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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here with

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Speaker 2: Carmen Vitally. Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with

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Speaker 2: karme and me. Happy Memorial Day weekend.

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Speaker 1: Everybody birthday to Alex.

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Speaker 3: Her birthdays on Monday, guys, and this is her birthday.

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Speaker 1: It's officially birthday weekend.

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Speaker 2: But back to the Memorial A big thank you to

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Speaker 2: all those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our

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Speaker 2: country and our freedom. We were forever thankful for you

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Speaker 2: and your service. It was also Fleet Week here in

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Speaker 2: La we had some fla.

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Speaker 3: I had no idea, but I just kept seeing like sailors.

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Speaker 1: Sailors. Yeah, we had him.

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Speaker 2: We had them in studio on set on the Herd. Thursday,

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Speaker 2: we had like a live audience.

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Speaker 1: Neighborhood.

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Speaker 3: I saw a bunch of there was like three or

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Speaker 3: four of them in their everyone there everywhere.

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Speaker 1: What's a base right here is no? No, no, They

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Speaker 1: all came up. Yeah, no, I fleet. They might my Navy,

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Speaker 1: so he purchased. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It was so cool and I've been I've been doing

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Speaker 2: stuff with the Navy for a while.

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Speaker 1: For Fleet Weeks. I used to come to Angel games,

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Speaker 1: we'd have am there.

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Speaker 2: I love having a live in studio audience because obviously,

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Speaker 2: like I used to be in the field for ten years,

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Speaker 2: so I'd be doing my hits in front of like

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Speaker 2: tens of thousands of people.

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Speaker 1: And now I'm like, oh, we got we got a

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Speaker 1: little audience. We have a little crowd here.

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Speaker 4: I'm so happy.

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Speaker 1: I love it. But yeah, man, what a week here.

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Speaker 1: It is so fun. As you said, it is my

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Speaker 1: birthday weekend, and.

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Speaker 2: I like I officially started telling people I think on Thursday.

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Speaker 3: Birthday birthday weekend on Thursday belongs to the weekend in

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Speaker 3: the summer.

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Speaker 2: I am within the week right because it's on Monday.

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Speaker 2: So it's just I normally do birthday month. But it's

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Speaker 2: my sister's birthdays on Wednesday. So once hers is done,

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Speaker 2: then it's your time. Then it's my time.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, See, my birthday is two days after New Year's

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Speaker 3: so nobody wants to do anything for my.

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Speaker 2: Birth that's actually like, you're not like super hungover right

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Speaker 2: after everyone everyone's broken hungover from.

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Speaker 1: And they're not drinking. They're like, no, by the way, my.

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Speaker 3: Birthday January it's the worst birthday. So we have decided

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Speaker 3: now that July third is going to be my birthday.

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Speaker 3: We're going to be on vacation, so we're going to

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Speaker 3: be celebrating my birthday July third.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I love that's that's smart.

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Speaker 2: All right, guys, we have some great guests on the

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Speaker 2: show for you today. We have NBA insider Mark Medina

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Speaker 2: joining us in thirty minutes to break down all things

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Speaker 2: NBA playoffs, because MAVs went off Lucas last.

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Speaker 1: Night with that epic comeback buzzer beater.

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Speaker 2: Then we have Steelers insider Brooke Prior joining us an

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Speaker 2: should be now. Another thing that happened this week is

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Speaker 2: we started to hear from all of our favorite NFL

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Speaker 2: superstars because OTAs are now in full swing, so we're

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Speaker 2: getting our first look at some new faces in new places,

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Speaker 2: guys coming back, and rookies getting ready to make their debuts.

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna do a little quarterback roundup check in

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Speaker 2: with some guys just how I'm kind of like knitting. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: this little segment, we'll check in, little check in, right,

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Speaker 2: and we're going to start with the number one overall pick,

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Speaker 2: Caleb Williams because he was weird.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was reported he had a little.

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Speaker 2: Rough outing in practice on Thursday, that he was inconsistent,

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Speaker 2: veteran safety Kevin who told the media, you know, it's

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Speaker 2: gave him some encouragement. And let's be honest, did anybody

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Speaker 2: or any college athlete right out of the gates coming

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Speaker 2: and there are going to be struggles. Plus, this is

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Speaker 2: a good thing. You want to face a little bit

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Speaker 2: of a challenge in practice so you're not completely blindsided

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Speaker 2: in your first couple of games. And this is the

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Speaker 2: is why practice is so important. You gotta get your

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Speaker 2: whatever it is. I mean, it's a completely different game

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Speaker 2: be facing from college into the pros. And remember, there's

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Speaker 2: a lot of pressure on Caleb Williams, not only being

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Speaker 2: the number one overall pick all the hype that he

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Speaker 2: is a generational talent, someone we haven't seen like that

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Speaker 2: maybe since like a Patrick Mahomes who was being compared to.

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Speaker 1: But also the Bears have never had that guy at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: We talk about it a lot.

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Speaker 2: The Bears have never had a quarterback throw over four

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Speaker 2: thousand yards or more than thirty passing touchdowns in a

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Speaker 2: single season. That can all change with Caleb Williams if

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Speaker 2: he gets the support he needs and if he has

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Speaker 2: situations like this in practice, this has to happen.

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Speaker 1: I hate the storyline. I'm gonna be honest with.

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Speaker 3: You, Alex, because it's I don't even want to call

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Speaker 3: it struggles. This is what is this, This is all

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Speaker 1: It is not only.

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Speaker 3: Was he out there for the first time with his

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Speaker 3: I'm Gon Dunesay isn't out there right now. Keenan Allen

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Speaker 3: wasn't at that practice. You had multiple guys that were

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Speaker 3: defense you're going against has been together for the most

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Speaker 1: He just joined the team.

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Speaker 3: But for the most part, a lot of those defensive

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Speaker 3: this comes down to right now, is learning the playbook.

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Speaker 3: That is what Kayler Williams is trying to do. That

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Speaker 3: don't really want to hear anything about if Kayleb Williams

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Speaker 1: He's her first looks at OTAs. I will tell you, look, I.

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Speaker 3: Will tell you what I am encouraged by is that

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Speaker 3: the ESPN reporter for the Chicago Bears or covers the

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Speaker 3: Chicago Bears. She said that after every throw that either

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Speaker 3: Caleb went immediately over to Shane Waldron, his offensive coordinator,

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Speaker 1: How is you going to learn that you have to

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Speaker 3: Like And there's so many people and it's such a

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Speaker 3: it's such a delicate situation in Chicago right now because

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Speaker 3: there is a lot of pressure on Kayler Williams.

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Speaker 1: He's mad.

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Speaker 3: Maddi Iberflus comes out, their head coach saying, no conversation.

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Speaker 3: He's the starter obviously. Yeah, but that means that you

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Speaker 3: know you're looking to be the quote unquote savior of

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Speaker 3: this franchise. Now you're set up very well. Part of

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Speaker 3: this support is going against a good defense, is being

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Speaker 3: surrounded by experience and teammates that have been in the

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Speaker 3: league for a while, an offensive coordinator that has a

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Speaker 3: track record of getting the most out of multiple quarterbacks.

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Speaker 3: For that matter, You just like it doesn't. I can't

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Speaker 3: express to Bears fans enough. This is what is supposed

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Speaker 3: to happen. This would this would be happening to literally

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Speaker 3: if they had a new coordinator, if they had new

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Speaker 1: This other stuff.

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Speaker 3: All you're trying to get down is the timing, the checks,

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Speaker 3: to learn the playbook, which is extensive, You're they're installing

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Speaker 2: That is not this. This is learning the entire thing,

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Speaker 2: which is a big most play. But you know what

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Speaker 2: little thing that you do is going to be watched,

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Speaker 1: So Caleb is that guy coming into the league this season.

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Speaker 2: Every little thing that he does is going to be watched,

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Speaker 2: It's going to be criticized.

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Speaker 1: People are going to have opinions.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, you're like one of your first practices, it's

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Speaker 2: not going to go easy. I don't think also of

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Speaker 3: The other people need to understand too, is we are

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Speaker 3: using the term practice very loosely. Yes, they are not

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Speaker 3: in pads. No, they're in shorts and T shirts. You

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Speaker 3: are not allowed to hit anybody. You are not allowed

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Speaker 3: to get in anybody's face, You're not allowed to contest anything.

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Speaker 3: He's like, we have no idea what the offensive line

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Speaker 3: actually looks like, what the run game is going to

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Speaker 3: look like, any of that, because that is not being

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Speaker 3: tested right now. It is literally just the mental aspect

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Speaker 3: actually I wrote about it for Fox Sports because there

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Speaker 3: is a tremendous amount pressure on Kay look like we

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Speaker 3: keep saying and how OTAs are maybe the most important

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Speaker 3: for him of anybody at this point because he has

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Speaker 3: to get used to everything. But in there actually laid out, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: a schedule, a daily schedule from OTAs from an actual

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Speaker 3: team in the NFC, went out, asked a coaching friend

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Speaker 3: of mine, Hey, can you just send me your schedule? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: because they're all some variation of the same thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and they're not not all a mandatory yet, right,

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Speaker 2: it's voluntary.

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Speaker 3: That's why don't see these guys necessarily there and if

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Speaker 3: slightest bit of injury, like literally that you're you're not

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Speaker 1: Sit down.

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Speaker 3: So if you want to see exactly what these guys

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Speaker 3: So I'm not here in any of the tempering whatever,

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Speaker 3: Great, have Josh Allen, so I'm not gonna I'm not

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Speaker 2: But you still have Tua and Tyreek Hill with the Dolphins,

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Speaker 3: But like again, if you look at the talent on

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Speaker 2: The Jets like have the Is it the longest playoff

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but he's he's also coming off oh yeah, a

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Speaker 2: I'm not different Aaron Rodgers the last time he was

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Speaker 3: I'm not saying well, And we don't talk enough about

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Speaker 3: And we all were just like, yeah, so that didn't

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Speaker 3: Like you need to hold them to that standard. I

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Speaker 1: Honestly, it kind.

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Speaker 2: Of feels like the way he's talking to the media

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Speaker 3: whoin Rodgers is dating? I'm so serious, Alex. He takes

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Speaker 2: have a time.

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Speaker 1: Anthem of very poor decisions. I love that.

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Speaker 6: Every time I crack the rum, I just hear the

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Speaker 2: All right, guys, it has been at ric season for

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Speaker 2: the w n b A. Obviously, they're getting record attendance,

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Speaker 2: record ratings, national TV games, private charters finally, and whether

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Speaker 2: people want to admit it or not, it's all because

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Speaker 2: obviously the hard work that everyone's done for years. But

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Speaker 2: the one that pushed it over the edge is Caitlyn Clark. Now,

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Speaker 2: it's been a rough start for Caitlin and the Fever,

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Speaker 2: but she finally picked up her first career win last

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Speaker 2: night in La a fun little matchup between the number

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Speaker 2: one and number two overall pick, Kaitlyn Clark and Cameron Brink.

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Speaker 2: I just want to remind everybody, you know, you have

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Speaker 2: to remember Caitlyn did not end up in the best situation.

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Speaker 2: Right Fever had been the worst team in the WNBA

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Speaker 2: the last two seasons, the first yeah, the first overall

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Speaker 2: pick the last two years. It's not going to change overnight.

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Speaker 2: So for those who are being extremely critical to Caitlin,

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Speaker 2: calm down. There's going to be growing pains anytime you

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Speaker 2: make a transition from college to the professionals. As we

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Speaker 2: were just talking about with Caleb Williams being the number

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Speaker 2: one overall pick in the NFL draft, who was quote

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Speaker 2: struggling in practice, It's going to take time. Whatever you're

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Speaker 2: doing going from college to the pros, it's going to

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Speaker 2: take time. But she's still leading all rookie in points

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Speaker 2: per game, and I love the support that she is

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Speaker 2: getting from other big names in basketball her Charles Barkley

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Speaker 2: standing up for her.

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Speaker 1: We heard Lebron James kind of a problematic way, but

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Speaker 1: that's okay, I I know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, listen, this all started with Diana Tarrossi saying,

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Speaker 3: like reality is coming for Kaitlin Clark, which is true.

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Speaker 3: That's the thing is, I think we are all underestimating

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Speaker 3: the level of competition of the WNBA. Like, yeah, Kaylyn

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Speaker 3: Clark is as good as we think she is. Yes,

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Speaker 3: as evidenced by the fact that after missing her first

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Speaker 3: seven threes against the Sparks, she comes back, she drains

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Speaker 3: a thirty three footer and then that starts like it

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Speaker 3: was right after the fever, kind of gained the lead,

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Speaker 3: widened the lead, and then sealed the lead with another

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Speaker 3: twenty eight foot shot.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So like she is that girl, Yeah, she is

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Speaker 1: that woman.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but she's also going up against women that have

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Speaker 3: been doing this at a high level, at much higher

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Speaker 3: of a level than anybody has given them credit for.

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Speaker 3: And I think that that's where kind of some of this,

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Speaker 3: you know, the narrative that people are either jealous or

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Speaker 3: resentful of the fact that Kaitlyn Clark is kind of

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Speaker 3: getting the credit for all this. It's it just took

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Speaker 3: the one person.

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Speaker 1: To galarizing player, is what it takes.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes and for whatever reason, for whatever reason, whether it's

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Speaker 3: because Caitlin Clark shoots like Steph Curry or whatever.

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Speaker 2: It's her threes. It's her magical three point shots. That's

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Speaker 2: what it is. Whatever it is, she's got it.

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Speaker 3: I think joy went on a rant about this, our

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Speaker 3: friend Joyce Taylor on Speak this week, where whatever it is,

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Speaker 3: she has it. So she is the superstar. She's the

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Speaker 3: one that was chosen. Yes, And that's not like someone

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Speaker 3: in a back.

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Speaker 1: Room saying, oh, well, we're going to make sure that

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Speaker 1: this is the girl that gets out. It's h own.

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Speaker 3: It was very organic, Yeah, and I want to acknowledge

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Speaker 3: that while also saying, yeah, this doesn't happen though if

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Speaker 3: there wasn't already a good product in place.

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Speaker 1: So she may have gotten the.

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Speaker 3: W over the hump, Yeah, but it wouldn't stay there

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Speaker 3: unless it was actually a good product. And that is

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Speaker 3: a testament to all of those that came before her,

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Speaker 3: came up with her.

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Speaker 1: All of that. But you have to yeah, I mean it's.

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Speaker 2: You have to recognize she's bringing in a completely new

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Speaker 2: audience to the W that wasn't there before. And it

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Speaker 2: was because of what she did in college that she

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Speaker 2: then was able to bring people over. I mean, what

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Speaker 2: the draft had three times as many viewers as their

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Speaker 2: championship game last year. I just Obviously, with any rookie

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Speaker 2: in any sport, veterans are going to be like, come on,

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Speaker 2: who do you think you are. That's just the nature

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Speaker 2: of sports, in men and women's sports.

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Speaker 1: And that's great, totally normal, that's like that should be expected.

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Speaker 2: But also like acknowledge the fact that she is the

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Speaker 2: one that got it over the hump, and that's okay,

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Speaker 2: be grateful for it because now you have like these

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Speaker 2: TV deals, brand deals, private charters, like this.

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Speaker 1: Is a good thing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and she finally got her first when last night.

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Speaker 2: But now let's check in with Kevin Wyatt and see

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Speaker 2: what's trending.

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Speaker 9: NBA Playoffs tonight game three of the Eastern Conference Finals

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Speaker 9: between the Boston Celtics Indiana Pacers. But the big news

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Speaker 9: coming out a couple hours ago Tyrese Halliburton out for

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Speaker 9: tonight's game. He had injured his hamstring in the third

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Speaker 9: quarter of Game number two. He was listened as question

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Speaker 9: well they were hoping to get him out on the

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Speaker 9: court tonight, but according to both Shams and Woj, he

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Speaker 9: will not be able to suit up for Indiana tonight

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Speaker 9: and they're down in this series two games to none.

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Speaker 9: So let's look it tough right now for Indiana, and

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Speaker 9: Jonas Knots made a great point about how the Celtics

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Speaker 9: have had their path to the finals, part like the

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Speaker 9: Red Seed had Jimmy Butler out in the last round,

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Speaker 9: and of course now with Tyrese Haliburton out now at

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Speaker 9: the best players they've had to face in these playoffs

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Speaker 9: have not been on the court against the Celtics, So

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Speaker 9: they're in a position to take this series three to

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Speaker 9: nothing if they can get the win. Tonight tip off

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Speaker 9: set for eight thirty Eastern Time, Major League Baseball. We

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Speaker 9: have a game of extra innings Giants and Mets. San

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Speaker 9: Francisco has taken the lead in that top of the

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Speaker 9: tenth inning, there's one out, they have the bases loaded,

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Speaker 9: so a chance for San Francisco really is to blow

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Speaker 9: this game out wide open. Orioles in White Sox Baltimore

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Speaker 9: leaving this one of the top of the eighth inning

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Speaker 9: four to three, Twins on top of the Rangers five

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Speaker 9: to three. They're in the bottom of the eighth inning,

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Speaker 9: Braves and Pirates are scoreless. Nationals leading the Mariners one nothing.

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Speaker 9: They're in the top of the third eighting, Athletics and

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Speaker 9: Astros and is Oakland leading it to nothing in the second.

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Speaker 9: Royals with an early one nothing lead over the Rays

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Speaker 9: in the second and the Brewers Red Sox scoreless. They're

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Speaker 9: the top of the second inning. One game has gone final,

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Speaker 9: the Detroit Tigers getting both of their runs off of

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Speaker 9: this shot from Kerry Carpenter in the first inning, fly

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Speaker 9: ball Whitefield.

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Speaker 1: This one's deep got a chance gone two out, two

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Speaker 1: run home run.

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Speaker 7: For the second consecutive day. Tigers take out.

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Speaker 9: Two nothing made in the first That was the Tigers

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Speaker 9: radio netwhere they're yeah. Even though it happened in the first,

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Speaker 9: it ended up being the game of winning Runsers would

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Speaker 9: hold on to win this one against Toronto two to one. Softball,

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Speaker 9: the women's college tournament going on right now. Tennessee and

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Speaker 9: Alabama tie that two in the game two of this

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Speaker 9: best of three Super Regional. Tennessee does lead this series

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Speaker 9: one nothing, so a win by the Balls puts them

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Speaker 9: into the College World Series. Alabama needs a win to

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Speaker 9: extend their season. The Missouri Tigers were able to keep

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Speaker 9: their season alive beating Duke three to one earlier today.

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Speaker 9: That ties up that best of three Super regional at

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Speaker 9: one game a piece and coming up at the top

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Speaker 9: of the hour Texas and Texas A and M. The

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Speaker 9: Aggie's actually the team with a one nothing lead despite

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Speaker 9: being the sixteen. See they got an upset over the

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Speaker 9: long Horns last night. So the Aggies can punch their

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Speaker 9: ticket into the Women's College World Series if they get

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Speaker 9: the win against the Longhorns this afternoon. And in the

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Speaker 9: NHL tonight Game two of the Western Conference Finals, Oilers

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Speaker 9: and Stars Edmonton leading this one one nothing after Connor

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Speaker 9: McDavid getting the double overtime game winning goal on Thursday night.

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Speaker 1: Back to you guys, Thank you, Kevin.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to Fox Sports Saturday. Am Alex Coury here

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Speaker 2: with Carmen Vitally. We are broadcasting live from the Tarik

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Speaker 2: dot Com studios in Los Angeles, and it is time

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Speaker 2: to bring in our first guest NBA insider who's been

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Speaker 2: covering the NBA since twenty ten. We had him on

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Speaker 2: the Herd yesterday, so please welcome Mark Medina to the show.

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Speaker 10: And Mark, Hey, thanks j'all for having me. It's always

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Speaker 10: fun talking oops.

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Speaker 1: I know, I literally like he came to sit down

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Speaker 1: on the couch and I was like, will you come

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Speaker 1: on our show? Tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I was like, stupid, this is great. All right,

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Speaker 2: let's talk about the game coming up tonight, because the

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Speaker 2: Celtics have had a fairly easy path in the East

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Speaker 2: and are already up to on the Pacers, and now

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Speaker 2: with Tyres Haliburton out for Game three, give me your

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Speaker 2: series prediction here.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, it's wild. I think that this will end in

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Speaker 10: five games. I think Indiana can stay faces either splitting

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Speaker 10: tonight or Game four. But without Tyrs Salivert they have

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Speaker 10: no shot. And I would even with Tyres Halliburn, it

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Speaker 10: was going to be a long haul because even though

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Speaker 10: you know he's considered the best passer in the league,

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Speaker 10: they just don't have the same kind of depth that

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Speaker 10: the Celtics have. They've been able to get by even

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Speaker 10: without chrisos Porzingis, so when you look at these hamstring injuries,

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Speaker 10: they're always dicey, so I would be surprised he suits

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Speaker 10: up at all, and as a result, I think it's

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Speaker 10: gonna be a short series. But Boston does have a

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Speaker 10: tendency to let its guard down, so I think Indian

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Speaker 10: analyst has enough to feel one game and nothing more.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean what they've had their last two series

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Speaker 3: went five games, just because of the fact that the

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Speaker 3: Celtics kind of like take a break and they're like,

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Speaker 3: oh right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we can defindih this out.

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Speaker 3: I want to talk to you a little bit about

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Speaker 3: the fact that, I mean, going into this playoff bracket.

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Speaker 1: We see the Celtic I mean we in the very beginning.

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Speaker 3: The Celtics were like, oh yeah, they I don't know

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Speaker 3: any team that's gonna be able to stop them in

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Speaker 3: the East, And sure enough that's come to Fruition and

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Speaker 3: that g one against the Pacers. I feel like with

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Speaker 3: such a missed opportunity and it set the tone for

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Speaker 3: the rest of the series to the point where the

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Speaker 3: Boston Celtics are just going to cruise to the Eastern

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Speaker 3: Conference Finals like we all thought.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, Carl, I think he made a really good point

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Speaker 10: because even though Indiana was in that game and you

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Speaker 10: could think, oh, it's a competitive series, I felt like

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Speaker 10: it was the equivalent of boxing, where they gave their

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Speaker 10: best bunchet in Land and now it took so much

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Speaker 10: opportunity or energy away from it, and a lot of

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Speaker 10: it was self inflicted wounds, which just you know, lake

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Speaker 10: game management, not being able to control the ball. I

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Speaker 10: don't understand Rick Carlisle is a great coach, but not failing,

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Speaker 10: you know, with the Pacers up three and allowing Joe

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Speaker 10: and Brown to tie it like that's basketball one oh one.

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Speaker 10: And so I'm with you. If the Pacers were going

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Speaker 10: to make this a series level, it's still a game,

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Speaker 10: it would have been in that instance, And since then,

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Speaker 10: it just seems like Boston's kicked up another dotch Indiana hasn't,

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Speaker 10: and now they don't have tyres Halburns though, it seems

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Speaker 10: like it's going to be even more challenging.

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Speaker 3: Is Jalen Brown this series MVP?

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Speaker 10: I think so. I mean, he forced overtime and the

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Speaker 10: secure game one. If he missed that three, Indiana walks

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Speaker 10: off with a win. And I think when you're looking

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Speaker 10: at Jason Tatum, I think that he has improved this

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Speaker 10: season as far as his efficiency, his passing, the fact

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Speaker 10: that he's been a great fit with chrisos Perzingi's arrival.

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Speaker 10: But yeah, Jallen Brown has been playing an absolute high

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Speaker 10: level in this series. And I do think one of

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Speaker 10: it's partly because Jalleen Brown is a great player, but

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Speaker 10: it does seem like he has some extra energy based

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Speaker 10: off of the fact that he's not on that All

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Speaker 10: NBA team selection.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, he was.

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Speaker 2: Definitely playing with a chip on his shoulder in Game two. Now,

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Speaker 2: we've been talking about this power duo of Jason Tatum

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Speaker 2: and Jalen Brown being the next eight team, and this year,

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Speaker 2: as we're seeing it unfold, it's setting up Boston in

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Speaker 2: the perfect position to win. If they don't take home

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Speaker 2: the title this season, does it feel like they're window

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Speaker 2: was closing?

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Speaker 10: Well, I don't think their windows closing, only because Jason

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Speaker 10: Tatum and Joe and Brown they're all, you know, max contracts.

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Speaker 10: They're stowing their prime. But I would say it would

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Speaker 10: be considered a failure. I mean, they've had this championship

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Speaker 10: window ever since Lebron James left the Eastern Conference in

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Speaker 10: twenty eighteen, and they went through the right of passage

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Speaker 10: that a lot of great teams, yeah go through where

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Speaker 10: they go deep in the playoffs, they experience heartache. You

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Speaker 10: think this will build towards something and so far it hasn't.

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Speaker 10: And so I don't think it would be drastic enough

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Speaker 10: for them to then conclude they got to blow up

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Speaker 10: the roster and start over. But it would be disappointing.

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Speaker 10: And I'm saying that thinking they're not going to win

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Speaker 10: the finals because they've had a relatively easier path in

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Speaker 10: the Eastern Conference because of those teams and their injuries.

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Speaker 10: But I think the West landscape is just a lot

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Speaker 10: more competitive this season. Whether it's Minnesota or Dallas that

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Speaker 10: winds up in the finals, I think they're going to

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Speaker 10: be the winner. And I thought the same thing if

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Speaker 10: it wound up being Denver or Oklahoma City. I think

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Speaker 10: all four of those teams have shown a lot more

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Speaker 10: consistency with living up to their potential than Boston has,

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Speaker 10: and I think at some point in the NBA Finals

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Speaker 10: will catch up to them.

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Speaker 2: So you think it hurts them, the fact that they've

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Speaker 2: had such an easy path makes sense.

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Speaker 10: I wouldn't say that only because I think it helps

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Speaker 10: that they're not as beat up. I mean, obviously we

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Speaker 10: have Worzingis's injury uncertainty, and that could be a blessing

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Speaker 10: in disguise, but I think the fact that they haven't

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Speaker 10: been challenged could come up to bite them because they've

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Speaker 10: shown some some troubling habits of playing with their food

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Speaker 10: a little bit. But look, I expect they'll elevate their game,

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Speaker 10: presuming they get to the finals. I just think Dallas

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Speaker 10: and Minnesota are just so good that it's.

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Speaker 11: Not going to be enough.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the West has been a gauntlet. I mean it's

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Speaker 3: an absolute war zone on that side, and we knew

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Speaker 3: that going in. Like I said, I think before the

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Speaker 3: finals or when the when the playoffs started, you just

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Speaker 3: realized that Boston had kind of a clearer path to

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Speaker 3: the finals than anybody in the West.

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Speaker 1: But this series, in particular.

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Speaker 3: Between Minnesota and Dallas, I thought for sure Minnesota had

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Speaker 3: kind of the momentum. You see Aunt just absolutely killing it,

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Speaker 3: and then Luca comes in and he has been more clutch,

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Speaker 3: averaging thirty six and a half points in this series.

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Speaker 3: I mean, now all of a sudden, the tide seem

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Speaker 3: to have turned that like, Dallas just seems like they're

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Speaker 3: going to dominate the rest of the way.

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Speaker 10: It is wild. Well, the one thing that has been

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Speaker 10: hard with these playoffs in the West is that each

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Speaker 10: game doesn't necessarily foreshadow what's happening in the next games.

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Speaker 10: Great all that with Denver and Minnesota, where there would

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Speaker 10: be wild pendulum swings on both sides. So I do

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Speaker 10: caution that I do think Minnesota can come back, but

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Speaker 10: I am with you Karma about Dallas. They mean to

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Speaker 10: be unstoppable. Luca bringing his game to another level, Irie

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Speaker 10: looking like he was in Cleveland with Lebron better supporting.

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Speaker 2: All grown up, he deals closet game interviews. He seems

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Speaker 2: all grown up.

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Speaker 10: All growing up, all mature, all doing the right things.

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Speaker 10: No issues that are keeping them not available. And so

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Speaker 10: I say that saying that I'm not surprised that they've

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Speaker 10: been able to have a firm lead over Minnesota, because

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Speaker 10: once they were gaining through the playoffs, I thought they're

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Speaker 10: the real deal. But I am surprised with what compared

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Speaker 10: to my preseason expectations as well as my pre playoff

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Speaker 10: expectations I thought they're stealing was they might lose the

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Speaker 10: Clippers or the first round or get to the second

749
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Speaker 10: round of that stat But once they clearly played at

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Speaker 10: an even higher level than Oklahoma City, that crystallized in

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Speaker 10: my mind that the MAVs are the real deal.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, Mark, thank you so much for joining us.

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Speaker 2: Love that I got you two days in a row.

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Speaker 10: Thanks so much for having me. Always fun talking NBA.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I enjoy the playoffs.

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Speaker 10: Mark are you to take care?

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Speaker 1: All right?

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Speaker 2: Guys, when we come back, it's time for the dues

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Speaker 2: and the don'ts in sports. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 7: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Fox Sports Saturday.

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Speaker 2: I'm Alex Curry here with Carmen Vitally and we are

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Speaker 2: broadcasting live from the Tyrock dot Com studios in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 2: Thank you for spending this rockin Saturday Arena Rock. I

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Speaker 2: love this. Keep it going. This is arena rocking the

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Speaker 2: vibes today. I'm here for all of us. But guys,

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Speaker 2: it is time for the dues and the domes this

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Speaker 2: week in sports.

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Speaker 7: Highlighting the dues.

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Speaker 1: I love that. Putting us spotlight on the don't. The

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Speaker 1: subject brings me no joy.

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Speaker 3: Don't that's insane.

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Speaker 7: It's time for the dues and the dots and sports.

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Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna start with the do I think

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Speaker 2: we both might have this one?

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Speaker 1: Do stand up for your city.

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Speaker 2: Minneapolis native and comedian John Savat bought the domain bring

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Speaker 2: You Ass following Anthony Edwards comments to Charles Barkley about

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Speaker 2: coming to Minnesota and the link redirects to the tourism

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Speaker 2: website for Minnesota. And then the Minnesota Governor also got

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Speaker 2: in on the dun, spelling out bring you Ass with

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Speaker 2: the start of each sentence in a recent state proclamation

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Speaker 2: naming Wednesday, May twenty twenty four.

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Speaker 1: Wolve's back day.

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Speaker 10: There.

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Speaker 3: There's also a clothing company that does a lot of

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Speaker 3: Minnesota Vikings gear.

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Speaker 1: It's really sick.

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00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 3: They also now have shirts and this really bad, like

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00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,000
Speaker 3: a really awesome sweatshirt that says bring you ass, yeah

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00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 3: right across it. The amount that this takes though to

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Speaker 3: like jump on as someone who's been a part of

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Speaker 3: social media departments for teams and major organizations, like, there

797
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:54,719
Speaker 3: are so many approvals that have to happen for this,

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00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:58,200
Speaker 3: and like especially given that it's like something bringing you

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00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,800
Speaker 3: ass like that has to go through so many approvals.

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Speaker 3: So shout out all of the people at like the

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Speaker 3: Minnesota Tourism Board, the Governor's office right now, all of

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Speaker 3: these people the Timberwolves.

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Speaker 1: That was such so smart marketing, such so.

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Speaker 3: Smart to jump to be able to jump on these

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Speaker 3: things right after they happened immediately right after they happened,

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Speaker 3: so like, props to them that was part of mine

807
00:38:20,520 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 3: was just like I had the same thing as you.

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Speaker 3: I just props to all the people involved in that

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Speaker 3: because I know that it takes a village and as

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Speaker 3: much as you want to jump on things like that,

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Speaker 3: there's so many times where you're like not allowed to tough,

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Speaker 3: and it's tough.

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Speaker 1: So the shadow.

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Speaker 2: It's also like Anthony Edwards and Charles Barkley for creating

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Speaker 2: this viral moment. Yes, watching it live, I was like, Oh,

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Speaker 2: that's that's gonna hit.

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Speaker 3: I know, we keep talk about who's going to be

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Speaker 3: like the next superstar player in the NBA. I just

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Speaker 3: Aunt is just so primed for something like that because

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Speaker 3: his personality.

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Speaker 1: It's so good. It's so good.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know if you've seen him in Hustle

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Speaker 3: with Alex Sandler, like that was before I knew who

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Speaker 3: really he.

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Speaker 2: Was, Like he's playing his character in real life's so good.

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Speaker 2: He's so good all right, real life.

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Speaker 3: I have an that was actually under it, don't I

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Speaker 3: just don't underestimate Minnesota, Misso is a great place to guys,

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Speaker 3: like shout out Minnesota. I love going out to Minneapolis

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Speaker 3: City Bikings games per to cover Bikings games. All right,

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Speaker 3: I do, okay, do cheers to the home team because

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Speaker 3: the Washington Mystics are Now do you see this offering

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Speaker 3: a brunch backage? Yes, I did see this, that includes

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Speaker 3: bottomless mimosas before the game dangerous. As much as I

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Speaker 3: love this, and I do love this, I also know

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Speaker 3: that we as a collective, just like a sports fan collective,

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Speaker 3: can't have nice things. So like, as much as I

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Speaker 3: love the idea of going to brunch and having bottomless

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Speaker 3: mimosas and then watching a basketball game, that sounds phenomenal

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Speaker 3: to me, yes, but like it's only gonna take one

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Speaker 3: person that just like, bottomless mosas are so dangerous because

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Speaker 3: you just you have no concept.

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Speaker 2: They have a fee now in La at bottomless mimosa

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Speaker 2: brunches if you vomit, Like, yeah, there's like a homeless

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Speaker 2: thing here in La.

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Speaker 3: Because like it's just you never know, because some days

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Speaker 3: it could take five emotions, it's our day, juice, it

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Speaker 3: could just be like and then they just flow eight

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Speaker 3: or what haven't Oh it's but.

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Speaker 2: Obviously it's just done like a Momsta branch in a walk.

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Speaker 2: So obviously we work, we get.

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Speaker 3: We work, we got. I didnt want a couple weeks,

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Speaker 3: so it was great. Yeah, but shout out the girlies

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Speaker 3: because if the girls the rains and they're gonna make

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Speaker 3: some fun things happen.

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Speaker 1: I love that so much. Okay, do treat yourself.

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Speaker 2: I think this is an older story that just got

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Speaker 2: brought to life.

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Speaker 1: Tweet yourself. I love to treat yourself.

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Speaker 2: Days wemby Brooky Sensation was at an event where fans

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Speaker 2: were asking him questions, and one was asked, you're about

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Speaker 2: to make a lot of money. What's gonna be the

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Speaker 2: first thing you're gonna buy. His answer was the Millennium

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Speaker 2: Falcon Lego set for eight.

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Speaker 1: So there's like a motor. Why it's like seven, We're

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Speaker 1: like eight?

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Speaker 7: Fit me?

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Speaker 1: But that was his first bag. Splurge.

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Speaker 10: I love it.

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Speaker 7: I love it.

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Speaker 2: Tweet yourself, we love it all Right. When we come back,

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Speaker 2: who's getting paid and who's out the door?

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. I'd buy that for

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Speaker 1: a dollar.

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Speaker 2: Hey, welcome to hour two of Fox Sports Saturday. I'm

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Speaker 2: Alex Curry here with Carmen Vitali. We are broadcasting live

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Speaker 1: Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with KRMEI and me.

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Speaker 2: We're having a good day. We're having We're having a

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Speaker 1: Pizza party tonight with my sisters. I'm like, what do

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Speaker 5: Or yeah?

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Speaker 2: I mean give me pajamas, puppies, pizza, and that is

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Speaker 2: like my happy place. I also like my style is

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Speaker 2: kind of pajama chic, like matching sets about.

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Speaker 3: Comfort California in general, I feel like it's so casual,

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Speaker 3: you can go anywhere, you.

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Speaker 1: Can do anything. Also, like fashion is confidence.

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Speaker 2: that's what we're.

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Speaker 3: All Gigantic sweaters and then just like accessorizing all the time,

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Speaker 2: Do also, Happy Memorial Day weekend. A big thank you

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Speaker 2: your families. We are thankful not just this weekend, but

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Speaker 2: every single day for all of you. Now, we have

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Speaker 2: a great hour two lined up. We have Steelers insider

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Speaker 2: Brook Pryor joining us in about thirty minutes. You know,

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Speaker 2: I can't wait to get the inside scoop of that

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Speaker 2: locker room because my favorite just want to ask NFL

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Speaker 2: reality TV show that's happening this season is the Steelers

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Speaker 2: quarterback situation between Russ and Justin.

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Speaker 1: So excited for that.

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Speaker 2: with some contract talk, all right, because we've got a

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Speaker 2: couple of big name quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that need some deals that are lined up to

921
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Speaker 1: get paid.

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00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:25,959
Speaker 2: So we're gonna go through who will get a deal,

923
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Speaker 2: should they get a deal, Jordan Love, Dak Prescott, Tua. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: this is where we're going. Let's start in Green Bay

925
00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 2: and break down the situation. You are very familiar with

926
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Speaker 2: this situation covering the NFC North. Jordan Love is coming

927
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Speaker 2: off of his first full season as a starting quarterback

928
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Speaker 2: and got Green Bay to the Divisional round. Now, he's

929
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Speaker 2: only started twenty games, all but one were last season,

930
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Speaker 2: so we don't have a huge sample size, but it

931
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Speaker 2: feels like Green Bay has found their guy for a

932
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Speaker 2: third time in a row.

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Speaker 1: And I hate to break it to your Green Bay,

934
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Speaker 1: but you're gonna have to pay a quarterback.

935
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Speaker 2: And I know there are plenty of other NFL teams

936
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Speaker 2: out there that would kill to have this kind of

937
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Speaker 2: quarterback lock. Like, I'm in the belief if you have

938
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Speaker 2: the man, pay the man. It is the most important

939
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Speaker 2: position on the field. The price is only going to

940
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Speaker 2: go up with each contract that's getting signed right now,

941
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Speaker 2: So why not lock him in right now for a

942
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Speaker 2: deal rate before these other guys get paid get paid.

943
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Speaker 2: I when do you see a deal getting done? And

944
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:38,719
Speaker 2: do you see a deal getting done? Oh no, there's

945
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Speaker 2: absolutely there's no question.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and this was this is by design too, Like

947
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 3: Green Bay didn't luck into three quarterbacks. They this is

948
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Speaker 3: what has existed in Green Bay since, like the Vince

949
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Speaker 3: Lombardi years. This is their team building strategy. This is

950
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,480
Speaker 3: how they do things. It's not super conducive to the

951
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 3: modern NFL, given that it requires a quarterback to sit

952
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Speaker 3: for multiple years, therefore wasting his rookie content quote unquote,

953
00:45:01,680 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 3: but this is I mean, this is what happened with

954
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Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers.

955
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 1: He sat for three years.

956
00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:08,120
Speaker 3: Comes in, he gets paid right after his first season

957
00:45:08,160 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 3: as a starter, which paled in comparison to Jordan Love's

958
00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:14,080
Speaker 3: first season as a starter. I mean, this guy threw

959
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 3: eighteen touchdowns against just one interception in his final eight

960
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:19,759
Speaker 3: games once things started to click. Because don't forget it

961
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Speaker 3: wasn't just Jordan Love that needed to figure things out.

962
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Speaker 3: He was with all first and second year receivers. So

963
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:27,600
Speaker 3: they needed to learn the routes they need to learn,

964
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Speaker 3: the timing they needed to learn Jordan and Jordan needed

965
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Speaker 3: to learn them, and Matt Laflour had to see them

966
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Speaker 3: get that.

967
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Speaker 1: Experience was a little iffy in the beginning of the season.

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Speaker 3: That's just Matt Lafloor, that's just Green Bay. They want

969
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:43,880
Speaker 3: to temper expectations, not put enough pressure, not put all

970
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Speaker 3: the pressure on Jordan Love. But also Matt Lafloor needed

971
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Speaker 3: to see it before he opened up the playbook. And

972
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Speaker 3: that's what you saw the last part of the season.

973
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Speaker 3: And that's why things got so much better, is because

974
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Speaker 3: he finally trusted his guys after seeing them get some

975
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Speaker 3: reps together. Now, Jordan Love, they instead of picking up

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Speaker 3: their his fifth year option, they instead extended him for

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Speaker 3: two years to kind of give themselves a grace period

978
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Speaker 3: of all right, we need to be able to evaluate

979
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Speaker 3: Jordan not just this one year, but for two years.

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00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 3: Well you didn't need the two years now, so now

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Speaker 3: you can. Now you can pay him and I are

982
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Speaker 3: you hearing?

983
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Speaker 1: Are you hearing things? Is it going to happen?

984
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 3: Yes, there's a conversation going on. I think the two

985
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:27,719
Speaker 3: sides are still pretty far apart, but that doesn't mean

986
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Speaker 3: anything because I do foresee a deal getting done before

987
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Speaker 3: the season, maybe even before training camp.

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Speaker 1: We'll see.

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00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 3: Here's the thing that I think these two sides are

990
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:38,560
Speaker 3: a little bit far on, and it's not if the.

991
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Speaker 1: Deal's getting done.

992
00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:41,640
Speaker 3: It's not that the numbers starting with a five because

993
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:43,799
Speaker 3: that's the going rate for a franchise quarterback these days.

994
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:48,680
Speaker 3: It's the term, it's the length of the contract. Because

995
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Speaker 3: if you look back at the contract that Aaron Rodgers

996
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Speaker 3: signed after his first year as starter, Yeah, his first

997
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,080
Speaker 3: big boy contract with the Green Bay Packers, it was

998
00:46:57,160 --> 00:46:57,719
Speaker 3: six years.

999
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:00,680
Speaker 1: That's cute. His big boy, big boy, big boy contract.

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00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:03,759
Speaker 1: It was a six year deal.

1001
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Speaker 3: And if I'm Jordan Love, especially with the quarterback market

1002
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Speaker 3: and how inflated it is and it keeps going up.

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Speaker 1: I'm not signing for six years. I want to hit

1004
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: the market again in three to four years. No one's

1005
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 1: doing the Patrick Mahomes deal, like the right, Hey, I

1006
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 1: am on such a dude, And it looks exactly.

1007
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,560
Speaker 3: It looks like a discount now even though like it's backloaded,

1008
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 3: there's like there's you have to look at the money and.

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Speaker 1: Basically how it's structured. Recently, I have to.

1010
00:47:32,600 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 3: Restructure these guys and all that other stuff. But like

1011
00:47:34,800 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 3: that's why this Jared Goff deal was so interesting to

1012
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 3: me because again, Jared Goff's older than Jordan Love is.

1013
00:47:39,840 --> 00:47:42,359
Speaker 3: It was a four year deal. If I'm Jordan Love

1014
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:46,359
Speaker 3: twenty four years old, I'm not signing a six year

1015
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Speaker 3: deal like Aaron Rodgers did, and waiting till my age

1016
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:52,359
Speaker 3: thirty season to go back on the market and get

1017
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 3: a new deal. No, I want to hit the market

1018
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 3: again at twenty eight and say hey, I can reset

1019
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,520
Speaker 3: this market again and I can get.

1020
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:01,920
Speaker 1: Paid even or so on yourself.

1021
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,319
Speaker 3: Yes, he's done that the whole way because he had

1022
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,040
Speaker 3: really no incentive assign that to your extension and other

1023
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,480
Speaker 3: than the fact that he knew he could show them

1024
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 3: he was the quarterback of the future, and he did so.

1025
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,760
Speaker 3: Now you want to be able to reset the market

1026
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:20,080
Speaker 3: earlier because you are planning on being in Green Bay

1027
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 3: for as long as your two predecessors were. That's what

1028
00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:24,959
Speaker 3: Green Bay is thinking. That's what Jordan Love is thinking.

1029
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 3: There is not any sort of ifs when it comes

1030
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Speaker 3: to this. I think right now, though the sides are

1031
00:48:30,600 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 3: trying to agree on the term, the length of the contract,

1032
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:37,400
Speaker 3: the mount of guarantees, don't I honestly don't think that

1033
00:48:37,480 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 3: the contract average is really up for debate. I think

1034
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:42,840
Speaker 3: you make him at least fifty million dollars. I know

1035
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,120
Speaker 3: the sample size is small, Yeah, but the way that

1036
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,080
Speaker 3: he has grown up with this team and the fact

1037
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 3: that he took the youngest team in the league to

1038
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 3: the divisional round of the playoffs, and to get there,

1039
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Speaker 3: stomped the Dallas Cowboys.

1040
00:48:55,520 --> 00:48:58,040
Speaker 1: He who had won sixteen games at home up.

1041
00:48:58,040 --> 00:48:58,640
Speaker 3: Until that point.

1042
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:00,000
Speaker 1: Also when his first full season.

1043
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:03,239
Speaker 3: That's what I'm saying, like, Yeah, this guy is not

1044
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:06,279
Speaker 3: even close to his ceiling. And this was the plan

1045
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:08,680
Speaker 3: all along. So the Green Bay will stick to the plan.

1046
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:10,680
Speaker 3: I just wonder for how long it's going to be.

1047
00:49:10,719 --> 00:49:13,799
Speaker 1: Okay, in the contract terms, you mentioned the Cowboys sure did.

1048
00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: So let's talk about a little bit.

1049
00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 2: Of a different situation Dak Prescott, and the question is

1050
00:49:21,160 --> 00:49:25,120
Speaker 2: are the Cowboys going to give Dak another big deal?

1051
00:49:25,160 --> 00:49:27,680
Speaker 2: I know you've got in a spicy conversation, and I

1052
00:49:27,840 --> 00:49:30,080
Speaker 2: sure did. On Speak this week. I was watching, I

1053
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 2: was like, who, Yeah, this is hot, But let's break

1054
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:37,160
Speaker 2: it down real quick. Dak has been a great regular

1055
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:41,040
Speaker 2: season player, he was in the MVP conversation last year,

1056
00:49:42,040 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 2: but he doesn't have the best playoff record.

1057
00:49:45,160 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 1: He is two to five in the postseason. He's never

1058
00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 1: gotten past the divisional round.

1059
00:49:50,200 --> 00:49:56,080
Speaker 2: And Dak made a very interesting comment to the media

1060
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,799
Speaker 2: this week when he was talking about contracts, and he said,

1061
00:49:58,840 --> 00:50:04,040
Speaker 2: I don't play for money. I mean, come on, we

1062
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,600
Speaker 2: all do what we do in this industry for money.

1063
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,959
Speaker 2: As much as you want to say money doesn't matter,

1064
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,960
Speaker 2: you're gonna go to a place that is going to

1065
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 2: have the best deal for you. It's called a job

1066
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,640
Speaker 2: for a reason. You could love your job every second

1067
00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,319
Speaker 2: of the day, but you're not gonna do it. You're

1068
00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 2: not doing it for free and at like a discounted rate,

1069
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Speaker 2: especially putting your body on the line like this now.

1070
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 2: I do think Dak holds a lot of the cards

1071
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 2: this season. He's a free agent at the end of

1072
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 2: the season. They cannot franchise tag him. He has a

1073
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:38,680
Speaker 2: no trade clause in his contract. Plus, there are plenty

1074
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:42,920
Speaker 2: of other teams that will offer Dak more than he

1075
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 2: is worth because he is still a good quarterback, maybe

1076
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:50,320
Speaker 2: not top tier, but he's gonna win you games.

1077
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Speaker 1: I just which for the Cowboys, they should be super

1078
00:50:57,400 --> 00:51:01,439
Speaker 1: Bowl or bust. Wow, that's that's the goal.

1079
00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:05,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the goal, while other teams might just want

1080
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:06,800
Speaker 2: to get to the playoffs.

1081
00:51:07,200 --> 00:51:08,640
Speaker 1: Where's Dak playing next year?

1082
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 3: I hope it's not for the Cowboys because I want

1083
00:51:11,120 --> 00:51:14,080
Speaker 3: to see Dak shed this narrative that he's not good

1084
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:17,440
Speaker 3: enough to make a postseason run. First of all, this

1085
00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 3: what got me in trouble on speak. There is a

1086
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:23,360
Speaker 3: reason that Dak is good in the regular season and

1087
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,440
Speaker 3: then not in the postseason. Now, granted, his last postseason

1088
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:28,959
Speaker 3: outing against those Green Bay Packers that I talked about

1089
00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:31,399
Speaker 3: was probably his worst playoff game.

1090
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, but.

1091
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 3: All the Cowboys have done in the last few years

1092
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 3: is subtract from Dak Prescott's arsenal.

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Speaker 1: This was the argument I got.

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00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 3: Into with Shady Boy and and Joy Taylor for that matter, unspeak,

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00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:51,000
Speaker 3: was that you have eight or nine all pros on

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00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,560
Speaker 3: this roster. Sure, a lot of those guys are on defense,

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00:51:54,880 --> 00:51:57,439
Speaker 3: a couple of those guys are on the offensive line,

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00:51:57,840 --> 00:51:59,719
Speaker 3: and then you're and with the offensive line, you're only

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00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:01,279
Speaker 3: as good as your weakest link. So I mean to

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00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 3: all pros matter, but regardless, Also, Dak Prescott is one

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00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 3: of those all pros.

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00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:11,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, who of his skill.

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00:52:11,360 --> 00:52:15,279
Speaker 3: Players, of his weapons, who is around him that can

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00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:18,600
Speaker 3: help him in the postseason when the competition gets that

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00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:21,279
Speaker 3: much stiffer, and the defenses get that much better and

1106
00:52:21,360 --> 00:52:24,640
Speaker 3: more sophisticated, and the game planning gets that much more complicated,

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00:52:25,120 --> 00:52:28,400
Speaker 3: it is Dak Prescott and Ceede Lamb. You can make

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00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:30,040
Speaker 3: an argument for Jake Ferguson. He's a great tight end.

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00:52:30,040 --> 00:52:32,840
Speaker 3: I totally get it. But if you're talking about what

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00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 3: you need in the postseason to go on a run,

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00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 3: that is not enough weapons. And two years ago they

1112
00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:42,600
Speaker 3: got rid of Mari Cooper before that, or like last

1113
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:44,480
Speaker 3: year they get rid of Now this pass offseason they

1114
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 3: get rid of Tyron Smith, who was one of those

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00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,640
Speaker 3: All pros as his left tackle. Dak Prescott now is

1116
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:50,839
Speaker 3: scheduled to have a rookie as his left tackle this year.

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00:52:51,800 --> 00:52:55,879
Speaker 3: What have the Cowboys done to really help Dak over

1118
00:52:56,040 --> 00:52:59,239
Speaker 3: the hump? I just need you to exhaust every option

1119
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:02,479
Speaker 3: before you blame this all on Dak Prescott. And that's

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Speaker 3: my biggest thing, because if Dak Prescott hits the open

1121
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:09,120
Speaker 3: market in twenty twenty five, he will get.

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00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:10,640
Speaker 1: He will get.

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Speaker 3: His contract will start with a six, and it will

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00:53:13,800 --> 00:53:17,680
Speaker 3: be yes, that's not that's not hyperbole, that is not

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00:53:17,760 --> 00:53:18,520
Speaker 3: an exaggeration.

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Speaker 1: His contract will start with a six. There will be

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00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 1: a bidding war for Dak Prescott.

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Speaker 2: It definitely will be a bidding war, and I that's

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00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:27,720
Speaker 2: what we're headed towards. Yeah, Cowboys will chargy.

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00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,040
Speaker 1: I've just got fifty three and a half million a year. Yeah,

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00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,000
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott has a And also, this.

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00:53:33,080 --> 00:53:35,239
Speaker 3: Is my other thing about the playoff records. Who are

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00:53:35,280 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 3: the all of these quarterbacks that have great playoff records?

1134
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:40,759
Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson two and four and he was League MVP.

1135
00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 3: And I'm not ignoring, I'm not. I'm not arguing with that.

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00:53:44,239 --> 00:53:45,200
Speaker 3: He's a phenomenal play.

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00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:47,040
Speaker 1: But it's also hotsh Allan five and five.

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00:53:48,000 --> 00:53:50,760
Speaker 3: All of these elite quarterbacks we talk about, their playoff

1139
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:54,759
Speaker 3: records aren't anything impressive. It's Patrick Mahomes and Patrick Mahomes only. Yeah,

1140
00:53:54,760 --> 00:53:58,120
Speaker 3: but guess what, there's one Patrick Mahomes. And just because

1141
00:53:58,120 --> 00:53:59,800
Speaker 3: you're not Patrick Mahomes doesn't mean you don't deserve to

1142
00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:03,200
Speaker 3: get So Dak Prescott is going.

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00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:04,680
Speaker 1: To get paid. But they already paid him. So that's

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00:54:04,719 --> 00:54:07,920
Speaker 1: why I don't know if the Cowboys, I don't know.

1145
00:54:08,000 --> 00:54:09,400
Speaker 1: I don't know that Cowboys are gonna do it.

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00:54:09,520 --> 00:54:12,439
Speaker 2: I don't like they might have a new head coach,

1147
00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:15,760
Speaker 2: like they might have a whole new look and setup.

1148
00:54:15,840 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 3: The thing is, the Cowboys could also offer to do it,

1149
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:20,640
Speaker 3: but Dak doesn't have to take it. No, Dak can

1150
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:23,160
Speaker 3: be like, all right, you know what Stafford looks like,

1151
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:26,400
Speaker 3: he's retiring. I like, I like what's going on in

1152
00:54:26,480 --> 00:54:27,120
Speaker 3: Los Angeles?

1153
00:54:27,640 --> 00:54:30,600
Speaker 1: Do they want me? If they want me, I want them.

1154
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:35,480
Speaker 3: Dak can evaluate every single scenario, okay, and he can

1155
00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:38,600
Speaker 3: choose where he wants to go. Yeah, And like I said,

1156
00:54:38,680 --> 00:54:41,400
Speaker 3: I hope Dak Prescott goes somewhere else, and I hope

1157
00:54:41,719 --> 00:54:44,600
Speaker 3: that he then is given the tools he needs and

1158
00:54:44,760 --> 00:54:47,520
Speaker 3: he goes out and does really well and goes on

1159
00:54:47,600 --> 00:54:50,520
Speaker 3: postseason runs. And we can dispel this narrative that is

1160
00:54:50,600 --> 00:54:54,080
Speaker 3: all Dak Prescott's fault because the Cowboys had Tony Romo

1161
00:54:54,400 --> 00:54:57,680
Speaker 3: and then Dak Prescott and didn't have playoff success with

1162
00:54:57,760 --> 00:55:00,360
Speaker 3: either of those guys. At some point we have to

1163
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:02,719
Speaker 3: think that there's something else going on than the quarterback.

1164
00:55:03,520 --> 00:55:05,200
Speaker 1: But it's also partially the quarterback.

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00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:08,439
Speaker 3: Dak is not without blaming. Dak is not without playing.

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00:55:08,840 --> 00:55:10,880
Speaker 3: My issue comes in when you put all of the

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00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:11,520
Speaker 3: blame one back.

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Speaker 1: I just don't.

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00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:15,440
Speaker 2: I can't trust the Cowboys in the playoffs at all

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00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:16,840
Speaker 2: at all anymore.

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00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:17,279
Speaker 1: That's all.

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00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 2: You can't fool me, fool me like what twenty years. No,

1173
00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:24,280
Speaker 2: it's not happening like it's not it's not happening totally.

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00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:27,239
Speaker 3: I'm totally with you and I if you look at

1175
00:55:27,239 --> 00:55:30,359
Speaker 3: that playoff game though too against the Green Bay Packers. Yeah,

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00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:33,320
Speaker 3: the defense, what was the defense doing? This was supposed

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00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:34,719
Speaker 3: to be one of the best defenses in the league

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00:55:34,719 --> 00:55:38,600
Speaker 3: in Dallas. Yeah, they could not stop Aaron Jones and

1179
00:55:38,680 --> 00:55:39,239
Speaker 3: the run game.

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00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:40,080
Speaker 1: No, they didn't.

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00:55:40,440 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 2: They did not show up. Okay, let's get to one

1182
00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:47,480
Speaker 2: more to Yeah, he's coming off his best season in

1183
00:55:47,600 --> 00:55:51,200
Speaker 2: the NFL. Under Mike McDaniel, who believes in him. I

1184
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:55,120
Speaker 2: would think he wants him to stay in Miami. They

1185
00:55:55,160 --> 00:55:57,719
Speaker 2: didn't draft another quarterback. He had a career high in

1186
00:55:57,760 --> 00:56:01,320
Speaker 2: passing yards, passing, touchdowns, and completion person He led the

1187
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:03,320
Speaker 2: league in passing yards last season.

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00:56:03,520 --> 00:56:04,960
Speaker 1: Does help that he had Tyreek Hill.

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00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:11,479
Speaker 2: But what's the situation He's gonna breathe a free agent

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00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:15,120
Speaker 2: next season if they don't sign him or franchise tag him.

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00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:18,080
Speaker 1: Is he worth fifty plus million dollars a year?

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00:56:18,120 --> 00:56:21,680
Speaker 2: Because that's where everything's starting right now, Jared Goff, As

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00:56:21,719 --> 00:56:23,920
Speaker 2: you just mentioned fifty three million year Joe Burrows at

1194
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 2: fifty five million a year, what do you think Wi

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00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:27,439
Speaker 2: happened with Tua.

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Speaker 1: I think you pay him to.

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00:56:29,680 --> 00:56:32,200
Speaker 3: I think it's one of those scenarios where yeah, it's.

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00:56:32,120 --> 00:56:33,000
Speaker 1: Shorter term deal.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I the thing is, like, we need to get.

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00:56:38,480 --> 00:56:42,480
Speaker 3: This notion of only the top five quarterbacks in the league.

1202
00:56:42,239 --> 00:56:44,399
Speaker 2: Get well, no, every quarterback is gonna get paid. It's

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00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,640
Speaker 2: the most important position on the rice tags only going up.

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00:56:47,760 --> 00:56:49,600
Speaker 2: And you need a guy, and you need that guy.

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00:56:49,719 --> 00:56:52,239
Speaker 2: You have the guy that works in this system. It's worked,

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00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:54,800
Speaker 2: it has worked, and like, yes, can you argue that

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00:56:55,440 --> 00:56:57,879
Speaker 2: may not be you know, any better is somewhere else.

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00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:01,600
Speaker 1: That's fine, but right also runs concussion.

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00:57:01,760 --> 00:57:04,400
Speaker 3: Like, yeah, he's got, he's got, He's had some issues hopefully.

1210
00:57:04,480 --> 00:57:06,080
Speaker 3: I mean he's been doing I think it's jiu jitsu.

1211
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:08,600
Speaker 3: I forget which Martin learning how to follow, doing all

1212
00:57:08,600 --> 00:57:11,399
Speaker 3: that kind of stuff. No one was helped more though,

1213
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:14,719
Speaker 3: by Jared Goff's contract in Toua, because they have very

1214
00:57:14,760 --> 00:57:17,200
Speaker 3: similar resumes him and Jared Goff to and Jared.

1215
00:57:17,000 --> 00:57:19,040
Speaker 1: Goff so girls been to a super Bowl.

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00:57:19,480 --> 00:57:25,440
Speaker 3: He has, like I said, similar, it's not and I mean,

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00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 3: what did Jared Goff do in that Super Bowl? I'm

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00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:28,640
Speaker 3: just I'm just saying exactly.

1219
00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:29,680
Speaker 1: What did anybody do in that Super Bowl?

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00:57:29,800 --> 00:57:35,160
Speaker 3: Well that was like that was a defensive But but

1221
00:57:35,360 --> 00:57:39,280
Speaker 3: the point stands that they are system quarterbacks. Yeah, and uh,

1222
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,640
Speaker 3: but Jared Goff got paid because his system works with

1223
00:57:43,800 --> 00:57:49,600
Speaker 3: him to a system works with him, So I absolutely, again,

1224
00:57:49,840 --> 00:57:52,880
Speaker 3: this is just what the going rate is for a quarterback.

1225
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:57,120
Speaker 3: And again, Miami isn't going to be bad enough to

1226
00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,040
Speaker 3: be picking barring like an injury by two eggs, and

1227
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:03,200
Speaker 3: they're not gonna be bad enough to be picking in

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00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:06,280
Speaker 3: the top ten to get a new quarterback now.

1229
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,600
Speaker 2: And then you got Aaron Rodgers back with the Jets

1230
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:11,200
Speaker 2: in the division, you got Josh Allen, who I mean

1231
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:14,600
Speaker 2: he lost his two big, big weapons with now he's

1232
00:58:14,600 --> 00:58:16,080
Speaker 2: got a rookie as his wide receiver.

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00:58:16,720 --> 00:58:17,360
Speaker 1: That's interest.

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00:58:17,360 --> 00:58:19,640
Speaker 3: But that goes to say that the Miami Dolphins could finish,

1235
00:58:19,920 --> 00:58:22,240
Speaker 3: are going to finish somewhere mid range if not better. Yeah,

1236
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,240
Speaker 3: And you're at that point you're not picking a new

1237
00:58:24,320 --> 00:58:27,920
Speaker 3: quarterback next year, so you either stick with you or

1238
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:29,320
Speaker 3: you try to go to the free agent market, Like,

1239
00:58:29,320 --> 00:58:32,440
Speaker 3: who are you going to get to fit into Miami?

1240
00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:37,000
Speaker 3: That's going to be a market improvement from Tua, That's

1241
00:58:37,080 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 3: my question. Like good quarterback play is so hard to

1242
00:58:39,680 --> 00:58:41,720
Speaker 3: come by. That's why we saw Kirk Cousins get paid

1243
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,240
Speaker 3: one hundred and eighty million dollars with one hundred of it. Garrett,

1244
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:46,440
Speaker 3: I'm of coming over Achilles injury at the age of

1245
00:58:46,480 --> 00:58:47,280
Speaker 3: thirty six years old.

1246
00:58:47,400 --> 00:58:50,000
Speaker 1: Insane. This it's it's not easy to.

1247
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:51,960
Speaker 3: Just snap your fingers and put someone else in there.

1248
00:58:52,520 --> 00:58:54,760
Speaker 3: So and Mike ey Daniel is getting get paid. What

1249
00:58:54,960 --> 00:58:56,040
Speaker 3: are the all three gonna get paid?

1250
00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:56,360
Speaker 9: Yes?

1251
00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:58,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they're all gonna get paid.

1252
00:58:58,080 --> 00:59:00,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, you get a contract, and you can get a

1253
00:59:00,680 --> 00:59:04,480
Speaker 2: contract to get me a contract that we'll.

1254
00:59:04,360 --> 00:59:05,000
Speaker 1: Take a contract.

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00:59:05,000 --> 00:59:06,480
Speaker 2: All right, We're gonna take a quick break here. But

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Speaker 2: when we come back, Cam Bustin finally get it done.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's talk a little NBA playoffs because it

1279
01:00:11,480 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 2: has been fun. I mean last night's Western Conference Final

1280
01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:22,960
Speaker 2: MAVs with the buzzer beater comeback win now up two

1281
01:00:23,040 --> 01:00:26,800
Speaker 2: games in the series. We got the Eastern Conference tonight,

1282
01:00:27,000 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 2: Game three, Boston up two on the Pacers.

1283
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:34,520
Speaker 1: Tyrese Halliburn not going.

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01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:38,600
Speaker 2: To be in Game three tonight, which just kind of

1285
01:00:38,720 --> 01:00:43,480
Speaker 2: completely resets the tone I think for this entire series.

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01:00:43,640 --> 01:00:46,000
Speaker 2: Like after Game one, I was like, oh, Pacers, game

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01:00:46,040 --> 01:00:48,520
Speaker 2: to play, Like maybe there's an opportunity that they can

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01:00:49,000 --> 01:00:53,280
Speaker 2: steal a couple of games here. But after after losing

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01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:56,000
Speaker 2: your your best player to a hamstring injury, something that

1290
01:00:56,080 --> 01:00:58,160
Speaker 2: he dealt with during the season that he missed ten

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01:00:58,280 --> 01:01:05,240
Speaker 2: games for. This should be a very winnable series for Boston.

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01:01:06,400 --> 01:01:10,640
Speaker 2: So is this finally Boston's year? They had the best

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01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:13,040
Speaker 2: record in the NBA this season, only team to win

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01:01:13,080 --> 01:01:16,560
Speaker 2: at least sixty games, They've had the easiest path to

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01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:17,440
Speaker 2: the finals.

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Speaker 1: Does it help? Does it hurt them? It's it's it's hard.

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Speaker 2: I mean this year, it's it's setting up for them

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01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:30,160
Speaker 2: to be able to have that chance to win. We've

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01:01:30,200 --> 01:01:32,480
Speaker 2: been talking about this power due of Jason Tatum and

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01:01:33,000 --> 01:01:36,000
Speaker 2: Jalen Brown being that next it team to win it all.

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01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 2: I mean it was Jalen Brown who took over Game two,

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01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:42,760
Speaker 2: scoring ten points, doing their twenty zero Boston run. Like

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01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 2: Boston came out controlled most of that game. Finally a

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01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:52,920
Speaker 2: lot of thanks to Jalen Brown. I don't know this,

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01:01:53,760 --> 01:01:55,920
Speaker 2: it's just such a different series now. It's such a

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01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:58,680
Speaker 2: different series now that Tyre's Halliburn isn't going to be playing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, is it the because we saw that?

1308
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Speaker 3: Like I just I think that that Game one when

1309
01:02:03,920 --> 01:02:06,120
Speaker 3: I got away from Indiana, that was it, Like that

1310
01:02:06,360 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 3: was that set the tone for everything They're down zero

1311
01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:12,280
Speaker 3: and two. Now, I just I thought that that was

1312
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:14,160
Speaker 3: the game to set the tone, and it did, And

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01:02:14,320 --> 01:02:16,920
Speaker 3: now I just don't see Boston really being challenged.

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01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,760
Speaker 1: But this is a different Boston team than we've seen the.

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Speaker 3: Last couple of years because two years ago they lost

1316
01:02:21,720 --> 01:02:23,800
Speaker 3: in the finals to the Warriors. Yeah, last year lost

1317
01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:26,440
Speaker 3: to Miami in the Eastern Conference Finals, but they had

1318
01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:29,720
Speaker 3: two seven game series to get there. This year they've

1319
01:02:29,800 --> 01:02:33,400
Speaker 3: only had five game series. They if they sweep the Pacers,

1320
01:02:33,640 --> 01:02:36,120
Speaker 3: they could conceivably get to the finals after playing only

1321
01:02:36,160 --> 01:02:36,880
Speaker 3: fourteen games.

1322
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Speaker 1: So Okay, they're going to have a long rest.

1323
01:02:40,200 --> 01:02:41,960
Speaker 3: And they're gonna have a long rest, and they're going

1324
01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:44,240
Speaker 3: to not have all the tread on the tires that

1325
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,360
Speaker 3: anyone who comes out of the East or the West

1326
01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:47,240
Speaker 3: rather is gonna have.

1327
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Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about what a gauntlet and a

1328
01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:50,080
Speaker 1: war zone the West is.

1329
01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:53,880
Speaker 3: I mean, yes, they haven't been challenged, but at the

1330
01:02:53,920 --> 01:02:56,960
Speaker 3: same time, they've been dominant all season. They had the

1331
01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:01,040
Speaker 3: one seed and now the way Western Conference finals too

1332
01:03:01,120 --> 01:03:01,560
Speaker 3: is between the.

1333
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:05,520
Speaker 1: Five and the three seed. So like either way, they're

1334
01:03:05,600 --> 01:03:08,360
Speaker 1: the more dominant team. But the West is stronger than

1335
01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:08,680
Speaker 1: the East.

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01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:11,120
Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely, we're going to get to some predictions at

1337
01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:12,320
Speaker 2: the end of the show, so we're not going to

1338
01:03:12,360 --> 01:03:12,960
Speaker 2: give those.

1339
01:03:13,040 --> 01:03:14,080
Speaker 1: No, but they're way here.

1340
01:03:14,440 --> 01:03:18,000
Speaker 3: But I mean Boston had the best record in the East,

1341
01:03:18,200 --> 01:03:19,680
Speaker 3: yeah by seven games.

1342
01:03:19,880 --> 01:03:23,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, only team to at least sixty games. So I

1343
01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:24,840
Speaker 1: just it's a lot of pressure.

1344
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:28,720
Speaker 3: But also like this is this, this is this is

1345
01:03:28,800 --> 01:03:30,920
Speaker 3: the team to do it, because even before the playoffs started,

1346
01:03:30,960 --> 01:03:32,840
Speaker 3: we talked about how easy the field was in the

1347
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:36,520
Speaker 3: East and how direct of a path the Celtics had.

1348
01:03:36,560 --> 01:03:38,800
Speaker 3: We didn't know how direct given the injuries, but the

1349
01:03:38,880 --> 01:03:42,360
Speaker 3: injuries just made it that much easier. And honestly, like

1350
01:03:42,440 --> 01:03:44,760
Speaker 3: if they, like Mark Medina was saying, if they don't

1351
01:03:44,760 --> 01:03:47,040
Speaker 3: play with their food when it comes to the Indiana Pacers,

1352
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:48,960
Speaker 3: they could conceivably sweep these guys.

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01:03:49,040 --> 01:03:50,000
Speaker 1: They could cake walk them.

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01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:53,400
Speaker 2: I also think like Jason Tatum needs to really show up. Yeah,

1355
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:56,800
Speaker 2: and he's three in Game one. You saw it happen

1356
01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:57,919
Speaker 2: at the end of the game.

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01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:00,640
Speaker 1: It took him a while to and.

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01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:02,520
Speaker 3: Then you have Jalen Brown forces overtime.

1359
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Speaker 1: It was it was a Jalen Brown show. It was too.

1360
01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:08,000
Speaker 2: But in terms of Jason Tatum, I mean, he has

1361
01:04:08,040 --> 01:04:10,640
Speaker 2: built up to be a big start in this league, right,

1362
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:14,120
Speaker 2: first team all NBA. I feel like he needs a

1363
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:16,920
Speaker 2: title to kind of get to that next level and

1364
01:04:17,040 --> 01:04:19,120
Speaker 2: to be the next face of the NBA.

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Speaker 1: All Right, but now let's check in with Kevin Wyre

1366
01:04:20,880 --> 01:04:21,840
Speaker 1: and see what's trending.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, Tyrese Haliburton out for tonight's game against the Boston Celtics,

1368
01:04:27,080 --> 01:04:29,320
Speaker 9: Game three of the Eastern Conference Finals set to tip

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01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:33,240
Speaker 9: off at eight thirty Eastern time. But the Pacers without

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01:04:33,320 --> 01:04:36,280
Speaker 9: Tyrese Halliburton tonight. He was injured in Game two during

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01:04:36,280 --> 01:04:38,720
Speaker 9: the third quarter. He injured his hamstring and he was

1372
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:41,000
Speaker 9: listening as question well up until a couple hours ago,

1373
01:04:41,080 --> 01:04:43,200
Speaker 9: so they were hoping that he would be able to

1374
01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:45,200
Speaker 9: suit up for the Pacers tonight. But he's not gonna

1375
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:47,320
Speaker 9: be able to go, and facing a two to nothing deficit,

1376
01:04:48,040 --> 01:04:50,160
Speaker 9: the task to coming back in the series is much

1377
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:53,920
Speaker 9: harder now for Indiana and for the Boston Celtics. I mean,

1378
01:04:53,960 --> 01:04:55,800
Speaker 9: you talk about an easy path to the finals. They

1379
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:58,240
Speaker 9: face the Heat without Jimmy Butler, they face the Cavaliers

1380
01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 9: that at times in that series is missing Donovan Mitchell,

1381
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:04,080
Speaker 9: and now facing the Indiana Pacers without Tyre's Halliburton. Yeah,

1382
01:05:04,080 --> 01:05:06,920
Speaker 9: you could argue it's their year, but let's see them

1383
01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:08,920
Speaker 9: being a Western Conference team first up, before you have

1384
01:05:09,080 --> 01:05:12,960
Speaker 9: me convinced anyway. In the in Major League Baseball, we

1385
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:14,920
Speaker 9: have several day games going on right now. Actually a

1386
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:16,840
Speaker 9: lot of games have gone final. The first game of

1387
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:20,480
Speaker 9: the day, Tigers in Blue Jays Garry Carpenter a first

1388
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:22,200
Speaker 9: run home run that would end up being the game

1389
01:05:22,240 --> 01:05:24,760
Speaker 9: winner as they hold off Toronto two to one, Giants

1390
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:26,400
Speaker 9: with five runs in the top of the tenth to

1391
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:28,000
Speaker 9: come back and beat the Mets seven to two.

1392
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:29,880
Speaker 1: Orioles over the White Sox five to three.

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01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:32,440
Speaker 9: The Twins have a come from behind victory as they

1394
01:05:32,520 --> 01:05:36,520
Speaker 9: beat the Rangers five to three. Some games going on

1395
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,280
Speaker 9: right now as we speak, Pirates leading the Braves three

1396
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:40,840
Speaker 9: to one. They're in the top of the fifth inning.

1397
01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:43,480
Speaker 9: Mariners and Nationals are tied at one in the six

1398
01:05:43,880 --> 01:05:46,840
Speaker 9: The Athletics now leave the Astros two to one. They're

1399
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:49,240
Speaker 9: in the sixth inning. Raisin Worlds are tied at two.

1400
01:05:49,360 --> 01:05:51,960
Speaker 9: Brewers on top of the Right Sox five fifth inning.

1401
01:05:52,040 --> 01:05:57,240
Speaker 9: Over at fen Waite are college softball the NCAA Tournament Tennessee,

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01:05:57,320 --> 01:05:59,800
Speaker 9: Alabama tied at two. They're an extra innings hitting the

1403
01:05:59,840 --> 01:06:03,520
Speaker 9: the the eighth in Knoxville, Tennessee, leads this best of

1404
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:06,520
Speaker 9: three series, won nothing, so the Crimson tide up to

1405
01:06:06,600 --> 01:06:11,480
Speaker 9: bat hoping to keep their series alive. Sixteenth seeded Texas

1406
01:06:11,520 --> 01:06:14,160
Speaker 9: A and M leaded top seeding Texas to nothing. They're

1407
01:06:14,200 --> 01:06:15,800
Speaker 9: in the bottom of the second inning and the Aggie's

1408
01:06:15,800 --> 01:06:17,920
Speaker 9: getting the upset last night, so all they need to

1409
01:06:18,000 --> 01:06:20,560
Speaker 9: do is when this game hold off the Longbourns and

1410
01:06:20,760 --> 01:06:24,440
Speaker 9: they punched their ticket into the Women's College World Series.

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01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:27,920
Speaker 9: Earlier today, seven Steed of Missouri extends their season against

1412
01:06:27,960 --> 01:06:30,040
Speaker 9: number ten Duke, beating the Blue Devils three to one.

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01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:33,280
Speaker 9: Baylor over Florida five to two, that series tied at

1414
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:36,200
Speaker 9: one game apiece. Coming up in about an hour, it'll

1415
01:06:36,200 --> 01:06:39,320
Speaker 9: be fifth seed at Oklahoma State and Arizona the Cowboys

1416
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:42,160
Speaker 9: where the Pokes on top of this one won nothing

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01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:46,520
Speaker 9: as Arizona trying to even that series. And in the NHL,

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01:06:46,560 --> 01:06:49,240
Speaker 9: we got a playoff game tonight, Oilers and Stars. That

1419
01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:51,840
Speaker 9: one set to get going at eight o'clock Eastern time.

1420
01:06:51,960 --> 01:06:54,080
Speaker 9: The Oilers, where they won nothing, lead in that series

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01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:56,360
Speaker 9: that got it on a double overtime goal by Connor

1422
01:06:56,400 --> 01:06:59,040
Speaker 9: McDavid in Game number one for the win. So Dallas

1423
01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:02,439
Speaker 9: trying to even this one up at one game a piece.

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Speaker 9: Back to you guys, Thank you, Kevin. You're listening to

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Speaker 9: Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here with Carmen Vitali.

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Speaker 2: We are broadcasting live from Attier dot Com Studios in

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Speaker 2: Los Angeles and it is time to bring in our

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Speaker 2: next guest.

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Speaker 1: Please welcome Steelers reporter Brook Pryor.

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Speaker 4: Hey, guys, it is raining in Pittsburgh.

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01:07:20,680 --> 01:07:24,360
Speaker 11: It is very Pittsburgh weather, So tark you out and

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01:07:24,760 --> 01:07:25,760
Speaker 11: what I hope is sunny?

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Speaker 7: Oh it is?

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01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:29,920
Speaker 1: Oh it is actually sorry Brook, beautiful out here.

1435
01:07:30,400 --> 01:07:33,600
Speaker 2: But Brooke, what an off season for the Steelers bringing

1436
01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:37,800
Speaker 2: in Russell Wilson and Justin Fields. Most expect us to

1437
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:40,880
Speaker 2: get that starting job in week one, but bring us

1438
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:44,040
Speaker 2: into that building and in that locker room. What's the

1439
01:07:44,160 --> 01:07:47,800
Speaker 2: vibe been like with these two new faces coming together

1440
01:07:48,000 --> 01:07:48,920
Speaker 2: to compete for that spot.

1441
01:07:49,760 --> 01:07:52,760
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I think it's everyone is really excited.

1442
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:56,520
Speaker 11: It's been funny, you know, talking with coaches, talking people

1443
01:07:56,520 --> 01:07:59,240
Speaker 11: around the building and people within the city of Pittsburgh,

1444
01:07:59,320 --> 01:08:03,200
Speaker 11: just about how different things feel. Especially on the offense,

1445
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:06,800
Speaker 11: because yeah, not only is Canny Pickett gone, Mitch Trubisky

1446
01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:08,480
Speaker 11: and Mason Rudo fall out the door.

1447
01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:09,080
Speaker 10: You bring in.

1448
01:08:09,480 --> 01:08:12,320
Speaker 11: Russell Wilson Justin Fields, but there's also a new offensive

1449
01:08:12,360 --> 01:08:15,680
Speaker 11: coordinator in Arthur Smith, and they're doing a different system.

1450
01:08:15,760 --> 01:08:18,200
Speaker 11: They're starting to kind of install some of those plays.

1451
01:08:18,479 --> 01:08:20,720
Speaker 11: You're seeing a lot of play action concepts in just

1452
01:08:20,840 --> 01:08:26,040
Speaker 11: these individual drills football in shorts. Nothing super high level

1453
01:08:26,160 --> 01:08:29,080
Speaker 11: yet by any means, but to me it is it

1454
01:08:29,280 --> 01:08:34,120
Speaker 11: just feels like there's more of a buzz because everyone

1455
01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:37,120
Speaker 11: on the team knows that something different is happening. But

1456
01:08:37,240 --> 01:08:39,040
Speaker 11: it does kind of remain to be seen whether or

1457
01:08:39,080 --> 01:08:42,519
Speaker 11: not that different is good, different or different for the

1458
01:08:42,600 --> 01:08:43,320
Speaker 11: sake of change.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the age old question.

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01:08:44,760 --> 01:08:47,479
Speaker 3: No, I'm really curious to see though, because the way

1461
01:08:47,560 --> 01:08:50,920
Speaker 3: that this is being portrayed. I know that Justin Fields

1462
01:08:51,040 --> 01:08:53,640
Speaker 3: is obviously he's coming in after being a starter for

1463
01:08:54,040 --> 01:08:57,160
Speaker 3: multiple years. He's saying, yeah, I'm here to compete. But

1464
01:08:57,280 --> 01:09:00,640
Speaker 3: from the Steelers perspective, Justin said he wanted to be

1465
01:09:00,840 --> 01:09:02,920
Speaker 3: in Pittsburgh. That's one of the places he wanted to go.

1466
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:06,400
Speaker 3: Does that mean that the Steelers have left the door

1467
01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:08,320
Speaker 3: kind of cracked open for there to be an actual

1468
01:09:08,400 --> 01:09:13,560
Speaker 3: quarterback competition or is this really Russ's job until he,

1469
01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:17,439
Speaker 3: I don't know, stinks it up enough to make a change,

1470
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Speaker 3: Like is there a true quarterback competition going into camp?

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Speaker 4: You know?

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Speaker 11: I think that there is some kind of competition happening,

1473
01:09:25,280 --> 01:09:28,360
Speaker 11: because if there wasn't, then Mike Tomlin would have said

1474
01:09:28,920 --> 01:09:33,040
Speaker 11: Russ's our starter and not Russ's in pole position to me,

1475
01:09:36,120 --> 01:09:39,759
Speaker 11: king that right, and by saying pole position, that's because

1476
01:09:39,760 --> 01:09:42,280
Speaker 11: he wants Russ to be the guy to leave these

1477
01:09:42,320 --> 01:09:46,000
Speaker 11: off season throwing meetups to you know, be the guy

1478
01:09:46,120 --> 01:09:48,080
Speaker 11: taking the number one reps in OTAs and.

1479
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Speaker 4: Things like that.

1480
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Speaker 11: But I do think that when we get into training

1481
01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:55,120
Speaker 11: camp we should see justin Fields take reps with the ones.

1482
01:09:55,240 --> 01:09:55,639
Speaker 4: At least.

1483
01:09:56,040 --> 01:09:59,040
Speaker 11: If this organization has learned anything from how things shook

1484
01:09:59,080 --> 01:10:01,960
Speaker 11: out with Kenny Pickett at Mitched Trubisky, it's that you

1485
01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:06,519
Speaker 11: can't let one guy in a so called quarterback competition

1486
01:10:06,680 --> 01:10:09,439
Speaker 11: not take any reps with the ones. Because that's why

1487
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,040
Speaker 11: when Kenny Pickett got thrown in week four of his

1488
01:10:12,200 --> 01:10:15,400
Speaker 11: rookie season, there was a really steep learning curve because

1489
01:10:15,439 --> 01:10:18,920
Speaker 11: he hadn't taken any reps with the Ones in training camp,

1490
01:10:19,160 --> 01:10:21,880
Speaker 11: Mitch t Whisky took all of those despite there being

1491
01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:26,879
Speaker 11: a quarterback competition, So I think that to best prepare

1492
01:10:27,160 --> 01:10:29,240
Speaker 11: everyone in that room, you've got.

1493
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:29,720
Speaker 4: To mix it up.

1494
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:31,880
Speaker 11: There has to be Justin Bills getting some reps with

1495
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:35,320
Speaker 11: the Ones and make it a true open competition and

1496
01:10:35,520 --> 01:10:38,880
Speaker 11: not a starter being anointed, which is something that Mike

1497
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:41,879
Speaker 11: Tomlin says he hates. He does not want to anoint starters.

1498
01:10:41,960 --> 01:10:45,439
Speaker 11: So I don't think that's what's happening, because, like I said,

1499
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:47,480
Speaker 11: words matter pole position.

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Speaker 10: Not starter.

1501
01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:51,880
Speaker 2: So say Russ gets it as most are expecting, gets

1502
01:10:51,920 --> 01:10:55,320
Speaker 2: that starting job, but then he struggles early, or Justin

1503
01:10:55,400 --> 01:10:58,080
Speaker 2: Field's wins over the locker room, how quickly do you

1504
01:10:58,160 --> 01:11:00,800
Speaker 2: think Pittsburgh would get Fields a shot?

1505
01:11:02,080 --> 01:11:04,559
Speaker 11: You know, I could see it being something that does

1506
01:11:04,680 --> 01:11:08,840
Speaker 11: happen fairly quickly, because, for one thing, this is an

1507
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:11,799
Speaker 11: organization that only has both of these guys under contract

1508
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:15,280
Speaker 11: for only this season. So I think a depends how

1509
01:11:15,439 --> 01:11:17,040
Speaker 11: the rest of the team is doing. How is the

1510
01:11:17,080 --> 01:11:20,400
Speaker 11: defense performing. I mean, do they have all the pieces

1511
01:11:20,479 --> 01:11:22,840
Speaker 11: on this team to make a deep playoff run and

1512
01:11:22,920 --> 01:11:25,439
Speaker 11: do more than just make the playoffs or just have

1513
01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:29,080
Speaker 11: a five hundred season, although I do think also you

1514
01:11:29,240 --> 01:11:33,000
Speaker 11: want to have somebody that is an entrenched starter that

1515
01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:35,000
Speaker 11: is in a groove by the time you get to

1516
01:11:35,080 --> 01:11:38,040
Speaker 11: that back half of the schedule where it is a

1517
01:11:38,200 --> 01:11:39,920
Speaker 11: gauntlet of conference games.

1518
01:11:40,200 --> 01:11:42,840
Speaker 2: It is the most difficult schedule back up, right, I

1519
01:11:42,880 --> 01:11:45,000
Speaker 2: think in the NFL exactly exactly.

1520
01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:47,400
Speaker 11: So I think that you know, if rus struggles early,

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Speaker 11: maybe he gets a couple of weeks to kind of,

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01:11:50,240 --> 01:11:52,519
Speaker 11: you know, get into a rhythm because you're not having

1523
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:55,720
Speaker 11: to play these big time division games right off the top.

1524
01:11:55,840 --> 01:11:58,360
Speaker 11: But I do think that they don't want to have

1525
01:11:58,439 --> 01:12:01,880
Speaker 11: to wait until the buy week, you know, to figure

1526
01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:03,800
Speaker 11: out to get this offense in rhythm, which is something

1527
01:12:03,840 --> 01:12:06,519
Speaker 11: that has happened several times over the last couple of years.

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01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:09,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's kind of my thought. In my question here too,

1529
01:12:09,680 --> 01:12:13,160
Speaker 3: is that we saw a quarterback Carosel last year. It

1530
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:17,479
Speaker 3: didn't go well, as these quarterback competitions rarely go, you know,

1531
01:12:17,720 --> 01:12:20,120
Speaker 3: when you're actually in season. It's one thing to have

1532
01:12:20,200 --> 01:12:22,479
Speaker 3: the competition in training camp, but then to have guys

1533
01:12:22,560 --> 01:12:25,759
Speaker 3: going back and forth in a season doesn't really allow

1534
01:12:25,840 --> 01:12:27,640
Speaker 3: for any sort of stability or continuity. And I think

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01:12:27,680 --> 01:12:30,760
Speaker 3: Mike Tomlin is known as being one of the most

1536
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:33,679
Speaker 3: level headed, stable coaches in the league, given his tenure,

1537
01:12:33,760 --> 01:12:35,639
Speaker 3: given his winning records, all that kind of stuff.

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01:12:35,680 --> 01:12:38,960
Speaker 1: So do you think that the leash on Russ is

1539
01:12:39,080 --> 01:12:39,680
Speaker 1: actually a.

1540
01:12:39,760 --> 01:12:42,040
Speaker 3: Little bit longer than maybe we're giving it credit for

1541
01:12:42,200 --> 01:12:46,240
Speaker 3: because Tomlin wants to avoid having a quarterback carousel or

1542
01:12:46,280 --> 01:12:49,040
Speaker 3: having a quarterback kind of just any sort of instability

1543
01:12:49,080 --> 01:12:49,599
Speaker 3: at the position.

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Speaker 11: You know, two years ago, I would have said yes,

1545
01:12:53,640 --> 01:12:56,519
Speaker 11: But his track record the last two years, you know,

1546
01:12:56,720 --> 01:13:00,599
Speaker 11: it makes me wonder is he becoming more impatient because

1547
01:13:00,640 --> 01:13:03,000
Speaker 11: he wants to win now because he's tired of just

1548
01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:07,120
Speaker 11: congrats you had a winning season that you know, throw

1549
01:13:07,240 --> 01:13:10,080
Speaker 11: whatever you can against the wall. Because, like I said,

1550
01:13:10,200 --> 01:13:13,360
Speaker 11: like in two years ago, when Kenny Pickett was put

1551
01:13:13,439 --> 01:13:14,640
Speaker 11: in after.

1552
01:13:15,120 --> 01:13:16,400
Speaker 4: A halftime of a game.

1553
01:13:16,479 --> 01:13:19,800
Speaker 11: In four last year, Kenny Pickt gets hurt and then

1554
01:13:19,840 --> 01:13:22,240
Speaker 11: Mitch Trubisky goes in that doesn't go well. Then Nathan

1555
01:13:22,320 --> 01:13:24,360
Speaker 11: Rudolph goes in, Like it kind of feels like he

1556
01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:28,680
Speaker 11: is more willing to make these quick changes that he

1557
01:13:28,920 --> 01:13:30,960
Speaker 11: wasn't known for. And you look at I mean, he's

1558
01:13:31,200 --> 01:13:33,120
Speaker 11: fired Matt Canada in the middle of the season. He

1559
01:13:33,160 --> 01:13:35,800
Speaker 11: had never done that before, and so I think in

1560
01:13:35,840 --> 01:13:38,559
Speaker 11: a lot of ways, this season is kind of an

1561
01:13:38,600 --> 01:13:42,519
Speaker 11: indicator of were those other things aberrations, Were those just

1562
01:13:42,720 --> 01:13:45,360
Speaker 11: atypical over a body of work, or is this the

1563
01:13:45,439 --> 01:13:47,920
Speaker 11: way that he's starting to trend as a coach where

1564
01:13:47,960 --> 01:13:51,400
Speaker 11: maybe he feels like being steady isn't the way to

1565
01:13:51,520 --> 01:13:54,400
Speaker 11: win in the NFL Right now. I think that he's still,

1566
01:13:54,479 --> 01:13:58,400
Speaker 11: by and large a steady, patient guy, but I think

1567
01:13:58,479 --> 01:14:01,519
Speaker 11: that he is kind of adapt into a quick changing

1568
01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:04,160
Speaker 11: nature in the NFL and trying to really capture momentum

1569
01:14:04,479 --> 01:14:06,439
Speaker 11: when he can get it from wherever he can get

1570
01:14:06,479 --> 01:14:06,760
Speaker 11: it from.

1571
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:09,920
Speaker 2: And this is the last year on Mike Tomlin's contract,

1572
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:13,600
Speaker 2: do you anticipate this also being his last year in Pittsburgh?

1573
01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:15,880
Speaker 1: If the team struggles, you.

1574
01:14:15,920 --> 01:14:17,120
Speaker 4: Know, that's so tough.

1575
01:14:17,720 --> 01:14:20,599
Speaker 11: I think that he will get an extension this summer.

1576
01:14:20,640 --> 01:14:24,080
Speaker 11: I don't see the Rooney family having him go into

1577
01:14:24,200 --> 01:14:27,639
Speaker 11: this season feeling like a lane duck coach or someone

1578
01:14:27,720 --> 01:14:31,160
Speaker 11: that's coaching for free agency, because I think they also

1579
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:34,400
Speaker 11: know that if he hit the open market, he could

1580
01:14:34,400 --> 01:14:37,439
Speaker 11: write a blank check to whatever NFL franchise he wanted,

1581
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:42,240
Speaker 11: so I don't think it's his last year in pittsburghs

1582
01:14:42,240 --> 01:14:46,600
Speaker 11: things don't go well, but I do think that he

1583
01:14:47,160 --> 01:14:50,320
Speaker 11: is entering a really interesting point in his career where

1584
01:14:50,760 --> 01:14:53,439
Speaker 11: it's not a foregone conclusion that he's going to be

1585
01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:56,519
Speaker 11: in Pittsburgh forever and ever, Like it does feel like

1586
01:14:56,960 --> 01:15:00,120
Speaker 11: there's more sand at the bottom of the hourglass there

1587
01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:02,200
Speaker 11: is at the top, which he himself has said about

1588
01:15:02,240 --> 01:15:04,600
Speaker 11: his coaching career that he knows he's closer to the

1589
01:15:04,640 --> 01:15:08,120
Speaker 11: finish than the beginning. But I mean, I could see

1590
01:15:08,160 --> 01:15:10,400
Speaker 11: him being a lifer in Pittsburgh. I know that he

1591
01:15:10,800 --> 01:15:13,799
Speaker 11: desperately wants to win another Super Bowl, as says everyone,

1592
01:15:14,160 --> 01:15:16,240
Speaker 11: and that was one of the things that attracted him

1593
01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:19,200
Speaker 11: to Russ was he said that Russell Wilson had this,

1594
01:15:20,040 --> 01:15:23,160
Speaker 11: he noticed a drive, and Russell Wilson said it wasn't

1595
01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:24,599
Speaker 11: a hunger because a hunger can.

1596
01:15:24,600 --> 01:15:28,040
Speaker 4: Be satiated, and this is just yeah. I really liked that.

1597
01:15:28,280 --> 01:15:29,639
Speaker 11: At first, I was like, what do you mean there's

1598
01:15:29,640 --> 01:15:31,960
Speaker 11: a difference between hunger and drive, And now I get it,

1599
01:15:32,120 --> 01:15:36,639
Speaker 11: Like you can drive forever eventually when you're hungry, you can.

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01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:40,760
Speaker 4: Eat, and exactly so I think that Mike Tomlin still

1601
01:15:40,800 --> 01:15:42,759
Speaker 4: has the drive. I don't. I don't think he's hungry.

1602
01:15:42,800 --> 01:15:45,800
Speaker 11: I think that he's driven, and so I think that

1603
01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:48,240
Speaker 11: he does still have several more years in Pittsburgh.

1604
01:15:48,400 --> 01:15:49,599
Speaker 1: That's interesting to me then too.

1605
01:15:49,840 --> 01:15:52,920
Speaker 3: If he sees this drive in Russell Wilson and he's

1606
01:15:53,320 --> 01:15:57,000
Speaker 3: Russell Wilson is only on a year contract, say this

1607
01:15:57,160 --> 01:16:00,880
Speaker 3: does go well, Say Russ, you know, gets back to

1608
01:16:00,960 --> 01:16:03,479
Speaker 3: his old self. We see like that spark out of him,

1609
01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:05,400
Speaker 3: We see why he was a nine time pro bowler.

1610
01:16:06,360 --> 01:16:09,320
Speaker 3: Do the Steelers have an interest in then paying for that,

1611
01:16:09,920 --> 01:16:12,080
Speaker 3: because that's not going to be cheap if Russ goes

1612
01:16:12,120 --> 01:16:12,599
Speaker 3: off this year.

1613
01:16:14,000 --> 01:16:17,720
Speaker 11: Yeah, although I think they would, Although I kind of

1614
01:16:17,800 --> 01:16:21,720
Speaker 11: wonder how expensive it would be because even if he does,

1615
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:25,240
Speaker 11: you know, rekindle a spark, that spark's not going to

1616
01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:27,920
Speaker 11: turn into a bonfire. He just doesn't have the age

1617
01:16:28,360 --> 01:16:31,439
Speaker 11: for that to, you know, become a towering inferno. Like

1618
01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:35,840
Speaker 11: I think that maybe he could play two three more years,

1619
01:16:35,920 --> 01:16:38,599
Speaker 11: but you're not going to break the bank on him.

1620
01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:39,680
Speaker 4: And I think he knows that.

1621
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:43,679
Speaker 11: And I think that, you know, given how much money

1622
01:16:43,800 --> 01:16:46,240
Speaker 11: he's made in the past, maybe that makes him take

1623
01:16:46,439 --> 01:16:47,599
Speaker 11: a more team friendly deal.

1624
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:48,840
Speaker 4: If he feels like.

1625
01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:52,720
Speaker 11: Pittsburgh is one or two pieces away from getting to

1626
01:16:52,800 --> 01:16:55,760
Speaker 11: a super Bowl. Here, I think that you know, that's

1627
01:16:56,000 --> 01:16:59,000
Speaker 11: going to be something to watch because regardless, like the

1628
01:16:59,040 --> 01:17:02,599
Speaker 11: Steelers don't have any quarterbacks under contract after this year,

1629
01:17:02,880 --> 01:17:06,240
Speaker 11: so they've got to hope that they either hit on

1630
01:17:06,600 --> 01:17:10,240
Speaker 11: whoever starts the season or that they have time that

1631
01:17:10,439 --> 01:17:14,160
Speaker 11: that's not going great if there's not a clear kind

1632
01:17:14,200 --> 01:17:16,479
Speaker 11: of decision to be made with them, that they have

1633
01:17:16,680 --> 01:17:20,320
Speaker 11: time to put in the backup to get a clear

1634
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:24,040
Speaker 11: evaluation on that guy to make a decision about his contract.

1635
01:17:24,200 --> 01:17:29,479
Speaker 4: So of a pony here, I don't envy them.

1636
01:17:30,920 --> 01:17:32,479
Speaker 1: There is so much on the line.

1637
01:17:32,560 --> 01:17:35,880
Speaker 2: I've been calling the Steelers my favorite reality TV show

1638
01:17:36,040 --> 01:17:38,640
Speaker 2: this season. I'm so excited for it. Brook, Thank you

1639
01:17:38,720 --> 01:17:41,240
Speaker 2: so much for joining us and all that insight info.

1640
01:17:41,479 --> 01:17:42,040
Speaker 2: It was awesome.

1641
01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:43,320
Speaker 1: Say hi to the pod for me.

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01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:44,920
Speaker 7: Thanks y'all.

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01:17:45,680 --> 01:17:47,559
Speaker 2: I guys see, we're gonna take one more break here,

1644
01:17:47,600 --> 01:17:49,600
Speaker 2: but when we come back playoff predictions.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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01:17:52,360 --> 01:17:56,519
Speaker 2: A realizing a Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here

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01:17:56,560 --> 01:17:59,920
Speaker 2: with Carmen Vitally. We are broadcasting live from Attack to

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01:18:00,040 --> 01:18:01,479
Speaker 2: Comm Studios in Los Angeles.

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01:18:01,600 --> 01:18:06,320
Speaker 1: It is time for some NBA playoff predictions. Producer Patrick can.

1650
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Speaker 3: I also just say though, growing up in Chicago, when

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01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:09,920
Speaker 3: this movie came out, Hey.

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01:18:09,800 --> 01:18:12,639
Speaker 2: Sham was the best thing ever was electric? Oh it's elite.

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01:18:13,040 --> 01:18:13,960
Speaker 2: This song is elite.

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01:18:14,360 --> 01:18:18,320
Speaker 6: To wrap up the show with this radio much funny enough.

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01:18:18,400 --> 01:18:25,600
Speaker 6: The other song I was considering was serious, Oh Chicago, hands.

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Speaker 1: Down, I'm biased, but I don't anyway. I'm sorry, Patrick. Okay,

1657
01:18:28,680 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 1: Producer Patrick lead us through.

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01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:32,439
Speaker 12: Give me back on track. All right, So we're gonna

1659
01:18:32,520 --> 01:18:35,960
Speaker 12: do some predictions. We got the Eastern Conference Finals right now, ladies. Yes,

1660
01:18:36,080 --> 01:18:39,000
Speaker 12: the Boston Celtics Indiana Pacers. We already know where it's at.

1661
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:42,599
Speaker 12: Boston's up to zip with Game three going on later

1662
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:44,800
Speaker 12: on today, Ladies, who do you think is gonna be

1663
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:45,639
Speaker 12: the MVP of the East?

1664
01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:49,320
Speaker 2: Okay, I'll go first here and after I'm kind of

1665
01:18:49,479 --> 01:18:52,200
Speaker 2: like backtracking a little. I'm feeling I probably should have

1666
01:18:52,240 --> 01:18:54,920
Speaker 2: gone a different route, but I'm going Boston in five.

1667
01:18:55,760 --> 01:18:59,400
Speaker 2: Especially with the Tyres Halliburn news being out with his

1668
01:18:59,479 --> 01:19:01,960
Speaker 2: hamster injury, I think like this very.

1669
01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:03,000
Speaker 1: Easily could be a sweep.

1670
01:19:03,080 --> 01:19:07,920
Speaker 2: Now this is this feels it's it's definitely Boston's year

1671
01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:10,960
Speaker 2: to get back to the finals. And with this power

1672
01:19:11,080 --> 01:19:14,519
Speaker 2: duel of Jason Tatum and Jaalen Brown, like they they

1673
01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:15,880
Speaker 2: have a chance to go all the way.

1674
01:19:16,160 --> 01:19:19,120
Speaker 3: Oh I'm going even stronger than that. They're sweeping, like

1675
01:19:19,240 --> 01:19:20,760
Speaker 3: I know they had. They were coming off a two

1676
01:19:20,880 --> 01:19:24,479
Speaker 3: five game series, so like still short series. Yeah, and

1677
01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:28,160
Speaker 3: then now I just I just that first game that

1678
01:19:28,240 --> 01:19:30,040
Speaker 3: game won for me, really really set the tone for

1679
01:19:30,080 --> 01:19:31,680
Speaker 3: the whole series. And I just think they're especially with

1680
01:19:31,720 --> 01:19:34,840
Speaker 3: the Tyres Haliburton just injury now, and it's like I

1681
01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:37,040
Speaker 3: think it's gonna be because of Jaylen Brown. It's been

1682
01:19:37,080 --> 01:19:40,720
Speaker 3: the Jalen Brown show yep, forcing overtime and he's had

1683
01:19:41,120 --> 01:19:43,439
Speaker 3: he had forty points in Game two. Let all scores,

1684
01:19:43,520 --> 01:19:46,479
Speaker 3: mm hmmm, uh so he's he scored twenty six I

1685
01:19:46,560 --> 01:19:47,280
Speaker 3: believe in Game one.

1686
01:19:48,439 --> 01:19:49,200
Speaker 1: Jalen Brown man.

1687
01:19:49,400 --> 01:19:52,960
Speaker 12: Yeah, oh right, get the sweeping brooms in Boston for that.

1688
01:19:53,080 --> 01:19:55,720
Speaker 12: When sweep sweep, Let's go to the West ladies, where

1689
01:19:55,720 --> 01:20:00,559
Speaker 12: we got Minnesota Timberwolves versus the Dallas Mavericks on. Fortunately

1690
01:20:00,800 --> 01:20:03,479
Speaker 12: for some of us, Dallas went up to ZIP. Was

1691
01:20:03,560 --> 01:20:11,519
Speaker 12: not happy last night Minnesota. Minnesota fan Minnesotack. What are

1692
01:20:11,520 --> 01:20:12,839
Speaker 12: we going with that? What are predictions?

1693
01:20:13,240 --> 01:20:15,519
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go MAVs in six? Who I like that?

1694
01:20:15,720 --> 01:20:18,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, after last night, it's like buzzer beater, comeback when

1695
01:20:18,400 --> 01:20:20,800
Speaker 2: I'm feeling way more confident about this pick. And if

1696
01:20:20,880 --> 01:20:25,400
Speaker 2: Luca can keep those clutch shots going and be that

1697
01:20:25,600 --> 01:20:27,800
Speaker 2: leader that he is, and Kyrie can play the way

1698
01:20:27,880 --> 01:20:30,599
Speaker 2: he did really the first half of Game one, I mean,

1699
01:20:30,680 --> 01:20:32,360
Speaker 2: maybe make some more three throws.

1700
01:20:32,160 --> 01:20:32,400
Speaker 12: Back.

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01:20:33,880 --> 01:20:36,880
Speaker 3: Step back, three pointer over Rudy Gobert. Just there were

1702
01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:38,960
Speaker 3: three seconds to play. But did you see what he

1703
01:20:38,960 --> 01:20:41,360
Speaker 3: said real quick afterwards? What he goes, I can't move fast,

1704
01:20:41,400 --> 01:20:42,599
Speaker 3: but I can move faster than him.

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01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:49,840
Speaker 1: I love it. It's spicy. I'm sorry. Thank you for

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01:20:49,960 --> 01:20:53,519
Speaker 1: spending your Saturday afternoon with Carme and me. Have a

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01:20:53,680 --> 01:20:57,400
Speaker 1: safe and fun Memorial weekend, Dallas,