 2: Back third downs, key situations, red zone, that's where you

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Speaker 1: I think this is a game where the Ravens could

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Speaker 3: And so the alternative is a fore man rush.

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Speaker 1: Against Lamar Jackson, which he has the highest QBR in

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Speaker 3: He will eat that up.

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Speaker 1: So I think that he's going to see a fair

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Speaker 2: then I think there could be a chance for those

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Speaker 2: running backs to pick up some easy yards.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we've been promising all week that we're going

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Speaker 1: to read some emails, and we can't get to all

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Speaker 1: of them, but here's one from Matt Ziegelstein. He said,

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Speaker 1: I heard Dominique Foxworth raise this point on Marina Kimes' podcast,

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Speaker 1: and I'm curious what you two think. The Ravens obviously

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Speaker 1: did a great job adjusting to the Texans blitzes in

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Speaker 1: the second half, but why did it take so long

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Speaker 1: to adjust? Surely the Ravens have been practicing blitz beaters

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Speaker 1: all year long and the execution was seamless after halftime,

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Speaker 1: So he said, the reason I asked, is the chief

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Speaker 1: so likely dial up heavy dosage of blitzes as is

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Speaker 1: the only way to neutralize Lamar kind of like we

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Speaker 1: were talking about, Yeah, this is how it works. And

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Speaker 1: and Todd Monkan was asked that you know why halftime, Like,

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Speaker 1: is it easier to make adjustments at halftime than it

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Speaker 1: is during the game, And he said, it's not.

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Speaker 3: That's kind of the it's a cliche.

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Speaker 1: It's a cliche, right, Like you're making adjustments throughout the game, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and halftime is it the only time when you us

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Speaker 1: like sit down and you're like, all right, guys, what

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Speaker 1: are we gonna we're gonna chase things up, and he

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Speaker 1: basically just said we started kind of executing better. I

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Speaker 1: think the protections weren't really aligne. It was flipping protect

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Speaker 1: the protections, like John Harwall said, and getting that corrected.

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Speaker 1: I don't know why it took whatever longer than fans

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Speaker 1: wanted it to, and I'm sure longer than Ravens wanted to,

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Speaker 1: but I think a lot of that boiled down to execution.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I also think that, like, just to be told,

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Speaker 2: I didn't think the first half was quite as bad

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Speaker 2: as it may have seemed. Like it was ten ten

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Speaker 2: and a half. The offense did put up a touchdown

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Speaker 2: now there getting the defense is obviously playing great. They

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Speaker 2: gave up a special team score. The last drive was

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Speaker 2: a disaster basically where they were just getting back to

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Speaker 2: back sacks back to back sacks. So that one was terrible.

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Speaker 2: But other than that removed that drive. It's not like

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Speaker 2: the offense was completely stagnant. They you know, they marked,

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Speaker 2: they moved the ball, got the field goal on the

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Speaker 2: opening drive. They end up getting a touchdown. Again, they

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Speaker 2: didn't have a ton of drives, so I don't think

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Speaker 2: it was like I don't think it was a It

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Speaker 2: wasn't a perfect half, but I also don't think it

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Speaker 2: was like this disaster of the half. And it also

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Speaker 2: wasn't like what the second half was, where you just

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Speaker 2: scored a single time you have the football. So I

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Speaker 2: think that's all of that is part of it. I

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Speaker 2: do think the Ravens will have plenty of blitz beaters,

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Speaker 2: and if the Chiefs are bringing the heat, then Lamar

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Speaker 2: has proven as he did last weekend, has over the

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Speaker 2: course of the year the Ravens and he will be

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Speaker 2: ready to beat the Blitz.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Well, I think it really comes down to what Todd

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Speaker 1: Munkin talked about with his wife.

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Speaker 3: His wife said, why don't you just call the good place?

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Speaker 2: Sure?

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Speaker 1: Why do you call any of the bad plays? I

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Speaker 1: don't understand why you call those? Just call the good ones.

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Speaker 2: I thought that was great insight.

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Speaker 3: That's what this boils down to.

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Speaker 1: Yes, just call the good place exactly, the ones that

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Speaker 1: are circled or the ones a green highlighter, call those,

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Speaker 1: not the ones in the red highlighter.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, stay away from those, amen, Amen, the key to

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Speaker 2: the game. Yes.

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Speaker 3: Here's another email from Ashley Fleegel.

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Speaker 1: She said, Ryan, now you have to do your big

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Speaker 1: win from your car in the parking lot at the stadium.

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Speaker 1: It's only weird if it doesn't work. So it worked

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Speaker 1: last week. I almost jinxed. This came through with the

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Speaker 1: last second with the big win from the car. But

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Speaker 1: I think we got to go back to tradition here. Okay, hey,

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Speaker 1: because doing it in your car is kind of losersh behavior.

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Speaker 2: I'm not gonna lie.

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Speaker 1: Felt pretty weird, but because it's tradition. So we're gonna

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Speaker 1: go back to that. Okay, all right, saving that one.

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Speaker 1: I'm getting ready for it later. Okay, all right, So

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Speaker 1: let's talk about predictions here, Garrett.

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Speaker 3: We don't usually do.

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Speaker 1: This, but it's the AFC Championship camp. Yeah, and I

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Speaker 1: feel like we should make a determination here. Okay, all right,

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Speaker 1: So what's your score prediction? Well, who's your winner?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna take the Ravens. I'm gonna take the rain.

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Speaker 3: It's your score prediction.

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Speaker 2: I think that this is a I've got a twenty

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Speaker 2: seven seventeen win for the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: I I agree. I don't think they're there top and twenty.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're Yeah, I'm going to go one

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Speaker 1: step further, I'm going twenty no thirty, yeah, thirty, thirteen

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Speaker 1: thirty to thirteen thirty to thirteen.

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Speaker 2: Four touchdowns in a safety.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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Speaker 2: Four touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: You do the safety. I'm doing the safety right now.

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Speaker 3: I'm doing the safety day.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And also I'm sure everyone's seen that, but one

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Speaker 2: thing we didn't hit, and I'll just mention it quickly.

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Speaker 2: The atmosphere there is going to be incredible. We put

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Speaker 2: out the list of legends and the entertainment that's going

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Speaker 2: to be taking place for this game. Ray Lewis and

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Speaker 2: Ed Reid are legends of the game. Jonathan Ogden is

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Speaker 2: an honorary captain. We're bringing back Terrell Suggs and Antquine

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Speaker 2: Bolden and Dennis pit and a handful of other legends.

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Speaker 2: Michael Phelps is going to be in the house to

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Speaker 2: be honored to do with the game ball presentation like

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Speaker 2: they're the Stars. Stars are gonna be at this game

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Speaker 2: for obvious reasons. And I just think that Mt. Banks

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Speaker 2: Stadium is going to be electric like it already was

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Speaker 2: last week. I think the stadium is getting the props

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Speaker 2: nationally that it deserves and the fan experience for just

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Speaker 2: how awesome an environment it has been for several years now.

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Speaker 2: It's one of the toughest places to play in the NFL,

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Speaker 2: and that's why I think another key is starting fast

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Speaker 2: and building off that. Like if this defense just like

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Speaker 2: they did last week and open this game and get

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Speaker 2: a quick three and out, well, then I think that

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Speaker 2: the defense can go to work. That the lid is

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Speaker 2: going to blow off that place. And I can't wait

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Speaker 2: to see this environment. This has been a long time coming.

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Speaker 2: First time Ravens fans have ever seen an AFC championship

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Speaker 2: here in Baltimore, and I can't wait to see what

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Speaker 2: it's like.

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Speaker 1: Well, Garrett, get ready, you better cover your years on this.

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Speaker 3: I'm just warning you.

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Speaker 1: If you're in your car right now, you're gonna want

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Speaker 1: to turn it out of the virus.

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Speaker 3: Okay, get ready for the.

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Speaker 1: BA bag.

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Speaker 4: You see a championship w leads go. I'm seeing stars.

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Speaker 4: I'm literally seeing stars.

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Speaker 3: Or now I can't breathe.