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Speaker 1: The season with Peter Schreeger as a production of the

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Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with My Heart Radio. What's Up, Everybody?

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Speaker 1: This is Peter Schreeger from the Season with Peter Schreeger.

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Speaker 1: I am the host of Good Morning Football on the

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Speaker 1: NFL Network. I am also the NFL reporter slash insider

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Speaker 1: on Fox. NFL Kickoff every Sunday eleven am on Fox

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Speaker 1: lemon A m Eastern and Uh. I am joined by

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Speaker 1: my wonderful producer, Mr Aaron won Kaufman. Aaron, what's up,

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Speaker 1: my friend? Not too much? How you doing today? I'm

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Speaker 1: doing good. I'm exhausted. This weekend is like, you know,

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Speaker 1: Thanksgiving weekend takes everything out of you. And then in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, it's like, all right, Monday, go keep going.

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Speaker 1: And I'll tell you I had a big Saturday night.

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Speaker 1: Can I get into my Saturday night details with you? Yeah? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's from l A. This is l A and I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna tell you why it was a. It was a

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Speaker 1: different one for me. So fly on Saturday morning and

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Speaker 1: seven things of sour patch kids. Um asked the flight

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Speaker 1: Saw the Clerks three film. I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: I enjoyed it got kind of sentimental at the end

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Speaker 1: They like tragic death at the end, and like this emotional,

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Speaker 1: but I watched the whole movie. Then I watched Cramer

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Speaker 1: Versus Cramer, which is a nineteen seventy nine custody battle,

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Speaker 1: whenever you came up, fantastic film. Yet I get off

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Speaker 1: in courts, And then I get the text from my

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Speaker 1: host on Fox NFL Kickoff, Charissa Thompson. We're doing a

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Speaker 1: team dinner tonight. You're in. I said, I'm in, So

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Speaker 1: the crew was myself, Charissa Thompson, who is an angel,

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Speaker 1: us Sean Payton, former New Orleans Saints head coach, super

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Speaker 1: Bowl champion, and Danny A. Mendola. Danny Amendola is filming

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Speaker 1: this Fox show that looks absolutely insane, where I forget

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Speaker 1: and it's Mike Piazzi. You saw the commercials during Thanksgiving

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Speaker 1: Let's go put on some jeans, put on a shirt.

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Speaker 1: Don't know what I'm going into. We go to a

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Speaker 1: place called Eggs. Aaron, have you heard of Craig's. I

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Speaker 1: never heard of Craig's. Story with Craigs is thus the

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Speaker 1: major d at Dantana's. You've heard of Dantana's. Dantona's is

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Speaker 1: hot spots. I'm talking paparazzi outside, I'm talking. I went

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Speaker 1: What we got, what we got? What we got? We

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Speaker 1: all right, great night, take a take a team photo after,

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Speaker 1: Instagram famous right now, Aaron, we made the Craig's Instagram

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Speaker 1: First down? Which team had the biggest statement win over

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Speaker 1: the weekend? I think it has to be the Cincinnati Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals season has been one that's really interesting worth charting.

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Speaker 1: was really impressed with the Bengals this week. Can I

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Speaker 1: he gets better, and there's obvious improvement. Kenny Pickett was

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Speaker 1: really good Monday night against the Colts. Great call Aaron

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Speaker 1: coming up after this break. We've got one of my

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Speaker 1: favorite guys in football. He was the head coach of

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Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers for two and a half seasons and

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Speaker 1: now he is the head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

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Speaker 1: Fresh off the announcement, he's cool enough to join us.

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Speaker 1: Matt Rule on the season with Peter Schraeger. Now, welcome

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Speaker 1: me on a guest for this week. I couldn't be

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Speaker 1: more excited. One of the great men in football. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You knew him as the head coach of the Carolina

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Speaker 1: Panthers for the past few years, and before that he

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Speaker 1: was at Baylor, he was at Temple, he was at

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Speaker 1: a million other places on his rise, and now he

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Speaker 1: is the head coach of the Nebraska corn Huskers. Let's

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Speaker 1: welcome in Matt Rule to the show. Matt, what's up it?

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Speaker 1: What's up? Dude? How are you? I am great? It

437
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Speaker 1: has been a whirlwind for you. You announced on Twitter

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Speaker 1: or they announced Nebraska that you would be the head

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Speaker 1: coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday afternoon. We're recording

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Speaker 1: this Tuesday morning. You are so cool for joining us

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Speaker 1: in such a whirlwind. What has the last nineties six

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Speaker 1: hours of your life been? Like, dude, it was, it was.

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Speaker 1: It was crazy. It was like, um, I guess it

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Speaker 1: would be. Uh. Friday night, we thought it was done.

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Speaker 1: We thought it was you know, it's not gonna work out.

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Speaker 1: He thought it was over. It was gonna fall. Yeah, yeah,

447
00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:02,866
Speaker 1: I just I was all going to fall apart, you know,

448
00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:05,906
Speaker 1: just just a bunch of things. Right. So Friday night

449
00:22:05,906 --> 00:22:07,506
Speaker 1: I got called act like, hey, what if we work

450
00:22:07,586 --> 00:22:10,026
Speaker 1: on you know, change a little structure. Work on this

451
00:22:10,706 --> 00:22:15,626
Speaker 1: Saturday morning, Um, it all worked out. I took the job. Um,

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Speaker 1: and it was kind of already out there, you know.

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Speaker 1: My phone was blown up, But it wasn't actually really

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Speaker 1: done until Saturday. Even Saturday when people would text me

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Speaker 1: and say, I don't know, like there's we're working out,

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Speaker 1: and you know, then we just sat and sat around

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Speaker 1: and kind of like processed it. Man. We watched college

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Speaker 1: football and my wife, you know, we were up in

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Speaker 1: Cape May, New Jersey. It's it's it's a good ten

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Speaker 1: and eleven hours back to Charlotte. We had my wife

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Speaker 1: and we had my wife had me and her obviously

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Speaker 1: three dogs, three kids, and we will up. We will

463
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Speaker 1: up sex you want to wake up at four am

464
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, I was like a later or later took us,

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Speaker 1: but we left our GPS when we left, said you'll

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Speaker 1: arrive at six pm in Charlotte. I'm gonna get up

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Speaker 1: there till eleven thirty, sitting in traffic, my wife's ironing

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Speaker 1: clothes to like one in the morning. We're up at

469
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Speaker 1: four one of private jet from Carolina to Charlotte at six.

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Speaker 1: I got here yesterday, met everybody, press conference, talk to

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Speaker 1: the team. Um, it's been crazy, but uh but it's

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Speaker 1: been fun. Dude, Why are you driving? Why couldn't you

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Speaker 1: fly from you know, get the Philly airport twenty minute drive.

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Speaker 1: You put those dogs and crates. I don't know what

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Speaker 1: they do on these flights. I don't have a dog.

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Speaker 1: Why are you driving eleven hours? You're a head coach

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Speaker 1: of one of the storied college ball programs of all time. Well,

478
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Speaker 1: so at the time when we went to Kate maybe

479
00:23:25,626 --> 00:23:28,986
Speaker 1: went to Kate May last, you know, last weeks last Friday,

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Speaker 1: we were like, yeah, we'll we'll get the sprinter van.

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Speaker 1: We'll take a bunch of stuff up to the house.

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Speaker 1: You know, we'll spend all week. We were coming to

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Speaker 1: New York to see you, so, you know, so we

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Speaker 1: just never thought that, hey, by the way, next week

485
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Speaker 1: we'll be moving to another time ago. So um, trust

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Speaker 1: me about hour six and the whole time we Julie

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Speaker 1: drove the whole time, I was really, what are you

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Speaker 1: doing on the phone? You're dealing with the with the

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Speaker 1: with new recruits already or are you talking to coaching

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Speaker 1: staff trying to get a coaching staff together. Yeah, so

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Speaker 1: I was talking to coaches. I was talking to current

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Speaker 1: players at Nebraska, you know, because that's a crazy time, Alsodden,

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Speaker 1: you have a new coach, You're like, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: what's this gonna mean, you know, do I have a

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Speaker 1: future here? That I was calling recruits like, you know,

496
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Speaker 1: the kids that were committed, just saying hey, you know,

497
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Speaker 1: excited they have a chance to get to know you.

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Speaker 1: Um and uh. But a lot of a lot of coaches,

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Speaker 1: a lot of staff, a lot of people reaching out

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Speaker 1: and I never wanted to be one of those guys

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Speaker 1: blows people off. And you know, I still haven't got

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Speaker 1: back to people because now your iPhone works. Man. You

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Speaker 1: you you try to hit one and then like three

504
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Speaker 1: more come in and goes to the bottom. So it's

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Speaker 1: just been a NonStop process. Let me ask you when

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Speaker 1: something like that happens, and it's a you know you've

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Speaker 1: been whether you're dismisses the coach. You go through this

508
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Speaker 1: low and maybe it's quiet on the phone, but then

509
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Speaker 1: when the good news comes, everybody's there for you and

510
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Speaker 1: everybody comes out of the woodwork. Hey coach, I knew

511
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Speaker 1: you'd be back. Well where were you the last six weeks?

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Speaker 1: Who was it who reached out to you when you

513
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Speaker 1: lost your job in Carolina that maybe you were a

514
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Speaker 1: little surprised by that had your back and said, hey,

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Speaker 1: I'm here for your regardless name me someone a former coach,

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Speaker 1: former teammate, anybody. I think that's the cool stuff. Not

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Speaker 1: when you get the great news, but when the bad

518
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Speaker 1: news comes down. I'll tell you what people that really

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Speaker 1: had an impact on mean, like Howie Roseman was one

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Speaker 1: of the first people to take me Andy Reid uh

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Speaker 1: that that day, just you know, a Brad Children who

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Speaker 1: I've never worked with, uh, you know, and just was like, hey,

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Speaker 1: you know, obviously you know you're a good coach, you know,

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Speaker 1: but this will this will teach you a lot, this

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Speaker 1: will this will make you a way better coach in

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Speaker 1: the future. Um. You know, Coach Belichick out of goes

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Speaker 1: out of his way to call me and just you know,

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Speaker 1: you know, waited a little while. I was like, hey, Matt,

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Speaker 1: what can I do for you? I mean, I just

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Speaker 1: I think that that's really cool that that that those

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Speaker 1: guys did that for me. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: you know, uh, Coach read went through this, Uh, Coach

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Speaker 1: Belichick went through it. They lost their jobs and they

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Speaker 1: knew the best was ahead and so, um, you know

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Speaker 1: that that's a hard time. It's kind of like after

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Speaker 1: a game, you win the game, you have five texts,

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Speaker 1: lose the games, like my mom, my aunt, my wife,

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Speaker 1: and like three of three of my friends, and so

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Speaker 1: I always I always just try to keep track of, Hey,

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Speaker 1: who are the all the time people? Who are the

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Speaker 1: people that, no matter what happens, you know, they're kind

542
00:26:01,106 --> 00:26:04,266
Speaker 1: of ride or die with me. We're in NFL podcast.

543
00:26:04,306 --> 00:26:08,906
Speaker 1: I'm an NFL guy, you know that. But Nebraska Cornhusker's dude. Now,

544
00:26:08,946 --> 00:26:10,586
Speaker 1: they might not have been, it might not be right

545
00:26:10,626 --> 00:26:12,906
Speaker 1: now where they were, but you and I growing up

546
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Speaker 1: in the eighties and nineties, I'm talking you know obviously

547
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Speaker 1: Tom Osborne, but I go right through to you know,

548
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Speaker 1: Tommy Fraser, to Corey Schlessinger too, and Dominican Sue in

549
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Speaker 1: the early two thousands under Bill Callahan, just wrecking shop.

550
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Speaker 1: What an important program for college football? When you see

551
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Speaker 1: that logo on your the breast of your shirt, like,

552
00:26:32,786 --> 00:26:36,546
Speaker 1: do you get chills? Absolutely? Um. I came in this morning.

553
00:26:36,626 --> 00:26:38,706
Speaker 1: I couldn't really sleep, so I came in this morning.

554
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Speaker 1: I was walking in, you know. And now now that

555
00:26:41,386 --> 00:26:43,906
Speaker 1: I'm back to college recruiting, I'm posting stuff on Twitter

556
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Speaker 1: and Instagram again, and but I'm walking and I can see, like,

557
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Speaker 1: you know, you you come around the corner and the

558
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Speaker 1: and the door of the stadiums open. I kind of

559
00:26:50,986 --> 00:26:54,226
Speaker 1: walked in the stadium and the five national championships are

560
00:26:54,306 --> 00:26:56,826
Speaker 1: lit and you look up there and you want to

561
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Speaker 1: talk about you know, I've been some great places, but

562
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Speaker 1: I've never been to a place that's you know, as

563
00:27:02,946 --> 00:27:05,546
Speaker 1: a head coach that's won the ultimate prize and so

564
00:27:06,146 --> 00:27:08,146
Speaker 1: um that that that lets you know that you know, hey,

565
00:27:08,146 --> 00:27:10,746
Speaker 1: you know what it can be done here, and therefore

566
00:27:10,746 --> 00:27:13,906
Speaker 1: it should be done here, and so um just you're

567
00:27:13,906 --> 00:27:16,786
Speaker 1: exactly right thinking back to to all the great teams.

568
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Speaker 1: And then you know, some of my favorite players, like

569
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Speaker 1: I love in dominance. I had a chance to coach

570
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Speaker 1: Am Abdullah, probably one of my favorite players I've ever coached.

571
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Speaker 1: And so it's do in the league mirror, I saw

572
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Speaker 1: him have a touchdown this week. I was like, Abdula

573
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Speaker 1: is there. He's outrageous. He said, he's so smart, so competitive. Man,

574
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Speaker 1: I love him, and so it's really cool. It's really

575
00:27:35,666 --> 00:27:38,986
Speaker 1: cool to be at those guys programs. Yeah, and you know,

576
00:27:39,026 --> 00:27:41,106
Speaker 1: you go from the NFL back to college and in

577
00:27:41,146 --> 00:27:43,066
Speaker 1: that time it's only been two and a half years,

578
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Speaker 1: but transfer portal n I L Now you know USC

579
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Speaker 1: and U. C. L Ayer coming to the Big ten

580
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Speaker 1: to face you, A lot has happened. Do you feel

581
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Speaker 1: like you could just get right back in the saddle

582
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Speaker 1: or do you have to like kind of study up

583
00:27:57,746 --> 00:27:59,826
Speaker 1: on what all this stuff means before we hit the

584
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Speaker 1: recruiting trail. Yeah, you definitely have to study up. And

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Speaker 1: you know, from the day I got fired, you know,

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Speaker 1: I I said, know what I'm gonna I'm gonna work

587
00:28:07,946 --> 00:28:10,386
Speaker 1: on all these things, and so I really started looking

588
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Speaker 1: at you know, what does n I l I mean?

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00:28:11,786 --> 00:28:13,506
Speaker 1: You know what, you know, what is the trans report

590
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Speaker 1: with me? Because you know, when we won at Temple

591
00:28:16,666 --> 00:28:18,786
Speaker 1: and we want at Baylor and those those are great places,

592
00:28:18,786 --> 00:28:21,186
Speaker 1: but they're not blue bloods. You had to you had

593
00:28:21,186 --> 00:28:23,946
Speaker 1: to know every rule, You had to know every edge.

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00:28:23,946 --> 00:28:25,786
Speaker 1: You had to find a way to you know, hey,

595
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Speaker 1: how are we going to build the best roster possible?

596
00:28:28,306 --> 00:28:30,226
Speaker 1: And so now that there's new rules, man, I need

597
00:28:30,266 --> 00:28:31,946
Speaker 1: to know. I need to know what I can do

598
00:28:31,946 --> 00:28:34,386
Speaker 1: and when I can't do um And you know what

599
00:28:34,506 --> 00:28:36,066
Speaker 1: that that's something that take a lot of pride and

600
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Speaker 1: so I'm excited to get out there. You know, we

601
00:28:38,866 --> 00:28:40,826
Speaker 1: we uh, you know obviously they're coming off of three

602
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Speaker 1: and nine and four and eight. So the only way

603
00:28:42,746 --> 00:28:45,586
Speaker 1: to fix that is is to make sure the players

604
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Speaker 1: you have, you're you're coaching, help and developing and getting

605
00:28:48,506 --> 00:28:50,546
Speaker 1: them big and strong. But you have to go recruit

606
00:28:50,666 --> 00:28:53,066
Speaker 1: and you have the guys the trans report, you have

607
00:28:53,106 --> 00:28:55,546
Speaker 1: to you have to you know, upgrade the roster. I

608
00:28:55,626 --> 00:28:57,226
Speaker 1: know how you are in in the in the living

609
00:28:57,266 --> 00:28:58,946
Speaker 1: rooms because we've been hearing about it for years that

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Speaker 1: you're one of the best recruiters to ever hit college

611
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Speaker 1: football to get you know, three star four star talent

612
00:29:04,706 --> 00:29:07,626
Speaker 1: to two places like Temple and then Baylor after the

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00:29:07,666 --> 00:29:11,146
Speaker 1: controversies that they went through. Um, what's the matt rural

614
00:29:11,186 --> 00:29:13,346
Speaker 1: pitch in Nebraska? What are you telling to a kid

615
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Speaker 1: who's from Atlanta, Georgia or the kid who you know

616
00:29:16,546 --> 00:29:19,346
Speaker 1: is in California or Texas. Why should I come to Lincoln,

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Speaker 1: Nebraska for a program that hasn't had much success of

618
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Speaker 1: other recent history. Yeah, well, I think I think when

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Speaker 1: you look back at the history of Nebraska, Okay, it's

620
00:29:27,186 --> 00:29:33,346
Speaker 1: it's always been probably the premier player development uh team.

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Speaker 1: You know, UM guys have come there for years, you know,

622
00:29:35,786 --> 00:29:38,266
Speaker 1: walk onto state. Um, you know, they were. They were

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Speaker 1: one of the originals in terms of strength and conditioning,

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00:29:40,546 --> 00:29:43,506
Speaker 1: in terms of nutrition, in terms of academic support. They

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00:29:43,626 --> 00:29:45,826
Speaker 1: leave the country in academic all Americans, and it's not

626
00:29:45,826 --> 00:29:48,706
Speaker 1: even close. So you know, to me, it's not going

627
00:29:48,786 --> 00:29:51,786
Speaker 1: to be for everybody. But if you're somebody who really

628
00:29:51,826 --> 00:29:53,826
Speaker 1: really wants to become a pro football player, or you

629
00:29:53,866 --> 00:29:55,986
Speaker 1: really want to become a guy that doesn't just play

630
00:29:56,026 --> 00:29:57,906
Speaker 1: three years but plays like ten years in the league,

631
00:29:57,946 --> 00:29:59,586
Speaker 1: if you want to come and get a great education,

632
00:30:00,026 --> 00:30:01,546
Speaker 1: those are the guys I want to coach, you know,

633
00:30:01,786 --> 00:30:04,346
Speaker 1: I want to coach guys who are really serious about football.

634
00:30:04,746 --> 00:30:06,986
Speaker 1: You know, I mean it's out ra just here. I mean,

635
00:30:07,106 --> 00:30:09,466
Speaker 1: I'm sitting in an office in a facility that that

636
00:30:09,746 --> 00:30:11,826
Speaker 1: is nicer than any place I've ever been. And it's

637
00:30:11,866 --> 00:30:14,266
Speaker 1: only here for like three more months before we move

638
00:30:14,306 --> 00:30:19,146
Speaker 1: into our new hundred and fifty million million dollar facility.

639
00:30:19,386 --> 00:30:21,986
Speaker 1: And so you know, if if no matter where you

640
00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:24,426
Speaker 1: are in the country, if you're really serious about training,

641
00:30:24,426 --> 00:30:27,146
Speaker 1: if you're really serious about your body and sports science,

642
00:30:27,706 --> 00:30:30,706
Speaker 1: if you're serious about your academics, you know we have

643
00:30:30,986 --> 00:30:33,386
Speaker 1: we have as much, if not more than anyone else.

644
00:30:33,986 --> 00:30:35,786
Speaker 1: What was your pitch to some of these coaches to

645
00:30:35,866 --> 00:30:38,906
Speaker 1: leave their jobs and maybe consider joining your staff. Yeah,

646
00:30:38,946 --> 00:30:41,946
Speaker 1: you know, it's ten years for me as a head coach,

647
00:30:42,026 --> 00:30:44,786
Speaker 1: three different places. Um, you know, going into my fourth

648
00:30:44,786 --> 00:30:46,466
Speaker 1: place in my eleventh year. I've got a lot of

649
00:30:46,466 --> 00:30:49,026
Speaker 1: guys that are like my guys. Um. You know, if

650
00:30:49,066 --> 00:30:50,986
Speaker 1: I if I, if I made a mistake in the NFL.

651
00:30:51,146 --> 00:30:52,986
Speaker 1: You know, one of them is I hired some guys

652
00:30:52,986 --> 00:30:55,986
Speaker 1: who I hired them for their experience, but they weren't.

653
00:30:56,026 --> 00:30:58,586
Speaker 1: They didn't maybe always connect with me, and that's not

654
00:30:58,586 --> 00:31:00,306
Speaker 1: their fault. I'm not say anything negative about them, but

655
00:31:00,586 --> 00:31:03,226
Speaker 1: you know, I do things differently. I'm gonna be a

656
00:31:03,306 --> 00:31:05,666
Speaker 1: highly demanding guy. I want things done a certain way.

657
00:31:05,666 --> 00:31:07,666
Speaker 1: I want us to serve of the players. The players

658
00:31:07,706 --> 00:31:10,266
Speaker 1: don't serve us, We serve the players. And so interesting,

659
00:31:10,306 --> 00:31:12,826
Speaker 1: it's a it's a it's for me, it's about us,

660
00:31:12,866 --> 00:31:16,186
Speaker 1: I me identifying the right guys and and so a

661
00:31:16,226 --> 00:31:17,666
Speaker 1: lot it will be a lot of my guys that calm,

662
00:31:17,706 --> 00:31:20,306
Speaker 1: guys that trust me and believe in me. Um, these

663
00:31:20,306 --> 00:31:22,786
Speaker 1: guys that you know, to be a player development program,

664
00:31:22,866 --> 00:31:26,826
Speaker 1: you have to have coaches that love love helping players

665
00:31:26,826 --> 00:31:29,106
Speaker 1: get better and I'm not just talking about, hey, you're

666
00:31:29,146 --> 00:31:31,826
Speaker 1: great players. I'm talking about who's the coach, who's the

667
00:31:31,826 --> 00:31:33,986
Speaker 1: strength coach that's working with the walk on that probably

668
00:31:33,986 --> 00:31:36,306
Speaker 1: will never play well. You know what the walk on

669
00:31:36,346 --> 00:31:38,746
Speaker 1: that if people thought would never play at Temple was

670
00:31:38,746 --> 00:31:43,346
Speaker 1: was the sonwritick. You know. So if you just poured

671
00:31:43,346 --> 00:31:45,786
Speaker 1: into young people and you help them, um, they'll have

672
00:31:45,866 --> 00:31:47,826
Speaker 1: better lives and some some will work out for you.

673
00:31:47,946 --> 00:31:50,506
Speaker 1: So my taket has been, hey, if you come here, man,

674
00:31:50,506 --> 00:31:52,826
Speaker 1: we're gonna build something special. There's no doubt we'll win,

675
00:31:53,226 --> 00:31:55,386
Speaker 1: but we'll we'll affect a lot of lives along the way.

676
00:31:55,506 --> 00:31:57,306
Speaker 1: And the biggest thing is, you know, we get to

677
00:31:57,346 --> 00:31:59,186
Speaker 1: do it our way here. You know, Trev Alberts, the

678
00:31:59,186 --> 00:32:00,626
Speaker 1: A d s and Matt we're bringing you here for

679
00:32:00,706 --> 00:32:02,866
Speaker 1: what you did at Baylor and Temple. I want you

680
00:32:02,986 --> 00:32:05,106
Speaker 1: to do it your way. And you know sometimes people

681
00:32:05,106 --> 00:32:06,266
Speaker 1: say they want you to do it their way, and

682
00:32:06,266 --> 00:32:09,906
Speaker 1: then they it's uncomfortable, they don't want to do it here. Uh.

683
00:32:10,306 --> 00:32:11,946
Speaker 1: You know, I just fit and so I think they'll

684
00:32:11,986 --> 00:32:14,066
Speaker 1: let me do it my way, and the coaches are

685
00:32:14,106 --> 00:32:16,706
Speaker 1: believing that will be with me. All right, rapid fire

686
00:32:16,786 --> 00:32:18,666
Speaker 1: before you go because I know you've got a million

687
00:32:18,706 --> 00:32:21,706
Speaker 1: things to do, including calling every recruit in the Northeast

688
00:32:21,746 --> 00:32:23,906
Speaker 1: that had just their eyes their ears perked up. Way wait,

689
00:32:23,946 --> 00:32:26,986
Speaker 1: Matt Rule just went to Nebraska. Okay, Um, here are

690
00:32:26,986 --> 00:32:28,706
Speaker 1: some things I'm gonna say A name, you give me

691
00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:32,066
Speaker 1: a story that comes to mind about this person we're

692
00:32:32,066 --> 00:32:34,066
Speaker 1: gonna stick in the NFL. Let's start off with one

693
00:32:34,066 --> 00:32:36,906
Speaker 1: of your first NFL coaches when you were an assistant,

694
00:32:36,986 --> 00:32:40,306
Speaker 1: Tom Coughlan. Give us a good Tom Coughlin story. Yes, so,

695
00:32:40,346 --> 00:32:42,906
Speaker 1: shall I get the head coaching job at Temple and

696
00:32:43,186 --> 00:32:45,426
Speaker 1: I'm the assistant online coach. He walks in my office

697
00:32:45,466 --> 00:32:49,066
Speaker 1: and he says, you know you're taking that job? I said, yes, sir.

698
00:32:49,706 --> 00:32:52,066
Speaker 1: He said, I'm expecting you to finish the season. He

699
00:32:52,106 --> 00:32:54,786
Speaker 1: said yes, sir. He just turned and walked out, And

700
00:32:54,786 --> 00:32:56,906
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, jeez, what month was it? When

701
00:32:56,986 --> 00:32:59,306
Speaker 1: was this December? January? Yeah? It was like it was

702
00:32:59,346 --> 00:33:01,026
Speaker 1: like December. Yeah, we were getting to play at the

703
00:33:01,026 --> 00:33:03,866
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons. We had some games left and U yeah,

704
00:33:03,866 --> 00:33:05,546
Speaker 1: it was it was. It was it was December because

705
00:33:06,066 --> 00:33:09,586
Speaker 1: like at night was the was the Meritish New York

706
00:33:09,586 --> 00:33:12,746
Speaker 1: Giants Christmas Party, which is well done, and my wife

707
00:33:12,746 --> 00:33:14,546
Speaker 1: and I show up. My wife's pregnant out to hear

708
00:33:15,026 --> 00:33:17,706
Speaker 1: and Judy Coughlin just one of the most wonderful women

709
00:33:17,786 --> 00:33:22,066
Speaker 1: ever Grace this earth comes walking up and she said, Oh, Matt, Julie,

710
00:33:22,066 --> 00:33:25,946
Speaker 1: were so happy for you. She'sa Matt. Tom is so excited.

711
00:33:26,066 --> 00:33:28,866
Speaker 1: He's so proud of you. I was like, Tom walked

712
00:33:28,906 --> 00:33:31,346
Speaker 1: him office this morning, told me I can't leave. I

713
00:33:31,346 --> 00:33:33,506
Speaker 1: mean just like just yelled at me. And she said,

714
00:33:33,746 --> 00:33:35,306
Speaker 1: she said, oh, you know how Tom is, but he

715
00:33:35,466 --> 00:33:37,346
Speaker 1: is so proud of you, and we're so excited for you.

716
00:33:37,386 --> 00:33:40,626
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, so she was a wonderful, wonderful

717
00:33:40,706 --> 00:33:44,626
Speaker 1: person to offset his uh you know, his just you know,

718
00:33:44,626 --> 00:33:47,106
Speaker 1: coach Coughlin way. But I love the man. He's He's

719
00:33:47,106 --> 00:33:49,346
Speaker 1: done more for me than I could ever do for him. Yeah,

720
00:33:49,466 --> 00:33:51,826
Speaker 1: and he speaks the world of you as well. Uh.

721
00:33:51,946 --> 00:33:54,426
Speaker 1: Sam Donald just got his first career win for the

722
00:33:54,426 --> 00:33:57,146
Speaker 1: Carolina Panthers. You traded picks to get him. It didn't

723
00:33:57,146 --> 00:33:59,746
Speaker 1: work out for him and you together yet, I don't know.

724
00:33:59,826 --> 00:34:01,386
Speaker 1: I look at the team right now. The season has

725
00:34:01,426 --> 00:34:04,586
Speaker 1: not done. Sam's played well against Denver. Yeah, I'm excited

726
00:34:04,626 --> 00:34:07,946
Speaker 1: for Sam. You know, um uh Sam, Sam's a uh,

727
00:34:08,586 --> 00:34:10,946
Speaker 1: He's one of my favorite guys. And I just you know,

728
00:34:11,306 --> 00:34:13,066
Speaker 1: I think I said it on the show with you,

729
00:34:13,146 --> 00:34:15,986
Speaker 1: like I want to see it work out for him somehow,

730
00:34:16,066 --> 00:34:18,346
Speaker 1: some way, because he's such a good dude. What I

731
00:34:18,346 --> 00:34:20,986
Speaker 1: remember when he first came, Um, my son and I

732
00:34:21,026 --> 00:34:24,146
Speaker 1: were walking around the Wells Fargo Golf Championship. What's happening?

733
00:34:24,186 --> 00:34:25,946
Speaker 1: I heard this guy go, coach Rule. I look over

734
00:34:25,986 --> 00:34:28,866
Speaker 1: and there's Sam walking. He's got like a Miller light

735
00:34:28,946 --> 00:34:30,946
Speaker 1: or a play light, and he's walking with his mom.

736
00:34:31,026 --> 00:34:33,826
Speaker 1: His dad is his sister, and um, you know, he's

737
00:34:33,826 --> 00:34:35,426
Speaker 1: just a regular guy and he's just walking around a

738
00:34:35,426 --> 00:34:38,986
Speaker 1: golf tournament drinking a beer. You know. Uh, just uh,

739
00:34:39,026 --> 00:34:41,586
Speaker 1: He's the type of guy you root for. Man. Yeah, alright,

740
00:34:41,666 --> 00:34:43,946
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey now having a lot of success in San

741
00:34:43,986 --> 00:34:46,666
Speaker 1: Francisco for a team that's won four straight games. I

742
00:34:46,706 --> 00:34:48,466
Speaker 1: have a hundred stories I can tell you about him

743
00:34:48,506 --> 00:34:52,026
Speaker 1: cheating and ping pong, I can, I can. I can

744
00:34:52,066 --> 00:34:54,346
Speaker 1: tell you about a lot of things. But you know,

745
00:34:54,386 --> 00:34:57,826
Speaker 1: it's funny. He actually texted me yesterday he huh, details

746
00:34:57,826 --> 00:35:00,626
Speaker 1: of my contract came out. He had he had no

747
00:35:00,706 --> 00:35:03,426
Speaker 1: choice but to say, hey, I can't wait for the offseason.

748
00:35:03,626 --> 00:35:07,106
Speaker 1: You're buying dinner and the first time time he's not

749
00:35:07,146 --> 00:35:09,426
Speaker 1: buying dinner. Come on, I'm looking a contract. You guys

750
00:35:09,426 --> 00:35:13,266
Speaker 1: gave him no doubt. He's doing just fine. But I'm

751
00:35:13,266 --> 00:35:15,866
Speaker 1: so happy for him that he's he's playing well because

752
00:35:16,466 --> 00:35:17,986
Speaker 1: you know what I think, Peter, I think I think

753
00:35:18,026 --> 00:35:20,186
Speaker 1: people haven't seen his best football. They'll see it in

754
00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:22,786
Speaker 1: the playoffs. They'll see in the playoffs when like you're

755
00:35:22,866 --> 00:35:24,946
Speaker 1: not worried about hate getting him to the playoffs or

756
00:35:25,146 --> 00:35:26,746
Speaker 1: keeping them, you know, And I'm not saying injury wise,

757
00:35:26,786 --> 00:35:29,026
Speaker 1: just like explosive when it when it's time to cut loose,

758
00:35:29,386 --> 00:35:33,266
Speaker 1: that guy's gonna do special things. Yeah, Bill Belichick, you

759
00:35:33,266 --> 00:35:35,426
Speaker 1: mentioned that. I know you guys had joint practices with

760
00:35:35,506 --> 00:35:38,946
Speaker 1: the Patriots. I was. I'm always fascinating because every coach

761
00:35:39,106 --> 00:35:42,506
Speaker 1: in the coaching community absolutely adores Belichick and says he's

762
00:35:42,546 --> 00:35:45,666
Speaker 1: a big brother. He's incredible, he does out wisdom, and

763
00:35:45,786 --> 00:35:48,546
Speaker 1: yet we in the outside the media, the fans, we

764
00:35:48,586 --> 00:35:51,946
Speaker 1: don't see that side. So any interactions with Belichick, yeah,

765
00:35:52,066 --> 00:35:54,666
Speaker 1: you know, um, I'll tell you two of them. I

766
00:35:54,666 --> 00:35:56,346
Speaker 1: hope he doesn't get mad at me for the first one.

767
00:35:56,386 --> 00:35:58,226
Speaker 1: But years ago I went to the combine when I

768
00:35:58,226 --> 00:35:59,586
Speaker 1: had Reddick and I had a bunch of guys and

769
00:35:59,826 --> 00:36:01,906
Speaker 1: Nickossario in the bassal like, hey, you know, why don't

770
00:36:01,906 --> 00:36:04,746
Speaker 1: you come up and meet Coach Belichick? And I was like,

771
00:36:04,986 --> 00:36:06,386
Speaker 1: if you want me to, And then they went to

772
00:36:06,426 --> 00:36:08,306
Speaker 1: get some information. So I went up to the suite

773
00:36:08,346 --> 00:36:10,026
Speaker 1: and Coach Belichick was sitting in the corner and I

774
00:36:10,066 --> 00:36:12,306
Speaker 1: walked in. Coach kind of looked at me and I

775
00:36:12,306 --> 00:36:14,466
Speaker 1: don't think you knew hopefully didn't know what give me,

776
00:36:15,266 --> 00:36:17,026
Speaker 1: and he looked away and he just walked in the

777
00:36:17,026 --> 00:36:19,706
Speaker 1: other road, and I was like, they were like Matt

778
00:36:19,706 --> 00:36:21,226
Speaker 1: and Mat. I'm like, I'm like, this the greatest story

779
00:36:21,266 --> 00:36:23,826
Speaker 1: of all. It's good, but just completely blew me off.

780
00:36:23,866 --> 00:36:26,066
Speaker 1: It's good, but you know what, like just going up

781
00:36:26,066 --> 00:36:28,186
Speaker 1: there and working with him this year, playing him, playing

782
00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:30,106
Speaker 1: against him last year, seeing at the owner's meetings, like

783
00:36:30,426 --> 00:36:32,506
Speaker 1: he's become a friend to me. I you know, I

784
00:36:32,546 --> 00:36:34,866
Speaker 1: consider him a friend. I mean even in this job.

785
00:36:34,946 --> 00:36:38,626
Speaker 1: You know, our president Ted Carter uh navy man, new

786
00:36:38,666 --> 00:36:41,546
Speaker 1: Coach Belichick, and he's someone who's wisdom I rely on you. Know,

787
00:36:41,706 --> 00:36:44,746
Speaker 1: coach and I talked about this job, and and I,

788
00:36:45,066 --> 00:36:46,906
Speaker 1: you know, I hope that I can do here what

789
00:36:46,986 --> 00:36:49,146
Speaker 1: he did in his second stance, and that's do it,

790
00:36:49,306 --> 00:36:50,586
Speaker 1: do it right, and do it the way. You know.

791
00:36:50,626 --> 00:36:54,066
Speaker 1: I want two last questions. One, what was the one

792
00:36:54,106 --> 00:36:55,946
Speaker 1: thing you learned from your two and a half years

793
00:36:55,946 --> 00:36:58,506
Speaker 1: in the NFL as a head coach? And in the

794
00:36:58,586 --> 00:37:00,586
Speaker 1: same vein if you could do it all over again,

795
00:37:00,626 --> 00:37:02,586
Speaker 1: what would be the one thing you would change looking

796
00:37:02,586 --> 00:37:04,746
Speaker 1: back on it, as obviously it didn't work out with

797
00:37:04,786 --> 00:37:07,946
Speaker 1: Super Bowl victories or anything like that, I think I

798
00:37:07,946 --> 00:37:11,506
Speaker 1: probably would just probably just you know, probably taking another job,

799
00:37:11,586 --> 00:37:13,106
Speaker 1: you know. I mean, I think it's a great place,

800
00:37:13,426 --> 00:37:15,786
Speaker 1: you know, the wonderful people. But I just don't know

801
00:37:15,826 --> 00:37:17,346
Speaker 1: if I was a fit there. You know. At the

802
00:37:17,426 --> 00:37:20,186
Speaker 1: end of the day, Um, you know, we we we

803
00:37:20,186 --> 00:37:22,786
Speaker 1: talked about, hey, we're gonna have a four year plan,

804
00:37:22,866 --> 00:37:24,586
Speaker 1: a five year plan. You know, if you tell me, hey,

805
00:37:24,586 --> 00:37:26,346
Speaker 1: we got a two year plan, then then I'm gonna

806
00:37:26,426 --> 00:37:28,226
Speaker 1: get signed a bunch of free agents and do it. So,

807
00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:30,226
Speaker 1: you know, what was a four year plan became a

808
00:37:30,266 --> 00:37:33,226
Speaker 1: two year and five game plan real quick and interesting.

809
00:37:33,506 --> 00:37:35,866
Speaker 1: It's not about hey, it's not. And I'm not angry

810
00:37:35,906 --> 00:37:36,906
Speaker 1: about it. You know, at the end of the day,

811
00:37:36,946 --> 00:37:39,426
Speaker 1: I understand. But if you're if it's gonna be that quick,

812
00:37:39,466 --> 00:37:41,386
Speaker 1: then then we're gonna sign some more free agents. We're

813
00:37:41,426 --> 00:37:44,066
Speaker 1: gonna we're gonna go make the blockbuster trade. We're gonna

814
00:37:44,066 --> 00:37:46,746
Speaker 1: do those things. I think the trajectory that we were

815
00:37:46,786 --> 00:37:49,146
Speaker 1: on was correct. It was too It was to have

816
00:37:49,186 --> 00:37:51,546
Speaker 1: a team that next year to make a big trade.

817
00:37:51,986 --> 00:37:53,906
Speaker 1: Um that could you know, And I think you see

818
00:37:53,906 --> 00:37:55,306
Speaker 1: the signs of it right now. When they play well

819
00:37:55,346 --> 00:37:57,746
Speaker 1: on offense, they win. You know, there's a good defense there.

820
00:37:57,786 --> 00:38:00,786
Speaker 1: And um, I give Steve all the credit, I give

821
00:38:00,786 --> 00:38:02,226
Speaker 1: the coaches all the credit, but I'm part of that

822
00:38:02,266 --> 00:38:05,746
Speaker 1: building process. So had that just stayed for maybe through

823
00:38:05,746 --> 00:38:08,546
Speaker 1: this year and maybe made the big free agent signing

824
00:38:08,626 --> 00:38:10,946
Speaker 1: this year to get them over the top, I think

825
00:38:10,946 --> 00:38:13,226
Speaker 1: that the Panthers could win the the NFC South for

826
00:38:13,306 --> 00:38:15,226
Speaker 1: years to come. And yeah, and they still might win

827
00:38:15,266 --> 00:38:16,946
Speaker 1: it this year. They still might win it this year.

828
00:38:16,946 --> 00:38:18,746
Speaker 1: You know, I feel bad I did say it. I'm

829
00:38:18,786 --> 00:38:22,146
Speaker 1: a good but you know, I know, Kyle picked I

830
00:38:22,226 --> 00:38:23,786
Speaker 1: was doing the NFC South. I told you guys, I

831
00:38:23,826 --> 00:38:25,986
Speaker 1: told the team Hey, guys, I know we're struggling right

832
00:38:25,986 --> 00:38:28,346
Speaker 1: now non you know, outside the conference, but we we

833
00:38:28,426 --> 00:38:30,146
Speaker 1: were win the NFC South that we stayed to it.

834
00:38:30,266 --> 00:38:33,506
Speaker 1: So you know, hey, I hated getting fired. I understand,

835
00:38:33,586 --> 00:38:35,626
Speaker 1: you know, when you're one in four, but I look

836
00:38:35,626 --> 00:38:37,266
Speaker 1: at what Ron did. I look at what Kyle did

837
00:38:37,346 --> 00:38:39,026
Speaker 1: last year. I think Kyle was two and four last year.

838
00:38:39,386 --> 00:38:40,506
Speaker 1: You know, the only thing I didn't want to do

839
00:38:40,506 --> 00:38:42,626
Speaker 1: is leave the guys early because I believe the team

840
00:38:42,626 --> 00:38:44,786
Speaker 1: would have a chance if if this thing started to

841
00:38:44,826 --> 00:38:47,346
Speaker 1: click and p J made some plays, they won some games.

842
00:38:47,386 --> 00:38:50,666
Speaker 1: Deanti Foreman's coming on DJs. So you know, I take

843
00:38:51,226 --> 00:38:52,866
Speaker 1: give Scott a lot of credit, but I also I

844
00:38:53,266 --> 00:38:55,226
Speaker 1: also deserve some of the credit for some of those players,

845
00:38:55,346 --> 00:38:58,506
Speaker 1: absolutely for some of the culture that's been built, to

846
00:38:58,786 --> 00:39:01,466
Speaker 1: the systems that were put in. UM So, yeah, when

847
00:39:01,466 --> 00:39:03,306
Speaker 1: I look back, what what I do differently those little

848
00:39:03,346 --> 00:39:04,906
Speaker 1: things I made. I might have not signed this guy,

849
00:39:05,026 --> 00:39:07,746
Speaker 1: might have traded for this guy. But there's no major one.

850
00:39:07,826 --> 00:39:10,026
Speaker 1: You know, I think, as I said, you like, we

851
00:39:10,066 --> 00:39:12,626
Speaker 1: made we had some close attempts at some blockbuster trades,

852
00:39:12,666 --> 00:39:15,226
Speaker 1: and if one of those trades would have gone through,

853
00:39:15,666 --> 00:39:17,906
Speaker 1: it might be in a whole different spot. But everything

854
00:39:17,946 --> 00:39:20,506
Speaker 1: happens for a reason. You know. I'm I'm here, and

855
00:39:20,546 --> 00:39:23,586
Speaker 1: you know what, I'm probably supposed to be here. And uh,

856
00:39:23,626 --> 00:39:26,386
Speaker 1: I'm happy for Steve. I'm really excited for Scott Fitterer.

857
00:39:26,426 --> 00:39:29,706
Speaker 1: I can't say enough how much I think of him. Um,

858
00:39:29,786 --> 00:39:32,346
Speaker 1: But you know, Peter, I'll be honest with you, I think, Uh,

859
00:39:32,466 --> 00:39:33,746
Speaker 1: if you ask me to get do you a four

860
00:39:33,826 --> 00:39:35,866
Speaker 1: year plan? I think the four year plan was close.

861
00:39:35,866 --> 00:39:37,946
Speaker 1: I can't say it was perfect, but it was close.

862
00:39:37,986 --> 00:39:40,746
Speaker 1: And I'm hoping that you know, uh, and that four

863
00:39:40,786 --> 00:39:43,386
Speaker 1: year plans without Christian. Had Christian stayed, you know, maybe

864
00:39:43,426 --> 00:39:46,226
Speaker 1: next year the right the right person, you know, the

865
00:39:46,346 --> 00:39:49,106
Speaker 1: right addition, maybe that team could have won the NFC

866
00:39:49,186 --> 00:39:51,546
Speaker 1: South and won it for a couple of years. Totally. Um,

867
00:39:51,826 --> 00:39:53,906
Speaker 1: You're the best for being so candid, open and honest.

868
00:39:53,946 --> 00:39:56,266
Speaker 1: My last question is a fun one. Coaching in the

869
00:39:56,346 --> 00:39:59,226
Speaker 1: NFL for two and a half years, seen a training camp, preseason,

870
00:39:59,306 --> 00:40:02,866
Speaker 1: regular season. Who is the greatest player that you saw

871
00:40:02,906 --> 00:40:05,386
Speaker 1: alive and in person as far as the NFL goes,

872
00:40:05,386 --> 00:40:07,626
Speaker 1: the guy that you are like now, hey, now and

873
00:40:07,746 --> 00:40:14,106
Speaker 1: this is something different, Well, okay, my favorite player your favorite,

874
00:40:14,626 --> 00:40:16,906
Speaker 1: like the player that like if you got excited to

875
00:40:16,946 --> 00:40:19,226
Speaker 1: see even if he's wearing a different uniform. Yeah, like

876
00:40:19,226 --> 00:40:21,906
Speaker 1: like like it's gonna so I'm nuts, but not nuts,

877
00:40:21,906 --> 00:40:24,506
Speaker 1: but it's gonna be out outside of Budda Baker talk

878
00:40:24,586 --> 00:40:27,546
Speaker 1: about I love that answer. He's number three on the

879
00:40:27,586 --> 00:40:30,586
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals boot of the Captain. I mean he plays,

880
00:40:31,226 --> 00:40:35,546
Speaker 1: he plays like like scary hard. Um. You know, I

881
00:40:35,546 --> 00:40:37,706
Speaker 1: think he's so unsung. I think he's one of the

882
00:40:37,706 --> 00:40:40,466
Speaker 1: premier players. Like I hugged him after the game, like

883
00:40:40,506 --> 00:40:42,146
Speaker 1: they beat us this year and I hugged him. I'm like,

884
00:40:42,226 --> 00:40:46,066
Speaker 1: I just love the way you play football. Um. Another

885
00:40:46,066 --> 00:40:47,986
Speaker 1: guy that I don't think it's enough credit who I

886
00:40:48,026 --> 00:40:51,346
Speaker 1: loved watching him play, Grady Jarrett. I think he's Atlanta

887
00:40:51,386 --> 00:40:54,506
Speaker 1: Falcons dominant ninety seven, the big man. I think he's

888
00:40:54,546 --> 00:40:58,666
Speaker 1: just a dominant, dominant, dominant player. Um. But the probably

889
00:40:58,666 --> 00:41:00,986
Speaker 1: the there's a lot of them. I thought, like you

890
00:41:01,066 --> 00:41:03,346
Speaker 1: hear about Nick bos So, like like we literally had

891
00:41:03,346 --> 00:41:05,826
Speaker 1: on a call sheet this year, like because like sometimes

892
00:41:05,866 --> 00:41:08,026
Speaker 1: in the fourth reason he would rotate out. We literally

893
00:41:08,066 --> 00:41:10,546
Speaker 1: had like plays that were like ninety seven out plays

894
00:41:10,626 --> 00:41:15,106
Speaker 1: Like I I mean one person like, is his boasting

895
00:41:15,226 --> 00:41:17,426
Speaker 1: his boasted in his boat's out? Okay, and hey let's paul.

896
00:41:18,906 --> 00:41:20,586
Speaker 1: No one's gonna no one's gonna match up with it.

897
00:41:20,666 --> 00:41:22,746
Speaker 1: But I think the best player in the NFL is

898
00:41:22,946 --> 00:41:26,266
Speaker 1: you know, one of the to me is is Trent Williams.

899
00:41:26,306 --> 00:41:28,586
Speaker 1: I think it was funny earlier. There's the thing about

900
00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:30,506
Speaker 1: his stance and all that he does this, he's running,

901
00:41:30,506 --> 00:41:32,906
Speaker 1: if he does that, he's pass it. You say something Williams.

902
00:41:33,026 --> 00:41:35,226
Speaker 1: Trent Williams, if he told me he wanted to stand

903
00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:37,026
Speaker 1: on one leg to block people, I'd say like, cool,

904
00:41:37,026 --> 00:41:39,506
Speaker 1: well do your things. But he is just he is

905
00:41:39,586 --> 00:41:43,226
Speaker 1: just elite beyond elite. And but the best player I

906
00:41:43,306 --> 00:41:46,146
Speaker 1: ever saw in the league, um was Tom Brady just

907
00:41:46,266 --> 00:41:48,346
Speaker 1: you know, I just uh, you know. I saw him

908
00:41:48,426 --> 00:41:50,066
Speaker 1: later in his career. He didn't think we played two

909
00:41:50,066 --> 00:41:52,866
Speaker 1: man and we undercut the route like you're supposed When

910
00:41:52,826 --> 00:41:54,666
Speaker 1: he actually threw it behind the undercutting guy and the

911
00:41:54,666 --> 00:41:57,266
Speaker 1: guy made the catch, and I was like, I can't

912
00:41:57,266 --> 00:41:59,426
Speaker 1: defend it. When I was at a wedding this, I

913
00:41:59,466 --> 00:42:01,906
Speaker 1: was at a wedding the summer and we're sitting there.

914
00:42:01,906 --> 00:42:03,306
Speaker 1: My girls were not you know, they were not really

915
00:42:03,306 --> 00:42:05,146
Speaker 1: listening to their mom and we were kind of like, hey,

916
00:42:05,146 --> 00:42:08,026
Speaker 1: hanging then. And also my son was like and I said,

917
00:42:08,026 --> 00:42:09,706
Speaker 1: why my buddy. What he should I know was the

918
00:42:09,826 --> 00:42:12,546
Speaker 1: Stummer but whatever it was. March showed it to me

919
00:42:12,546 --> 00:42:16,226
Speaker 1: and it was Tom Brady's coming back. You know, you

920
00:42:16,266 --> 00:42:18,946
Speaker 1: want to go the best of the best. I was like,

921
00:42:19,106 --> 00:42:23,386
Speaker 1: oh my god, I thought he was gonna go on Amazon,

922
00:42:24,866 --> 00:42:26,786
Speaker 1: and so I would say, I just you know, it

923
00:42:26,866 --> 00:42:28,186
Speaker 1: was just an honor to be on the same field

924
00:42:28,186 --> 00:42:30,826
Speaker 1: as him. It's an honor having you on the podcast

925
00:42:31,146 --> 00:42:34,106
Speaker 1: to the listeners listen, and you know, we like having uh,

926
00:42:34,146 --> 00:42:36,266
Speaker 1: you know, the coolest guests, and we've had so many

927
00:42:36,266 --> 00:42:38,986
Speaker 1: great gems and coaches. But Matt, for you to come on,

928
00:42:39,266 --> 00:42:41,626
Speaker 1: you know, a couple of days after announcing your joining

929
00:42:41,626 --> 00:42:43,346
Speaker 1: one of the most storied programs to be their head

930
00:42:43,386 --> 00:42:46,266
Speaker 1: coach and join our NFL podcast, be open, honest and

931
00:42:46,266 --> 00:42:47,866
Speaker 1: give us the time. You know how much it means

932
00:42:47,906 --> 00:42:49,826
Speaker 1: to me, But it really means a lot to everybody

933
00:42:49,826 --> 00:42:52,506
Speaker 1: involved with the podcast. I appreciate you, brother. You're you're

934
00:42:52,506 --> 00:42:54,986
Speaker 1: you're the best of the best. You are and we

935
00:42:55,026 --> 00:42:57,706
Speaker 1: are rooting for Nebraska. I'm hoping that you sent me either,

936
00:42:58,626 --> 00:43:01,146
Speaker 1: who what Which player should I reference from the old

937
00:43:01,186 --> 00:43:04,866
Speaker 1: Nebraska days? I want an old Nebraska throwback player? You

938
00:43:04,906 --> 00:43:07,186
Speaker 1: pick it? Which guy do you think? It's? Like? Who

939
00:43:07,266 --> 00:43:08,866
Speaker 1: do you think of when you think of like eighties

940
00:43:09,186 --> 00:43:11,906
Speaker 1: Tom Osborne, Blackshirts defense? Who's the name that comes to mind?

941
00:43:12,186 --> 00:43:14,266
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, I since he's my new boss,

942
00:43:14,266 --> 00:43:16,986
Speaker 1: I gotta see trev albres Trefor is amazing college football

943
00:43:16,986 --> 00:43:18,466
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. I gotta I gotta put you know,

944
00:43:19,426 --> 00:43:21,946
Speaker 1: he's he's my But there's there's so many man and

945
00:43:22,106 --> 00:43:25,946
Speaker 1: I got to beet Jhonny Rogers yesterday, did you he be?

946
00:43:26,066 --> 00:43:27,786
Speaker 1: And Bryan All all, we all, we all, we all

947
00:43:27,826 --> 00:43:30,626
Speaker 1: hit the Heisman post together. So uh, you know, this

948
00:43:30,706 --> 00:43:33,026
Speaker 1: is just you know, every every every day, I'm gonna

949
00:43:33,026 --> 00:43:36,146
Speaker 1: meet someone else who's you know, you know, Grant Whistram.

950
00:43:36,226 --> 00:43:40,466
Speaker 1: I mean the guys am I gonna meet that? You know?

951
00:43:40,546 --> 00:43:43,906
Speaker 1: I watched on TV and it's uh, it's it's pretty surreal.

952
00:43:44,346 --> 00:43:47,946
Speaker 1: It's amazing. I'm on Green with Nebraska, right and I'm

953
00:43:47,986 --> 00:43:51,066
Speaker 1: on Green was awesome, great packer player too. I was

954
00:43:51,066 --> 00:43:53,146
Speaker 1: always Tommy Frasier. That was my guy. And I think

955
00:43:53,146 --> 00:43:56,666
Speaker 1: if Tommy Fraser enters the NFL in two He's probably

956
00:43:56,706 --> 00:43:58,866
Speaker 1: starting on an NFL team making plays. It's just a

957
00:43:58,866 --> 00:44:01,226
Speaker 1: different time. There's no doubt. It's a fun lead to watch,

958
00:44:01,266 --> 00:44:03,026
Speaker 1: you know, you watch. Uh We're sit here talk about

959
00:44:03,026 --> 00:44:04,946
Speaker 1: recruiting and I'm watching Jalen Hurts play the right night

960
00:44:04,946 --> 00:44:08,786
Speaker 1: and I'm like what he's doing, like that out, Um,

961
00:44:08,826 --> 00:44:10,986
Speaker 1: you're the best, man. I appreciate it. Good luck to

962
00:44:11,026 --> 00:44:13,626
Speaker 1: you in the family and uh, get settled, man, We'll

963
00:44:13,666 --> 00:44:16,866
Speaker 1: be watching good luck in the Big ten big Red.

964
00:44:21,626 --> 00:44:24,866
Speaker 1: Matt rule was incredible. I love when a coach or

965
00:44:24,906 --> 00:44:27,546
Speaker 1: a GM or someone in Matt's position who has recently

966
00:44:27,546 --> 00:44:32,306
Speaker 1: been fired comes on and it's just candid, vulnerable, open, honest.

967
00:44:32,306 --> 00:44:34,626
Speaker 1: I think he said a lot more than I even expected.

968
00:44:34,866 --> 00:44:37,146
Speaker 1: And Uh, Aaron and I might might wrap this thing

969
00:44:37,186 --> 00:44:39,626
Speaker 1: in a little bit. But before we do that, I

970
00:44:39,666 --> 00:44:42,626
Speaker 1: gotta get smarter. And for the last two weeks, Taylor

971
00:44:42,706 --> 00:44:45,346
Speaker 1: Kyles has joined us from the NFL Network Research Group

972
00:44:45,386 --> 00:44:48,346
Speaker 1: and has made us smarter. He's talked about Justin Jefferson,

973
00:44:48,346 --> 00:44:52,026
Speaker 1: He's talked about Matthew jude On and today I want

974
00:44:52,026 --> 00:44:53,906
Speaker 1: to welcome Taylor to the show because we got to

975
00:44:53,946 --> 00:44:56,586
Speaker 1: talk about Josh Jacobs in the Raiders. Taylor, what's up it?

976
00:44:56,906 --> 00:44:59,746
Speaker 1: I'm excited to heap some praise on Josh Jacobs. That

977
00:44:59,786 --> 00:45:03,186
Speaker 1: performance was insane. It was, and it started off early.

978
00:45:03,226 --> 00:45:05,346
Speaker 1: He had like a one handed grab early on the

979
00:45:05,386 --> 00:45:07,946
Speaker 1: sidelines and I'm like, all right, this guy's having a day.

980
00:45:07,986 --> 00:45:10,066
Speaker 1: But before we get into like what he's doing, just

981
00:45:10,306 --> 00:45:14,346
Speaker 1: big picture from me. What's amazing is in August I

982
00:45:14,426 --> 00:45:16,746
Speaker 1: was doing the Good Morning Football Show and we're talking

983
00:45:16,786 --> 00:45:19,906
Speaker 1: about Josh Jacobs playing in the Hall of Fame game,

984
00:45:20,306 --> 00:45:23,746
Speaker 1: like getting real carries in August and the questions are like,

985
00:45:23,746 --> 00:45:25,986
Speaker 1: well what, I'm like, Well, he's on the fifth year option.

986
00:45:26,306 --> 00:45:28,786
Speaker 1: They didn't pick it up. It's his like, you know,

987
00:45:28,946 --> 00:45:31,146
Speaker 1: he's he's in his last season with the Raiders. Is

988
00:45:31,226 --> 00:45:32,906
Speaker 1: kind of like this might be a showcase if they

989
00:45:32,906 --> 00:45:34,826
Speaker 1: want to trade him before the season. There is talk

990
00:45:34,866 --> 00:45:36,946
Speaker 1: of that, and so you let him get some carries

991
00:45:36,946 --> 00:45:40,546
Speaker 1: and put it on tape. Uh, Taylor, We're into week thirteen.

992
00:45:40,546 --> 00:45:43,266
Speaker 1: He might be the best running back and football this season. Yeah.

993
00:45:43,266 --> 00:45:45,346
Speaker 1: I mean it's hard to debate. He's the rushing leader.

994
00:45:45,386 --> 00:45:48,586
Speaker 1: He just set the Raiders franchise record for scrimmage yards

995
00:45:48,586 --> 00:45:50,666
Speaker 1: in a game, and the thing is he's doing it

996
00:45:50,746 --> 00:45:52,666
Speaker 1: in multiple facets. Like you said, he had the one

997
00:45:52,706 --> 00:45:56,226
Speaker 1: handed catch against Denver, you saw he had a crazy

998
00:45:56,386 --> 00:45:58,666
Speaker 1: vertical route out of the backfield where he got open

999
00:45:58,746 --> 00:46:01,186
Speaker 1: down field. So you're starting to see not only is

1000
00:46:01,226 --> 00:46:03,706
Speaker 1: he this bruising you know back who can do it

1001
00:46:03,786 --> 00:46:06,386
Speaker 1: all run different schemes, but he's also starting to getting

1002
00:46:06,426 --> 00:46:08,866
Speaker 1: all in the past games. So I mean it's kind

1003
00:46:08,906 --> 00:46:11,226
Speaker 1: of like Gamar Jackson situation where it feels like every

1004
00:46:11,226 --> 00:46:14,786
Speaker 1: single game will maybe not ringing our Jackson recently, but

1005
00:46:15,066 --> 00:46:16,906
Speaker 1: the situation he had early in the season, where it's

1006
00:46:16,946 --> 00:46:19,666
Speaker 1: like this man is making more money every single time

1007
00:46:19,706 --> 00:46:22,346
Speaker 1: he touches the field because his performance has just been great.

1008
00:46:22,786 --> 00:46:24,986
Speaker 1: And like I said, we're starting to see more of

1009
00:46:25,066 --> 00:46:27,626
Speaker 1: his versatility as well, which is exciting but might be

1010
00:46:27,666 --> 00:46:29,946
Speaker 1: tough for the Raiders. They want to bring him back. Yeah,

1011
00:46:29,986 --> 00:46:32,106
Speaker 1: they drafted the kid White out of Georgia, and I

1012
00:46:32,106 --> 00:46:34,426
Speaker 1: thought by now he would be the one. He's him

1013
00:46:34,426 --> 00:46:36,346
Speaker 1: and Cook we're in the backfield for those Bulldogs and

1014
00:46:36,386 --> 00:46:38,466
Speaker 1: you're like, all right, well, they drafted this guy, He's

1015
00:46:38,466 --> 00:46:40,346
Speaker 1: gonna play, and Jacobs is kind of gonna be like

1016
00:46:40,346 --> 00:46:42,426
Speaker 1: the Melvin Gordon to the Javante Williams. It's been just

1017
00:46:42,506 --> 00:46:46,026
Speaker 1: the opposite. Uh, it has been all Josh Jacobs. Take

1018
00:46:46,066 --> 00:46:48,146
Speaker 1: us within the numbers, take us a little deeper, empty

1019
00:46:48,186 --> 00:46:51,426
Speaker 1: the bag. Josh Jacobs two and especially this past week.

1020
00:46:52,146 --> 00:46:55,626
Speaker 1: This past week, interestingly, he actually had the fastest speed

1021
00:46:55,666 --> 00:46:59,066
Speaker 1: for a ball carrier on his final touchdown running overtime.

1022
00:46:59,106 --> 00:47:02,266
Speaker 1: And he's had his entire career, which is pretty nuts

1023
00:47:02,266 --> 00:47:04,626
Speaker 1: because I mean, it's he's a pretty fast guy, but

1024
00:47:04,786 --> 00:47:07,186
Speaker 1: you give him room. Clearly that guy's in twenty miles.

1025
00:47:08,106 --> 00:47:10,586
Speaker 1: And then he also had a career high and rushing

1026
00:47:10,626 --> 00:47:14,186
Speaker 1: yards over expected and receiving yards over expected by next

1027
00:47:14,186 --> 00:47:16,746
Speaker 1: Gen stats in his career in that game. So what

1028
00:47:16,786 --> 00:47:18,586
Speaker 1: does that mean? Take me through that. And I know

1029
00:47:18,626 --> 00:47:20,826
Speaker 1: there's a lot of next Gen stats, but over expected.

1030
00:47:20,906 --> 00:47:24,146
Speaker 1: So who someone based on past performances gives you, like

1031
00:47:24,466 --> 00:47:27,186
Speaker 1: what we expect from rushing yards and receiving yards. Is

1032
00:47:27,186 --> 00:47:29,546
Speaker 1: that what that is? Yes, sir. So with next Gen

1033
00:47:29,666 --> 00:47:31,426
Speaker 1: we got the players with the chips and the pads

1034
00:47:31,826 --> 00:47:34,306
Speaker 1: and that way we contract them their speed different things

1035
00:47:34,346 --> 00:47:37,026
Speaker 1: like that. So based on where different players are on

1036
00:47:37,066 --> 00:47:40,066
Speaker 1: the field of the situation that they're currently in and

1037
00:47:40,066 --> 00:47:42,786
Speaker 1: then comparing that to all these other different simulations based

1038
00:47:42,786 --> 00:47:44,866
Speaker 1: on what's happened in the past. It gives you an

1039
00:47:44,906 --> 00:47:47,146
Speaker 1: idea of Okay, you know, based on the space, seeing

1040
00:47:47,226 --> 00:47:49,906
Speaker 1: where players are around him, this player should gain x

1041
00:47:49,906 --> 00:47:52,746
Speaker 1: amount of yards on this catcher on this run, and

1042
00:47:52,786 --> 00:47:56,546
Speaker 1: by that metric, he just completely broke the system and

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00:47:56,586 --> 00:47:59,466
Speaker 1: just decided, Hey, I'm gonna set myself a little career

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00:47:59,466 --> 00:48:03,306
Speaker 1: records today. Yeah, he was awesome. Is it sustainable? And

1045
00:48:03,306 --> 00:48:05,746
Speaker 1: if you're the Raiders, are you actually considering bringing him back?

1046
00:48:05,786 --> 00:48:08,826
Speaker 1: He's playing that. Uh, it's tough because no one Dave

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00:48:08,946 --> 00:48:11,826
Speaker 1: Ziegler and all the Pat's guy So the Patriots are

1048
00:48:11,906 --> 00:48:14,026
Speaker 1: very strict with their numbers. You know, you can have

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00:48:14,066 --> 00:48:16,866
Speaker 1: the best year of your career. But really it's more

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00:48:16,906 --> 00:48:18,786
Speaker 1: of them looking into the future. While I do think

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00:48:18,786 --> 00:48:20,946
Speaker 1: that josh Jacobs can build on this, and I think

1052
00:48:20,946 --> 00:48:23,866
Speaker 1: that casiling maybe higher because like I said, again, it's

1053
00:48:23,906 --> 00:48:25,826
Speaker 1: the receiving elements of it. We all knew he was

1054
00:48:25,866 --> 00:48:28,226
Speaker 1: a great running back. Now he's really getting a chance

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00:48:28,226 --> 00:48:30,066
Speaker 1: to prove it. And as much as I know josh

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00:48:30,106 --> 00:48:32,386
Speaker 1: Ua Daniels likes is running backs, it's tough to see

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00:48:32,826 --> 00:48:34,986
Speaker 1: Dave Ziegler matching what I'm sure he's going to get

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Speaker 1: on the market, especially with all the fantastic free agent

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00:48:37,666 --> 00:48:40,226
Speaker 1: running backs we got coming this offseason. Can I can

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Speaker 1: I just take a moment to respect the Alabama Crimson

1061
00:48:43,226 --> 00:48:47,186
Speaker 1: Tide running back situation right now in the NFL. Derrick Henry,

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00:48:47,746 --> 00:48:50,946
Speaker 1: this guy, Josh Jacobs, and then you've got Brian Robinson

1063
00:48:51,226 --> 00:48:55,746
Speaker 1: with the Commanders, who's on August was shot and now

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00:48:56,226 --> 00:48:58,826
Speaker 1: you know, less than three months later, especially for a

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Speaker 1: hundred yards and is on a team that is red

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Speaker 1: hot with the Commanders and making extreme amazing fashion statements.

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Speaker 1: Let's not forget about that. What do you think of

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00:49:07,106 --> 00:49:10,426
Speaker 1: the big hat? You liked it? I was it reminded

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00:49:10,426 --> 00:49:12,386
Speaker 1: me of the UM I think you should leave sketch

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00:49:12,786 --> 00:49:15,146
Speaker 1: with Bryan's hat if you haven't seen it yet. I

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00:49:15,226 --> 00:49:17,106
Speaker 1: love that. You know that. I love that. You know

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Speaker 1: that was the first thing. Tim Robinson fantastic. Uh real quick,

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Speaker 1: before we let you go, I went on a good

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Speaker 1: two minutes soliloquy about my love for Jackson Deville, the

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Speaker 1: mascot for the Jaguars, and his attire during Sunday's game.

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Speaker 1: I am assuming you saw the American flag bikini and

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00:49:32,786 --> 00:49:35,706
Speaker 1: the rear shot as well. Your thoughts on Jackson Deville

1078
00:49:35,706 --> 00:49:38,186
Speaker 1: and what he brought to the to the Jaguars on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: I mean, another fashion statement. I have never in my

1080
00:49:40,706 --> 00:49:43,546
Speaker 1: life seeing a mascot with only the head, but I mean,

1081
00:49:43,586 --> 00:49:45,826
Speaker 1: he was making it work. It gets hot down there.

1082
00:49:46,226 --> 00:49:47,826
Speaker 1: You gotta do what you gotta do, and if you're

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00:49:47,826 --> 00:49:50,666
Speaker 1: gonna do it, you might as well represent country on

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00:49:50,786 --> 00:49:53,186
Speaker 1: your attire. So I thought he looked. I thought it

1085
00:49:53,226 --> 00:49:55,666
Speaker 1: was definitely an interesting choice. But what I'm hoping they

1086
00:49:55,746 --> 00:49:58,546
Speaker 1: bring back that was a that was a pretty sick look. Taylor.

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Speaker 1: That's why I want you on the podcast. I love

1088
00:50:00,746 --> 00:50:03,186
Speaker 1: the next gen stats and the winds above replacement, and

1089
00:50:03,186 --> 00:50:05,506
Speaker 1: you do an amazing job. It's why you are the

1090
00:50:05,506 --> 00:50:07,586
Speaker 1: guy who makes a smart her. But when you can

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00:50:07,586 --> 00:50:11,226
Speaker 1: talk about bikinis that have American flags in the same conversation,

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Speaker 1: that makes you truly, truly exemplary. Thank you for setting

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00:50:14,946 --> 00:50:17,266
Speaker 1: me up for it. Beautiful. All right, we'll talk to

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Speaker 1: you next week, Taylor. Thanks for making us smarter. Can't wait.

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Speaker 1: Thank you again. I'm gonna wrap this week's podcast here,

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00:50:22,746 --> 00:50:24,666
Speaker 1: and before we go, I just wanted to shout out

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00:50:25,266 --> 00:50:28,106
Speaker 1: two amazing games that are both in the four o'clock

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Speaker 1: window this Sunday. I gotta tell you, there's very few

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00:50:31,306 --> 00:50:34,426
Speaker 1: regular season games before Thanksgiving that I can really genuinely

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00:50:34,466 --> 00:50:37,506
Speaker 1: be so excited for once Thanksgiving hits and John Matten

1101
00:50:37,586 --> 00:50:40,506
Speaker 1: used to say this, that's when football really matters. And

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00:50:40,546 --> 00:50:43,426
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the schedule, I'm telling you, as much

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00:50:43,506 --> 00:50:45,746
Speaker 1: as we love the Chiefs in Buffalo, and I think

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00:50:45,786 --> 00:50:47,786
Speaker 1: like the Dolphins are a story and I still don't

1105
00:50:47,826 --> 00:50:50,746
Speaker 1: think they're getting their respect yet. They're playing the Niners

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00:50:50,786 --> 00:50:55,026
Speaker 1: on Sunday, and the interactions between these two teams are

1107
00:50:55,026 --> 00:50:58,146
Speaker 1: gonna be really interesting because Mike McDaniel coached for Kyle

1108
00:50:58,186 --> 00:51:01,746
Speaker 1: Shanahan and about ten different places before he got to Miami,

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00:51:01,826 --> 00:51:03,706
Speaker 1: and of course was with the Niners throughout this recent

1110
00:51:03,826 --> 00:51:06,266
Speaker 1: rise that they've had. But it's not just him. There's

1111
00:51:06,266 --> 00:51:09,946
Speaker 1: a out of Dolphins staff members Wes Welker, uh Embree,

1112
00:51:10,026 --> 00:51:12,066
Speaker 1: who's a tight ends coach. Then you've got the players,

1113
00:51:12,266 --> 00:51:14,946
Speaker 1: whether it be Jeff Wilson or Moster. There are so

1114
00:51:15,066 --> 00:51:17,146
Speaker 1: many common bonds between these two teams, and I think

1115
00:51:17,186 --> 00:51:23,266
Speaker 1: the Dolphins fashion themselves like Niners Southeast I'm not saying

1116
00:51:23,306 --> 00:51:26,066
Speaker 1: Super Bowl preview, but I'm not not saying Super Bowl preview.

1117
00:51:26,106 --> 00:51:28,746
Speaker 1: And while that game is going on on Fox, over

1118
00:51:28,826 --> 00:51:31,546
Speaker 1: on CBS, you have a rematch of last year's ANFC

1119
00:51:31,626 --> 00:51:34,826
Speaker 1: championship game, the suddenly red hot Bengals against the suddenly

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Speaker 1: red hot Chiefs. UM to have Bengals, Chiefs and Niners

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Speaker 1: Dolphins on at the same time as we go into

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Speaker 1: week thirteen. That's why we watch, It's why you stay

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Speaker 1: home on Sunday. I can't wait for it. It's gonna

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Speaker 1: be excellent. Uh, Aaron. I love going on the podcast

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Speaker 1: once a week with you, but I love our text

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00:51:51,946 --> 00:51:54,706
Speaker 1: throughout the week as well. UM. Looking forward to texting

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00:51:54,746 --> 00:51:58,266
Speaker 1: me throughout both of those games. UM are gonna be exciting.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait. This is a good weekend of games,

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Speaker 1: good weekend of games, and we're just getting started. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Many thanks to you, Aaron. Many thanks to the terrific

1131
00:52:06,466 --> 00:52:09,346
Speaker 1: Matt Rule. Say what you want about his NFL career.

1132
00:52:09,626 --> 00:52:11,346
Speaker 1: This guy can coach on the college level, and he

1133
00:52:11,426 --> 00:52:13,826
Speaker 1: came on and stood to the music and was pretty

1134
00:52:13,866 --> 00:52:15,706
Speaker 1: open and honest on our podcast. I'm pretty proud of

1135
00:52:15,706 --> 00:52:19,346
Speaker 1: that interview. Taylor Kyle's made a smarter talking about a

1136
00:52:19,426 --> 00:52:21,666
Speaker 1: little bit of Josh Jacobs, but also a little bit

1137
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Speaker 1: about Jackson Deville and his bikini. Um. Yeah, I love

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Speaker 1: doing this podcast on behalf of Aaron Jason English, who's

1139
00:52:28,306 --> 00:52:30,346
Speaker 1: here with us every week, The I Heart Team, the

1140
00:52:30,466 --> 00:52:34,626
Speaker 1: NFL Digital team, our music maestro Jack rudd Uh and

1141
00:52:34,706 --> 00:52:37,386
Speaker 1: everybody at the NFL network. Thanks for listening, guys, Tell

1142
00:52:37,386 --> 00:52:57,546
Speaker 1: your friends, subscribe and enjoy the games this weekend. The

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Speaker 1: Season with Peter Schrager is a production of the NFL

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00:53:00,786 --> 00:53:03,746
Speaker 1: and partnership with I Heart Radio. For more podcasts from

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Speaker 1: my Heart Radio, visit the i Heart Radio app app

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