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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Morning Football, prisoned by Old Trapper Beef Jerkey.

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Speaker 1: We are live here New York City. It is game day, Thursday,

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Speaker 1: September eighth. Welcome twenty twenty two NFL. My name is

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Speaker 1: Jamie yard All, alongside Kyle Brant, Peter Straeger, and a

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Speaker 1: super Bowl champion j Mac mac Jason. He is a

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Speaker 1: GQ model and a super Bowl Kyle did have an

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Speaker 1: just to go three hours straight of talking about just

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Speaker 1: That's fine, and we might be doing that in February

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Speaker 1: outside of Glendale, Arizona, and we might be talking about

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Speaker 1: three hours. I'm ready to take that. Right now, we

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Speaker 1: arguing super Bowl predictions and did you just I mean,

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Speaker 1: But until then, let's continue to talk about it. Time

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Speaker 1: Network insider Tom Pella. Sero. Tom, is the start of

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Speaker 1: the new season just a couple hours away, but you

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Speaker 1: have the latest on the injury report from the Bills

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Speaker 1: All Pro safety Jordan Poyer, who missed most of training

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Speaker 1: for the Rams. Quarterback Matthew Stafford, who had a per

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Speaker 1: And Jalen Ramsey running backs, Cam akers, Darryl Henderson Jr.

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Speaker 1: You know that we we all, we all talked about

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Speaker 1: But that's and yet, this is not just Josh Allen.

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Speaker 1: This is the Bills. This is a super team. This

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Speaker 1: the Cowboys to win the show. Bills all right, Cynthia Freeland,

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Speaker 1: different perspective, numbers, analytic bills, Rachel a wild card game,

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Speaker 1: But it's just it's more than Allen it is. This

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Speaker 1: it's so much show us something tonight. Don't do not

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Speaker 1: lose this game down your leg. No, that's what I'm saying, Dude,

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Speaker 1: And that's emotional. That's a heavy thing for a reigning

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Speaker 1: is great to have you, Nick, and it's your second

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Speaker 1: back in time. Back in two thousand and one. You

421
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Speaker 1: were in your first season with the Patriots on the

422
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Speaker 1: personnel side, and you guys faced the Ramps in the

423
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, where Lovey Smith was a defensive coordinator. Now

424
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Speaker 1: you two are leading that Texans franchise and you're trying

425
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Speaker 1: to change things. How's the experience been with Lovey and

426
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Speaker 1: what are you looking for for the future? Yeah, you know,

427
00:21:59,068 --> 00:22:01,628
Speaker 1: mag everything kind of comes toull circle, as you know,

428
00:22:01,908 --> 00:22:05,468
Speaker 1: So you know, my role that year was so minimal.

429
00:22:05,508 --> 00:22:07,228
Speaker 1: I mean, I wasn't even really a part of the team,

430
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Speaker 1: but it was going to be a part of that process.

431
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Speaker 1: But we're working with Lovey. I think the transition has

432
00:22:12,508 --> 00:22:14,708
Speaker 1: been smooth, and we've had the opportunity to spend time

433
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Speaker 1: together last year just kind of understanding some of the

434
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Speaker 1: things that are important to him, you know, philosophically going

435
00:22:19,828 --> 00:22:21,468
Speaker 1: back to last year and the defensive side of the ball.

436
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Speaker 1: It's probably a little bit different than some of the

437
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Speaker 1: things that we did in New England in terms of

438
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Speaker 1: player profiles and some of the things that we look

439
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Speaker 1: for here. So that's been a good learning process. But

440
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Speaker 1: you know, love he's done a great job. I think

441
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Speaker 1: he's commanding the respect of the team and everybody in

442
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Speaker 1: the building. Colds of players to a high standard, hold

443
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Speaker 1: him accountable, you know, treats him like men because ultimately

444
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Speaker 1: it's the players game, so it'sn't gonna be the hands

445
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Speaker 1: and the players on Sunday. But you know, he's had

446
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Speaker 1: a great attitude, he's had a great approach. The players

447
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Speaker 1: have responded to him, so hopefully that translates into good

448
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Speaker 1: production on the field here starting on Sunday. Nick, I

449
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Speaker 1: just want to take a minute to to congratulate everything

450
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Speaker 1: that you, your team, and your organization have done with

451
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Speaker 1: the connection with the Uvaldi community in Texas. What you

452
00:23:01,948 --> 00:23:03,868
Speaker 1: have done and what I know your team will continue

453
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Speaker 1: to do. It's very special for a community that had

454
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Speaker 1: such a tragic event happened to them, So well done.

455
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Speaker 1: Props on that. No, I appreciate that. You know, really

456
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Speaker 1: it's a credit to the people and the players. Um.

457
00:23:14,108 --> 00:23:16,348
Speaker 1: You know, when going back to originally when it happened

458
00:23:16,348 --> 00:23:19,348
Speaker 1: back in June, you know, the players, we raise a

459
00:23:19,348 --> 00:23:21,588
Speaker 1: certain amount of money, a significant amount of money, and

460
00:23:21,588 --> 00:23:24,308
Speaker 1: then an ownership match that in terms of supporting the community.

461
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Speaker 1: But you know, we were hard hit from just from

462
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Speaker 1: a personal perspective because Roland Ramirez does a great job

463
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Speaker 1: with our sports performance staff. I mean that's where he

464
00:23:32,828 --> 00:23:35,228
Speaker 1: grew up. So when something like that hits home and

465
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Speaker 1: really kind of hits everybody in the building, and really

466
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Speaker 1: what you want to try to do is just empathize

467
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Speaker 1: with what they're going through and just be there and

468
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Speaker 1: provide support. And I know the players, Levey, you know,

469
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Speaker 1: KG Kurko, you know went down to Uvalde here over

470
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Speaker 1: the weekend, other members of the organization. So and it

471
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Speaker 1: kind of speaks to the commitment to doing the right thing. Um,

472
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Speaker 1: just trying to do right by people. And we're fortunate

473
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Speaker 1: to have a lot of good people in this building,

474
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Speaker 1: and as you all know, there's things in life that

475
00:24:01,348 --> 00:24:03,748
Speaker 1: are much bigger than football. Um, you know, try to

476
00:24:03,788 --> 00:24:05,548
Speaker 1: keep perspect of like we have a job to do,

477
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Speaker 1: but there's there's people that are really suffering, that are hurting.

478
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Speaker 1: So if we can kind of be a you know,

479
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Speaker 1: light one, they're going through some darkness there, you know,

480
00:24:12,948 --> 00:24:15,468
Speaker 1: that's all we can really do. So credit to the players,

481
00:24:15,508 --> 00:24:18,228
Speaker 1: credit to the staff, credit to the organization for just

482
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Speaker 1: trying to do the right thing and being supportive. So

483
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Speaker 1: I appreciate you acknowledging that absolutely well. One of the

484
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Speaker 1: first ever jobs you had to do upon being hired

485
00:24:25,828 --> 00:24:27,788
Speaker 1: as a general manager for the Texans is your first

486
00:24:27,788 --> 00:24:30,508
Speaker 1: ever draft selection, and that was the twenty twenty one

487
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Speaker 1: the Stanford quarterback and his name was Davis Mills. We've

488
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Speaker 1: had him on the show. He's fantastic. What's his growth

489
00:24:35,388 --> 00:24:37,348
Speaker 1: been like? What has impressed you most about what you

490
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Speaker 1: thought he was going to be and what he's turned

491
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Speaker 1: into coming into week one? Yeah, I mean he's had

492
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Speaker 1: a great attitude from the day he walked into the building.

493
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Speaker 1: He has a good personality. He's very consistent with his approach.

494
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Speaker 1: Really not too much bothers him, which I would say,

495
00:24:52,188 --> 00:24:54,308
Speaker 1: you know, in this league, especially playing that position is

496
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Speaker 1: important because everything happens one play to the next. So

497
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Speaker 1: whatever happens on one play, you got a transition, go

498
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Speaker 1: to the next play, go first down, you go to

499
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Speaker 1: second down, you go to third down, you're in the

500
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Speaker 1: red area. So there's a lot of things that happened.

501
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Speaker 1: But he works really hard. He was very diligent in

502
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Speaker 1: the off season with a lot of our players. We

503
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Speaker 1: had a very good offseason attendance even before the offseason

504
00:25:12,388 --> 00:25:14,908
Speaker 1: program started. But he was in the buildings starting in

505
00:25:14,948 --> 00:25:18,588
Speaker 1: February try to work and improve as a player. So

506
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Speaker 1: he's made a commitment and the players, I would say,

507
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Speaker 1: acknowledge that commitment. We had the selection of captains yesterday

508
00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:25,668
Speaker 1: and he was selected one of those captains along with

509
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Speaker 1: Cookie kirk O, Jerry Hughes, and John Weekes. So it's

510
00:25:29,548 --> 00:25:32,268
Speaker 1: good opportunity for Davis in front of him. But ultimately

511
00:25:32,388 --> 00:25:35,108
Speaker 1: we're all gonna be judging our performance, and Davis understands that.

512
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Speaker 1: And I think when you play that position, there's a

513
00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:39,468
Speaker 1: lot of eyeballs that come along with it. But I

514
00:25:39,468 --> 00:25:40,868
Speaker 1: think the key is just go out there, try to

515
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Speaker 1: play good football, try to do the right thing for

516
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Speaker 1: the team on a day to day basis. So he's

517
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Speaker 1: been very diligent, purposeful in that respect. Nick, let's talk

518
00:25:48,668 --> 00:25:51,628
Speaker 1: about this year's rookie class. You know, you got Trayvon

519
00:25:51,708 --> 00:25:54,948
Speaker 1: Walker down there in the division. Aidan Hutchinson looks great.

520
00:25:55,268 --> 00:25:57,188
Speaker 1: Enough of those guys, we want to talk about thee

521
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Speaker 1: hundred and seventh overall pick freight train named Damian Pearce

522
00:26:02,268 --> 00:26:06,468
Speaker 1: running back for the Houston Texas. He is currently you're

523
00:26:06,588 --> 00:26:09,868
Speaker 1: starting running back one hundred and seventh overall pick. Not

524
00:26:09,948 --> 00:26:12,708
Speaker 1: that we need it, Nick, but fire us up about

525
00:26:12,708 --> 00:26:14,908
Speaker 1: this young man and what you're expecting from him this year.

526
00:26:16,068 --> 00:26:21,428
Speaker 1: I'm not going to help your fantasy drafts, so but yeah,

527
00:26:21,748 --> 00:26:25,028
Speaker 1: he's certainly had a lot of recognition. I think we

528
00:26:25,068 --> 00:26:27,188
Speaker 1: all kind of have to, you know, all seriousness, trying

529
00:26:27,188 --> 00:26:30,748
Speaker 1: to maintain some level of perspective on this. But I

530
00:26:30,748 --> 00:26:33,708
Speaker 1: think our entire rookie class, they've come in from day one,

531
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Speaker 1: they've had a good attitude, they've worked hard, they've been

532
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Speaker 1: very receptive to coaching. They kind of fit in with

533
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Speaker 1: a team. The reality is all of them just have

534
00:26:40,428 --> 00:26:41,948
Speaker 1: to find a role and find a niche on a

535
00:26:41,988 --> 00:26:44,268
Speaker 1: team whatever that is. They weren't here last year. But

536
00:26:44,788 --> 00:26:47,748
Speaker 1: you know, this is about just taking advantage of your opportunity.

537
00:26:48,028 --> 00:26:49,828
Speaker 1: So i'd say DP is one of those players that's

538
00:26:49,868 --> 00:26:52,108
Speaker 1: been able to do that to this point. But you know, really,

539
00:26:52,388 --> 00:26:54,388
Speaker 1: when you transition to the regular season, there's a lot

540
00:26:54,388 --> 00:26:56,788
Speaker 1: of things that are going to change, and the consistency

541
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Speaker 1: over the course of seventeen weeks, eighteen weeks whatever is

542
00:26:59,868 --> 00:27:02,548
Speaker 1: that's the most important thing. So it's not about where

543
00:27:02,588 --> 00:27:04,948
Speaker 1: a player was drafted. It's about their performance in production

544
00:27:04,948 --> 00:27:06,748
Speaker 1: when they're on the field. That's what we're concerned about,

545
00:27:06,748 --> 00:27:08,468
Speaker 1: and that's what we care about. So you know, hopefully

546
00:27:08,548 --> 00:27:10,268
Speaker 1: we can get off to a good start here on

547
00:27:10,268 --> 00:27:15,548
Speaker 1: Sunday with everybody involved beautifully said. I completely respected that.

548
00:27:15,628 --> 00:27:18,468
Speaker 1: Being said, Nick was probably didn't get your start off,

549
00:27:18,548 --> 00:27:22,628
Speaker 1: That's okay. When you saw Damien Pierce's run against Florida

550
00:27:22,708 --> 00:27:25,308
Speaker 1: State as you're recruiting him, what did you just spit

551
00:27:25,348 --> 00:27:27,308
Speaker 1: out and when did you decide, oh, we have to

552
00:27:27,308 --> 00:27:29,868
Speaker 1: have him. It was a during this run because that's

553
00:27:29,908 --> 00:27:31,948
Speaker 1: when we all fell in love with him. Yeah, I mean,

554
00:27:31,988 --> 00:27:34,748
Speaker 1: you go through the draft process, there's always you know,

555
00:27:34,788 --> 00:27:36,708
Speaker 1: some plays that are going to pop up, But it's

556
00:27:36,708 --> 00:27:39,348
Speaker 1: really the holistic picture of the player because you're getting

557
00:27:39,468 --> 00:27:41,428
Speaker 1: everything that comes along with the player when they come

558
00:27:41,468 --> 00:27:43,268
Speaker 1: in your building. So what we care about is a

559
00:27:43,388 --> 00:27:45,708
Speaker 1: players that work hard to care about football, They take

560
00:27:45,748 --> 00:27:47,628
Speaker 1: coach and they want to improve, to have a good attitude,

561
00:27:47,628 --> 00:27:50,028
Speaker 1: they embrace the team concept. So those are the things

562
00:27:50,028 --> 00:27:51,468
Speaker 1: that are important. And you have to look at the

563
00:27:51,468 --> 00:27:54,748
Speaker 1: physical traits and characterizuristics that are required of that position

564
00:27:55,108 --> 00:27:56,988
Speaker 1: and whether or not the player possesses those, then you

565
00:27:57,028 --> 00:27:58,908
Speaker 1: can make a determination whether or not it's a player

566
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Speaker 1: you want to draft or add to your team. So

567
00:28:00,988 --> 00:28:02,868
Speaker 1: regardless of a players picked in the first round a

568
00:28:02,908 --> 00:28:05,068
Speaker 1: second round, I mean, i'd say j Max a great example.

569
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Speaker 1: Here's a guy you know, six round pick which you

570
00:28:07,148 --> 00:28:09,788
Speaker 1: know nobody you know well, obviously wasn't very highly thought

571
00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:12,548
Speaker 1: of for the wrong reasons, but had an unbelievable career.

572
00:28:12,628 --> 00:28:14,828
Speaker 1: So it's not about where your draft, where you get picked,

573
00:28:15,108 --> 00:28:17,148
Speaker 1: it's about what you do while you're here. And I

574
00:28:17,148 --> 00:28:19,508
Speaker 1: think that's the most important thing for most young players

575
00:28:19,508 --> 00:28:22,108
Speaker 1: to really understand. In order to have a long career,

576
00:28:22,228 --> 00:28:23,508
Speaker 1: you have to do it on a year to your

577
00:28:23,508 --> 00:28:25,548
Speaker 1: basis because in the end, that's what's going to matter

578
00:28:25,588 --> 00:28:29,508
Speaker 1: the most. Yeah, we love that. All right, quickly, let's

579
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Speaker 1: have some fun here. We've heard some stories in the

580
00:28:31,708 --> 00:28:34,068
Speaker 1: past about all the general managers and head coaches as

581
00:28:34,068 --> 00:28:36,988
Speaker 1: they move up their professional careers, up the ladders. Read

582
00:28:36,988 --> 00:28:38,508
Speaker 1: a nugget, tell me this is true or not that.

583
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Speaker 1: In your first season with the Patriots, one of your

584
00:28:41,548 --> 00:28:45,308
Speaker 1: tasks was to relay information from the broadcast that John

585
00:28:45,348 --> 00:28:49,108
Speaker 1: Madden was saying to tell the Patriots coaches, here's what

586
00:28:49,148 --> 00:28:51,628
Speaker 1: Madden's got, Here's what Madden's insights are. How do we

587
00:28:52,468 --> 00:28:54,028
Speaker 1: how do we imply that into our game plan? Is

588
00:28:54,028 --> 00:28:57,108
Speaker 1: that true? Man? Well, that was a super Bowl. So

589
00:28:57,268 --> 00:28:59,748
Speaker 1: my first year, you know, Josh and I kind of

590
00:28:59,788 --> 00:29:02,428
Speaker 1: shared an office that was probably no bigger than you know,

591
00:29:02,428 --> 00:29:05,428
Speaker 1: the closet at my house. So it was various and

592
00:29:05,428 --> 00:29:07,828
Speaker 1: sundry tasks throughout the course of the year, whether it's

593
00:29:07,868 --> 00:29:10,588
Speaker 1: film breakdown, to go to the airport and pick somebody

594
00:29:10,668 --> 00:29:13,068
Speaker 1: up for a workout. So there's a lot of different

595
00:29:13,108 --> 00:29:15,748
Speaker 1: responsibilities that we were asked, and you know, it was

596
00:29:15,748 --> 00:29:18,828
Speaker 1: a great learning experience, learning opportunity. The time is working,

597
00:29:18,908 --> 00:29:22,268
Speaker 1: you know, for Scott Pioli in a personnel department and

598
00:29:22,428 --> 00:29:24,228
Speaker 1: had an opportunity to start doing some things in the

599
00:29:24,228 --> 00:29:27,068
Speaker 1: coaching staff for coach Belichick and the rest of the group. So,

600
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Speaker 1: you know, very fortunate and blessed to have been with

601
00:29:29,348 --> 00:29:31,388
Speaker 1: a great organization with a lot of great people. I mean,

602
00:29:31,428 --> 00:29:33,748
Speaker 1: Bill is arguably the best coach in the history of sports,

603
00:29:33,748 --> 00:29:35,948
Speaker 1: and they got a great ownership group. So we're all

604
00:29:35,988 --> 00:29:37,828
Speaker 1: blessed at be around a lot of good people that

605
00:29:37,868 --> 00:29:40,108
Speaker 1: we've impacted our development over the course of time. So

606
00:29:40,468 --> 00:29:42,388
Speaker 1: that was a starting point. I would say, like the

607
00:29:42,428 --> 00:29:44,228
Speaker 1: most rookies, you know, two thousand and one was kind

608
00:29:44,268 --> 00:29:46,388
Speaker 1: of my rookie year. You really don't know how it's

609
00:29:46,428 --> 00:29:48,868
Speaker 1: going to go. It's year to year. And fortunately I

610
00:29:48,908 --> 00:29:50,668
Speaker 1: was able to stay in one place for a long time,

611
00:29:50,748 --> 00:29:53,868
Speaker 1: which doesn't really happen in this league. So I wouldn't

612
00:29:53,868 --> 00:29:55,708
Speaker 1: have the opportunity here in Houston if it wasn't for

613
00:29:55,748 --> 00:29:58,388
Speaker 1: the people that kind of lay the groundwork, you know,

614
00:29:58,428 --> 00:30:02,668
Speaker 1: in New England. So I'll that's funny, Actually I'll never forget.

615
00:30:02,708 --> 00:30:04,548
Speaker 1: So after the game, it was like a scrum the

616
00:30:04,628 --> 00:30:07,428
Speaker 1: field um and I was kind of like eight rows back,

617
00:30:07,508 --> 00:30:09,628
Speaker 1: and of course everybody. You know. Your mother thinks that

618
00:30:09,668 --> 00:30:11,668
Speaker 1: you're the most important person. You fought my picture like

619
00:30:11,708 --> 00:30:13,588
Speaker 1: in the middle of a crowd, and it's like I

620
00:30:13,668 --> 00:30:16,188
Speaker 1: made a big difference. But I really didn't do squat.

621
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Speaker 1: So I'm just happy I was there to actually be

622
00:30:18,468 --> 00:30:21,868
Speaker 1: a part of the team. Well, I love it, and

623
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Speaker 1: I hope that you've got a young assistant out there

624
00:30:23,868 --> 00:30:32,308
Speaker 1: transcribing Good Morning football every day. It's really good insight. Nick,

625
00:30:32,468 --> 00:30:34,428
Speaker 1: You're the man, dude. Thanks and good luck this season.

626
00:30:36,188 --> 00:30:46,268
Speaker 1: Thanks for having me appreciate you. Have a great day.

627
00:30:48,268 --> 00:30:52,228
Speaker 1: The regular season kicks off this evening and with a prediction,

628
00:30:52,268 --> 00:30:54,588
Speaker 1: week must come to an end. But before we can

629
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Speaker 1: wrap things up, the time has come to make our

630
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Speaker 1: final predictions for our Super Bowl fifty seven matchup and champion. Peter,

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Speaker 1: you've let us off all week. It's time for you

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Speaker 1: to get things started. Oh my gosh, the amount of

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Speaker 1: build up to this very segment is you can't even

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Speaker 1: talk about it. Last year I picked the Rams toWin

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. They did a couple of years back.

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Speaker 1: I had the Buccaneers and the Chiefs and the Super

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Speaker 1: Bowl they went a few years before that, I had

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Speaker 1: the Rams and the Patriots. It happened. I take a

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Speaker 1: lot of pride in this pick. In fact, I pin

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Speaker 1: my Super Bowl pick thirty minutes before kickoff of tonight's

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Speaker 1: game every single year, and I'll live with it if

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Speaker 1: it goes terribly wrong, because, you know what, it very

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Speaker 1: rarely does. I put the work in and it always

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Speaker 1: pays off. I don't throw darts. I actually do it

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Speaker 1: with what I talk about and what I I live

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Speaker 1: and bread this in the NFC, I had a really

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Speaker 1: hard time. It is wide open, you know. I spoke

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Speaker 1: with Sean McVeigh for a long time yesterday and I

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Speaker 1: hung up the phone. I was like, how am I

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Speaker 1: going to pick against this guy. He's a long time friend.

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Speaker 1: I think he's incredible. I think the Rams are great,

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Speaker 1: and yet it is so darn hard to repeat that.

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Speaker 1: I'm not going with the La Rams here. I spoke

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Speaker 1: with someone at the forty nine ers organization yesterday and

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Speaker 1: I said, I love everything about this team. I've questions

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Speaker 1: about the quarterback, and the quarterback looks good. I'm not

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Speaker 1: going with the forty nine ers. There's all these young,

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Speaker 1: upstart teams, and there's that guy down there in Tampa, Florida,

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Speaker 1: and I'm like, oh my gosh, is he good or what?

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Speaker 1: And man, then eleven days away that might have been

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Speaker 1: good for his mental And yet I saw a sound

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Speaker 1: bite yesterday that helps slidify my position on the NFC.

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Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen. Is the only sound bite I need

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Speaker 1: to hear talking about his Week one matchup against a

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Speaker 1: division rival. Let's hear from the man who I think

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Speaker 1: is going to be finally playing in a super Bowl

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Speaker 1: for the first time in more than a decade. Now,

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Speaker 1: we've played in some tough environments. This will be another

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Speaker 1: one good test. You're just like all the other teams

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Speaker 1: in the NFC North. It seems like every single year,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think their fan base and their teams

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Speaker 1: feel like this is our year to win the North.

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Speaker 1: Hasn't really been the case during my time. For the

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Speaker 1: most part, I've got the Green Bay Packers. They're back, Okay,

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Speaker 1: No Davante Adams don't care. Questions on the offensive line,

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Speaker 1: it's BACTR gonna play. Is Jacket's gonna play? I do care?

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Speaker 1: I don't know when. I just Rogers isn't gonna miss

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Speaker 1: this one again? Is he? No? Rogers has to go?

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Speaker 1: And I think this is the perfect way it goes

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Speaker 1: for Rogers. I think everyone betting against them, everyone picking

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Speaker 1: the vikings in the north. Rogers says, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I can do it without Davante, and I'm gonna do it,

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Speaker 1: And you know what, it might be a Swan song. Honestly,

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Speaker 1: it might just be like you know what dropped the mic?

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Speaker 1: I did it without Davante Adams and with all the

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Speaker 1: question marks, No Nathaniel Hackett, no Luke Getsy, all these things.

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Speaker 1: The offensive line is a major question mark. And yet

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Speaker 1: he's so good and so driven and so motivated by

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Speaker 1: distractors and haters and people who don't believe in him

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Speaker 1: that I could see them not even hosting playoff games,

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Speaker 1: going on the road, and like Roger saying, you know what,

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Speaker 1: screw it, I'm taking us there. So who are they

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Speaker 1: going to play in the super Bowl? Who are they

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Speaker 1: going to go against? Gosh, we've talked a lot about

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Speaker 1: the Bills, haven't we sure have? Man, they are good.

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Speaker 1: They come up the bus and they're good, like they

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Speaker 1: walk up the bus and Josh Allen is like that guy,

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Speaker 1: and behind him it's Von Miller. Now, and of course

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Speaker 1: you've got all these superstars and digs and we love

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Speaker 1: what Gabriel Davis is gonna do and the big boys

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Speaker 1: up front. And yet I don't have the Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 1: Oh Bills don't. In fact, I have also been talking

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Speaker 1: a lot about the Broncos this week. I've got their

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Speaker 1: coach as Coach of the Year. I've got their quarterbacks MVP.

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Speaker 1: I've got their running back. We'll lead the league and

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Speaker 1: rushing and Javante in aunt the Broncos. What are we

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Speaker 1: doing here talking about the Bills all day long? Every

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Speaker 1: day all day? What are we doing hyping up Joe

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Speaker 1: Brown like he's been there and done that thirty different times.

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Speaker 1: Guys coming out of the AFC, and what will be

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Speaker 1: a rematch of Super Bowl One? You know it? The

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Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs again. The City Chiefs are going back

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Speaker 1: to where they belong, and that is the Super Bowl,

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Speaker 1: and they're gonna do it against the Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 1: And there's gonna be a lot of this fuge. Oh no,

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Speaker 1: I love history. Super Bowl one. Chiefs Packers in a

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Speaker 1: showdown for the ages. Packers come out there and they

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Speaker 1: absolutely handle Kansas City. And yet it was a fun

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Speaker 1: one because it was the first Super Bowl and there

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Speaker 1: he is Lenny Dawson in the Year of Lenny Dawson,

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Speaker 1: and what we're remembering one of the NFL greats. I

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Speaker 1: think it is going to be Chiefs versus Packers in

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. You, oh, I can't wait. Let me

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Speaker 1: tell you some about the Super Bowl. Actually, Mahomes and

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Speaker 1: Rogers do all those commercials together. The first time they

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Speaker 1: were supposed to play, Mahomes wasn't on the field. The

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Speaker 1: last time they're supposed to play, Rogers wasn't on the field.

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Speaker 1: They have never faced off one on one, Rogers and Mahomes.

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Speaker 1: They will in Super Bowl fifty seven and the winner

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Speaker 1: will be The winner will be folks. I want you

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Speaker 1: to see the number on the front, the number the back.

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Speaker 1: You might not even recognize this player yet. I think

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Speaker 1: he is going to be a superstar. The winner a

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Speaker 1: super Bowl fifty seven in Glendale, Arizona this February will

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Speaker 1: be to Kansas City Chiefs led by linebacker Nick bolt

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Speaker 1: Let's go, who Let's go. It's a full team. That's year.

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Speaker 1: It's a full team. It's not just you know, Tyreek

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Speaker 1: and Patrick and they've got a defense that Nick Bolton,

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Speaker 1: number thirty two. Tyron Matthew's old uniform. He's wearing that

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Speaker 1: this year. He went from fifty four to thirty two.

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Speaker 1: And I look at that defense with Carlaftis coming, with

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Speaker 1: Chris Jones upfront, with Frank Clark, and with a just

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Speaker 1: rebuilt defensive line. I think this Kansas City Chiefs team

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Speaker 1: is going to be the complete team, not just offense,

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Speaker 1: not just Hyreek. Just wait, Chiefs versus Packers and what

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Speaker 1: might as well be the Insurance Bowl. I am going

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Speaker 1: with this team right here. Kansas City Chiefs win another chip,

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Speaker 1: my Homes gets his second, and we are often running.

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Speaker 1: Let's feel love. I love it, I love it, all right,

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Speaker 1: I love it. Let's here, we got we got breakout.

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Speaker 1: People are like, who is Nick Bowls guy? All right?

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Speaker 1: Peter's time is up, It is my time. It is

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl. It is in Glendale, Arizona. We have a

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Speaker 1: great matchup. It's going to be between two quarterbacks, the

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Speaker 1: beauty and the beasts. One's braun one's good looking. But

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. One's been there before, one will be getting

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Speaker 1: there for the first time. One guy has never beat

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Speaker 1: in the other guy, whether that's on the football field

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Speaker 1: or whether that's on the golf course. These guys will

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Speaker 1: go head to head in Super Bowl fifty seven. I'm

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Speaker 1: not gonna waste your time and lead up into one team,

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Speaker 1: this team. I'm going to show you who these two

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Speaker 1: teams will be facing all in the Super Bowl this year.

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Speaker 1: Give me these two teams right now. Bills and the

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Speaker 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be this year's Super Bowl matchup.

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Speaker 1: Josh Allen versus mister Tom Brady. Let's talk about these Buccaneers.

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Speaker 1: It is never too late to achieve things. Doesn't matter

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Speaker 1: how old you are. Tom Brady forty five years old,

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Speaker 1: he's still doing it. His head coach Todd Bowles just

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Speaker 1: earned his bachelor's degree. They are finding ways to still

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Speaker 1: achieve success. Tom Brady's gone, No, my bad. Tom Brady's there,

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Speaker 1: Gronkowski's gone. We added new guys, We have Julio Jones.

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Speaker 1: We're going to be okay. There's no reason to get mad.

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Speaker 1: These guys will have to fight through adversity, ebbs and

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Speaker 1: flows of the seasons. There'll be clouds, there'll be sunshine,

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Speaker 1: There'll be rainy days, they'll be beautiful days. Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: said it himself. They are going to find a way

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Speaker 1: look at the intensity. He knows that he's getting older.

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Speaker 1: He talked about when the season hits, it's time to focus,

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Speaker 1: it's time to lock in, it's time to give everything

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Speaker 1: I have to the organization. I'm going to live up

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Speaker 1: to my commitment because that is what I've always done.

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady loves proving people wrong. From the first time

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Speaker 1: when he was drafted in a sixth round, one hundred

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Speaker 1: and ninety ninth pick, and he has already won multiple

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Speaker 1: Super Bowls. Let's get to the AFC side, and let's

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Speaker 1: let's talk about Josh Allen and let's talk about these

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Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. But before I do so, I'm gonna let

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Speaker 1: you guys know I'm rolling Josh Allen and these guys

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Speaker 1: are going to get it done when we get our

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Speaker 1: MVP picks. Yesterday, everybody said, where's Josh Allen? Why is

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Speaker 1: he not up there? Nobody win with Josh Allen. Kelly

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Speaker 1: Brant didn't wear the Josh Allen jersey. I was so

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Speaker 1: happy he didn't. The MVP doesn't win the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: We talked about Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons. They

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Speaker 1: were up twenty eight to three. We all thought they

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Speaker 1: were going to win the Super Bowl. It was the

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Speaker 1: MVP curse. Josh Allen, He's getting there this year. He

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Speaker 1: is going to get it done. Whether it's Stefan Digs,

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Speaker 1: whether it's Gabe Davis, whether it's McKenzie, whether it's James Cooks.

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Speaker 1: You can go down the list. Dawson Knox has got

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Speaker 1: a great deal. These guys have so many weapons. The

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Speaker 1: defense is ready to show and they're ready to show

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Speaker 1: you guys that, Hey, I know we lost thirteen seconds

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Speaker 1: last year. We fell a little bit short. But this

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Speaker 1: year we're going to get it done. The playoffs start

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Speaker 1: with fourteen teams. Thirteen of them have to go home

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Speaker 1: thirteen thirteen. Remember that number. Buffalo Bills, they remember thirteen

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Speaker 1: and they are fired up to show you guys. They

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Speaker 1: know they've been there four times before, four times in

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Speaker 1: a row. The Buffalo Bills went to the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: We had Andre Reid on they fell short. This year

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Speaker 1: they get it done. Buffalo Bills, super Bowl Champs, Bills

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Speaker 1: Mafia get those tables right. But jumping through Bill's Mafia guys,

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Speaker 1: oh Man oh Man Bills Mafia incredible. Did it