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Speaker 1: Ian has spent the past couple of weeks on the

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Speaker 2: Wilson is going to be a very, very rich man

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Speaker 5: Ah, the silver lining Steve could be fresh in week six.

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Speaker 5: And the irony to all this is at Najee Harris.

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Speaker 5: You see how tough he runs the football, has never

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders. It is Tom Pelsero, Ian Rappaport,

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Speaker 1: start with ian ian Do you have a heat index

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Speaker 2: Yes, I will start with the Indianapolis Colts quarterback competition

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Speaker 2: Of course we know right now Anthony Richardson, And there

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Speaker 2: That's it, right there, Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones going

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Speaker 1: This is a real one.

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Speaker 2: This is why Daniel Jones signing Indy instead of returning

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Speaker 1: It was so hot in LA that our four shot

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Speaker 3: Well, it should be scorching hot, about ninety degrees. Even

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Speaker 1: I don't know how many people in fantasy football are

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Speaker 4: He's going to be a guy out of UCF who's

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Speaker 4: gonna be exciting. Been compared to Alvin Kamara because of

437
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Speaker 4: the versatility and the run and pass game, a guy

438
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Speaker 4: who averaged nearly seven yards of Carrie last year at UCF,

439
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Speaker 4: A big game hitter. He again, he's gonna be the

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Speaker 4: guy the eyes are on.

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Speaker 1: But then JK.

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Speaker 2: Dobbins, a reliable veteran.

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Speaker 4: You've got Ardrick Estimate, someone who's been there, the guy

444
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Speaker 4: they say you could break out if he gets the potential,

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Speaker 4: if he kind of figures things out. Julia McLoughlin another

446
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Speaker 4: shorter stock of your guy. So again, the competition will

447
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Speaker 4: be there among the guys. But again it's gonna be

448
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Speaker 4: the head coach who no matter how good someonne is,

449
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Speaker 4: he's gonna roll a lot of guys through and real quick.

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Speaker 4: Mark Ross, you're looking aff a lot like Marcus Freeman.

451
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Speaker 2: There no beard, tight, crispy haircut.

452
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Speaker 4: You should get in a lookalike contest.

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Speaker 3: It's a summer of the Market'll cut the beard off,

454
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Speaker 3: you know, get refreshed and rejuvenate it for training camp.

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Speaker 1: The return. All right, I got to get one here.

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Speaker 1: Give me the Cowboys running backs. They signed Davonte Williams

457
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Speaker 1: and Miles Sander. Their jersey numbers add up to sixty.

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Speaker 1: So that's what I'm gonna do, is the heat index

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Speaker 1: on that competition right now. Obviously, They've also got their

460
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Speaker 1: fifth round pick, Jayden Blue out of Texas. This is

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Speaker 1: going to be interesting to watch because with Davonte and

462
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Speaker 1: Miles Sanders. They got a couple of veterans who have

463
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Speaker 1: had productivity in the league, but that production hasn't really

464
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Speaker 1: been there over the past couple of years. From everything

465
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Speaker 1: I've heard through the spring, Deavonte Williams looks like the

466
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Speaker 1: guy who once completely tore up the Dallas defense down

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Speaker 1: there in Frisco. He's a player who, of course had

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Speaker 1: they torn acl has comeback. It sounds like his twitch,

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Speaker 1: his burst is back. I would not be surprised not

470
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Speaker 1: only if Javonte Williams wins that job, guys, but if

471
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Speaker 1: he has a pretty big year for a Dallas team

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Speaker 1: that's going to need production in the backfield. Mark, thank

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Speaker 1: you very much, with or without Beard, we always appreciate

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Speaker 1: your contribution. Steve stick Around, A lot more from you

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Speaker 1: still to come through the course of this loaded edition

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Speaker 1: of The Insiders, we had a lot that happened over

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Speaker 1: these past couple of weeks. We had a lot of actions.

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Speaker 1: Let's circle back on some of the big deals we

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Speaker 1: didn't get to talk about, including that blockbuster trade between

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh and Miami. Stick Around, Let's see Insiders with NFL

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Speaker 1: Terms and conditions apply. We are back on this show

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Speaker 1: after a couple of weeks off, So while we were

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Speaker 1: out there was some news. Tom Pelli, Ceradian Rappaport back

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Speaker 1: here on the inside. Let's start out with a couple

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Speaker 1: of extensions that got done recently in front offices. Ryan Poles,

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Speaker 1: the Bears general manager. He gets a new deal that

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Speaker 1: now aligns him with their new head coach Ben Johnson.

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Speaker 1: In Chicago. There have been a lot of moves over

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Speaker 1: the past several years for Ryan Poles. The optimism in

496
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Speaker 1: Chicago right now is that with Ben Johnson on board,

497
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Speaker 1: that quarterback that Ryan Poles took number one, Caleb Williams,

498
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Speaker 1: it'll show why he was worth that number one pick.

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Speaker 1: Omar Khan also has a new deal. The Steelers general

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Speaker 1: manager agreed to terms on a new deal that will

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Speaker 1: keep him in Pittsburgh through at least the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: eight season and Omar Kan Well, he's been awfully busy

503
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Speaker 1: over the past several months as well. Nobody, nobody has

504
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Speaker 1: made more headlines on they show then the Steelers, including

505
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Speaker 1: while we were away. You're not allowed to make trades

506
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Speaker 1: during Fourth of July week, but here we were, Ian

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Speaker 1: calling me from Tulum and me jumping off of a

508
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Speaker 1: a stationary bike too. Break down this trade, Jalen Ramsey,

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Speaker 1: John H. Smith in a twenty seven seventh round are

510
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Speaker 1: going to Miami for Micky Fitzpatrick and a twenty twenty

511
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Speaker 1: seven to fifth Ian, Well, this was JUNI or March.

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Speaker 1: This is about as big of a trade as you get.

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Speaker 2: Yes, all of that is true, but let me just

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Speaker 2: explain to the people who watch our show not just

515
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Speaker 2: for the news and inside analysis, but also to find

516
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Speaker 2: out what in the world we were doing while news

517
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Speaker 2: was breaking. Let me just take you there. My wife

518
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Speaker 2: and I were on vacation in Mexico. We were having

519
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Speaker 2: a lovely time. We're going to Tulom, We're going to

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Speaker 2: go tour the Mayan ruins. We're actually listening to our

521
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Speaker 2: tour guide tell me all about the different wildlife, all

522
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Speaker 2: the birds that are around and all this is We're driving,

523
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Speaker 2: and I started to have a panic attack because as

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Speaker 2: I'm texting a source who had said to me, Hey,

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Speaker 2: this Jalen Ramsey trade is about to go down in

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Speaker 2: about ten minutes. Be ready, I realize I have no service.

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Speaker 2: You and I are talking, we're trying to figure this out.

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Speaker 2: I say, Tom, listen, there is a chance that when

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Speaker 2: I get the go sign, I'm going to not be

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Speaker 2: able to hear anything. So be ready. You were ready

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Speaker 2: as you always are, jumping off the peloton. Thank you

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Speaker 2: very much. It was a harrowing experience. I have no

533
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Speaker 2: earthly idea what the tour guy said, which means I'm

534
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Speaker 2: probably gonna have to go to Tulum again. But yes,

535
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Speaker 2: as you saw in that video. It also led to

536
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Speaker 2: me doing a little shot right in from the ruins,

537
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Speaker 2: just to tell people what was going on. As far

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Speaker 2: as the actual trade, though Jalen Ramsey, you and I

539
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:41,919
Speaker 2: reported for a lot of months wanted out of Miami,

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Speaker 2: I think Miami was certainly more than willing to make

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Speaker 2: that happen. I thought in my head it would be

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Speaker 2: the Rams. They just never could figure out a way

543
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Speaker 2: to get the deal done. The Steelers did so Ramsey

544
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Speaker 2: goes there. He adds a huge, huge piece their defense,

545
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Speaker 2: but in doing so they give up Minka Fitzpatrick sort

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Speaker 2: of a salary swap a little bit. But I think

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Speaker 2: the Menca Fitzpatrick part of this tom really caught people

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Speaker 2: by surprise, whereas maybe the John hus Smith.

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Speaker 1: Part of it probably didn't. Like you said, the salary

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Speaker 1: piece was part of it. Order to take on salary,

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Speaker 1: you have to move salary. But if you look back

552
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Speaker 1: last couple of years, Mega Fitzpatrick's production hasn't been quite

553
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Speaker 1: the same. He's still not even thirty years old yet,

554
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Speaker 1: as he heads back to Miami, where he was a

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Speaker 1: first round pick a number of years ago. Here they're

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Speaker 1: hoping in Miami they get some stability with Minca on

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Speaker 1: the back end. We'll see what that means for twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty six. The Steelers get a very versatile piece in

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Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey and also a tight end in John Newsmith

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Speaker 1: who wanted a new deal from the Dolphins instead, he

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Speaker 1: now gets that for the Steelers. So what does Miami

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Speaker 1: now do at tight end? They bring back a guy

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Speaker 1: We've talked about a lot of them this show over

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Speaker 1: the years. Darren Waller is back. The former Pro Bowl

565
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Speaker 1: tight end during his day with the Raiders, reunited after

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Speaker 1: one year in retirement with his old coach, Frank's Smith.

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Speaker 1: There's now the Dolphins oc those guys work together with

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. They are extremely close. If anybody is going

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Speaker 1: to help Darren Waller come back from a year away

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Speaker 1: from the game, it's going to be Frank Smith. And

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Speaker 1: from everything I've been told, physically mentally, Darren Waller is

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Speaker 1: in a much better place right now. As for the

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers and their star left tackle Ian Tristan Works, he's

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Speaker 1: been in a better place physically and he's going to

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Speaker 1: miss some time.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is I would say somewhat significant blow for

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Speaker 2: the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It's been knee injury that's been

578
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Speaker 2: bothering Tristan where first for some time. Is a tough,

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Speaker 2: tough dude, always been able to battle through It was

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Speaker 2: training was getting ready, kind of gearing up for training camp,

581
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Speaker 2: but became clear that this knee injury was still a thing.

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Speaker 2: He did have surgery. My understanding is he's going to

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Speaker 2: miss a couple of weeks of the regular season, which

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Speaker 2: means he probably starts on the pup list not the

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Speaker 2: pup list that you start on before training camp, but

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Speaker 2: the one that knocks you out the first let's say

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Speaker 2: four games of the regular season. It's not idea, but

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Speaker 2: if this Bucks team is kind of what we think

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Speaker 2: they're going to be, which is a team that's going

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Speaker 2: to be there in the playoffs, so at least competing

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Speaker 2: for playoffs, you'll have him for the better part of

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Speaker 2: the season, which, again it's not the greatest, but it

593
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Speaker 2: could be worse as well.

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Speaker 1: Tough news for the Buccaneers. We also had devastating news

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Speaker 1: for many people in the state of Texas while we

596
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Speaker 1: were away. The NFL family stepped up to provide immediate

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Speaker 1: assistance and long term resources to community needs devastated by

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Speaker 1: the flooding in central Texas. An initial one point five

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Speaker 1: million dollar donation from the NFL Foundation Dallas Cowboys in Houston,

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Speaker 1: Texans led to additional contributions from the Falcons, Panthers, Vikings, Saints, Steelers,

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Speaker 1: and Seahawks. Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt also announced

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Speaker 1: another contribution through his MLS team FC Dallas. Mik Keil, Hey,

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Speaker 1: how are you doing? My managed John Lynch ready to

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Speaker 1: being there. That's awesome. Buddy, we're so fired up to

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Speaker 1: get you.

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Speaker 6: Man.

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Speaker 7: We've been sitting here nervous about going up. I tried

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Speaker 7: to go up, it didn't work, but.

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Speaker 1: We got you here.

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Speaker 6: So we are so damn fired up.

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Speaker 1: Man.

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Speaker 7: You're gonna be You're gonna be great for us. Man,

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Speaker 7: and the entire building got behind this, so I'm gonna

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Speaker 7: turn you over a go Chanahand all right, buddy, let's

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Speaker 7: hear it from my.

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Speaker 6: Fuck out and drafts dude, this is all we wanted.

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Speaker 6: This is day one. Man. We're all pumped out there

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Speaker 6: and you with your family right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, man, we loaded.

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Speaker 6: That's awesome. Man. Enjoy it all right. It's special tonight.

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Speaker 6: And enjoy it because when you get here, man, it's

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Speaker 6: time to go to work, all right, right, man, I

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Speaker 6: appreciate it.

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Speaker 1: Coach never gets old watching those draft phone calls forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers hope, and never gets old watching Michael Williams

626
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Speaker 1: do things like this, and do it in regular season

627
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Speaker 1: games when you can actually sack the quarterback and not

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Speaker 1: a guy wearing some weird get up that looks like

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Speaker 1: Michael could singly throw him over the fence. Let's talk

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Speaker 1: more about the NFC West with our West Coast correspondence.

631
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 1: They're dressed California business casual. There together Steve Wich and

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00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 1: Omar Ruiz lay it on. I mean, we got the

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers rookies reporting training camp tomorrow. We've got

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Speaker 1: the Seahawks reporting with air rookies the training camp tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: What's the biggest questions facing each of those four teams

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Speaker 1: in the NFC West.

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Speaker 2: With Tom Let's start right there with the forty nine Ers.

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00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,880
Speaker 4: We saw John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan talk to the

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Speaker 4: defensive their defensive end, Ferson All Draftick, Mikel Williams omark.

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Speaker 2: The biggest questions could be on offense.

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Speaker 5: Where they took care of their quarterback, Rock Party and

642
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Speaker 5: where is he going to go with that football? And

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Speaker 5: a big question for me is how healthy and how

644
00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:43,200
Speaker 5: productive can Christian McCaffrey return to form. Obviously the offensive

645
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Speaker 5: player of the Year in twenty twenty three. I think

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Speaker 5: he has to be back at that elite level because

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Speaker 5: you look at the wide receiver room. Steve Deebo Samuel

648
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 5: is gone, Brandon Ayuk is still coming back from that

649
00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 5: torn ACL We're hearing now that Juwan Jennings reportedly is unhappy,

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Speaker 5: wants a new contract or to be traded. Ricky Piersall,

651
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Speaker 5: their first round pick last year, tweaked the hamstring in

652
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,600
Speaker 5: OTA's The newly signed to Marcus Robinson over from the Rams,

653
00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 5: had a DUI last year, pleaded no contest could be

654
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 5: facing suspension. So when you talk about the returning offensive firepower,

655
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 5: it's George Kittle and then Christian McCaffrey, who, according to

656
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,800
Speaker 5: all reports and Kyle Shanahan Christian McCaffrey saying he is

657
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 5: as healthy as ever. We saw what his absence can

658
00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 5: mean for that team in twenty twenty four as they

659
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 5: struggled to that six and eleven record.

660
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:33,160
Speaker 1: A lot of their.

661
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 5: Holes were exposed throughout the course of last year. I

662
00:32:36,080 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 5: think Christian McCaffrey covers up a lot and the way

663
00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 5: they operate, the way they use him in that offense,

664
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Speaker 5: that multifaceted role that he has, the way that Kyle

665
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 5: Uscheck has the multifaceted role at the fullback position, the

666
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,600
Speaker 5: way George Kittle plays and can be lined up anywhere

667
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 5: on the field. It is important for Christian McCaffrey to

668
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 5: return to form play at that elite level and then

669
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Speaker 5: they can worry about the receiving.

670
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Speaker 4: Court for brock purty Ye Christ McCaffrey also a new papa,

671
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Speaker 4: so congrats to him and his wife for their new baby. Well,

672
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Speaker 4: I'm gonna take it up to Seattle, right So there

673
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 4: is that forty nine ers connection right there is. Clint

674
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,880
Speaker 4: Kobiak is the new offensive coordinator in Seattle, and he

675
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 4: got Sam Darnald as his quarterback. And that is the

676
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:20,880
Speaker 4: big question for the Seattle Seahawks. Can Sam Darnald replicate

677
00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 4: the magic season that he had last year with the Vikings,

678
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:28,840
Speaker 4: you know, thirty five touchdowns, twelve interceptions, more than four

679
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 4: thousand yards because he comes to an offense that is similar,

680
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,640
Speaker 4: not exactly to what he ran in Minnesota. But guess what,

681
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 4: he doesn't have Jordan Addison and Justin Jefferson and TJ.

682
00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,760
Speaker 4: Hopkinson to throw the ball to the Seattle Seahawks.

683
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,160
Speaker 2: They lost Tyler Lockett.

684
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 4: DK Metcalf now Jackson Smith and jigbu is a stud

685
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Speaker 4: wide receiver.

686
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 2: He's ready to take that.

687
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Speaker 1: Number one role.

688
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 4: Cooper Cup is the number two as he comes up

689
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,720
Speaker 4: from the Rams. But as we know, who's going home

690
00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:59,400
Speaker 4: to Seattle to the Washington area has had durability issues

691
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:03,520
Speaker 4: this Seahawks and Donald sustain durability issues with that wide

692
00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:07,080
Speaker 4: receiver corps. But again, the biggest question omar is can

693
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 4: Sam Donald play like he did last year? Because if

694
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Speaker 4: he did, Seattle might have a team that could push

695
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Speaker 4: somebody else. Is there another team in this division that

696
00:34:14,120 --> 00:34:15,720
Speaker 4: could surprise, Well, let's talk about.

697
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: The Arizona Cardinals.

698
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 5: This is a team that when Jonathan Gannon, the defensive

699
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 5: coordinator from a Super Bowl appearance and the Philadelphia Eagles

700
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 5: takes over in twenty twenty three, I'm going to reach

701
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 5: you some stats here. They were thirty first in the

702
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 5: league in scoring defense in twenty twenty three, twenty fifth

703
00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 5: in yards allowed. They make that big jump last year

704
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 5: and they improved by four games those defensive numbers in

705
00:34:37,200 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 5: twenty twenty four. Now they're fifteenth in scoring, eighteenth in

706
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 5: yards allowed.

707
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: And that is in.

708
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 5: Large part Steve to boot A Baker and a lot

709
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 5: of no names on defense that Jonathan Gannon Nick rollis

710
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 5: the defensive coordinator, had those guys playing with energy, with effort.

711
00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,839
Speaker 1: They're in most of the games.

712
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 5: That they played, didn't get to ultimately where they wanted,

713
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 5: but they still improved by four games and are look

714
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,319
Speaker 5: to improve now in a dramatic way in twenty twenty five.

715
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 5: There you see Kalais Campbell now a part of the team,

716
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 5: Josh Sweat. They're big blockbuster free agent signing. They have

717
00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,920
Speaker 5: Dalvin Tomlinson. They spent their first round pick on Walter Nolan.

718
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,319
Speaker 5: They get Will Johnson in the second round fell to them.

719
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:20,800
Speaker 5: How quickly can this defense come together for Jonathan Gannon

720
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Speaker 5: and the Arizona Cardinals If they can now make that

721
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:28,000
Speaker 5: jump from poor to middle of the road to now

722
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 5: maybe elite in Jonathan Gannon's third year, perhaps take some

723
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:36,320
Speaker 5: pressure steve off of Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals offense,

724
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 5: which seems they're filling it a little bit. Going into

725
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,280
Speaker 5: the third year in this regime, they could really surprise.

726
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 4: But the team I think everyone's looking at is the

727
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,120
Speaker 4: Los Angeles Rams because look, they almost beat Philadelphia in

728
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,360
Speaker 4: the playoffs last year. It could have been them representing

729
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 4: the NFC in the Super Bowl. But the big question

730
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 4: for them is can their workman like secondary, which has

731
00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:57,120
Speaker 4: a lot of good players, take advantage.

732
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,759
Speaker 2: Of that dominant front five that they have.

733
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:02,279
Speaker 4: You look at the secondary safeties like Quinton Lake You've

734
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 4: got Akela Weatherspon, Kobe Durant, cam Kins, Is Cam Curlet,

735
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 4: Darius Williams. They've got players back there, right. But then

736
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 4: you look up front Poona Ford, who is going to

737
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 4: be a huge addition. He's gonna be one of those

738
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 4: guys you were talking about. It's one of the best

739
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,240
Speaker 4: free agent acquisitions in the offseason, joins Braden Fitz, Kobe Turner,

740
00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 4: Jared Varsus, Byron Young. If this secondary can start getting

741
00:36:21,560 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 4: more and more takeaways, whether it's forest fumbles, whether it's interceptions,

742
00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 4: this defense could be one of the better defenses in

743
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Speaker 4: the NFC. And the Rams with all the weapons on

744
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,120
Speaker 4: the offense, Let's not forget they got DeVante Adams a

745
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 4: wide receiver, they could be a Super Bowl contender. But

746
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 4: here's one thing I talked to Sean McVay about this

747
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 4: that you know. I talked about the work mill guys

748
00:36:41,120 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 4: in the secondary. They could have had gotten played for

749
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,320
Speaker 4: JayR Alexander and Jalen Ramsey.

750
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:46,400
Speaker 1: They opted not to.

751
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 4: Part of it was financial, part of it was they

752
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 4: like the guys that they have so omar this division

753
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 4: is kind of up for grabs. A lot of questions overall,

754
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 4: but Thomas, we send it back to you. We just

755
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 4: think that again, this is going to be one of

756
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 4: the better divisions overall in the NFC.

757
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,480
Speaker 1: Hard to find a better duo than Steve Whitch and

758
00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: Omar Wiz. That's that. We've got Pookinaku and Kobe Turner

759
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,120
Speaker 1: on the show to borrow. Okay, that's just a better

760
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:16,880
Speaker 1: due that. You guys still were much Still, we still

761
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,520
Speaker 1: got more Insiders coming up. Right after this, we got

762
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 1: details on flave football in the twenty twenty eight LA Olympics.

763
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 1: We also got one former NFL player who's making a

764
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,919
Speaker 1: splash in a different sport. Find out who. Right after

765
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 1: this on the Insiders, What up, Tony Man? Go outside

766
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: us some football?

767
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 5: Some friends play for children under NNFL season is underway.

768
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 2: Oh my god, Oh.

769
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Speaker 1: Pluck, pluck. He hurdles a guy backwards. Oh Mark checkson.

770
00:38:04,239 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: There goes Henry. The pageantry of football.

771
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 6: There's nothing like him.

772
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 3: Oh baby, how beautiful is that?

773
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:16,640
Speaker 2: This is?

774
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: Behind Cooper running in pitched it back to Alan. Who's

775
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:25,279
Speaker 1: gonna on the line? Here comes the hail Mary with the.

776
00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 7: Game on the line, the ball is taught.

777
00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,759
Speaker 1: That's America. Welcome to the postseason.

778
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:38,400
Speaker 6: Man, is that caught?

779
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:42,560
Speaker 1: Yes, you are not?

780
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:47,880
Speaker 2: Play by Dallas Donna who can't stop Jadan Daniel putty

781
00:38:47,960 --> 00:38:52,640
Speaker 2: off that the playoff Kelsey, he's a beast with a capitol.

782
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:56,520
Speaker 1: Be There goes Kirkly through the snow. The Chiefs go

783
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl for a chance for a three

784
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: paint lock.

785
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 6: The Beagles, it's heading to do Orleans.

786
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,240
Speaker 3: Hey, no throwing that time, man, We're coming to dominate.

787
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 2: That's it.

788
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 3: Let just embrace the moment.

789
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:08,560
Speaker 2: Man, Let's do this.

790
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: Doll and.

791
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 7: Back goes my homes looking.

792
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 2: It's interceptive that you chain has he bro touchdown?

793
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:24,239
Speaker 1: Oh my god, Oh my god, Hert's going team far off,

794
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 1: Davanta shift touchdown.

795
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 3: It's the Philadelphia Eagles have won Super Bowl fifty nine.

796
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,879
Speaker 1: What a season it was, and what a week we've

797
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,200
Speaker 1: got upcoming Flag Football, The twenty twenty five NFL Flag

798
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:54,160
Speaker 1: Championships presented by Toyota are coming to Canton Field. Approximately

799
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 1: three hundred teams across twelve boys and girls divisions have

800
00:39:57,080 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 1: now been set. Watch every game on ESPN Plus or

801
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 1: NFL Plus July eighteenth through the twentieth, with additional coverage

802
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:10,320
Speaker 1: on ESPN, ESPN two, ABC, and Disney. Plus, speaking of

803
00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,240
Speaker 1: flag football, it's coming to the Olympics in three years.

804
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:17,640
Speaker 1: The official schedule for those games in different sports was

805
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 1: put out earlier today. The flight football portion will take

806
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 1: place from Saturday July fifteenth through Saturday July twenty second,

807
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:28,640
Speaker 1: Exposition Park Stadium in Los Angeles. Notable dates because that

808
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 1: means the flag event will wrap up right before NFL

809
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,239
Speaker 1: training camps kick off, and some players may or may

810
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,399
Speaker 1: not be doing both of those events. I can tell

811
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 1: you what event I will not be doing. I'm going

812
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: to be doing what Jimmy Graham is doing right now.

813
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:46,040
Speaker 1: He and three others test in the boundaries of their

814
00:40:46,160 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: endurance and mental toughness in the Arctic Challenge. They are

815
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,440
Speaker 1: rowing one thousand kilometers across the Arctic Ocean in a

816
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 1: nine point six meter human powered boat, attempting to set

817
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,320
Speaker 1: several world records in the event, including the speed record

818
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 1: of fifteen days, five hours. The raising funds for a

819
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 1: couple of New Orleans charities. It is, according to the

820
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints website, a sleep deprived around the clockwork,

821
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:15,000
Speaker 1: each person rowing thirteen hours per day, with rotations of

822
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Speaker 1: two hours on, two hours off, and one hour donated

823
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 1: per day, very similar to the rotations of our insiders,

824
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,560
Speaker 1: he and Rapport and Mike Garofolo, who were grinding away

825
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:29,920
Speaker 1: on their final weekend before the drink camp. Grind truly

826
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Speaker 1: kicks off by hanging out in Sarah Tooga. Break it

827
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Speaker 1: down for me here, Ian, who do we got? All?

828
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 2: Right? So we got the garatfoos. We got there. He

829
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:42,919
Speaker 2: is right there, his bald self. Mike was doing extremely well.

830
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,720
Speaker 2: I would say, there's the garifos and the wrap ports.

831
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Speaker 2: Late at night, did we have a couple of cocktails?

832
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,719
Speaker 2: I don't know who's counting.

833
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 1: At that point.

834
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Speaker 2: It's not like we started at eleven am and finished

835
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Speaker 2: at one thirty in the morning. It doesn't matter. That's

836
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:58,120
Speaker 2: the brands. By the way, Kyle Branton and Brooke hanging

837
00:41:58,160 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 2: out with us as well. They were drinking champagne at

838
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 2: about ten thirty in the morning. That is how you start.

839
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 2: It was a lovely day, some NFL Nework bonding. Tom.

840
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 2: You were invited and not so politely declined, So I

841
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 2: will say you were not missed, but it would have

842
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 2: been fun if you were there.

843
00:42:15,760 --> 00:42:18,879
Speaker 1: You say I was invited, meaning you sent me one

844
00:42:19,080 --> 00:42:21,200
Speaker 1: text in like November saying, hey, we should go to

845
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,240
Speaker 1: Saratoga next July. Never follow up, Yeah, never a reminder

846
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,680
Speaker 1: of a horse race eight myself that I would have

847
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 1: to fly myself with my wife in for. I would

848
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: say it was a it was an invite, It was

849
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Speaker 1: an invitation from you.

850
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 2: No, it would have been nice if you were there.

851
00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:41,919
Speaker 2: You were missed, I will say, But if it makes

852
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 2: you feel any better, Tom, we drank enough as if

853
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 2: you would.

854
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:46,400
Speaker 6: Have been there.

855
00:42:46,440 --> 00:42:47,800
Speaker 2: Okay, we dragging up for both of you.

856
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 6: That so there you go.

857
00:42:49,719 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 1: Takes more teams in rookie Camp tomorrow. We got Cooking

858
00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: to Cool on the show and Kobe Turner be there.

859
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 1: Sen me at Measter tomorrow. See you