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Speaker 1: Loretta Larks right now. Yes, I didn't know that. With

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Speaker 1: his three sons, four sons. Yeah, he's got a bunch

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Speaker 1: Calvin Ridley. We're here to break down Calvin Ridley. We

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Speaker 1: Let's start here, Tyler, give us a refresher on Calvin Ridley.

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Speaker 1: What had where was he heading into the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: But hey, that's how sometimes, that's how you win fantasy leagues. Right,

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Speaker 1: You take three or four big risk players. You hope

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