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Speaker 2: The plant called and said, if you don't come in tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: This is the last word, The off Season Home of

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Speaker 1: the Colts with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 2: That's right, the last word, back Mayte. Appreciate your help

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Speaker 2: last weekend. Matt Taylor. I'm Jeffrey Gorman. The last word.

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Speaker 2: every moment more. Let's go over tonight's show. I like this, Maintelle,

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Speaker 2: all right, yes, Sara or Football and Entertainment based every

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Speaker 2: Friday evening, we're gonna discuss the NFL playoffs this cup

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Speaker 2: coming weekend. You're gonna have some fun handing out some

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Speaker 2: figurative hardware to some NFL excuse me, to some Colts

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Speaker 2: players for the performances in the NFL season of twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty three. And I like this. We're all gonna talk

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Speaker 2: about God who knows what with Brad Spielberger from Pro

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Speaker 2: Football Focus.

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Speaker 3: Smart fellas Savante as you call.

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Speaker 2: I like him. Brad Spielberger is an NFL sabam. We're

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Speaker 2: gonna play some games with them, hoping coming up. But first,

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Speaker 2: may te I just gotta say this, other than me

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Speaker 2: carrying the weight in the preseason, making you making you

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Speaker 2: look good as a sideline reporter for your radio calls, Buddy,

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Speaker 2: I again, I just tell you players, it's fun to

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Speaker 2: watch players get better and better each year. You you

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Speaker 2: know you've seen that and being around the NFL so long.

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Speaker 2: But play by play man, Maytey, I'm telling you you're

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Speaker 2: the top of the field in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: What you do.

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Speaker 2: I always tip my hat to you, but this year,

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Speaker 2: especially to watch what fans you love listening to this cat,

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Speaker 2: but if you watch behind the scenes of what goes

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Speaker 2: great job. You're the best in the business, brother, and

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Speaker 3: You go, may take mowing the ground.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, mowing the lawn. Give him the backslat and tell

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Speaker 2: the home yeah we've been here before, got a long offseason,

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Speaker 2: gonna get better for twenty twenty four, which brings us

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Speaker 2: to Obviously, this season did not end on the high

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Speaker 2: I know what we expected, but the Colts did accomplish

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Speaker 2: Shane Steichen on the nine to eight finish exceeded many

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Speaker 2: external expectations around the NFL from the experts. But let's

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Speaker 2: give out a little bit of hardware, all right, what

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Speaker 2: do you say we give out some atta boys and

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Speaker 2: backslaps to some players that did. Let's categorize it biggest jump,

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Speaker 2: Rookie of the Year, Offensive MVP, Defensive MVP, biggest hype

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Speaker 2: for next season. I like it, Mike Tay start right there.

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Speaker 2: The biggest jump? Which player or position group? Let's throw

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Speaker 2: that in there, player or position group took the biggest

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's got to be the offensive line, right,

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Speaker 3: We have the entire offseason to get into these types

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, also receiving votes defensive line record setting group as

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Speaker 3: And he primarily played that slot position. A lot of

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Speaker 2: More of, no question, And a record setting, you know,

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Speaker 2: absolutely rookie of the year. Tough one here. I'm interested

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Speaker 3: To offensive MVP? Well, when you talk about MVP, to me,

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Speaker 3: So again, the offensive MVP means you really just didn't

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Speaker 3: But Pittman is your middle of the field guy again,

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Speaker 2: Hey, we're gonna talk about him next year. Don't forget

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Speaker 2: I know where I'm going with this one. Go ahead,

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Speaker 3: I gotta tie? I know that's a I got two.

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Speaker 3: I got a tie between Zaire frank and DeForest Buckner.

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Speaker 3: I mean between those two guys, they only missed one

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Speaker 3: all of that stuff. But Buckner does so many things

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Speaker 3: Don't want to get too nerdy, but this solidifies how

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Speaker 3: Colts in twenty twenty, Buckner ranks second in tackles, third

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Speaker 3: so he's got at least seven sacks in each of

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Speaker 3: he is only one sack away. Jeffrey one sack away

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Speaker 2: And don't forget he's a good teacher too, good coach

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Speaker 2: as well. I'm talking about DeForest Buckner. DIOA. Danbo is

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Speaker 2: So absolutely I co sign on that one's I hear

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Speaker 2: you are amazing. Story continues to set records. Biggest hype

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Speaker 2: just gonna say this. You can't say Anthony Richardson, So

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Speaker 2: the easy, low hanging fruit. You're changing the rulers on me,

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Speaker 2: are you low hanging fruit? We all are expecting big

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Speaker 2: do you say, Maddie come on?

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Speaker 3: Well going along with Anthony Richardson In terms of hype,

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Speaker 3: I'm really excited to see, I guess, in terms of

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Speaker 3: Anthony Richardson. Right, the explosivity, the big plays, winning go routes,

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Speaker 3: winning deep overs or posts. That's what Alec Pierce is.

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Speaker 3: That's what he brings to this offense. And he had

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Speaker 3: moments last year, There's no doubt about it. But I

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Speaker 2: Let me throw this biggest hype the two corners us.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna talk a little bit about the defense of

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Speaker 2: the culture Brad Spielberger from Pro Football Focus. But young

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Speaker 3: To that at Darlas Flowers coming back next year as well.

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Speaker 2: Also true Mayte, I love giving out hardware like this,

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Speaker 2: but don't go anywhere. We come back. We're gonna put

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Speaker 2: preview this weekend's NFL Divisional playoff matchups. Brad Spielberger from

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Speaker 2: Pro Football Focus is coming up next. This is the

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Speaker 2: make every moment more time. Now to say hi to

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Speaker 2: Brad Spielberger, NFL and NFL salary cap analyst for Pro

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Speaker 2: Football Focus. Brad, how are you?

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Speaker 4: I'm doing great? How you doing?

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Speaker 2: Oh? Doing great? Hey? I just want to get into

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, look, there are obviously no moral victories,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that's one of the easier answers across

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Speaker 4: I think, so, you know, I do think a franchise

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Speaker 3: It's Brad Spielberger, NFL NFL Salary Cap analyst's pro football

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Speaker 3: focus with us here tonight on the last Word, Jeffrey Gorman,

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Speaker 3: I'm Matt Taylor ninety three five and one oh seven

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Speaker 3: five the fan. All right, let's go to the playoffs, Brad.

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Speaker 3: Great weekend. This is one of the best sports weekends

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Speaker 4: It is a great play I think they're all gonna

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Speaker 4: There's just a lot of storylines, there are a lot

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Speaker 2: Come on, Brad, go back, be honest with us. Whould

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Speaker 2: you like coming out?

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Speaker 3: Last year?

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Speaker 2: Had a bevy of quarterbacks in the top the NFL draft.

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Speaker 4: He was my number one. Yeah, I guess so, I

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Speaker 2: Brad Follam, I'm just giving me some good news. Packers

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Speaker 3: Pro Football Focus. Here on the last words and I

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Speaker 3: final one from me, Brad. Jeffrey and I have this

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Speaker 3: friendly wager and the loser has to buy lunch a right,

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Speaker 4: So I do think the Ravens are the best team

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Speaker 4: They match up so well on both sides of the ball.

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Speaker 2: That's Bailberger, appreciate it. That's nice. That's the way to roll.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with the same thing. Brad Speilberger, NFL

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Speaker 2: I ask if there's any player on a roster in

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Speaker 3: So absolutely he does. I'm gonna answer that question for you, Brad.

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Speaker 2: The answer is hell, yeah, Well, then I'm playing a

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Speaker 4: I want to put myself on the spot because I'm

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Speaker 4: sure you bring up when I get it wrong. I

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Speaker 4: do think I'm probably in the nine nine percentile of

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Speaker 4: that trivia style game where I think I could prob

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Speaker 4: I really do. And now that I said that, I

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Speaker 4: know I'm gonna get the first one.

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Speaker 2: We we got a long offseason. I'm gonna put something

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Speaker 2: together for charity. It's like beat Spielberger. Yeah, Spielberg.

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Speaker 3: It's like a fourth round draft pick or NASCAR driver.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, the NFL crossover grid. I got tired of doing them.

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Speaker 4: It just wasn't really a challenge. We'll have fun with it.

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Speaker 2: Incredible. Love to have smart people on this show that

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Speaker 2: make me and you look even smarter. Matt, Hey, appreciate

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Speaker 2: the time.

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Speaker 3: Brad.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna talk to you the offseason. We're gonna play

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Speaker 2: some trivia with you as well, and get ready for

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Speaker 2: the twenty twenty four seasons. So appreciate the time. Man.

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Speaker 4: Thank you guys so much. Sounds great.

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Speaker 2: Hey, we all get smarter when Brad comes around. When

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Speaker 2: we come back, we're gonna give you the form Credit

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Speaker 2: Union question of the week regarding some of the remaining

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Speaker 2: playoff teams looking to make some history. This weekend, we're

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Speaker 2: also going to talk some NFL playoffs and debate if

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Speaker 2: NFL games on Peacock are here to stay. Matt Taylor

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Speaker 2: is not happy about Peacock. Maybe you can steam a little. Hey,

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Speaker 2: I'm serious. You've been t and off on these guys

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Speaker 2: with JMB as well.

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Speaker 3: I get it.

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Speaker 2: Hey, let's talk about it after this. This is the

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Speaker 2: last word. Ninety three to five one, seven five the Fan.

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Speaker 1: We now return to the offseason home of the Colts,

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Speaker 1: but last Word with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor from

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Speaker 1: the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio Studio.

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Speaker 2: That's right, We're brought to you by our friends at

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Speaker 2: I'm now for the Forum Credit Union Question of the Week.

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Speaker 2: Three of the eight remaining teams in the NFL playoffs

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Speaker 2: have never won a Super Bowl. This is gonna be

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Speaker 2: pretty easy, mayte, because if you've got diehard NFL fans,

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Speaker 2: which basically everyone is, you're gonna know that the Lions.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna give you the first one, one of the

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Speaker 2: three teams that are left, the Lions being born into

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Speaker 2: the Detroit area, may Tay, I know that for fact,

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Speaker 2: never won a Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: Yep, I think I know this. The Bills, oh gosh.

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Speaker 3: And then the other one that's still alive that has

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Speaker 3: never played in a Super Bowl. That would be your

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Speaker 3: Houston Texans.

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Speaker 2: That's right, And we can also go back to the

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Speaker 2: oiler days when those guys are there never won a

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: Here's a fun fact for you. You talked about the Lions,

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Speaker 3: The Bills have never won a Super Bowl. Sure, the

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Speaker 3: Lions have never played in a Super Bowl. And you

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Speaker 3: can say the same thing about the Texans. The Texan

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Speaker 3: Jeffrey have never appeared in an AFC championship game. Really yeah, well,

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Speaker 3: they've only been around since two thousand and two. But

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Speaker 3: if they win coming up this weekend, it'll be the

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Speaker 3: first appearance for them in an AFC Championship game.

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Speaker 2: And everybody, including myself of course, we all picked the

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Speaker 2: Texans to win the AFC South this year. Right, A

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Speaker 2: lot of people around here be throwing up no way,

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Speaker 2: but hey, tip of the hat to them. Visit the

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Speaker 2: forum credit Union fan forum section of coats dot com

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Speaker 2: interact with other fans online. You can post a topic,

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Speaker 2: participate in various discussions regarding your colts. Forum credit Union

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Speaker 2: helping members live their financial dreams. May tey, I know

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Speaker 2: we got a bet going on this thing. As far

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Speaker 2: as I got the field, you got the Ravens, we

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Speaker 2: got some things. Any playoff takeaway so far that interest.

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Speaker 3: You talk with Brad. I mean every team or every division,

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Speaker 3: i should say, is represented outside of the NFC East,

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Speaker 3: which had two of the best teams going into the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: The Cowboys and Eagles both acted, So that's interesting. The

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Speaker 3: average margin of victory and the wildcard round was seventeen points.

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Speaker 3: That was kind of yuck. They had really one, say that,

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Speaker 3: one good game. The average margin of victory in the

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Speaker 3: wild card round seventeen points. Three score games, which is

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Speaker 3: the antithesis of what the NFL regular season is. Right,

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Speaker 3: We'll have all of these. Yeah, you have fourth quarter

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Speaker 3: games that come down to the final four minutes. All

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Speaker 3: of that stuff. We know about Patrick Mahomes. Hes gonna

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Speaker 3: be playing his first playoff road game this Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Shocking fifteen times, right.

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Speaker 3: The Chiefs are gonna be looking to eliminate the Bills

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Speaker 3: for the third time in the last four years in

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Speaker 3: the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: Mahomes has never played a game on the road in

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Speaker 2: the playoffs. They've always been at home or in the

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Speaker 2: Super Bowl, and shockings amazing. Anyway, Hey, we're gonna find

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Speaker 2: out what happens. Now listen to this. Last Saturday night's

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Speaker 2: first number streamed NFL playoff game between the Dolphins and

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Speaker 2: Chiefs became the most streamed event in US history, with

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Speaker 2: twenty three million viewers. May tay, we talk about this

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Speaker 2: off air a lot, and you guys that listened to

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Speaker 2: ninety three five one oh seventy five know that JMV

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Speaker 2: hates it as Peacock as well. But all they're doing

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Speaker 2: is there's an opportunity to grab some extra dollars and say, hey,

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Speaker 2: we got a playoff here, a big platter of pasta

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Speaker 2: and shrimp. Go ahead and eat it. It's only nine

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Speaker 2: to ninety nine.

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Speaker 3: Well, the NFL got exactly what they wanted from Peacock,

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Speaker 3: and so did NBC, who owns Peacock, Right, The NFL

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Speaker 3: got a very good ratings number that's comparable to a

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Speaker 3: Saturday night playoff game audience if it were on TV,

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Speaker 3: and NBC got millions of new subscribers to Peacock that

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Speaker 3: came for football that are gonna stay for the rest

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Speaker 3: of this streaming library. That's by all accounts pretty good.

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Speaker 3: So you're gonna see this. It's here to stay. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I don't know if the NFL wants to put more

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Speaker 3: than one playoff game on Peacock, but you're gonna see

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Speaker 3: at least one because of everything that we just described.

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Speaker 3: They can't remove too many games from over the AIRTV

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Speaker 3: because they know that over the AIRTV is a bigger

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Speaker 3: audience and it's basically a three hour infomercial for the sport.

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Speaker 3: But listen, I know some people were freaking out because

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Speaker 3: they couldn't find the game. They don't know how to

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Speaker 3: download Peacock, they don't know smart TV is. So there's

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Speaker 3: gonna be some growing pains with this model, but it's

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Speaker 3: here to stay whether you like it or not. That's it,

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Speaker 3: and it's gonna be. It's it's going to become part

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Speaker 3: of your sports viewing language if.

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Speaker 2: You if you build it, they will come, and if

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Speaker 2: you build it, they will come and pay money. I mean,

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Speaker 2: that's how it works in the NFL. No doubt, it

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Speaker 2: is the biggest dog on the block. Don't forget Texans

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Speaker 2: at the Ravens, Packers at forty nine, Ers, Bucks at Lions,

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Speaker 2: and Chiefs that bills the NFL playoffs, we love them.

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Speaker 2: We got some stories to go over this offseason. May Taye. So,

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Speaker 2: like I said, Sports and Entertainment, you ready.

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Speaker 3: I'm ready. It's gonna be a long offseason. Unfortunately, we

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Speaker 3: were all not ready for it to get here so fast,

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Speaker 3: but we fill in the gaps by doing our best

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Speaker 3: on the.

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Speaker 2: Show all Right. Next Friday, same time, saying channel don't

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Speaker 2: forget coming up here next, Pacer coverage begins nine thirty pm,

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Speaker 2: Pacers taking on Sam Bouie and Melvin Turblett importantly to

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Speaker 2: see if they can get one on the Twin Tower

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Speaker 2: set right here on ninety three five Game to the

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Speaker 2: N oneh the fantast