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Speaker 4: It is finally here week one of the NFL season.

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Speaker 4: It has been long off season. It's been long OTAs

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Speaker 4: here Week one and the Detroit Lions kick off the

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Speaker 1: And you know what a terrific opportunity.

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Speaker 4: the Kansas City Star. Jesse, Welcome, to Week one of

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Speaker 4: of matters now. Jesse great insight. You can catch all

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the twenty MINLU Huddle podcast presented by Microsoft,

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Speaker 1: A'm on ra Saint.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me. I appreciate it's week one. Finally,

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Speaker 1: isn't it exciting now?

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Speaker 6: got guys, new guys on defense there they look great,

438
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Speaker 6: but going up against them every day, I mean made

439
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Speaker 6: us better throughout camp. And then you know, you get

440
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Speaker 6: the joint practices, you get to go against other other teams.

441
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Speaker 6: But now it's real. I mean you had the preseason games.

442
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Speaker 6: We didn't play in the games, but we had those

443
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Speaker 6: two joint practices and obviously you know camp, all the

444
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Speaker 6: stuff that we did, and not finally going to the

445
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Speaker 6: first game, it's like, all right, now we have a

446
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Speaker 6: game plan, we know who are going against. You know,

447
00:19:37,840 --> 00:19:39,480
Speaker 6: we think we know what they're gonna run. So it's more,

448
00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:42,760
Speaker 6: you know, focused on details every day, whether it's you know,

449
00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,600
Speaker 6: first down, second down, third down, red zone. So it's

450
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Speaker 6: nice to get back in that flow of a game week.

451
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but on the side, you're also getting into the

452
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Speaker 1: podcast game a little bit, right, tell us a little

453
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Speaker 1: bit about that.

454
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Speaker 6: Yeah, so me and my brother we have our own

455
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Speaker 6: podcast with the thirty third team. We've been doing it

456
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Speaker 6: for Last year was our first season, so this is

457
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Speaker 6: would say a second, you're doing it. I mean, we

458
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Speaker 6: have fun with it. We have some guests on there.

459
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Speaker 6: We actually got a special guest on the next episode,

460
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Speaker 6: so let's stay tuned.

461
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Speaker 1: Look at the teas. It's like a professional here.

462
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Speaker 6: But now it's really fun just to you know, talk

463
00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:16,399
Speaker 6: ball and other people they like watching it, so we

464
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Speaker 6: just keep doing it.

465
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Speaker 1: No, that's why I love this thing.

466
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Speaker 4: Right, you get a guest in, you get to talk

467
00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:24,200
Speaker 4: some ball and it's great. Let let's talk about your expectations.

468
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:25,800
Speaker 4: You know, obviously the team.

469
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Speaker 2: Goal is number one for you.

470
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Speaker 4: You've always been that team guy and the excitement that

471
00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,440
Speaker 4: builds around the team. But I'm on ray, you're coming

472
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Speaker 4: off one hundred catches, you're coming off a thousand yards.

473
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Speaker 4: Just what can fans expect from from you in year

474
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Speaker 4: three now that you've really kind of established yourself.

475
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I would say for me, I just want to

476
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Speaker 6: be better than I was last year, whether that's you know,

477
00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:49,159
Speaker 6: more stats with more catches, you can look at the numbers,

478
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Speaker 6: more touchdowns, more yards, whatever. I want to be better

479
00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,520
Speaker 6: and all that, but just a better team and obviously

480
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Speaker 6: I want to be a better leader, just everything overall.

481
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Speaker 6: Whatever I did last year, I always want to, you know,

482
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Speaker 6: think I can be always a better I look at

483
00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,960
Speaker 6: the film from last year and I always you know,

484
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Speaker 6: I'm always really hard on myself. I feel like I

485
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,480
Speaker 6: can do so much stuff better if I maybe you know,

486
00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 6: turn up faster on this catch, maybe broke out and

487
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Speaker 6: that choice for us. So little things like that that

488
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:16,200
Speaker 6: I'm always super critical about myself. But I mean, going

489
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Speaker 6: into this year, just trying to keep you know, trying

490
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Speaker 6: to get better is always the goal for me.

491
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Speaker 4: Year two in Ben Johnson's offense, you know, we've talked

492
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Speaker 4: to Jaredy's talked about just some of the details that

493
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Speaker 4: you've been able to get into. What maybe if you've seen,

494
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Speaker 4: is the biggest difference between year one of Ben and

495
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Speaker 4: now year two.

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Speaker 6: I would say the details. I would say, he's feel

497
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Speaker 6: like he's able to do more stuff with us just

498
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Speaker 6: because we're comfortable in the offense. A lot of the

499
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Speaker 6: same guys that are here. Obviously we've got some new faces,

500
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Speaker 6: but a lot of the same people that were here.

501
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Speaker 6: So he's able to move us around, do things that

502
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Speaker 6: we did last year, and maybe dress it up differently,

503
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Speaker 6: maybe make it a little bit harder, like I mean,

504
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Speaker 6: maybe on this show you have to adjust cover two.

505
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Speaker 6: If you see this, you got to run this. So

506
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Speaker 6: we already know the simple stuff. So now's taking it

507
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Speaker 6: to the next level. And it's given him as a

508
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,520
Speaker 6: play caller more, you know, more options for us and

509
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Speaker 6: I mean us as receivers. If we can get into

510
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Speaker 6: the perfect play, I mean, there's nothing better.

511
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Speaker 4: Let's just say, that's gonna be really exciting for you,

512
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 4: right because you saw the success that he had on

513
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Speaker 4: what a terrific play color he was. And you watch

514
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Speaker 4: him and he sees something in the first quarter and

515
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Speaker 4: then he sees that same formation from the defense, but

516
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Speaker 4: he's got a different counter for it, you know, And

517
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Speaker 4: now you can get into some of those little It's

518
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Speaker 4: got to be really exciting for you guys, just to

519
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Speaker 4: know that that he's going to put you in the

520
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Speaker 4: best places to succeed.

521
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Speaker 6: Yeah, it's awesome. I mean, like you said, for us

522
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Speaker 6: as players, all we got to do is go out there.

523
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Speaker 6: Obviously we get the game planner and the way we

524
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Speaker 6: got to listen listen to him execute it on practice.

525
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Speaker 6: Obviously we put it on tape and sell out looks.

526
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Speaker 6: But if we you know, if we do what they

527
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Speaker 6: tell us as as coaches, we listen to them, we execute.

528
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Speaker 6: I mean, they're gonna put us in position to make play.

529
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Speaker 6: So that's what I love about this coaching staff is

530
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Speaker 6: they do a great job of moving guys around into

531
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Speaker 6: doing what they do best. And if we can just

532
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Speaker 6: go out there and play for you and have fun.

533
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Speaker 1: What was the focus for you this offseason? Is there

534
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Speaker 1: anything particular?

535
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Speaker 4: I know we've talked about maybe being more a part

536
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Speaker 4: of the vertical game and stuff like that, but I'm curious,

537
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,480
Speaker 4: just from your perspective.

538
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Speaker 3: Was there was there a focus something you kind of

539
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Speaker 3: notched on the same season. I wouldn't say really. I

540
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Speaker 3: kind of do the same, you know, kind of the

541
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Speaker 3: same workover tow every every off season. You know, I

542
00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,600
Speaker 3: get on the track always, I'm always running on the track.

543
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:15,520
Speaker 3: I'm doing receiver drills on my receiver coach back home,

544
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Speaker 3: whether that's releases, you know, cone drills, getting in and

545
00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:20,720
Speaker 3: out of my brace, catching the ball whatever it is, receiver,

546
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Speaker 3: you know, related and then getting in the way.

547
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Speaker 6: We're making sure I'm strong. So I would say, you

548
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Speaker 6: know early on the off season, that's never been an

549
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Speaker 6: issue on the off season. I you know, I'm getting

550
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Speaker 6: back strong because I kind of you lose that strength

551
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Speaker 6: throughout the season because it's a long season. So just

552
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Speaker 6: getting back in the weight room once time, you know,

553
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Speaker 6: back to have all my strength. I start running again

554
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Speaker 6: and do the same thing over and over.

555
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Speaker 1: Have you ever been played an Arrowhead? Has your college

556
00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:42,639
Speaker 1: ever taken there or anything?

557
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Speaker 5: Not?

558
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Speaker 1: So how I mean that really?

559
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Speaker 4: You talk about like lambeau Field, right, that's like one

560
00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,119
Speaker 4: of the iconic places, and you hear about the noise

561
00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:53,240
Speaker 4: and the fan base and what's the excitement level of

562
00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 4: one playing at Arrowhead? But then i'mon Rod just being

563
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 4: the number one game too, and what the league thinks

564
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Speaker 4: of this team to put you guys on that showcase

565
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:03,720
Speaker 4: against the against the Super Bowl defend.

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Speaker 6: I'm super excited. I just thought about earlier, just now

567
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:07,920
Speaker 6: in the locker room. I was like, I know, we

568
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Speaker 6: have the first game this year, and last year we

569
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Speaker 6: had the last game of the season. So it's kind

570
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Speaker 6: of ironic how we had the last game of the

571
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Speaker 6: season and then we got the first game this year. Yeah,

572
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Speaker 6: but it's I'm super excited because, you know, when I

573
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Speaker 6: first got here, I don't know, we didn't have too

574
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Speaker 6: many prime time games. I think we had one or

575
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Speaker 6: two my rookie year, and then you know last year,

576
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Speaker 6: I think we probably had one or two again. So

577
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Speaker 6: to finally be, you know, kind of have more of

578
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Speaker 6: those games and allow us to showcase what we can

579
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Speaker 6: do as a team, I'm really excited for that because,

580
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Speaker 6: I mean, you can't really you can't control some of

581
00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,200
Speaker 6: those things, and when you do get a chance to

582
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Speaker 6: show the world, you know, all the work that we

583
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Speaker 6: put in, that's our chance to do it. So I

584
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Speaker 6: can't wait.

585
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Speaker 4: What is to say about this football team in the

586
00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,840
Speaker 4: excitement that surrounds obviously big expectations not only in the

587
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,080
Speaker 4: building but outside the building and nationally as well. But

588
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,040
Speaker 4: to showcase you guys in that game, what does it

589
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Speaker 4: say about what the league thinks you guys are capable

590
00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:01,159
Speaker 4: of and what kind of team you guys have and

591
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Speaker 4: what kind of head coach Dan Campbell is.

592
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think they you know, they think a lot

593
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Speaker 6: about us. I think obviously from starting from the coach,

594
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Speaker 6: from coach Campbell and then through the players. I think,

595
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Speaker 6: I mean, we proved it last year. We had a

596
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Speaker 6: pretty good year. I think the way we finished the

597
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:16,520
Speaker 6: year was something that you know, caught a lot of

598
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,119
Speaker 6: people's attention. And if we can just build off that

599
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 6: going into this year, not you know, not starting off

600
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Speaker 6: slow like we did last year, just starting off straw

601
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Speaker 6: and then keeping that same momentum with us, because I

602
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:27,360
Speaker 6: think a lot of this league has to do with momentum.

603
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Speaker 6: I think if you you know, win a few games

604
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:32,359
Speaker 6: and get that taste in your mouth of winning, you

605
00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:35,120
Speaker 6: can kind of, you know, finagle someone's out of there

606
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:36,919
Speaker 6: moving forward. So I think that's what we did last year.

607
00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 6: We figured out how to win games, and if we

608
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Speaker 6: can just keep that up this year, I think we'll

609
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Speaker 6: be you know, we'll be in good hands.

610
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Speaker 4: I want to ask you about a couple of youngsters,

611
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Speaker 4: you know, Jamier Gibbs, Sam Laporta, and I think even

612
00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:50,720
Speaker 4: James uh A Mitchell you can kind of throw in

613
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,719
Speaker 4: there as well. It didn't play a ton is now

614
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Speaker 4: over that knee injury. I'm just curious what what maybe

615
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Speaker 4: Gibbs and Laporta particularly bring to the to the to

616
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Speaker 4: the offense, and what fans can maybe expect from those

617
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:04,520
Speaker 4: guys and and how they maybe create some matchups that

618
00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 4: are favorable to the offense but maybe could help you

619
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Speaker 4: out too.

620
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think Gibbs and I'll just start with Gibbs.

621
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Speaker 6: I mean he's super, super explosive. I mean he jumps

622
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Speaker 6: off right away. As you watch him, you know, if

623
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Speaker 6: he has any type of space, I mean, you watch

624
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Speaker 6: him hit the guys. He's he's super explosive. So I

625
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:20,800
Speaker 6: think he's going to create a lot of you know,

626
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,920
Speaker 6: explosive runs for us. I mean he might take a

627
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Speaker 6: he might take a fifteen yard run to the house

628
00:26:26,359 --> 00:26:29,479
Speaker 6: for eighty yards. So that's something that's super I think

629
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Speaker 6: rare in this league and we and we have that

630
00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 6: in him. So I can't wait to watch him go

631
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Speaker 6: out and play. And obviously, you know, out the back

632
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Speaker 6: of it can run, rods can catch, So he's definitely

633
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Speaker 6: gonna be a He's gonna be.

634
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Speaker 1: A with him as a receiver.

635
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, you don't see many running backs that

636
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 4: you know, catch it one away from their body.

637
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Speaker 1: He doesn't like.

638
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:47,120
Speaker 2: Look a loose stride.

639
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Speaker 4: He's just very fluid when he catches the football, so

640
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,040
Speaker 4: it should be fun.

641
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Speaker 1: He's nice, like he's nice.

642
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Speaker 4: One other guy I want to ask you about, too,

643
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Speaker 4: that I think is very underappreciated this league's Leaf and

644
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,680
Speaker 4: just how important he is to what you guys do.

645
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 4: Forty seven catches last year over seven hundred yards. Also

646
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 4: the number two punt returner in the league, can step

647
00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 4: in and play any position. Just having a guy like that,

648
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 4: I thought it was very deserved the contract that he

649
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:16,040
Speaker 4: got this Offsee how important is a guy like that

650
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:16,720
Speaker 4: to this offense.

651
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 6: I think he's super one of the most underrated guys

652
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,239
Speaker 6: in this league. Like you said, I think he can

653
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 6: run an every route in the route tree. He creates

654
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,680
Speaker 6: some of the most separation I've ever seen at receiver.

655
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Speaker 6: He's fast, can run, can catch with the ball in

656
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Speaker 6: the sands. He special obviously you guys seen him at

657
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Speaker 6: prime return. So and then on top of that, one

658
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Speaker 6: of the best punt returns in the league. Shout out

659
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Speaker 6: to Leaf, all Pro, you're the best. I mean, he's

660
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Speaker 6: and he's I think the best team that I've ever

661
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Speaker 6: had in my life. So all that combined, I think

662
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Speaker 6: he's super under rated. But us in this facility, we

663
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Speaker 6: know what Leaf brings. I mean, you ask any of

664
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Speaker 6: the receivers, the dbs that that got the gart him

665
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Speaker 6: every day. He's a problem. So just having him on

666
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Speaker 6: our team, we're super We're super glad he's on our team.

667
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Speaker 6: I mean, if you give him, if you get him

668
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Speaker 6: a one on one route and it's anything you know

669
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Speaker 6: past fifteen twenty yards and he's breaking down, he's probably

670
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Speaker 6: gonna win because he got that speed. So DB's opened

671
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Speaker 6: up and he's still good at the top of the

672
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Speaker 6: route separation. I mean, I think he has it all.

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Speaker 4: I love I love Khalif I know you got to

674
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Speaker 4: get out of here, you got some meetings, you still

675
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Speaker 4: got to get to what's the expectation for how Kansas

676
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Speaker 4: City might approach you and how they might play you

677
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Speaker 4: and how maybe you'll have to adjust? Now, I mean,

678
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Speaker 4: you are now considered, you know, one of the guys

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Speaker 4: in this league right the main weapon in Detroit in

680
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Speaker 4: the passing game. What's your expectation for how Kansas City

681
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Speaker 4: and teams will treat you?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, you know what, I don't know. I wish I

683
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Speaker 6: knew the answer, But what maybe they might double me

684
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Speaker 6: on third down. You never know. They kind of on

685
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Speaker 6: tape have shown that a few games to double their

686
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Speaker 6: you know, the guy that they like to throw the

687
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Speaker 6: ball do most on certain situations. So I can maybe

688
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Speaker 6: expect that back at the end of the day. You know,

689
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Speaker 6: first game of the season, you never really know what

690
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Speaker 6: to expect, just like you know, they're probably thinking the

691
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Speaker 6: same thing about us, and we have the same coaches.

692
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Speaker 6: But like I said, first game of the season, never

693
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Speaker 6: really know. So I think for us, the biggest thing

694
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Speaker 6: is going into that game after a few you know,

695
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Speaker 6: first few drives, is adjusting, seeing what they're doing, and

696
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Speaker 6: then you know, trying to adjust off that and at

697
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Speaker 6: that point you know you're in the fire. You gotta

698
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Speaker 6: go make plays.

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Speaker 4: That's the biggest game of adjustments this week one for sure,

700
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Speaker 4: because you just don't know what they've been doing and personnel.

701
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Speaker 1: They got new guys.

702
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Speaker 4: There's not a lot of tape to watch. It should

703
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Speaker 4: be fun to watch Thursday night. You got a big

704
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Speaker 4: smile on your face. I know you're excited. I know

705
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Speaker 4: people out there are excited to watch.

706
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Speaker 6: What you can do. This year.

707
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Speaker 4: You have turned into one of the best wide receivers

708
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Speaker 4: in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: You're fun to watch every week Thursday.

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Speaker 4: Hi, yes, sir, welcome back to the twenty in the

711
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Speaker 4: Huddle podcast presented by Microsoft, and it is now the

712
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Speaker 4: key Matchups segment of the podcast. And for that, I

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Speaker 4: welcome in Fox to sports director Dan Miller. You out

714
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Speaker 4: there know him best as the voice of the Lions voice.

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Speaker 1: What would it's great to be? Week one?

716
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Speaker 2: What year is this for you?

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Speaker 3: Now?

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Speaker 2: This is nineteen nineteen nineteen doing the play by play. Yeah,

719
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Speaker 2: so it's uh and ma'am what a year. I mean,

720
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Speaker 2: we don't know where we're going, but we know that

721
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Speaker 2: the expectations are high. And just I mean, Tim, think

722
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Speaker 2: about you're opening in Kansas City. You are the opening

723
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Speaker 2: game for the league. This isn't an assignment the Lions

724
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Speaker 2: would have gotten in a lot of other years. But

725
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Speaker 2: this says a lot about what people in the outside

726
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Speaker 2: think about Detroit. Now, these guys just go to go

727
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Speaker 2: out there and do it.

728
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Speaker 1: Got to go out there and do it.

729
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Speaker 4: And I think for Dan Campbell's a great opportunity. All

730
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Speaker 4: the hype that's been around this team for months, right,

731
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Speaker 4: and I think he thinks that this football team is

732
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Speaker 4: pretty good. I think everybody around the country thinks this

733
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Speaker 4: football team's pretty good. What a chance for Dan Campbell.

734
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Speaker 4: He's going to know right away this is the defending

735
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Speaker 4: Super Bowl champion, the number one offense in the.

736
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Speaker 1: League, They've got the MVP.

737
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Speaker 4: Where do you stand with the big boys at their place?

738
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Speaker 4: And so what a great opportunity for him to know

739
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Speaker 4: exactly week one, where's my football team stands?

740
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's it's look, He's told his guys

741
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Speaker 2: embrace this embrace playing the chief, embrace being a narrowhead stadium,

742
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Speaker 2: embrace being the only game on to kick off the

743
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Speaker 2: entire season. And I think they can draw some from

744
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Speaker 2: what happened in Green Bay last year, where they were

745
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Speaker 2: the only ones in that stadium that thought they were

746
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Speaker 2: gonna win and believed that they could win. And the

747
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Speaker 2: only guy you had next to you is the only

748
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Speaker 2: guy you had that believed in he was next to you.

749
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Speaker 2: So I think the guys that we're here can draw

750
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Speaker 2: off that a little bit. We all thought that was

751
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Speaker 2: such a kind of mile mark or victory. Well, this

752
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 2: is another mile down the road.

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Speaker 4: Well we have a great job, and that we get

754
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Speaker 4: to kind of follow this journey along rather closely. And boy,

755
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Speaker 4: this is one I've been coning for fifteen years. I'm

756
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Speaker 4: most excited about going along for this ride.

757
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Speaker 2: I don't know why you wouldn't be. I mean this,

758
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Speaker 2: this stadium is unbelievable. Haven't been there a couple of times.

759
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Speaker 2: It is really special. And look, you're going up against

760
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Speaker 2: a couple of Hall of famers here, guys that have

761
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Speaker 2: been to the Super Bowl three of the last four years.

762
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Speaker 2: And this I agree with what you said. This is

763
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Speaker 2: a good team, the Lions, But now you got to

764
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Speaker 2: go out and do it. But on paper, I really

765
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Speaker 2: believe in what they're doing here, but now we get

766
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Speaker 2: to see. Okay, let's see it in action.

767
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Speaker 6: Do it.

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Speaker 4: Oh, let's get some of these key matches. But before

769
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Speaker 4: we do this, let's talk maybe about the elephant in

770
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Speaker 4: the room. And it's a matchup that we won't talk about,

771
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Speaker 4: and maybe that's Chris Jones against Frank Ragnow it's looking

772
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Speaker 4: like they're not going to have Chris Jones. I mean,

773
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Speaker 4: we'll see till ninety minutes before kickoff.

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Speaker 1: You never know. But he hasn't reported to camp.

775
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Speaker 4: I mean, Dan, this is a guy who's probably one

776
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Speaker 4: of the most impactful defensive linemen in the league.

777
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Speaker 2: It's a big loss for them if he's not there,

778
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Speaker 2: regardless of what the reason is contract, maybe there was

779
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Speaker 2: an injury in some other world, or whatever happens. If

780
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Speaker 2: you line up in Kansas City doesn't have him, that's

781
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Speaker 2: a win for you because he's a great, dominant, difference making,

782
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Speaker 2: game changing player. And look, I'm not rooting for anything

783
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Speaker 2: in his contract or his world, but it's just a

784
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 2: plain fact. If he's not there, that is a whole

785
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 2: Kansas City has to fill. And if you're the Lions,

786
00:32:58,360 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 2: you want them to have to fill as many whole

787
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Speaker 2: as possible. And it's all a compliment to him. It's

788
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Speaker 2: just how good he is and the void he leaves

789
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Speaker 2: if he's not there.

790
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Speaker 1: I'm sure Frank's not going to shed a tear.

791
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Speaker 6: For that one. Huh.

792
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Speaker 2: Yeah, He's still gonna look up and find somebody, there's

793
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 2: no doubt about it, and they'll be an NFL player

794
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 2: and they'll be tough. But that dude is something else. Man.

795
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Speaker 4: Well, let's talk to talk about the guys that we

796
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Speaker 4: do expect to be there, and let's start with this one.

797
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Speaker 4: Aiden Hutchinson versus Juwan Taylor Juwan Taylor obviously their new

798
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Speaker 4: right tackle. They went out spent eighty million dollars four years'

799
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Speaker 4: to get him.

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Speaker 1: You know.

801
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Speaker 4: I talked to Jesse Now, who's the beat writer for

802
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Speaker 4: the Kansas City Star, you know, in this podcast, and

803
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Speaker 4: they think in Kansas City, this is the best offensive

804
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Speaker 4: line they've had in front of Mahomes in his tenure there. Obviously,

805
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Speaker 4: Aiden Hutchinson with a terrific rookie season. I had him

806
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Speaker 4: on my podcast for the Super Bowl. He said, yeah,

807
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Speaker 4: that was just an appetizer. Wait till next year.

808
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Speaker 1: So, and he's looked good in camp. Just what do

809
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Speaker 1: you think of that matchup?

810
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Speaker 2: I think Aiden has looked great number one, and I

811
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Speaker 2: think he's just kind of been under the radar of

812
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Speaker 2: this camp. I mean, there hasn't been a lot of

813
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Speaker 2: chatter about him, but watching him every day, he looks great.

814
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 2: He looks great physically, he just looks like he's moving.

815
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Speaker 2: He looks more confident. It's interesting Kansas City has changed

816
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:14,200
Speaker 2: both tackles and for Aiden in this matchup. Look, Taylor

817
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 2: is known as a terrific pass protector, so Aidan's gonna

818
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 2: have to win that matchup. But more than that, I

819
00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:21,040
Speaker 2: think one of the important things that will happen here

820
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Speaker 2: is Aiden's got to set the edge because this guy

821
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 2: wants to get outside if pressure comes, and he is

822
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 2: so dangerous when he moves parallel to the line. So

823
00:34:31,040 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 2: you got to be able to get a cut off,

824
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Speaker 2: keep him inside and not let him do that. Now, look,

825
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 2: he's gonna get out, but as often as you can,

826
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Speaker 2: you've got to try to keep him contented. And I

827
00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 2: think that's one of the really interesting things here, because

828
00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,239
Speaker 2: he's so good when he's off schedule, you've got to

829
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Speaker 2: try to prevent that.

830
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Speaker 4: To your point about Taylor too, only five sacks allowed

831
00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:52,920
Speaker 4: all of last year, just eleven total hurries. Yeah, he

832
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Speaker 4: was really, really good. What do you think Charles Harris

833
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Speaker 4: does opposite for Aiden? Having Charles Harris back out so

834
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 4: he only played six games last year, He's had a

835
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 4: terrific camp too, does that help Aiden?

836
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Speaker 2: He's motivated? I mean I think he is motivated. Look,

837
00:35:06,719 --> 00:35:09,359
Speaker 2: his contract got changed. Yeah, players don't love that. I mean,

838
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,080
Speaker 2: this is how they make a living and that's the

839
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 2: bottom line. I think he's motivated to go out there

840
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:14,440
Speaker 2: and show what he can do and get back to

841
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 2: the form that earned him that contract to begin with,

842
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Speaker 2: and I think one of the interesting things with Charles

843
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 2: and with now that entire room, Tim, I am so

844
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Speaker 2: interested to see how Aaron Glenn utilizes all these defensive

845
00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 2: linemen because I think there's a lot of really good

846
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 2: pieces there. I just have no idea how he's going

847
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,239
Speaker 2: to put it together. I think he has such versatility

848
00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 2: there with guys that can move inside outside, and guys

849
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 2: that can get after the passer. I am as fired

850
00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:44,120
Speaker 2: up to see that as I am about anything with

851
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 2: this football team, because I think that's where they can

852
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 2: really get some improvement on the defense. I know the

853
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 2: back end we'll talk about, which is different and they're good,

854
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 2: but man, that front I think has the ability now

855
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 2: to be impactful, and we haven't seen a lot of

856
00:35:58,480 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 2: that SORR towards the end of last year, which is

857
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 2: I started winning.

858
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Speaker 1: Part in part.

859
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:05,839
Speaker 2: But I'm I'm really eager to see how he uses

860
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Speaker 2: all these pieces.

861
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Speaker 4: This is the deepest and most talented defensive line Brad

862
00:36:08,760 --> 00:36:10,120
Speaker 4: Holmes and Dan Campbell have had.

863
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Speaker 1: In their tenure.

864
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Speaker 2: And you said verst of all, they have guys that

865
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,400
Speaker 2: can move inside, outside, that can give a lot of

866
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 2: different looks, and I think they're going to keep offenses

867
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,279
Speaker 2: on their toes. I think there's a lot of talent there.

868
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Speaker 4: Well, you tease this secondary a little bit, so let's

869
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Speaker 4: get into that one and probably the biggest edition there CJ.

870
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Speaker 1: Gardner Johnson, Right, He's certainly the loudest edition there.

871
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Speaker 4: Defense and this matchup I put against Patrick Mahomes because

872
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 4: I think it's an interesting one because CJ. Gardner Johnson,

873
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 4: you see the ball production, you see the interceptions from

874
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 4: last year, and with Mahomes being able to manipulate people

875
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,080
Speaker 4: with his eyes and finding space, I think that's going

876
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 4: to be such a good matchup between one of the

877
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 4: best safety slash nickels slash cornerbacks in the league and

878
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 4: certainly one of the best quarterbacks in the league, and

879
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,480
Speaker 4: that kind of game that they play with each other,

880
00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 4: safety verse quarterback trying to manipulate and move guys in space.

881
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 2: I think one of the comforting things going into this

882
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:06,000
Speaker 2: game that you wouldn't have felt last year is not

883
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 2: just the improvement in the secondary with Cam Sutton and

884
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:12,200
Speaker 2: with CJ, but the fact that you have guys and

885
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,800
Speaker 2: Tracy back now you have guys that have played in

886
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:18,760
Speaker 2: big games. These lights won't be too bright for jooint

887
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 2: And some guys that we had on this team last

888
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 2: year hadn't been in a situation like this before. So

889
00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 2: not only did they upgrade in terms of talent, they

890
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 2: upgrade in terms of experience and the ability to handle

891
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 2: a stage like this. And I ain't CJ. Look, everybody

892
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,520
Speaker 2: had talked to says it starts with him on the

893
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 2: defense because he's the guy that just kind of stirs

894
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 2: the drink out there and.

895
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,840
Speaker 1: Defense I love that he is.

896
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 2: And it's I'll tell you that battery does not run

897
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 2: low on charge because he is always going. And I think, yeah,

898
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,440
Speaker 2: I think it's it's a good matchup. And and you know,

899
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:53,560
Speaker 2: if you're Patrick Mahomes, you're looking at a guy who

900
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 2: led the NFL in interceptions last year. You know he's

901
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,280
Speaker 2: out there. You know he's a ballhawk. You know, Kirby's

902
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,000
Speaker 2: a ballhawk. You know Branch a ball hawk. You've got

903
00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 2: guys on this line secondary now that can go out

904
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:07,799
Speaker 2: and make plays on the ball and look as good

905
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 2: as Mahomes is. Every once in a while he'll give

906
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:11,239
Speaker 2: you an opportunity and you better be ready to take

907
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 2: advantage of that.

908
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 4: And CJ will here's a terrific stat I ran I

909
00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 4: ran across. I'm not sure if his ESPN or not,

910
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 4: but in the five previous game one weeks for Patrick

911
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 4: Mahomes seventy one point six completion percentage five and forty

912
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:31,160
Speaker 4: two yards, eighteen touchdowns, zero interceptions, dan at one hundred

913
00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 4: and thirty three point nine pass rating in his last

914
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,960
Speaker 4: five week one games. That zero interceptions is the one

915
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 4: that jumps out to me. I think that's going to

916
00:38:39,520 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 4: be the difference maker. Can Detroit make him make a

917
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 4: couple mistakes, maybe make some short fields. I think that

918
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:46,280
Speaker 4: might be the difference.

919
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:47,799
Speaker 2: Well, that starts with the guys up front.

920
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 4: Yep.

921
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,360
Speaker 2: That starts with them putting pressure on him. That starts

922
00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:52,320
Speaker 2: with them containing him, maybe throwing the ball before he

923
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 2: wants to, or throwing it a little more off balance

924
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 2: than he's capable of, which is saying something because he

925
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 2: can throw from many angle. But no, I I think Look,

926
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 2: when the Lions started winning last year, It's not like

927
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 2: there was this seismic shift. They stopped turning the ball over,

928
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,839
Speaker 2: they started taking the ball away and stopped committing penalties. Well,

929
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:13,040
Speaker 2: the takeaways will play a role in this game. If

930
00:39:13,080 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 2: they can get one or two extra possessions out of

931
00:39:16,040 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 2: Kansas City. I think that could be big in this

932
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 2: football game. It won't be easy because this guy's unbelievable.

933
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:25,760
Speaker 2: He's a great, great football player and a massive challenge

934
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,200
Speaker 2: for every level of that defense.

935
00:39:27,200 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 1: All right, let's flip over to the other side of

936
00:39:28,640 --> 00:39:28,839
Speaker 1: the ball.

937
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,560
Speaker 4: Jamior Gibbs, the Brookie running back number twelve overall, versus

938
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 4: Nick Bolton, who I think is really an underappreciated linebacker

939
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 4: in this league. You saw the one hundred and eighty ten,

940
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:44,359
Speaker 4: one hundred and eight of those solo and look, Ben

941
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 4: Johnson kind of made a few headlines when he said, look,

942
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:50,439
Speaker 4: we're gonna use Jamiir Gibbs in ways. Maybe people don't

943
00:39:50,520 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 4: realize the same with David Montgomery. I'm I'm not uncomfortable

944
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 4: saying that Jamiir Gibbs is probably the best receiving running

945
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 4: back I've seen in my fifteen years this team.

946
00:40:01,120 --> 00:40:03,160
Speaker 1: And there've been a couple onths that come through. Reggie

947
00:40:03,160 --> 00:40:04,240
Speaker 1: Bush shoved best.

948
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 4: He's just so smooth, always catches the ball away, never

949
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 4: loses stride, just a really, really terrific receiver. We saw

950
00:40:10,680 --> 00:40:13,399
Speaker 4: him make plays down the field in training camp too.

951
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 4: I just think that's going to be such a unique

952
00:40:15,680 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 4: matchup because I think that's where some big plays could

953
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 4: come for Detroit's offense that maybe people don't expect right away.

954
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we're all again interested to see how this

955
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,920
Speaker 2: thing plays out. How do they use him in? What

956
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 2: ways can they move him around? The only thing that

957
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 2: Dan Campbell ruled out was punter, So that's not going

958
00:40:33,719 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 2: to happen.

959
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:34,440
Speaker 6: We know that.

960
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 2: But other than that, I mean, look, we have seen

961
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 2: him through OTAs, through mini camp, through training camp. Tim

962
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 2: when he's one on one with somebody and gets a step,

963
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:48,720
Speaker 2: it's over gone. And look, this is a terrific player Bolton,

964
00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:52,719
Speaker 2: but this is a difference maker in Gibbs. That's why

965
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 2: they drafted him and had no qualms about doing it,

966
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 2: even if people out there to start with that qualms

967
00:40:58,640 --> 00:40:59,840
Speaker 2: and then looked at it again said you know what,

968
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,800
Speaker 2: that wasn't a bad move. But he is a special

969
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:07,280
Speaker 2: guy with his quickness, and look, I think they're looking

970
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,480
Speaker 2: at him as somebody that can help take the top

971
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 2: off a defense. Well, Jamison is not here, and that

972
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 2: is something this offense needs to have. DJ Shuk isn't

973
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 2: here anymore. He was a guy that put that fear

974
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:23,480
Speaker 2: into defense. His speed will make defenses take note. And

975
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,319
Speaker 2: I do think that that's something that we will see

976
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:28,640
Speaker 2: play out over this season. Is just the way he

977
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,040
Speaker 2: can do different things. You said it. He can line

978
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:32,360
Speaker 2: up in the backfield, he can be a receiver, he

979
00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 2: can be in the slot, he can go wide. He's

980
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 2: going to be everywhere, and every time he lines up,

981
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 2: that defense is going to have to figure out where

982
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 2: he is.

983
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,920
Speaker 1: Bold prediction for a week one. I think I'm going

984
00:41:40,960 --> 00:41:41,239
Speaker 1: to do it.

985
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 6: What's it?

986
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 4: I think Jamiir Gibbs, when it's all said and done,

987
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,680
Speaker 4: if he stays healthy, is second on this team interceptions

988
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,359
Speaker 4: behind I'm on Rosh Saint Brown.

989
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:51,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I looked at that, and if you

990
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 2: look at Swift the past couple of years, he was

991
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:57,399
Speaker 2: seventy five ish targets per year the last couple of years.

992
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,080
Speaker 2: Gibbs is going to get those. Those are going to

993
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 2: him now. And you know Montgomerer get his, but but

994
00:42:01,840 --> 00:42:04,920
Speaker 2: Gibbs is gonna get those and more. And and you

995
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:08,520
Speaker 2: look with the receiving corps, it currently is more of

996
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 2: a you know, I would say a group effort than

997
00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 2: one two I would say there's a good chance that

998
00:42:14,040 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 2: could happen.

999
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 4: All right, let's go Taylor Decker for Steorge Colofstis. They've

1000
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 4: got a lot of turnover on that defensive front. No,

1001
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 4: you know, Clark's gone and some of the other guys

1002
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,279
Speaker 4: that they've kind of relied on over the years to

1003
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,880
Speaker 4: get after the quarterback. It's a it's a kind of

1004
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:34,279
Speaker 4: a they've gone younger there. Colossus six sacs last year

1005
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,440
Speaker 4: eleven quarterbacks hits kind of was that second guy behind

1006
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 4: Chris Jones as a guy that they.

1007
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,800
Speaker 1: Could rely on to get after the quarterback. And Taylor

1008
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,880
Speaker 1: Decker that's just old steady Eddie, right.

1009
00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, it doesn't get a lot. I don't think it's

1010
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 2: enough credit. I think deserves much more credit than he gets.

1011
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:53,120
Speaker 2: Big ten matchup Ohio State Purdue. That's what these guys

1012
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:57,040
Speaker 2: will be going after each other. And and look, every

1013
00:42:57,120 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 2: year before the draft, we hear about guys that are

1014
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 2: going to be pass rushers in this league, and then

1015
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:04,360
Speaker 2: a couple of years later, you thinking, whatever happened to

1016
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 2: that guy? Who's this guy's good, this guy is legit,

1017
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,760
Speaker 2: this guy is a first round draft pick who played

1018
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:12,640
Speaker 2: like it last year. Pressured the passer, as you said,

1019
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:17,040
Speaker 2: had six sacks, had eleven quarterback hits. So you got

1020
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,960
Speaker 2: a challenge here. And I think Kansas City knows that

1021
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,719
Speaker 2: if they don't have Jones man and who is not

1022
00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:24,960
Speaker 2: going to play in this game. He's been suspended. You

1023
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 2: mentioned a couple of the guys that are not back,

1024
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 2: Clark and Dunlop, so they're looking to him and saying,

1025
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,399
Speaker 2: you know your year two, but we need you. Yeah,

1026
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,320
Speaker 2: and that's gonna be a big win for Decker to

1027
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 2: try to win that matchup because again, big key for

1028
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 2: the Lions offense. Don't give Kansas City extra possessions. Extra

1029
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 2: possessions sometimes come off pressure.

1030
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:48,240
Speaker 4: Taylor Decker left tackle seventeen games last year, four sax allout.

1031
00:43:48,400 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, like you said, he doesn't get enough credit.

1032
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 2: You don't have to. I mean, I think he is outstanding.

1033
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 2: I think he deserved more credit around the league than

1034
00:43:56,960 --> 00:44:00,399
Speaker 2: he gets. Some notoriety of Pro Bowl maybe, but it's

1035
00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:04,239
Speaker 2: it's such a difficult position, and frankly, it can be

1036
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,680
Speaker 2: difficult when you're not winning to kind of get that

1037
00:44:06,840 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 2: that's great. This team starts winning, people might start taking

1038
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:11,600
Speaker 2: note of Taylor Decker and what he does a little

1039
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 2: bit more.

1040
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,760
Speaker 4: All right, let's end with this one. Brian Branch, dynamic

1041
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:17,719
Speaker 4: rookie second round pick who has really impressed. I think

1042
00:44:17,800 --> 00:44:20,120
Speaker 4: everybody who's been to practice, the.

1043
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:20,800
Speaker 1: Coaches say.

1044
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:22,480
Speaker 2: Enough.

1045
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 4: I think I think they're under selling it a little bit.

1046
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,839
Speaker 4: They've all said, hey, we saw the tape. We knew

1047
00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 4: this kid was good. We had a first round grade.

1048
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 4: But he's been really, really good. Dan, and his welcome

1049
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,799
Speaker 4: to the NFL moment is here you go. Here's Travis Kelce.

1050
00:44:36,239 --> 00:44:39,360
Speaker 2: He has forced his way into this starting lineup.

1051
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1052
00:44:39,719 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 2: I mean, look, when they drafted him, I thought, great pick.

1053
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 2: But with the guys they signed in the second year

1054
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 2: of getting Tracy back, I thought, you know what, this

1055
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:48,759
Speaker 2: might be a red shirt year for him. He might

1056
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:52,600
Speaker 2: be a big time core special teams player. He has

1057
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 2: come in from day one and done nothing but make

1058
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 2: plays and look anything but like a rookie. I mean,

1059
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 2: he has more fourth No, he looks terrific. He plays

1060
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:05,240
Speaker 2: with confidence, He's got ball skills, he dissects things very quickly.

1061
00:45:06,280 --> 00:45:08,960
Speaker 2: He has just forced his way onto the field for

1062
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,160
Speaker 2: this team. And as you said, now he'll go up

1063
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 2: against the future Hall of Famer and look, I would

1064
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,880
Speaker 2: think he'll have some help against Kelsey because you go

1065
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:19,719
Speaker 2: back and watch the tape. I was looking at something

1066
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:23,439
Speaker 2: the other day where he just spun Jaylen Ramsey into

1067
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 2: the turf. I mean, another future Hall of Fame and

1068
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:29,919
Speaker 2: he's just a great player. And look, he's so good

1069
00:45:30,080 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 2: with Mahomes in particular. We talked about it a moment ago.

1070
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:36,560
Speaker 2: When Mahomes gets off schedule, these two are right. He

1071
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 2: knows how to find Yeah, he knows how to find

1072
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:41,480
Speaker 2: an open area and Mahomes knows how to find him.

1073
00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 2: So it's a heck of a challenge. It's one that

1074
00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:45,640
Speaker 2: I don't think Brian will have on his own. But

1075
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 2: whomever is on Kelsey has got to be ready because

1076
00:45:49,080 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 2: he is just he's one of the game breakers in

1077
00:45:51,280 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 2: this league. He's a phenomenal player.

1078
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:54,760
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys where truly is a team.

1079
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,480
Speaker 2: Effort has to be. If you go back and try

1080
00:45:58,520 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 2: to break down the tape, you're not gonna find many

1081
00:46:00,800 --> 00:46:03,720
Speaker 2: times where somebody covered him one on one in Manda

1082
00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:07,120
Speaker 2: Man coverage and one. I mean, he's just so good

1083
00:46:07,880 --> 00:46:11,160
Speaker 2: and Mahomes can can read him. He just knows by

1084
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,399
Speaker 2: watching the back of his Jersey which way he's going,

1085
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:17,719
Speaker 2: and then boom the ball is there. So look, both

1086
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 2: these guys are going to the Hall of Fame, and

1087
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 2: that's one of the challenges the Lions have in this

1088
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 2: game is to try to find some way to slow

1089
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,800
Speaker 2: them down. It has been that way since they got together.

1090
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,560
Speaker 2: They're just incredibly talented and it is one of the

1091
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:30,759
Speaker 2: real stories in this game.

1092
00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:34,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, ninety tackles for Branch at that Nickel spot for Alabama,

1093
00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 4: last R fourteen tackles for lost a couple Hunderdeveds one

1094
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 4: of those guys that we've seen even here now kind

1095
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:40,440
Speaker 4: of just does a little bit of everything and does

1096
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,040
Speaker 4: it all pretty well. So it'll be interesting when that's

1097
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 4: that's the matchup, if he can get his hands on

1098
00:46:45,560 --> 00:46:47,360
Speaker 4: some footballs, if he can prevent Kelsey from make a

1099
00:46:47,360 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 4: big plan.

1100
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:50,520
Speaker 2: I think again, much as we said about how they

1101
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 2: deploy the front, how they use Branch, this kid can

1102
00:46:54,480 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 2: play all over.

1103
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:55,600
Speaker 6: Yeah.

1104
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:57,279
Speaker 2: I mean, they got a lot of trust in him,

1105
00:46:57,280 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 2: I think already, and he can do a lot of things.

1106
00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,400
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna be really interested to see how they

1107
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 2: use him. I'm tim I'm interested. Look, this defense has

1108
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:06,920
Speaker 2: got to be better it's got to be better than

1109
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 2: it was last year, and I think it's got a

1110
00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:10,960
Speaker 2: chance to not just be better, but to be good

1111
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:15,080
Speaker 2: and to be one of the reasons they win instead

1112
00:47:15,080 --> 00:47:16,920
Speaker 2: of just kind of holding steady and not being a

1113
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,960
Speaker 2: reason they lose. I really do. I think the talent

1114
00:47:19,120 --> 00:47:25,520
Speaker 2: is there for them to take people. It's it may

1115
00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 2: not happen right away, because sometimes it takes a while

1116
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:30,960
Speaker 2: to jail, but I think the talent is there for

1117
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:34,839
Speaker 2: this defense to be good and and I think it's

1118
00:47:35,120 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 2: it's it's exciting because it is so hard to win

1119
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,360
Speaker 2: and a shootout all the time. And in fairness to

1120
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 2: this defense, it was pretty good towards the end of

1121
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,719
Speaker 2: last year and started doing things better, and that was

1122
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:49,400
Speaker 2: one of the reasons that they want to eight out

1123
00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 2: of ten. Just need to see everybody get off the

1124
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:52,719
Speaker 2: block a little bit quicker this year.

1125
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:55,120
Speaker 4: I think that's exciting because we can both agree that

1126
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 4: the offense is going to be pretty good, at least

1127
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,320
Speaker 4: we expect it to be.

1128
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,120
Speaker 1: It was last year, and I think and.

1129
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,879
Speaker 2: Mike Johnson's guys blanking up front, so it's all good,

1130
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,520
Speaker 2: So it's gonna be fun.

1131
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:08,200
Speaker 4: I'm glad Week one is here. I'm excited now starting

1132
00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:10,239
Speaker 4: to talk about this stuff. We get to see it live.

1133
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 4: Thursday night is the Lions kickoff the regular season. We

1134
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,880
Speaker 4: will all be listening to your call as we always are.

1135
00:48:16,640 --> 00:48:18,200
Speaker 4: You're one of the best in the business. Thanks for

1136
00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:21,320
Speaker 4: stopping by. Appreciate you, and let's hope this is this

1137
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 4: is a fun season.

1138
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:23,879
Speaker 1: Appreciate man. All right, Thank you guys,