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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL Podcast. I Love you, Bro. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to another edition of the Around the NFL Podcast, presented

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Speaker 1: by Intuit Quick Books, official sponsor of the NFL. My

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Speaker 1: name is Dan Hansis, and I am joined in a

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Speaker 1: city filled with heroes, Mark cesslor Chris Wesley, if Ig Rosenthal.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, what is up? Boys? This is? This is?

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Speaker 1: This is different territory for uh well, I was gonna

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Speaker 1: say for the podcast, but then let me just I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna pull that back, go above the tree tops and

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Speaker 1: say human civilization, at least in modern culture. So here

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Speaker 1: we are. Well, I think we should explain where we are.

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Speaker 1: We're in five different houses, littered across the Los Angeles

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Speaker 1: area on some Google hangout. The Erica tamposting did a

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Speaker 1: great job setting up. Great job, Ricky. Yes we are.

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Speaker 1: We are littered across the south Land and per the

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Speaker 1: rules of our company, the National Football League. And really,

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Speaker 1: you know, as everyone knows, across the this country and

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Speaker 1: across the world, a lot of people now are not

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Speaker 1: able to work from their office. We are no exception,

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Speaker 1: at least for today. Um. That might change next week,

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Speaker 1: in fact it probably will, But for today we are

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Speaker 1: going this route and who knows, depending on where things

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Speaker 1: go with this coronavirus pandemic. Uh, this could be a

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Speaker 1: regular way that we stay in communication until we the

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Speaker 1: show goes from five people to four three two, and

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Speaker 1: then me just me as the host. I'd be cool.

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Speaker 1: Oh I'm alive, by the way, I just want everybody

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Speaker 1: to know I'm okay. I it was a medium See

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Speaker 1: it was an accurate description it um wait medium C

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Speaker 1: is the coronavirus? Oh? Is that what that was decided? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you had the little sea maybe like the medium rare sea.

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Speaker 1: I don't. I had strep throat and I am back

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Speaker 1: to now and it is a weird time also weird

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Speaker 1: week to get sick. But I was never concerned that

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Speaker 1: I had anything associated with this coronavirus, thankfully. And how

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Speaker 1: are you guys doing? What's going on? I mean, arguably

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Speaker 1: you could have milked that for much much more, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, company wide and probably at this point listener

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Speaker 1: wide sympathy. Were you just to say it's it's up

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Speaker 1: in the air. You can't get tested for corona. You

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Speaker 1: might need six or seven weeks away from the grind

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Speaker 1: to find out where your body is at that crossed

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Speaker 1: my mind actually yesterday that this was the ideal Sessler

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Speaker 1: scenario where I could have been like, it's a little Karna,

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Speaker 1: and then they'd like stay away, stay far away, and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden Mark is out for a year,

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Speaker 1: three years something like that. Well I've learned. Uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: I may have learned pretty quickly. I think this was, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, a distant fantasy of mine, some sort of

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Speaker 1: nation earth shaking uh you know issue. But now that

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Speaker 1: their school in our houses. Um utter chaos, Uh saved

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Speaker 1: for this hour that we're taking this. I'm not so

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Speaker 1: This is rough, It's this is rough. This one of

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Speaker 1: my big takeaways. Um As this is now coming into focus,

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Speaker 1: and you know, God willing its does not turn into

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Speaker 1: will still test marriages and family structure like nothing we've

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Speaker 1: seen before. That bottle of that bottle of Tito's over

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Speaker 1: Tito's released an official statement this week it does not

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Speaker 1: hand hand sanitizer. Good to know, Yeah, very true. How

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Speaker 1: you doing, by the way, very sexy, Ricky, I know

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Speaker 1: you do such a great job over on the social

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Speaker 1: behind him, some well worn books, including a autobiography on

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Speaker 1: We've You Bank the Great Jets Coach from Dr Z

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Speaker 1: That's good. And Greg, you are you're a guy who

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Speaker 1: right now, Dan, right here, right now, Jesus Jones, this

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Speaker 1: I don't know, it's take advantage of the positives of it,

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Speaker 1: So obviously, earlier in the week, the World Health Organization

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Speaker 1: And it's crazy what happened just from when you guys

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Speaker 1: for helping out to what happened a few hours later,

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Speaker 1: into the NFL implications of that all. But these last

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Speaker 1: things like this in the past. You know, after nine eleven,

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Speaker 1: good call, West And you know, like the other weird

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Speaker 1: good friend that's basically offline. I mean not totally, but

430
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Speaker 1: he's not on social media. I'm just saying it's a

431
00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:20,959
Speaker 1: nice it's a nice time to stay offline. I like,

432
00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,919
Speaker 1: I I'm very opposite to you guys. I whatever I

433
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:27,240
Speaker 1: read UM, whether it be on Reddit or Twitter or

434
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,639
Speaker 1: or wherever. I just simply believe and allow it to

435
00:24:30,720 --> 00:24:35,679
Speaker 1: form my thoughts and opinions. You know, like any city

436
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 1: at Los Angeles has very strong strong points and very

437
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 1: weak weak points. And I've sort of made my peace

438
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:45,240
Speaker 1: with the traffic and the shallowness of the people. But

439
00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:48,080
Speaker 1: a new problem I've I've had developed with Los Angeles

440
00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:51,160
Speaker 1: is sort of that anxiety where dances. It's a city

441
00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:53,480
Speaker 1: full of people who are away from their families for

442
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 1: the most part, so they move out here and you

443
00:24:56,720 --> 00:25:01,280
Speaker 1: don't get that normalizing influence, that love, the stasis of

444
00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:04,440
Speaker 1: having a family involved, and it's a bunch of weirdos

445
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:07,440
Speaker 1: who have no one else in their lives, so they're

446
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,560
Speaker 1: way more into themselves. I know it is. That's that's

447
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,760
Speaker 1: my mania with Los Angeles. Wess point. Los Angeles is

448
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,680
Speaker 1: a city as cliche as it is. It's true of dreamers,

449
00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,159
Speaker 1: the people that came from all across the country to

450
00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,479
Speaker 1: become successful, whether it's an entertainment or whatever. For us,

451
00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,600
Speaker 1: it was sports. And when you are when you quite

452
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,640
Speaker 1: when you classify as a dreamer when this type of

453
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 1: stuff hits, maybe not the classification of people that handle

454
00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:39,720
Speaker 1: with the best that is well said. I can report

455
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,919
Speaker 1: that the John Gonzalez Colleen Wolf household is taking it

456
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:49,200
Speaker 1: very seriously. They they are or Gonzo is definitely the

457
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:53,840
Speaker 1: couple that is, you know, loading up on everything at

458
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,760
Speaker 1: bonds and taking it away from you. Gonzo had They

459
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:02,360
Speaker 1: had a quiet birth a celebration which they really debated

460
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 1: on inviting everyone because they didn't want anyone to come over.

461
00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:09,919
Speaker 1: But I have to say, Colleen makes like an unbelievably

462
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,960
Speaker 1: good upside down cake. She's a talented woman. I mean,

463
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,760
Speaker 1: she can do it all. Colin can cook, I mean

464
00:26:16,640 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 1: an incredible an incredible cake professional grade. I would say, yes,

465
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: what a catch. And she could fly a plane. She

466
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,960
Speaker 1: could do it all. It's pretty amazing, you know, Gonzo.

467
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,639
Speaker 1: Gonzo did well. I think gonz has been told that

468
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,800
Speaker 1: many times in his life. But I think he's sick. Yeah,

469
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,119
Speaker 1: I would imagine he is, but probably it's at the

470
00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:37,719
Speaker 1: end of the day it all works out for him.

471
00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 1: I think Colleen did well, by the way, absolutely standing

472
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Speaker 1: gentleman in person. And yes, happy birthday to Mr Gonzalez.

473
00:26:45,280 --> 00:26:47,439
Speaker 1: I wish I wish his birthday fell on a different

474
00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:50,439
Speaker 1: time of the year because we had all planned. We

475
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,120
Speaker 1: had all, yeah, we had all planned. This is how

476
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 1: quickly these things shifted, by the way, because I'll I'll

477
00:26:56,880 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 1: do two examples one again in the sports world before um,

478
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 1: before the Jazz game, who were they playing? Was the

479
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:08,040
Speaker 1: Jazz of the Mavericks Before that game, right before tip

480
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: off got shut down, Mark Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks,

481
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,680
Speaker 1: was in the locker room having a meeting with players,

482
00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,880
Speaker 1: and he was asked, what are the chances that this

483
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 1: the league suspends play? And he told his players two

484
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:28,479
Speaker 1: hours before tip off ten to fift chance cut two.

485
00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 1: Two hours later, they're walking back to the locker room

486
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: and the NBA is shuttered completely. Okay, that's how quickly

487
00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: this thing is mutated. Now, you pull back to our

488
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:42,920
Speaker 1: personal experience last Friday night, we're getting loose. We're out

489
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 1: in downtown Culver City, and I like to think of

490
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 1: it now in retrospect as it was our John Gonzale's

491
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:52,760
Speaker 1: birthday party. We met up and maybe the last time

492
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,360
Speaker 1: we'll ever all hang out together in play. We met

493
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: up at an Irish pub to start, and then we

494
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: moved over to our old haunt, Rockos. We went back

495
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,919
Speaker 1: to the famous Adultery bar. Mark and the and the

496
00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 1: alley way behind Rockos to close. That's how we want

497
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,520
Speaker 1: to advertise. That does not that's how we view that.

498
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,119
Speaker 1: It's Marks Adultery Bar. You know, there's a there's a

499
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Speaker 1: bar in downtown Culver City, and if you were, if

500
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Speaker 1: you live in this area, if you know downtown Culver City,

501
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 1: you might know what we're talking about. Mark and I

502
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,919
Speaker 1: in our younger years, we're we're real bar flies, you

503
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 1: could call us of this region. And this particular bar

504
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,879
Speaker 1: is tucked in and the alley it's very dark, and

505
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,399
Speaker 1: we just as men who are faithful to our women,

506
00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:39,800
Speaker 1: we still we have we have takes. And one night

507
00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 1: we were in there, we were like, this would be

508
00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:43,840
Speaker 1: the place a guy who was looking at cheat and

509
00:28:43,880 --> 00:28:46,480
Speaker 1: his wife would go. This is in an alley, it's dark,

510
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,600
Speaker 1: it's tucked away, not a lot of people know about it.

511
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 1: So it became the Adultery Bar. Now, have have we

512
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 1: committed adultery No at that bar. No, not at all,

513
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: But that is that's how we are clean and that

514
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: esteff But anyway, so we were talking about Gonzo at

515
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 1: that last Friday night. We had a whole plan set

516
00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 1: up that revolved around actually was gonna be last night,

517
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 1: on John's actual birthday. We're gonna have a huge gathering

518
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 1: and we were gonna watch Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,

519
00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:17,920
Speaker 1: and that totally melted away to I guess just Mark

520
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,080
Speaker 1: and Greg and his upside down cake and like two

521
00:29:21,120 --> 00:29:24,600
Speaker 1: buddies from Billy Right. Yeah, although he did watch Once

522
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 1: upon a Time in Hollywood and that was my only

523
00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 1: second time seeing it, and I know you guys are

524
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:32,040
Speaker 1: obsessed in it, and it really does reward a second viewing.

525
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: It's delightful. There you go, a great hangout movie. Yes,

526
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: it was awesome. Take that, Jane later later takes a

527
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 1: shot less. I heard your take on the Women of

528
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: NFL Network, and now it's almost like a take back

529
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: with a little Jane later. No, See, when you respect

530
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 1: women to the extent that I do? You just have

531
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 1: this easy rapport where you can joke around with him?

532
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,600
Speaker 1: When do you respect women to the extent that I do?

533
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: Chris Wesling, all gang, let us move into more traditional

534
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 1: around the NFL podcast. There, Ricky, let's hit the news.

535
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:21,120
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Okay, it's happening. Everybody sayre all right?

536
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 1: Since we have started today's highly unique and very special

537
00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,800
Speaker 1: edition to Around the NFL Podcast presented by blah blah

538
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:35,320
Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah. We have a number of transactions

539
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 1: to get through, so let's let's see what is going. What, Ricky,

540
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,960
Speaker 1: what do you mean to say? Blah blah blah blah blah. Well,

541
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:46,320
Speaker 1: we're contractually obligated to do it twice, right in the

542
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 1: front and the back. So if they wanted a third time,

543
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 1: peel out the guap. Anyway, as my dad would say,

544
00:30:57,360 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 1: nothing's on the arm here, all right, Danny's the bonds,

545
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 1: everything on the arm. It's like yeah, yes, all right, Um,

546
00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 1: all right, let's get into it. There are several cuts

547
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 1: as teams and just their rosters as they prepared. Yes,

548
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 1: whether it's Monday is the legal start of the tampering period,

549
00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: or it's pushed back a week, teams are still getting

550
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,720
Speaker 1: you know, like an Independence Day. Not to bring up

551
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,480
Speaker 1: a disaster movie in these times, but in the Independence

552
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,280
Speaker 1: Day when the spaceships all start to get into sequence

553
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 1: across the planet to prepare for their synchronized attack, that's

554
00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: what teams are doing right now. They're all getting ready

555
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: for free agency and to make their attack on the market.

556
00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: So let's start with the Tennessee Titans who part ways

557
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: with tight end Delaney Walker. Move that, Um, we'll save

558
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,800
Speaker 1: them over six billion dollars on a six and a

559
00:31:55,840 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 1: half million against the cap. He is years old now

560
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,280
Speaker 1: and it seems like injuries have been the thing that

561
00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 1: have held him back. He's always been a guy with

562
00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: high upside in Tennessee, but it very rarely did it

563
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 1: did it play out that way? So he is now

564
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: looking to catch on somewhere else. The Titans say goodbye

565
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: to the Landy Walker. Well, you mentioned off the air

566
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 1: that you were surprised how old he was, because I

567
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: was he he started his career, and you know, all

568
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,880
Speaker 1: through his rookie contract and even a year or two

569
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: after that, he was a backup and special teamer, rarely

570
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 1: used behind Vernon Davis. And it wasn't really to his

571
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: last couple of years in San Francisco and then Tennessee

572
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 1: where he broke out and he had the prime of

573
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 1: his career in his thirties instead of his twenties. UM.

574
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 1: But when he came back from that, um, was it

575
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:46,080
Speaker 1: a compound fracture? The leg injury came back from last year,

576
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:49,280
Speaker 1: it was pretty obvious. Did he he was a shadow

577
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: of his former self and they were a much better

578
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: team when John hu Smith was on the field. Well,

579
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: he's one of the best free agent signings of the

580
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: last ten years. I think the Titans probably got more

581
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 1: value out of him than just about anyone. And so

582
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:04,520
Speaker 1: they also cut this week Dion Lewis and Cameron Wake.

583
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: So that's three guys, Wake and Walker at the very

584
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:10,040
Speaker 1: end of their career. As we'll see if they get

585
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 1: another job, maybe not. Dion Lewis turned out to be

586
00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:17,239
Speaker 1: um more or less a disastrous signing, but they can

587
00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: live without him after he arrived in New England. But

588
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,760
Speaker 1: that frees up a lot of money. It just makes

589
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: you realize, like they need to free up a lot

590
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,680
Speaker 1: of money. They already had over fifty million dollars in

591
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,440
Speaker 1: cap space, so it's not like they were close to

592
00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: the cap. But you need a lot if you're gonna

593
00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:36,480
Speaker 1: franchise tag Derrick Henry and signed Ryan Tannehill or franchise

594
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: tag Ryan Tannehill, which if they don't move the league

595
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 1: here and they don't move the franchise tag deadline is

596
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: kind of the first big quarterback domino, you know, to fall.

597
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 1: We'll find out I think they'll go with Derrick Henry

598
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: with the tag and just see what happens with tan Hill. Well,

599
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 1: there was a you know, Ian Rappaport noted reported yesterday

600
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 1: that they are the Titans are focused after the Tannehill

601
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 1: addition to hand big money to Henry. That was the

602
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,479
Speaker 1: quote in big Money. So you know, I I just

603
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 1: love that they're keeping both of them, or that they're

604
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 1: going to try to because I don't like either one

605
00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 1: of those guys nearly as much anywhere outside of Tennessee.

606
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,680
Speaker 1: And let's give him a little love. And I'm doing

607
00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:19,560
Speaker 1: this because I love my man, handsome Hank Henry Hotchen,

608
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: vice president of International for NFL Media. Cameron Wake, if

609
00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 1: this is the end, He's thirty eight years old now.

610
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: He just turned thirty eight earlier this year. And speaking

611
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 1: of guys that got a late start in their career,

612
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:36,319
Speaker 1: he didn't arrive on the scene with the Dolphins until

613
00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,240
Speaker 1: he's twenty seven and put together one of the great

614
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:43,320
Speaker 1: runs as a you know, outside linebacker defensive end type,

615
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 1: including a first team All Pro bid at his age

616
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 1: thirty season. So I wonder if this is the last

617
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 1: time we'll see Cameron Wake, But quite a career after

618
00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: a guy who started I believe in the CFL right,

619
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 1: CFL Defensive Player of the Year, I think twice he's

620
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,839
Speaker 1: got a outside shot at least to get a little

621
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame talk, especially right Warren Moon got credit

622
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 1: for his CFL season, so Cam Wake should too. I

623
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: feel like that's somebody the Jets to throw a lot

624
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:16,560
Speaker 1: of money at um it might happen. Caberin Wake three

625
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,720
Speaker 1: years seventy million solved that problem on the edge since

626
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,240
Speaker 1: they haven't had a true edge pass rush option Chris

627
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 1: Westling since blank in two thousand five. John Abraham, that is,

628
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs wide receivers haven't had a touchdown

629
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: of two thousand and seventeen. Stat of Jets history. You

630
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 1: had Calvin Pace stumbled into a ten sex season and

631
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 1: other than that, nothing bunk um all right. In other news,

632
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: Xavier Rhodes his tenure ends with the Minnesota Vikings. The

633
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 1: one time standout defensive back really fell off it in

634
00:35:57,040 --> 00:36:00,200
Speaker 1: the past season. He's twenty nine years old. The Vikings

635
00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: they peel eight million dollars off their cap eight point

636
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: one million, but they're still gonna eat almost five million,

637
00:36:07,239 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 1: which tells you that they were ready to move on

638
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,719
Speaker 1: from Rhodes. And it is a reminder. People talk a

639
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,359
Speaker 1: lot a lot about why you don't want to do

640
00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 1: big business with running backs because the way that they

641
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 1: age and they're easy to replace at a cheaper rate. Well, cornerbacks,

642
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Speaker 1: it's a buyer beware situations. As somebody speaking of the

643
00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:29,480
Speaker 1: Jets who went round to the Rell revis as he

644
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,719
Speaker 1: reached his thirties. For me Johnson, as we just saw

645
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 1: things could fall up very quickly at that position, especially

646
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,880
Speaker 1: if you're a big cornerback like Xavier Rhodes, it's easier.

647
00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 1: You know, when you're quick, your drop off isn't quite

648
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: as sudden as when you're a big corner you don't

649
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,880
Speaker 1: move as well. And last year he got exposed. I

650
00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 1: remember seeing a stat from our research department when the

651
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:53,840
Speaker 1: playoffs started that he had basically the worst cornerback season

652
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 1: in ten years. Was being beaten one on one. He

653
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,759
Speaker 1: was just getting beaten so often. At this point, that's

654
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: two down seasons in a row. You just wonder if

655
00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:06,439
Speaker 1: this if he's going to be starting anywhere next year.

656
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:10,520
Speaker 1: I like Mike Zimmer was sort of overtly frustrated with him.

657
00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: And also trying to verbally back him for such a

658
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,480
Speaker 1: long time, and it you know, a lot of the

659
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:19,719
Speaker 1: roads meltdown seemed to happen in nationally televised games to

660
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 1: where you know, you get this close up of him

661
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:25,520
Speaker 1: walking across the field after getting toasted by somebody. Not

662
00:37:25,520 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: not a great look in the Vikings defense. And I

663
00:37:28,160 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 1: think we mentioned this before on our show, that it's

664
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: had the same cast of leading characters for such a

665
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: long time, and it's that's not the case going into

666
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: next season. There's some big names out the door. Right

667
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: The question was just like how much are they going

668
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: to blow things up? And we're learning now with Rhads

669
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,279
Speaker 1: being done that was expected. They also announced, uh or

670
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 1: we found out on Friday that Lynval Joseph, who has

671
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,520
Speaker 1: been there and been great in the middle of their

672
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: defensive line, has gone Everson Griffin for now as a

673
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 1: free agent. They essentially don't have anyone in their secondary.

674
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 1: They have Harrison Smith, Mike Hughes, a cornerback when they

675
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,840
Speaker 1: drafted two years ago. Holton Hill has been had some suspension.

676
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 1: They have three other there four other significant free agents

677
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,880
Speaker 1: in their secondary, so they're starting from scratch. They have

678
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 1: about as much to do this offseason as any team

679
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:21,319
Speaker 1: in the league. I just learned from my wife. So

680
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: I am my wife. I'm in the living room because

681
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: of the WiFi connection. She's working in our office garage

682
00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 1: because she is now working from home as well. And

683
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Speaker 1: I just saw her come into the house with a

684
00:38:36,560 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 1: horrified look on her face. I accidentally locked her out

685
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 1: of the house and she hadn't gotten not the remedy

686
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: that she had been trying to get in. I never

687
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Speaker 1: even saw it. And then she had to find the

688
00:38:47,520 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 1: um spare key that's hidden on the grounds of hands

689
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 1: its manner to get in, so like in one of

690
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:56,320
Speaker 1: those fake rocks that you couldn't peel off the bottom

691
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,760
Speaker 1: of the rock. And I have I have no further

692
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 1: comment that, but it's amazing how spot on you are

693
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: Mark and um So, I just want to apologize to

694
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Speaker 1: my wife for for being a bad husband. I didn't

695
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:12,239
Speaker 1: need that, honey, did you? Though? Like I said, this

696
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 1: coronavirus is gonna test relationships like nothing our country has

697
00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:21,360
Speaker 1: ever seen. You better enjoy spending time with each other. Exactly. Sorry, dear,

698
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:29,319
Speaker 1: you broke out a deer. She just gave me a way.

699
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 1: She doesn't even like me, referencing her on the program,

700
00:39:36,239 --> 00:39:38,319
Speaker 1: I love Emily, Tell her, I love her, Tell her,

701
00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: I love her. Erica says, she loves you, But is

702
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:45,120
Speaker 1: it really true? I believe the last time she appeared

703
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,880
Speaker 1: on our show, Dan was actually the Debate Club episode

704
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 1: many years ago when she came on to talk about

705
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: Eric Berry's um fear of horses. That's right. Emily was

706
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 1: on the A t L. Debate Club talking about as

707
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Speaker 1: my wife has a horse riding background as a youngster.

708
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Speaker 1: And I thought she was quite insightful on that episode,

709
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 1: and then she decisively um made it clear she would

710
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 1: never appear on the show ever again. And she's stood.

711
00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 1: She stood by that declaration. All right, Moving on, honey,

712
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: make sure you put the key in the fake rock

713
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: and return it to the article. She said, what is

714
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Speaker 1: wrong with you? All right? Corny glad in The Bengals

715
00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 1: have parted ways. Cincinnati was attempting to move to the

716
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:38,439
Speaker 1: veteran tackle be a trade didn't work out. Despite being

717
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:43,399
Speaker 1: a nineteen game starter. You know, he's a jag as

718
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:47,360
Speaker 1: they say, Uh, just another guy, that dude, maybe somebody

719
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 1: and for some depth on the pre agency market. But

720
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,360
Speaker 1: he's thirty years old. Um. These guys will still have

721
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,640
Speaker 1: a market because they seem to kick around. Mark. These

722
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,960
Speaker 1: offensive linemen as long as they're not total disasters that

723
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: are not old and a guy like Glenbert probably get

724
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:05,799
Speaker 1: a little bit of scratch. I think what's notable to

725
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 1: me is how Glenn got there because they made the

726
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:12,359
Speaker 1: mistake of not keeping Andrew Whitworth and they let him go,

727
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,800
Speaker 1: and then they made the mistake of drafting the wrong

728
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:18,080
Speaker 1: tackle sort of over and over, and you've got Glenn

729
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:20,440
Speaker 1: and he was really never at the top of his

730
00:41:20,520 --> 00:41:23,120
Speaker 1: game with them. He was a patch but surrounded by

731
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 1: you know, jag would be a complimentary term to describe

732
00:41:27,480 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: some of the other lineman they've had float through there

733
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: in recent years. And it's affected Andy Dalton, who was

734
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Speaker 1: certainly affect any rookie quarterbacks. So I think I can't

735
00:41:34,360 --> 00:41:36,680
Speaker 1: think of too many teams that have more work to

736
00:41:36,719 --> 00:41:39,680
Speaker 1: do along the line. They've got a couple of young guys,

737
00:41:39,680 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 1: but something that just had not panned out. Mark, Can

738
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,319
Speaker 1: I just tell you that we might be days away

739
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:52,520
Speaker 1: from the ultimate scenario in terms of Cessila rage, Mitch Travisky,

740
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:58,640
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, same team. I think it's actually effective to

741
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 1: if you have multiple enemies scattered around to get them

742
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: into one room and then you just nuke the room again.

743
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: Independence Day, Corollarry, Well, they chose specific markings across the

744
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:12,839
Speaker 1: realm and then shot the laser down to get rid

745
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,040
Speaker 1: of enemies in a concentrated area. You know, I know,

746
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:17,759
Speaker 1: I know on this show, I'm supposed to actless that

747
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton is, you know, some sort of special performer

748
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,520
Speaker 1: at the position. But like you have, if you have

749
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: had the Mitch Robinsky problem that you've had, and you

750
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: go out and you tell this fan base that hasn't

751
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: really had a great quarterback in their mids for so long,

752
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: we've solved it with Andy Dalton. I just think you're

753
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 1: you're gonna have, you know, Ryan Pace, You're gonna have

754
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 1: to work with that message from a pr angle. It's

755
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 1: not going to win everyone over, that's what you say now.

756
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,400
Speaker 1: But if Dalton signs with the Bears, he's going to

757
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:45,720
Speaker 1: be one of your favorite quarterbacks in the league by August.

758
00:42:46,280 --> 00:42:48,799
Speaker 1: Check with me on that one, because he took over

759
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:51,760
Speaker 1: from Mr Bisinus. I just think you've got to slow

760
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 1: you find yourself falling more and more in love with

761
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 1: Andy Dalton, I would I would much prefer Andy Dalton.

762
00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,400
Speaker 1: But I'm just saying that of all the options, of

763
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:03,279
Speaker 1: all the creative avenue avenues you could have gone down

764
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,840
Speaker 1: to solve this age old quarterback problem, Andy Dalton feels

765
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 1: like a you didn't exactly shoot for the stars. You

766
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 1: didn't go the distance there for your fans. But I'm

767
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:17,479
Speaker 1: sure he'll be wonderful. The Broncos placed the franchise tag

768
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:20,919
Speaker 1: on safety Justin Simmons. Let's get it to some franchise

769
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 1: tag talk. He is one of the best safeties in

770
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 1: the league. The tag will make him about thirteen million

771
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,520
Speaker 1: dollars this year, but it seems like the Broncos from

772
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,080
Speaker 1: what we're hearing, I want to do long term business

773
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:40,919
Speaker 1: with Simmons, so that could be something that still happens. Yeah,

774
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:43,760
Speaker 1: he was an All Pro last year, their best defensive player.

775
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,319
Speaker 1: He's in the prime of his career. This was inevitable.

776
00:43:47,719 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 1: Hunter Henry also gets the tag the Chargers. Uh, this

777
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,919
Speaker 1: was an expected move. We're going to put the tag

778
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:58,879
Speaker 1: on the tight end who has battled injuries throughout his

779
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: young career. But when he's on the field, Greg this

780
00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:04,280
Speaker 1: guy is one of the better tight ends of the league,

781
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:08,400
Speaker 1: and in this market, um and and in a draft

782
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,880
Speaker 1: class where there isn't a ton of tight end talent.

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Speaker 1: From what we have been told, Hunter Henry was probably

784
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:17,319
Speaker 1: gonna get a saucy offer and free agency, so the

785
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 1: Chargers lock him up with the franchise tech. Yeah, he's

786
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: someone who doesn't have better numbers, particularly than Austin Hooper,

787
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: who will get to free agency. But to me is

788
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,160
Speaker 1: a much much better player, and I think would have

789
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 1: gotten paid a ridiculous amount. But Hooper now as the

790
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:37,240
Speaker 1: only really top shelf free agent. Eric Ebrown is probably

791
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:39,840
Speaker 1: number two at the position in terms of free agents.

792
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:43,560
Speaker 1: According to Tom Peli, Sara is gonna get like crazy money,

793
00:44:43,600 --> 00:44:46,520
Speaker 1: like he I think every free agent is gonna get

794
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:48,799
Speaker 1: crazy money this year, and just every position is gonna

795
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 1: get reset. But it wouldn't surprise me if he's you know,

796
00:44:51,400 --> 00:44:53,880
Speaker 1: if Austin Hooper is getting fifteen million dollars a year,

797
00:44:53,920 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 1: because I think all these positions are gonna have to

798
00:44:56,840 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 1: reset to a new reality, you know, assuming you know,

799
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: COVID nineteen doesn't change everything that the that like the

800
00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 1: cap space is supposed to just explode in this new

801
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:10,319
Speaker 1: c b A and every team has way too much

802
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,200
Speaker 1: cap space in my mind to begin with. It's like,

803
00:45:13,880 --> 00:45:16,840
Speaker 1: and I think we're gonna go back. It's like a correction.

804
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: You see this in sports. Every team saved up for

805
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:22,760
Speaker 1: a while. The NBA did that for a while. It's like, oh, flexibility, flexing,

806
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 1: you know, that's what we need. And then all of

807
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,200
Speaker 1: a sudden it went the other way and you saw

808
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: a ton of terrible contracts again, and I feel like,

809
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,000
Speaker 1: now it's time for the NFL to switch back to

810
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 1: some terrible Dion Sanders getting fifty million dollars from Dan

811
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 1: Snyder type contracts. I was gonna say, if you're gonna

812
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Speaker 1: give Austin Hooper is a very nice players, you know,

813
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:44,160
Speaker 1: tight end with has a Hall of Fame level quarterback

814
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 1: playing with him in a dome for a team that

815
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: can't stop anybody in big place. If he's getting fifteen

816
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:54,480
Speaker 1: million dollars a year, I other different positions, But Jet's

817
00:45:54,520 --> 00:46:06,759
Speaker 1: pony up and keep Robbie in your building. Holy to

818
00:46:06,800 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: the acquired coronavirus live than you. I've also never seen

819
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 1: somebody panic at that level from sneezing. It wasn't hat Chew,

820
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:17,640
Speaker 1: it was Oh no, I think she knew, you knew

821
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Speaker 1: that Mike was right by your mouth, and there was

822
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:23,439
Speaker 1: no getting it off in time. And I could see

823
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,839
Speaker 1: like the little green microbes like crawling around on your

824
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:30,600
Speaker 1: like hair and jacket and the cord of your mic.

825
00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,440
Speaker 1: You always cancussed yourself, slam my head on my table.

826
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:39,719
Speaker 1: But what's that sound. It's men in yellow suits radioactive

827
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,520
Speaker 1: at your door to take you away to the CDC

828
00:46:42,760 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 1: Center in Atlanta. I'm sweating, I think on my sweatshirt

829
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:53,399
Speaker 1: the workout. Yeah, I'm anxious. Robby Anderson, any of these

830
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: guys fifteen million dollars, we're giving Austin Hooper million and

831
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Speaker 1: you've got you have the back with you on the Jets,

832
00:47:00,560 --> 00:47:02,640
Speaker 1: Come on them in the building. I'm with you. I

833
00:47:02,640 --> 00:47:05,560
Speaker 1: don't I think like I think the Jets receiving corps

834
00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,200
Speaker 1: goes down to bare bones. And I one thing on

835
00:47:08,239 --> 00:47:10,239
Speaker 1: the Chargers if I'm a Chargers fan, and there's a

836
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:13,200
Speaker 1: lot to not like about what's happened with the team,

837
00:47:13,280 --> 00:47:15,319
Speaker 1: you know, and for a lot of reasons, but that

838
00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:19,200
Speaker 1: they still scouted to resign and keep Austin Ekeler, and

839
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:21,520
Speaker 1: that they realized they're gonna you can give us all

840
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,719
Speaker 1: the Song and Dance and Dog and Pony Show about

841
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:27,040
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor. They're gonna have a rookie starting week one.

842
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:29,480
Speaker 1: I would I would gamble at this point and to

843
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 1: not lose your tight end and have that position be vacant,

844
00:47:32,400 --> 00:47:35,359
Speaker 1: because if you're a rookie quarterback and awesome running back

845
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,560
Speaker 1: in a in a proven playmaking tight end, that's the

846
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:40,640
Speaker 1: recipe right there. And they and they did a good job.

847
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Speaker 1: This offse great receivers to to just put, you know,

848
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:46,840
Speaker 1: to clean things up a little. But they also cut

849
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 1: Thomas Davis today. They cut Brandon me Being so this

850
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 1: actually is the most active day of cuts. Team are

851
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 1: teams that are kind of operating as if free agency

852
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,359
Speaker 1: is going to happen. I guess for now they have

853
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,719
Speaker 1: to Thomas Davis. That might be the end um of

854
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:06,799
Speaker 1: another great career NFL Man of the Year And and

855
00:48:07,239 --> 00:48:08,880
Speaker 1: I don't know if he gets another job. But I

856
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:11,359
Speaker 1: had a great run a guy that came back from

857
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 1: I believe three a c L reconstruction surgeries. Not too

858
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: many guys can say that. Here's one last franchise tag

859
00:48:19,560 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 1: situation that's different. Matt judean linebacker of the Ravens who

860
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:27,439
Speaker 1: had a big year for the a f C North

861
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:31,680
Speaker 1: champions twenty eight years old. But there is much speculation

862
00:48:32,160 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 1: that Baltimore is going to go a different route with

863
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 1: Judean and perhaps tag Ben trade Um the standout defender,

864
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:44,920
Speaker 1: and you would imagine he would have a very healthy

865
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 1: market for teams in the mix for a disruptive playmaker

866
00:48:48,920 --> 00:48:52,399
Speaker 1: on the line. Yeah, he's an interesting one because last

867
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:55,759
Speaker 1: year when the Ravens let terrell Sogs go and they

868
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:59,600
Speaker 1: led Za Darius Smith signed with the Packers, the word

869
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:02,719
Speaker 1: around Baltimore was, Hey, they need to save money so

870
00:49:02,760 --> 00:49:05,439
Speaker 1: they can lock up Matthew Judon, who they like better

871
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:08,439
Speaker 1: than those guys, And now we're hearing they might trade him,

872
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:11,120
Speaker 1: which would leave them with what at at pass rusher.

873
00:49:12,480 --> 00:49:14,879
Speaker 1: But the trade is the trade would be because they

874
00:49:14,920 --> 00:49:16,960
Speaker 1: want a long term deal and they can't get one,

875
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:21,320
Speaker 1: and you get something formed for nothing. From another angle

876
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 1: like super Bowl window still open? Why not? Why would

877
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: you dare go into the season without Matthew Judon unless

878
00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:32,320
Speaker 1: you've drafted or acquired something in its wake. They're trusting

879
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:35,040
Speaker 1: the process. The Ravens have always found a way to

880
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,960
Speaker 1: to to find these guys, and I guess they're thinking

881
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,320
Speaker 1: that they can do it again, especially at that position,

882
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 1: but this offseason specifically, that is their biggest need with Judon.

883
00:49:45,400 --> 00:49:47,920
Speaker 1: They don't have pass rushers, they don't really have front

884
00:49:48,080 --> 00:49:51,640
Speaker 1: seven talent like they would want, and he's their best

885
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:55,799
Speaker 1: player there. So I actually am skeptical that they could

886
00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 1: get a d Ford or Frank Clark like trade were

887
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,719
Speaker 1: Jude On. So it might just end up that that

888
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:06,400
Speaker 1: he returns, their teams might see him as kind of

889
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:08,399
Speaker 1: a product of the system. Maybe not. But I also

890
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna want to open up like a

891
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:13,840
Speaker 1: massive need, which which that would be there. They're in

892
00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:16,040
Speaker 1: the bottom half according to over the Calf. They're in

893
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:19,239
Speaker 1: the bottom half of the league in calf space, but

894
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:23,440
Speaker 1: they're not in terrible shape. They have right now almost

895
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:26,359
Speaker 1: thirty eight million dollars. Yeah, I guess that. To me,

896
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:28,840
Speaker 1: it was a little bit surprising. I'm with you guys

897
00:50:28,840 --> 00:50:31,440
Speaker 1: that with the window the way it is and he

898
00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 1: just had a breakout season, maybe he's a guy you

899
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:35,320
Speaker 1: would keep it. He would always seem like an ideal

900
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:38,479
Speaker 1: guy to tag. Yeah. I agree, I would think so too,

901
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:42,720
Speaker 1: But that's what they can keep tag and keeping meant anyway,

902
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:45,200
Speaker 1: any other news guys that you saw that you that

903
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:48,040
Speaker 1: got you all hot and bothered. Well, speaking of Austin Hooper,

904
00:50:48,120 --> 00:50:50,480
Speaker 1: one of the spots he's connected to quite a bit

905
00:50:50,560 --> 00:50:53,200
Speaker 1: is Green Bay, that the Packers will be chasing him,

906
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:57,640
Speaker 1: and they released Jimmy Graham with Yeah, I mean I

907
00:50:57,680 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 1: thought that that was that was only a matter of

908
00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 1: time him. He just can't get it done anymore. You

909
00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:04,560
Speaker 1: don't want He's sort of like Jason Witten. He's in

910
00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: the progress stopping stage of his career. He's not helping

911
00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: you win games. Grahams you're saying they both are. Oh, yeah,

912
00:51:12,760 --> 00:51:15,399
Speaker 1: I don't That is not something that excites me at all.

913
00:51:15,520 --> 00:51:18,239
Speaker 1: Austin Hooper to Green Bay, if that's what really, I

914
00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 1: think he'd be great. I meant grahamar in the progress

915
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:24,600
Speaker 1: stopping that Hooper would be a good Hooper is fine.

916
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:26,800
Speaker 1: Hoop Hooper is I'm saying, yeah, I feel like you

917
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 1: would be in an upgrade over Graham. But that's really

918
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:31,719
Speaker 1: not saying much. I don't know I would say that

919
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:35,920
Speaker 1: with the Packers if that was, if if he was

920
00:51:35,960 --> 00:51:39,120
Speaker 1: the Big three agency splash they make to upgrade the offense,

921
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:43,359
Speaker 1: I would not be thrilled, but maybe other people feel different. Well,

922
00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:44,880
Speaker 1: I still have a lot of options. I mean, what

923
00:51:44,920 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 1: do we care about um Gronk finding work of his

924
00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:53,400
Speaker 1: own as a grappler, Yeah, Dallas more Mark, Well, I

925
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:55,560
Speaker 1: don't have you know, I'm not a We have people

926
00:51:55,600 --> 00:51:57,560
Speaker 1: in the building to consider themselves to be sort of

927
00:51:57,560 --> 00:52:01,200
Speaker 1: adult wrestling aficionados. I'm not one of those people. But

928
00:52:02,200 --> 00:52:05,640
Speaker 1: join the wrestling Officials thirty eight and I'll still go

929
00:52:05,719 --> 00:52:07,719
Speaker 1: to wrestling matches. That's well, I mean, I don't I

930
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:10,600
Speaker 1: have might I don't have the funds of the interest

931
00:52:10,640 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: for that. But how smug both of you, the old

932
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 1: men of the group. But I love I am. I

933
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,600
Speaker 1: am not a professional wrestling but I know I know

934
00:52:20,719 --> 00:52:23,600
Speaker 1: your laugh last that's the I agree laugh. I am

935
00:52:23,600 --> 00:52:28,360
Speaker 1: not a professional wrestling fan actively, but I one of

936
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:31,520
Speaker 1: my pet peeves as people who really whatever it is

937
00:52:31,920 --> 00:52:34,600
Speaker 1: that look down upon people for what they're into, and

938
00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:38,439
Speaker 1: this idea that you could as like as example, went Mark,

939
00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:42,239
Speaker 1: not to attack you, but because it anyway that goes

940
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 1: to like that goes to the Star Wars Star Wars

941
00:52:45,239 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: opening night and it's probably pumped about twenty dollars into

942
00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:52,280
Speaker 1: that franchise. Over your life, Like, how is that any less?

943
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:56,360
Speaker 1: You know, but you make professional wrestling? But yeah, but you,

944
00:52:56,440 --> 00:52:59,640
Speaker 1: but Dan, you you in print and in verbally make

945
00:52:59,719 --> 00:53:02,600
Speaker 1: fun of Star Wars and people that like stars all

946
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:06,880
Speaker 1: the time. I could find tweets and also all that

947
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:10,160
Speaker 1: is absolutely I you and you get out there are

948
00:53:10,200 --> 00:53:13,399
Speaker 1: now in search and delete all your past little hot

949
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:15,960
Speaker 1: takes on this. They are out there and everyone knows it,

950
00:53:16,280 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 1: and that's fine. But it's like, I'm I'm not sitting

951
00:53:19,560 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: around preoccupied that certain men in our or women in

952
00:53:23,000 --> 00:53:25,120
Speaker 1: our building love wrestling. Good for them. There's a lot

953
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:27,120
Speaker 1: of worse things you could be into. It feels a

954
00:53:27,160 --> 00:53:29,759
Speaker 1: tad juvenile, and it's also not a real sport. But

955
00:53:29,920 --> 00:53:33,879
Speaker 1: those are separate bullet points. We're good. But anyways, Gronk,

956
00:53:33,920 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 1: it is now a wrestler. So what do you want?

957
00:53:36,160 --> 00:53:37,759
Speaker 1: What do you want me to tell you? As far

958
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:40,160
Speaker 1: as my Star Wars digs, the farthest I go is

959
00:53:40,200 --> 00:53:43,920
Speaker 1: a you know, occasionally dropping in like Star Trek instead

960
00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:45,839
Speaker 1: of Star Wars just to get you guys fired, right,

961
00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,719
Speaker 1: And I like, and I what I get annoyed at

962
00:53:48,800 --> 00:53:52,400
Speaker 1: is being, you know, like anyone chunked in with these

963
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:56,320
Speaker 1: like clowns. Dressing up is like, you know, mace window

964
00:53:56,440 --> 00:53:58,399
Speaker 1: or something. I'm not doing that. I don't own any

965
00:53:58,600 --> 00:54:01,800
Speaker 1: garb or walk around like that. And I guess wrestling

966
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:04,960
Speaker 1: wrestling fans would probably would not want to be grouped

967
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:08,120
Speaker 1: in with like that famous vital clip guy who was like, Ricky,

968
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,960
Speaker 1: can you dig this up? It's real to me, damn it?

969
00:54:11,120 --> 00:54:14,320
Speaker 1: Like I just want to thank each and everyone to

970
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:24,640
Speaker 1: help for all you're doing. It's still really thank you.

971
00:54:25,560 --> 00:54:27,560
Speaker 1: Not all wrestling fans are like that. They just like

972
00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:29,319
Speaker 1: the theater of it and they don't see it as

973
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:32,719
Speaker 1: a professional sport. They are very very nuanced grouped the

974
00:54:32,880 --> 00:54:37,560
Speaker 1: very very nuanced stuff. I don't doubt. I don't doubt

975
00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:39,239
Speaker 1: that at all. In your little pea code in your

976
00:54:39,280 --> 00:54:44,960
Speaker 1: living room. This house was built in there's no internal heat.

977
00:54:44,960 --> 00:54:47,440
Speaker 1: It's freezing in here. Hey. I love doing the podcast

978
00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,239
Speaker 1: like this, but my laugh contains multitudes and it's not

979
00:54:50,320 --> 00:54:54,120
Speaker 1: so easily predictable. I know you, guys, I know you.

980
00:54:54,560 --> 00:54:57,320
Speaker 1: I was laughing at Mark because I figured that somebody

981
00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:59,600
Speaker 1: in our office who likes wrestling is going to hear that,

982
00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:01,440
Speaker 1: and then he's gonna have to hear from them. I

983
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:06,520
Speaker 1: mean Adam Adam ranks many interests. I don't think of

984
00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:10,720
Speaker 1: him as only a wrestling fan. From what I know, Gronk,

985
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:13,800
Speaker 1: I will if you go back in the relatively short

986
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:17,200
Speaker 1: lived lifespan of the End Around on NFL dot Com,

987
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,799
Speaker 1: which was a brief Hansas imprint that burned burned out

988
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 1: after a beautiful life. Um. I had a running joke

989
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:29,040
Speaker 1: where I predicted that Gronk would be in the w

990
00:55:29,040 --> 00:55:31,319
Speaker 1: WF in the lead of almost every article I wrote

991
00:55:31,320 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 1: when he would show up these different league events, and

992
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:35,920
Speaker 1: that it's always been a matter of time, and now

993
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:40,280
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen, and hopefully he's back. Holds up. Yeah,

994
00:55:40,360 --> 00:55:41,919
Speaker 1: but for the first time, I don't think he's coming

995
00:55:41,920 --> 00:55:44,480
Speaker 1: back to football. I did. I pounded the table on

996
00:55:44,560 --> 00:55:47,600
Speaker 1: that all through last year. I think he is enjoying

997
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:54,120
Speaker 1: life as the child. My daughter Ellis just jumped in,

998
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:56,600
Speaker 1: I'm with you. Gronk is like, Ellis, they want you

999
00:55:56,640 --> 00:55:59,319
Speaker 1: to come back. Oh, but she can't hear us, right,

1000
00:55:59,520 --> 00:56:01,239
Speaker 1: She said, you would have to put the headphones on,

1001
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:06,600
Speaker 1: But she says, no, I have no control anyway. Good

1002
00:56:06,600 --> 00:56:09,440
Speaker 1: for Grunge and and Mark, Good for Star Wars. Can

1003
00:56:09,480 --> 00:56:12,480
Speaker 1: I tell you one thing with all due like seriousness,

1004
00:56:12,480 --> 00:56:16,959
Speaker 1: Mark I, I have opened up the door because it's

1005
00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:20,960
Speaker 1: so all consuming Star Wars pop culture that my my

1006
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:25,200
Speaker 1: children now are justifiably curious about it, because they'll see

1007
00:56:25,520 --> 00:56:28,120
Speaker 1: certain kids at the daycare and they'll see the non

1008
00:56:28,480 --> 00:56:34,240
Speaker 1: stop garage and the various video platforms that they look at.

1009
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:36,880
Speaker 1: That I did open the door. I said, do you

1010
00:56:36,960 --> 00:56:40,040
Speaker 1: want to watch Star Wars? You want to watch them

1011
00:56:40,239 --> 00:56:43,080
Speaker 1: watch the movie? And so far they just go, no,

1012
00:56:43,120 --> 00:56:47,200
Speaker 1: that's ballrowing. But I am going to keep the window

1013
00:56:47,239 --> 00:56:49,479
Speaker 1: open and I will watch it. I have not seen

1014
00:56:49,520 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 1: Star Wars since about NI, but I am open to

1015
00:56:53,200 --> 00:56:55,400
Speaker 1: watching it again. Well, we will not spend more than

1016
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:57,920
Speaker 1: six more seconds on this, but I would suggest that

1017
00:56:57,960 --> 00:57:01,040
Speaker 1: you only watch three of the nine. Not if I

1018
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:05,000
Speaker 1: were introducing my two boys, which which movie should have

1019
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: been seven? A New Hope, Empire strikes Back, Return of

1020
00:57:09,239 --> 00:57:11,319
Speaker 1: the Jedi. I would be fine if you didn't watch

1021
00:57:11,360 --> 00:57:13,879
Speaker 1: anything beyond that at all. That's just my take. Other

1022
00:57:13,880 --> 00:57:16,320
Speaker 1: people would would have me shop or saying that, I

1023
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,920
Speaker 1: think that's you know where I'm at. Okay, what an

1024
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:23,480
Speaker 1: olive branch to behold? There? That was? That was the world.

1025
00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: I mean, the world's on fire at this point. The

1026
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:29,480
Speaker 1: idea of fighting and quibbling over something as silly as

1027
00:57:30,600 --> 00:57:34,320
Speaker 1: Star Wars or you know, like if if my kids,

1028
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:36,480
Speaker 1: if I want to introduce them to Captain Spock, I will.

1029
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:39,440
Speaker 1: I mean, that's just the way the way it's gonna be.

1030
00:57:42,320 --> 00:57:45,000
Speaker 1: What's going on in football? I think that's it. I

1031
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 1: think we covered everything pretty we did. We covered a

1032
00:57:46,920 --> 00:57:53,000
Speaker 1: lot of news. There more to come. Xfl'am yeah, and

1033
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,680
Speaker 1: you know what good speaking there. There's a nice uh,

1034
00:57:55,720 --> 00:57:58,800
Speaker 1: there's a nice segue west because Vince McMahon of the

1035
00:57:58,920 --> 00:58:03,000
Speaker 1: w W E of course I got yeah you do. Oh,

1036
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:08,000
Speaker 1: very well done. Um job who hosts the Fox Lego Show,

1037
00:58:08,160 --> 00:58:11,720
Speaker 1: which is uh staff to bobcast Joan of the Throwback

1038
00:58:11,720 --> 00:58:14,520
Speaker 1: pot watch it popular show in our house too. I

1039
00:58:14,560 --> 00:58:18,880
Speaker 1: think Joe the biblical figure, but I didn't get it.

1040
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:25,919
Speaker 1: George Oscar Blue Um, Vince McMahon and the XFL that yeah,

1041
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:29,080
Speaker 1: it did shut her as well. And this gives them

1042
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:31,880
Speaker 1: an easy out, by the way, because they could say, well,

1043
00:58:31,920 --> 00:58:34,160
Speaker 1: we were really making progress and it was looking at

1044
00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,439
Speaker 1: and there are people in the sports landscape, I think,

1045
00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:40,120
Speaker 1: for desert reasons that have been carrying the water for

1046
00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:43,360
Speaker 1: that league making trying to tell the public that it's

1047
00:58:43,400 --> 00:58:46,040
Speaker 1: been a success. I would imagine this would give Vince

1048
00:58:46,080 --> 00:58:48,920
Speaker 1: a nice little out if he decides that this isn't working,

1049
00:58:48,920 --> 00:58:51,760
Speaker 1: where he could just point to Corona as the reason

1050
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:54,080
Speaker 1: why it didn't work, and then we could get ready

1051
00:58:54,080 --> 00:58:58,720
Speaker 1: for another launch and about well, I have no idea

1052
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:01,760
Speaker 1: what the finances are, whether like they're willing to lose

1053
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:04,040
Speaker 1: some money in the short term, and how the different

1054
00:59:04,080 --> 00:59:09,160
Speaker 1: team operations go and everything. But people get go crazy, Oh,

1055
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:11,919
Speaker 1: the ratings were dropping. The ratings, Okay, that that's that's

1056
00:59:11,960 --> 00:59:14,680
Speaker 1: all true, like, but it's still even at its lowest,

1057
00:59:15,000 --> 00:59:17,600
Speaker 1: is out rating tons of sports that are on all

1058
00:59:17,600 --> 00:59:20,320
Speaker 1: the time, like an MLS game that they put like

1059
00:59:20,360 --> 00:59:22,960
Speaker 1: that is a thriving league right now, twenty years in,

1060
00:59:23,360 --> 00:59:28,280
Speaker 1: and it still couldn't compete in ratings with the XFL, others,

1061
00:59:28,400 --> 00:59:31,000
Speaker 1: you know, smaller sports, tennis, whatever, whatever it is. Even

1062
00:59:31,120 --> 00:59:34,640
Speaker 1: like some basketball game like NBA games like the XBL

1063
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:36,920
Speaker 1: was getting ratings. There was interest, Like there were a

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Speaker 1: couple of cities that embraced it pretty hard. It was

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00:59:39,400 --> 00:59:42,240
Speaker 1: definitely had fans in the crowd. St. Louis loved at

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00:59:42,240 --> 00:59:45,480
Speaker 1: Seattle loved it, like I don't know, like the finances

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00:59:45,480 --> 00:59:47,320
Speaker 1: of how much you have to do it, but it's

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00:59:47,360 --> 00:59:49,680
Speaker 1: like that that what more do you want people in

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00:59:49,680 --> 00:59:53,680
Speaker 1: the crowd. You've got people watching like I'm not gonna

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00:59:53,680 --> 00:59:56,320
Speaker 1: watch it in particular, but I can't imagine they'd be

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00:59:56,360 --> 00:59:59,720
Speaker 1: that just they'd be disappointed about this the first five weeks.

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Speaker 1: So it's all I feel like it. It pays the

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01:00:01,760 --> 01:00:05,360
Speaker 1: way for them to come back, because the final note

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01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:08,240
Speaker 1: on it isn't oh the ratings sunk every week. It

1075
01:00:08,360 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 1: was a plague essentially was dropped on the landscape and

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01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,200
Speaker 1: that ended the XFL, and they have an opportunity to

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01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:17,920
Speaker 1: come back. I do. I do think that it's important

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01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:22,720
Speaker 1: that some a couple of these players um get NFL

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01:00:22,800 --> 01:00:25,640
Speaker 1: tryouts and get maybe some NFL work to to have

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01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:30,040
Speaker 1: it function as a developmental league on some level, because otherwise,

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01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:32,720
Speaker 1: if it's like none of these players are leaving the XFL,

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01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:36,840
Speaker 1: I don't know, then I start to unpload. They all

1083
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:38,960
Speaker 1: are allowed to now they're out of their contracts and

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01:00:38,960 --> 01:00:41,080
Speaker 1: they can sign with NFL teams. I'm sure some will.

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01:00:41,120 --> 01:00:44,080
Speaker 1: It's I guess the question whether they make any impact,

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01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:47,240
Speaker 1: and I just I'll just throw this one last bit

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01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:51,480
Speaker 1: of data out there, Greg to kind of counter to

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01:00:51,520 --> 01:00:54,240
Speaker 1: your point. A report two days ago from the Sports

1089
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:58,160
Speaker 1: Business Daily as that the XFL ratings have dropped sixty

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01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:02,040
Speaker 1: three since week one. Yeah, so, I mean I get it.

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Speaker 1: I just mean like because I read pretty closely their

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01:01:05,120 --> 01:01:07,560
Speaker 1: last Sunday night and it's like, yeah, it's on ESPN,

1093
01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:10,920
Speaker 1: but it's and it's dropping precipitously. But it's like building

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01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:13,640
Speaker 1: on their MLS audience, and it's building on their other

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01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:17,000
Speaker 1: programming on Sunday, so as like a TV property, Like

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01:01:17,000 --> 01:01:20,640
Speaker 1: it's building on some college basketball game from you know,

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01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:22,640
Speaker 1: the Big Ten on a on a Sunday. It's like

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01:01:22,680 --> 01:01:25,760
Speaker 1: they're putting that's making TV. So why not I see that.

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01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:27,200
Speaker 1: There's two ways to look at it. The other way

1100
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:29,800
Speaker 1: is that they've lost half their audience since they started

1101
01:01:30,080 --> 01:01:33,800
Speaker 1: a month and a half ago, which is not great. Sure,

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01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:36,440
Speaker 1: I mean, I think that's that's the blueprint we'd like

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01:01:36,520 --> 01:01:38,520
Speaker 1: to follow on this show. It's never yeah, it's never

1104
01:01:38,520 --> 01:01:42,160
Speaker 1: gonna maintain that initial initial bus. I don't know, I

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01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:46,280
Speaker 1: have no need for it. I literally didn't watch a

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01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,320
Speaker 1: second but uh, it's like people, people were into it

1107
01:01:50,440 --> 01:01:55,240
Speaker 1: you're just a football junkie. He's claiming he didn't watch

1108
01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:58,120
Speaker 1: one second of it, but I mean it's not claim,

1109
01:01:58,320 --> 01:02:01,439
Speaker 1: it's the truth, right, all Right, here we go. Need

1110
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:04,720
Speaker 1: for more XFL please, so we will. This is the

1111
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:08,080
Speaker 1: last time we heard from us this week. Like we said,

1112
01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:14,160
Speaker 1: it's possible there's an announcement from the league on Sunday,

1113
01:02:14,800 --> 01:02:18,480
Speaker 1: possible that they push back the league calendar a little

1114
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:21,560
Speaker 1: bit here because of what's going on with the coronavirus.

1115
01:02:21,880 --> 01:02:25,840
Speaker 1: If that does happen, it will change our schedule next week.

1116
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:28,000
Speaker 1: But as of right now, we've got a huge week

1117
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:31,440
Speaker 1: coming up. On the podcast. We have three video shows

1118
01:02:31,480 --> 01:02:36,440
Speaker 1: that will be available digitally UM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday covering

1119
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:42,160
Speaker 1: free agency. Will also have multiple audio podcasts UM three,

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Speaker 1: four five. We don't know. We're gonna hit it pretty

1121
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:48,120
Speaker 1: hard if free agency does indeed happen, So just be

1122
01:02:48,200 --> 01:02:50,200
Speaker 1: aware that you're gonna have a ton of content from

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01:02:50,240 --> 01:02:53,760
Speaker 1: us coming if the league calendar col holds, and if

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01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,240
Speaker 1: the league calendar does not hold and there is a

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01:02:56,280 --> 01:03:00,160
Speaker 1: postponement because of the coronavirus, we will also be with

1126
01:03:00,240 --> 01:03:03,400
Speaker 1: you in a lesser form in terms of amount of

1127
01:03:03,400 --> 01:03:05,480
Speaker 1: shows will do a couple shows, I'm sure next week,

1128
01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:07,919
Speaker 1: but that will change how much you get from us.

1129
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:11,400
Speaker 1: So just the heads up there and of course everyone

1130
01:03:11,440 --> 01:03:13,920
Speaker 1: out there, we have listeners all over the world to

1131
01:03:14,240 --> 01:03:17,240
Speaker 1: you know, take care of yourselves and wash your hands.

1132
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:20,360
Speaker 1: What do they say, twenty seconds get and you gotta

1133
01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:23,720
Speaker 1: get that whole hand. You gotta get the palms, the fingers,

1134
01:03:23,920 --> 01:03:30,360
Speaker 1: the other side, and the crevices in between your fingers,

1135
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:34,240
Speaker 1: get your fingernails, and and don't touch your face so

1136
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:38,080
Speaker 1: much unnecessary anyway, get your hands out of your face,

1137
01:03:39,840 --> 01:03:42,200
Speaker 1: and and uh, and be kind to each other. And

1138
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:46,480
Speaker 1: one last thought, like I said, old surgeon general, hands

1139
01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:52,040
Speaker 1: this here like this, listen, mine's just as effect. Remember

1140
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:54,000
Speaker 1: when Greg told us on the show like a week

1141
01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:57,160
Speaker 1: and a half ago, the virus disappears in summer. Where

1142
01:03:57,200 --> 01:04:02,280
Speaker 1: all the joke that was not a joke, that was

1143
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:05,640
Speaker 1: said in a very serious way. Um, let's let we're

1144
01:04:05,680 --> 01:04:09,640
Speaker 1: out the summer, yet be kind to your loved ones

1145
01:04:09,720 --> 01:04:12,760
Speaker 1: within your home. It's stressful for everyone. Well. Wishes to

1146
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:16,040
Speaker 1: my brother Tim, who's going through some surgeries of his own,

1147
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:19,560
Speaker 1: non related to any viruses or anything, but Tim, thinking

1148
01:04:19,560 --> 01:04:22,480
Speaker 1: about you, Love you and get well. All right, Get

1149
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:26,600
Speaker 1: well soon, Tim, and be well everyone. Thank you for listening.

1150
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:29,520
Speaker 1: We were happy to do the show today looking for

1151
01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:33,320
Speaker 1: that normalcy that sports the sports world can't give us

1152
01:04:33,400 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 1: right now. So thank you and everybody for your support

1153
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:39,360
Speaker 1: and all that good stuff. Ricky, thank you for giving

1154
01:04:39,440 --> 01:04:42,120
Speaker 1: us the technology hook up and making this happen. There's

1155
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:44,960
Speaker 1: literally no way we were doing the show today without

1156
01:04:45,040 --> 01:04:48,680
Speaker 1: your ability to be a youthful ambassador and in in

1157
01:04:48,680 --> 01:04:53,000
Speaker 1: addition to being a beautiful woman, intelligent and savvy and

1158
01:04:53,120 --> 01:04:57,880
Speaker 1: technologically efficient at an extremely high level. This doesn't sound

1159
01:04:57,920 --> 01:05:00,440
Speaker 1: so Surgeon General at the moment. I think you you've

1160
01:05:00,520 --> 01:05:06,360
Speaker 1: veered off of the You're almost suspiciously educated on technology,

1161
01:05:06,480 --> 01:05:08,440
Speaker 1: like you might be a double agent for the government.

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01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:11,440
Speaker 1: You've been tracking us for three years. Yeah, this is

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01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:16,080
Speaker 1: all going into my records. But thank you, Ricky, especially

1164
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:20,040
Speaker 1: the part in the beginning where you're like Dan, Dan said, Erica,

1165
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:24,680
Speaker 1: don't put any of this on Instagram. I've got all

1166
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,200
Speaker 1: of that, did you? Could you could put us under

1167
01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:31,960
Speaker 1: It's like Don Draper said, uh, lucky Strike could turn

1168
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:34,120
Speaker 1: out our lights. That's what Ricky could do for this

1169
01:05:34,160 --> 01:05:37,520
Speaker 1: podcast if you wanted to and mark and enjoy the

1170
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:40,200
Speaker 1: rest of your afternoon in the old shack and behind

1171
01:05:40,240 --> 01:05:44,760
Speaker 1: your house. This is my house, this is about his.

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01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:47,000
Speaker 1: They got the luxurious, and they got a little You've

1173
01:05:47,000 --> 01:05:49,640
Speaker 1: got the you know facility in the back. You got

1174
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:52,120
Speaker 1: you got your own little private domain back there. I

1175
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:55,640
Speaker 1: am actually in the house across from Greg's street and

1176
01:05:55,640 --> 01:05:57,800
Speaker 1: I've been spying on him for three days. So be

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01:05:57,880 --> 01:06:03,040
Speaker 1: careful what you wish for, all right, everybody, Um, this

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01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:07,200
Speaker 1: is Dan handsOn signing off for Mark Sessler, the Quiet Storm,

1179
01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:11,840
Speaker 1: the Mailman, the Old Boss, Ricky Hollywood from West Hollywood

1180
01:06:13,880 --> 01:06:31,480
Speaker 1: until Monday,