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Speaker 1: win at Telscope once. This is the Cleveland Browns Preview Show.

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Here are your hosts, Kim Carmen

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Speaker 1: Getting new friends can coming alongside of Gerard Cherry. It

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Speaker 1: Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Gerard Evening, my friend, good evening, Kenneth.

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Speaker 1: Wonderful to speak to you, is always wonderful to see

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Speaker 1: your spot. Today, Gerard, we go around the league, and

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Speaker 1: first things first is the an f C North, the

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Speaker 1: Bengals Division, to win or lose. They are tied with

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Speaker 1: Baltimore right now for first place. All right now, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say to win. The reason why I'm saying that

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Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson leaving practice earlier. You have the collapse once

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Speaker 1: again in that defense. And granted it's Lamar Jackson's football team,

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Speaker 1: but they are missing the services a Wink Martindale. They

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Speaker 1: made a poor decision using him as a fall guy

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Speaker 1: for the Wolves of a defense that was so beat up,

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Speaker 1: like a team that was beat up, and they are

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Speaker 1: struggling because of it. He he's doing a great job

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Speaker 1: with the Giants, and I know, and it's what's terrible

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Speaker 1: for Wink Martindale, honestly is you see him on the

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Speaker 1: sideline and he is a he's a he's a different cat,

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Speaker 1: and everybody just goes, oh, that's Rex Ryan, and it's like, well,

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Speaker 1: he is a character. But most defensive coordinators, I mean,

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Speaker 1: you see got Buddy Ryan. A lot of defensive coordinators

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Speaker 1: are characters. And Rex Ryan was a character. It's like, hey,

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Speaker 1: just because he you know, he might be a little different,

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean that he's not a great football coach or

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Speaker 1: might be a possible head coaching candidate at some point there.

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Speaker 1: And I tell you, he's done a great job with

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Speaker 1: the Giants, and I totally agree with you. I think

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Speaker 1: they used him as a fall guy and he was

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Speaker 1: the wrong guy to use because things are just they

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Speaker 1: don't seem to be right. They do not seem to

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Speaker 1: be right over there in Baltimore right now. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's a football team that very well could be nine

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Speaker 1: and two, ten and one, and they have just let

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Speaker 1: these games get away with them late in the fourth quarter.

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Speaker 1: Up moving on, who's the best team in the NFC South.

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Speaker 1: We've seen everyone but in New Orleans. Who do you

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Speaker 1: think ultimately wins that division? Is still Tampa Bay Man.

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Speaker 1: I know everybody want to bury the I mean the

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Speaker 1: Browns when we want to play as our good football team,

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Speaker 1: key parts when we wanted to play And so for

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Speaker 1: them taking the ill to us does not surprise me

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Speaker 1: because again go back to the talent, but we have

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Speaker 1: learned this year what talent is not enough If it's

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Speaker 1: not matched with great effort, and that's consisting an effort.

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Speaker 1: So I'm gonna still say Tampa Bay is a team

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Speaker 1: to beat in that division. And I'll stick with that

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Speaker 1: because the simple fact that they are the best team

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Speaker 1: in that division when they want to play, I would agree.

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Speaker 1: I'll say Tampa Bay with you, um Man. The Falcons,

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Speaker 1: they were right there. They let that game get away

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Speaker 1: from them on Sunday. I mean they would have been tied.

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Speaker 1: They would have been tied in the South and sounds

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Speaker 1: not great. And I think about the Panthers their a

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Speaker 1: game out, Well, it is what it is, what it is,

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Speaker 1: their game out. Yeah, I mean there's people who want

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Speaker 1: to do away with the divisions. Would you want to

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Speaker 1: ever do away with their divisions? You're a traditionalist, I'm

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Speaker 1: I'm not opposed to it because anyway you go, you're

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Speaker 1: gonna get a good I mean, that's the game, and

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Speaker 1: the brand of football being played is great. It's just

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Speaker 1: I like that. I like what from a parody standpoint,

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Speaker 1: what the division does because you have a situations. For man,

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Speaker 1: I dominate my division. I'm in the playoffs, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean, I can't win outside of it. But

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Speaker 1: at least I dominate my division, and there's a couple

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Speaker 1: of good teams that are still over in the division

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Speaker 1: right now. And if that means I'd be I'd be

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Speaker 1: opposed it because you need to play Cincinnati every year,

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Speaker 1: you need to play the Ravens every year, and you

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Speaker 1: also need to play the Steelers every year. So you

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Speaker 1: might as well keep it in our case because that's

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Speaker 1: that's just rivalry that you don't want to get rid of. Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: Dallas or the New York Giants. Where does oo b

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Speaker 1: j end up? Dallas has to be Dallas, better conditions

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Speaker 1: won't be as harsh on a guy that's coming back

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Speaker 1: from an injury playing those confines. It has to be Dallas.

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Speaker 1: They're all uh, they're all synthetic turf, so I mean

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Speaker 1: that would have no difference in it. So I'm talking

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Speaker 1: about the indoor, braceless outdoor. Would you rather be twenty

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Speaker 1: thirty degree weather or seven times? He's not going to Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's not, he's not. I'd be shocked. I

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Speaker 1: would be flabbery, and he's going to Buffalo and knowing

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Speaker 1: what we know now, I mean we eat, we even

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Speaker 1: knew then, but we're not gonna say that here. No,

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Speaker 1: he ain't going to Buffalo. No, it ain't happening. I

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Speaker 1: see him going to Dallas. I agree with you. Jerry

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Speaker 1: Jones is enamored. And uh, I think he'll probably end

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Speaker 1: up a Dallas cowboy, and and and he'd be playing

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Speaker 1: with a very still a very good quarterback and Dak

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Speaker 1: Prescott and a really good shot right there in the

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Speaker 1: NFC East as well. Can the Jets go back to

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Speaker 1: Zach Wilson this season outside of being an injury replacement? Uh?

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Speaker 1: Outside of that? No, And you pretty much have drawing

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Speaker 1: a line now. Granted Sala has well, you know, we

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Speaker 1: do work on and put on getting back in there.

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Speaker 1: But that was weak. I mean saying that. I mean,

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Speaker 1: but don't say it because if I'm in the locker room,

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Speaker 1: I'm impressed by the fact you benched him. Keep that

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Speaker 1: healthy morale and grant you don't want to be about

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Speaker 1: one guy being a fall. Guys, we just talked about

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Speaker 1: a wink police. In winks case, there was no merit

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Speaker 1: to it. In Wilson's case, there is mayor because one

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Speaker 1: you're acting like you're a petulant child. You messed up,

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Speaker 1: say it and guys respect that. I'll say this, I'm

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Speaker 1: not too sure about the Jets. I like Mike White.

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Speaker 1: I do like him as a quarterback. The only thing

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Speaker 1: is is that I still got to see, all right,

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Speaker 1: what's what's the true Jets right now? Because I think

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Speaker 1: he's a pretty decent quarterback. But you were playing the Bears,

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Speaker 1: and the Bears aren't that great anyway, and then they

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Speaker 1: had no justin fields, and then Trevor Simeon got hurt,

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Speaker 1: and then he wasn't hurt or who knows what was

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Speaker 1: going on. So I mean, the Bears were still playing

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Speaker 1: with an arm tied behind their back, and they're not

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Speaker 1: very great to begin with. So I was thinking, Man, Okay,

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Speaker 1: the Jets are well coached. There are a better football

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Speaker 1: team than we give them credit for. Very talented. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: good young football team. The Browns should have beat him,

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Speaker 1: You're right, And I wonder about that, by the way, too.

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Speaker 1: You know, we talked about the difference between one and

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Speaker 1: one and oh and two and that type of thing, like,

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Speaker 1: what would they came in oh and one in that

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Speaker 1: football game? What would have happened? What would have happened

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Speaker 1: to the New York Jets if they start off O

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Speaker 1: and two. If the Brons win that game like they

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Speaker 1: like two thousand, three hundred or whatever the game the

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Speaker 1: name the number was of games that was there beforehand.

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Speaker 1: I often wonder that about the Jets. Robert Salo is

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Speaker 1: doing a great job that game. More reason believe what

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Speaker 1: he says, right, I mean, players, when a coach is

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Speaker 1: leading you to success, and what he says actually is

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Speaker 1: playing itself out and you see it and and it's

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Speaker 1: manifesting that gives him credit in the locker room, and

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Speaker 1: guy's gonna follow him. They lose that game slowly, but

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Speaker 1: surely Guy's gonna start tuning you out. And that was

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Speaker 1: a huge help to like man, coaches, Right, we are capable,

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Speaker 1: we can do this. Did you see what we just

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Speaker 1: did to the Browns? A game like? Yeah, you win

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Speaker 1: a game like that, guys are gonna play for you

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Speaker 1: in the fourth believe you, and the coach talks. People, listen,

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Speaker 1: who should have the biggest buyers bigger buyer's remorse right now?

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Speaker 1: The Broncos for giving Russell Wilson, don't answer yet. The

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Speaker 1: Broncos for giving Russell Wilson the contract or, the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: for extending Kyler Murray. Oh my gosh, this is an

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Speaker 1: incredible question because they're like equal. But I I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: actually go with because on one hand, you have arrogance

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Speaker 1: and elitism. You have arrogance and elitism. We got arrogance

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Speaker 1: and elitiism working, and then you got just flat out

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Speaker 1: me guys self centered. Which one is more Detrimentroncos? No, Actually,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with the with the I'm gonna go

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Speaker 1: with the Cardinals they bought damaged goods because now, obviously

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Speaker 1: here's the thing with the Cardinals. The Cardinals have a

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Speaker 1: head coach, a g M, and a quarterback all tied

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Speaker 1: to the hip and had the same agent. Well, but

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Speaker 1: that's gonna be harder remedy that situation or the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: But Gerard, we're talking just about the quarterback. So I mean,

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Speaker 1: I get that all factors in, that's fair fine, But

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Speaker 1: I mean, if we're just talking about quarterbacks, I'm just

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Speaker 1: going by quarterbacks. Remember Brady Quinn, And Brady Quinn wasn't

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Speaker 1: say he wasn't comparing himself to Russell Wilson. But Brady

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Speaker 1: Quinn had that same injury here in Cleveland that Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson had and he said he was never able to

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Speaker 1: hold the football the same way. And you watch Russell

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Speaker 1: double clutch, and you watch some of those decisions being made,

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Speaker 1: and those players already don't trust them, and they're getting

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Speaker 1: texts from people. And I remember what you said before

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Speaker 1: the Browns game on Sunday. I knew that was from

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Speaker 1: the bottom of your heart. That means that you've been

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Speaker 1: talking to people. I thought for sure Richard Sherman was

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Speaker 1: just talking like you for a second. My goodness, gracious,

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Speaker 1: and I I look at I go, hey, I I

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Speaker 1: know that the story came out. Sierra had a birthday

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Speaker 1: party for us, and like half the team showed up,

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Speaker 1: and okay, well they're grown men. Do I have to

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Speaker 1: go to a birthday party for every single one of

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Speaker 1: my co workers? Yeah? I have to. Yes, it's a

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Speaker 1: Monday or Tuesday, and nobody Monday night, Monday night, Rust

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Speaker 1: Wilson with a superstar wife is thorn a birthday party

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Speaker 1: and no one decides to show up. That speaks volumes,

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Speaker 1: that's some bow Callahan type stuff. That's I was about

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Speaker 1: to say, that's that's frat day. I'm us point now,

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Speaker 1: I might drop off if I got other things to do.

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Speaker 1: If I'm a family man or something like that, I

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Speaker 1: might have it. I might have other things I need

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Speaker 1: to do do. I really need to sit there, and

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Speaker 1: I don't know what a Russell Wilson birthday party is

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Speaker 1: gonna be. Like great food, You gonna do anything? No,

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna get any of that. Russell Wilson is

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Speaker 1: gonna give you hot dogs, and you guys are gonna

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Speaker 1: serve pin the tail and play pin the tail on

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Speaker 1: the donkey. You know it and I know it. He's

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Speaker 1: a bit weird to have a birthday party. But Conner's

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Speaker 1: even nod in his head. Yes he knows it's true.

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Speaker 1: But I'm still gonna go with Russell's issue can be

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Speaker 1: remedy quicker than Kylier's, I think, because Kyler seems to

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Speaker 1: be one of immaturity and Russell's is okay. I need

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Speaker 1: to wake up and realize that my stuff do stink

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Speaker 1: if if I don't see it now, when will I

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Speaker 1: see it? Which coach will be more successful than New

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Speaker 1: School Real Quick? Matt Role in Nebraska, Luke Fickle at Wisconsin. Oh,

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Speaker 1: that's a hell of a question. I'm gonna Wisconsin. I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say Luke Figle Wisconsin simply well, of course, because

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Speaker 1: he's familiar with the whole landscape now caused football ruled

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Speaker 1: and have to go through the n I L piece

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Speaker 1: and explaining that now, granted he was a major success

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Speaker 1: of Baylor, but he doesn't looke. And on top of that,

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Speaker 1: where is Nebraska getting players from California? Players don't go there?

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Speaker 1: No more. Texas players don't really go there, no more so.

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Speaker 1: But Wisconsin can get guys from Ohio because Luke has

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Speaker 1: relationships and the words of Bobby Night, they still parked

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Speaker 1: at angle In in Lincoln, Nebraska. That's funny. That's an

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Speaker 1: old start. It's an old man joke right there. Your

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Speaker 1: daddy's will tell you that one Gerard knows it drownyere

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Speaker 1: old enough to know anyway, Brown's fans be sure to

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Speaker 1: back at the win over Tampa Bay and preview what's

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Speaker 1: Sunday at one and on the call, Well, g Rodde

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Speaker 1: Cherry will be on the sideline, but on the call

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Speaker 1: on the booth Jim Donovan, and he joins us right now. Jim,

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining us tonight, Hi guys, goood to be

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Speaker 1: with you. Jim, first, thanks for your thoughts on that

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Speaker 1: big win over Tom Brady and Tampa Bay. You know,

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Speaker 1: I thought it was absolutely thrilling. It really was, and

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Speaker 1: it came at a very very good time because I

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Speaker 1: think everybody's chin was kind of scraping on the ground,

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Speaker 1: whether you were a fan of the Browns or a

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Speaker 1: Bronze player, because things had really deteriorated. And I thought

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Speaker 1: that the script, um, you know, throughout the afternoon on

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Speaker 1: Sunday was following that same pattern of early score, then

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Speaker 1: offense goes silent. But there was a little bit of

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Speaker 1: a difference here, maybe a big difference, and the defense

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Speaker 1: was playing so well and I kept them in the game,

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Speaker 1: and then finally that thrilling end. I mean, it really was.

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Speaker 1: And I would really really happy for Jacoby Brissette for

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Speaker 1: the way he played on Sunday, but really in total,

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Speaker 1: for the way he played and the way he carried

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Speaker 1: himself in the eleven games that he was the Browns

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Speaker 1: starting quarterback. It was a job well done, and Jim,

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Speaker 1: I think about the call that you and Nathan they

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Speaker 1: describing what took place with David and Joe cou and

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Speaker 1: a throw from Jacoby Pricette. Take us through the and

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Speaker 1: what were your thoughts that you were watching the play developed. Well,

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Speaker 1: of course it was fourth down and you know, you

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Speaker 1: right down to it, and um, you're you're saying to yourself,

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Speaker 1: you know, this is it. It's one play here, and um,

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00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,960
Speaker 1: it was so great when Chub got them down on

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Speaker 1: that big run to get them down in that position,

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Speaker 1: you know, to get to get first down near the

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Speaker 1: twelve yard line. But then the first three place really

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Speaker 1: didn't net much and so now you're down to it. Um,

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Speaker 1: when he fired the ball over the middle. Um, and

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Speaker 1: then Joker went up, it was just unbelievable. But to

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Speaker 1: give you the God's honest truth, I was it happened

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Speaker 1: so fast. Uh, and you want to get the call right?

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Speaker 1: I said to myself, Oh my god, that isn't Joker,

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Speaker 1: isn't it. But I rememberize uniforms and how guys wear

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Speaker 1: their uniform David wears a white towel off his belt,

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Speaker 1: and so when he went up in the air, UM,

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Speaker 1: I kind of locked in on that white towel and

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Speaker 1: realized it was him. So it was just an amazing catch,

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Speaker 1: you really was. Jim Donovan joining us here on the

706
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 1: show was a great catch and a great finish to

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Speaker 1: the football game. We look ahead to Houston and with

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson taking over, Now, what do you expect from him,

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Speaker 1: Jim in this first game and then over the next

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Speaker 1: five Well, Ken, I think that, uh. I First of all,

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Speaker 1: I think that there's a great level of excitement with

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Speaker 1: the Bronze players. And that's no slight on Jacoby Brissette

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Speaker 1: at all or the way he played, But I think

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Speaker 1: there was a natural excitement and I think it's been

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Speaker 1: building because, after all, Deshaun has been practicing the last

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks and kind of getting his share of

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Speaker 1: reps at practice, and I think the players, and this

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Speaker 1: goes back to even in the spring when he was

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Speaker 1: getting so many reps and even in early part of

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Speaker 1: training camp, they were excited about the possibilities for them

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Speaker 1: and for the entire offense and thus the entire team

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Speaker 1: because of the dynamic ability he has to make plays. Now,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if we're gonna see that in full

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Speaker 1: force and in full array on Sunday because of the autum,

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Speaker 1: you know, the tremendous amount of time that's gone by

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Speaker 1: since he since he last played. But I think we

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Speaker 1: probably will see glimpses of it um. And the other

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Speaker 1: interesting thing will be how Kevin Stefanski and UH and

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Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson kind of marry each other's knowledge of the

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Speaker 1: offense and what they can do and what Stefanski can

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Speaker 1: call with the ability of Deshaun Watson. I think that's

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Speaker 1: gonna be fascinating as this thing plays out over these

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Speaker 1: last six weeks and it all begins on Sunday, But

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Speaker 1: I think everybody is really excited to see this finally

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Speaker 1: out on the field and not under a restriction like

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Speaker 1: it was in August and Uh that that preseason game

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Speaker 1: down in Jacksonville where he was only gonna play steven

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Speaker 1: or eight snops. I mean, this is full go now,

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Speaker 1: and Jim, I'm all reckon it saying I think the

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Speaker 1: first past will be similar what you saw against the

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jaguars. Something easy, something managuable, a confidence building route.

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Speaker 1: Would you be shocked as surprise about the gate? Kevin

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Speaker 1: Stefanski was like, let's go hit a home run. No,

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised at all. I really wouldn't that.

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Speaker 1: I can remember that first play down at Jacksonville, and

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Speaker 1: I look back on that pledge your ride, and I

747
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: think I've mentioned it to you a couple of times.

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Speaker 1: If if that ball, if he had only you know,

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Speaker 1: connected on that pass, you know, his night obviously, I

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Speaker 1: think might have gone a little bit smoother because it

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00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,399
Speaker 1: all fell apart after that. I mean they lost their

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Speaker 1: center on the next play. You know, there were there

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Speaker 1: was a false start, and you know it was really messy. Um.

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Speaker 1: But no, I wouldn't be surprised at all. UM, I

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Speaker 1: really wouldn't. Um, you know, let him, let him do it,

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Speaker 1: and let's see what we can do. You know, let's

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00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 1: send the Marie Cooper out there and see if they

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00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: can get that uh that combination working right away. UM.

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Speaker 1: I just really think, you Rode, that's gonna be really

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Speaker 1: enticing for Kevin Stefanski to really work with Deshaun Watson's

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Speaker 1: abilities and his talents and incorporate that into his offense.

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Speaker 1: It's just gonna be fun to watch Jim looking at

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Speaker 1: what the defense has done last week. I know that

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Speaker 1: it's been up and down and There's been a lot

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Speaker 1: of volleys there too. But you know, we had m

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Speaker 1: j Emerson on earlier. How impressive is he been to

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Speaker 1: you in this rookie campaign of his. You know, I

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Speaker 1: have to tell you Ken that game that he played

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Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Buccaneers. UM. You know, I can

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00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:28,560
Speaker 1: never remember UH Brown's defensive back having that much business

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Speaker 1: during an afternoon against that kind of talent, with that

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Speaker 1: great talent of the quarterback, you know, going after him

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Speaker 1: throughout the day and how he responded. I've never seen

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Speaker 1: a quarterback do that for the bulk of the game

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Speaker 1: like he did. I might go back to like a

776
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Speaker 1: big game one time Frank Middifield of the famous Diton

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Speaker 1: and Minnifield. Brown's quarterbacks had a great game one time

778
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Speaker 1: in a big game against the Houston Oilers during the

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00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: Love You Blue years down there in Houston, Uh And

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00:38:57,120 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 1: he made some great plays. But boy, I've been in

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00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,439
Speaker 1: with m j Emerson since that opening night in Jacksonville

782
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Speaker 1: when he stole the ball on an interception and took

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Speaker 1: it for a pick six, and I I just think

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Speaker 1: he he is really becoming a tremendous talent at quarterback.

785
00:39:15,360 --> 00:39:18,480
Speaker 1: UM and it really makes That pick of MJ in

786
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,359
Speaker 1: the third round looked like one of the best picks

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Speaker 1: Andrew Berry's made. Jim, we can't thank you enough for

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Speaker 1: the time. All the very best to you, and we'll

789
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Speaker 1: talk to you on Sunday morning. We will thanks a lot, guys.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. Jim Donovan, the voice of your Cleveland Browns,

791
00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 1: joining us on the hotline, getting you so for the

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Speaker 1: Browns and Texans coming up on Sunday afternoon. Coming up next,

793
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 1: we'll tell you what we're watching for and give you

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Speaker 1: a preview of the Kevin Stefanski Show coming up on

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Speaker 1: Thursday night. You're listening to the Cleveland Browns Preview Show

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00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:49,919
Speaker 1: on the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. When loser draw,

797
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: if you don't play the standard, there's corrections to be

798
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,279
Speaker 1: made and there's things to be done that are gonna

799
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 1: benefit the team, and we're all trying to work to

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Speaker 1: those goals. This is the Cleveland Browns Preview Show. You're

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00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 1: listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. Here

802
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: are your hosts, Kim, Karmen and Geron Cherry. Thursday Night,

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Speaker 1: it's the Kevin Stefanski show all along the University Hospitals Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: Brown's radio network coach and Brown's wide receiver, Anthony Schwartz,

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Speaker 1: joins the show. Gerald Anthony Schwartz at n rown touchdown.

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Speaker 1: What do you think of that? Back on Sunday? I

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Speaker 1: thought that was something lovely. I thought that was a

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Speaker 1: confidence builder for him to finally get got a chance

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Speaker 1: to flix his muscles and show you that speed and

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00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 1: improve it for one the first time we saw that

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Speaker 1: play being run and that he kept it outside and

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Speaker 1: got to the touchdown. So props to him. And he

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Speaker 1: also made a play on special teams and caught up

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Speaker 1: Pill to play within the course of the game. So

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Speaker 1: very impressed with him. His efforts have gone unnoticed, but

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Speaker 1: I saw it. I I talk well, you know, I

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00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: know he's had a very tough go of things, and

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Speaker 1: you're hoping that over the final six games. You know,

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Speaker 1: things can be looked at in a in a different light. Um,

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Speaker 1: but if you can get him involved on offense, especially

821
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Speaker 1: with DeShawn Watson coming in, you know, we'll see what

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Speaker 1: we can. I think that a lot of a lot

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Speaker 1: of players I don't want to look at as well.

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00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:09,480
Speaker 1: The Shawn's here and so now we'll take it seriously.

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00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,240
Speaker 1: It's not that, but it is a chance to maybe

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Speaker 1: wipe the slate clean a little bit depending on what

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Speaker 1: what you've done over the first eleven games. Is there

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Speaker 1: a chance you could say that, Gerarde and try to

829
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Speaker 1: put something down that's really good and get wins here

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00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: over the final six games. Heck yeah, that's the whole point.

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Speaker 1: You always want to finish strong. You heard me say

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00:41:29,080 --> 00:41:31,960
Speaker 1: this on multiple cages. They always remember your last four

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00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 1: and now the seventeen game season, they remember your last

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Speaker 1: five or maybe four and a half. You're right about that,

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00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,319
Speaker 1: all right? What are we looking for in this game

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Speaker 1: coming up on Sunday? You're looking forward to this flat

837
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Speaker 1: out dominated team that wants to be put out their misery.

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Speaker 1: Do not give them hope, Do not give them a

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Speaker 1: thought an idea that they can compete with you. You

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00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:52,440
Speaker 1: have to go there with the right mindset in intensity,

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00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 1: because if you don't, they're not going to quit. They

842
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:57,359
Speaker 1: will stick around, but you have to put them early

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00:41:57,440 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 1: and often, and it's gonna be a whole game. Because

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins were up thirty to nothing by half last week,

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Speaker 1: about a half time mark, they fought back and got

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Speaker 1: it to fifteen at thirty. Well they but I know,

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00:42:10,520 --> 00:42:15,359
Speaker 1: I mean, but they didn't. They didn't have to do

848
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Speaker 1: that because you say, you know what would cool the

849
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,680
Speaker 1: thirty to nothing? They don't have to try to score points.

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Speaker 1: You're right about that. Defensively, what are you thinking about

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Speaker 1: here against this Houston football team, Kyle Allen? It looks

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Speaker 1: the ball? Can we stop the ball? Damnian Pearce a

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Speaker 1: really good one, really really good one. So the Browns

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Speaker 1: will have a little bit of work cut out for him.

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Speaker 1: They should win this football game. It will be a

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Speaker 1: tight test as the Browns gets set to head on

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Speaker 1: be talking about it coming up on Sunday morning. You'll

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski show at seven o'clock on Thursday, Anthony Schwartz

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski will join the guys at seven o'clock Thursday,

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Speaker 1: and then at nine am. It all gets started on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: Browns Game Day, Gerade, Cherry and myself and love and

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Speaker 1: am Brown's Kickoff Show with myself, Andy Baskin and Thomas

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Speaker 1: Zigura and Gerard Cherry from n RG Stadium in Houston.

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Speaker 1: Big thanks as always to Executive producer Jason Gibbs, Technical

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Speaker 1: producer Meredith Kane, Associate producer Connor Lawrence. For Gerard Cherry,

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Speaker 1: I'm Ken Carmen. Thank you for listening to the University

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Speaker 1: Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network. You've been listening to the

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Browns Preview Show. Join us next week for more

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Speaker 1: behind the scenes Brown's News from Brea. We always look

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Speaker 1: at each game is how do we win this game?

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