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Speaker 1: with Matt Williamson and Matt looking here at as we

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Speaker 1: get through uh this Monday, um looking at a piece

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Speaker 1: at the They pulled some of their their guys, uh

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Speaker 1: Aaron Shafts a football side is it's the Eagles at

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Speaker 1: plus three thousands. Interesting. I don't know that I would

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Speaker 1: they have a very good chance to win the division.

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Speaker 1: I like the way that they are constructed, and the

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Speaker 1: For Eric Moody, who is the ESPN betting analyst or

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Speaker 1: in one of their analysts, he likes to Broncos at

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Speaker 1: plus six, I mean it's pretty decent odds. That's a

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Speaker 1: That's about to say, is what if they were in

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Speaker 1: I don't know how what they'll do when they get there,

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Speaker 1: it is the Buffalo Bills at plus six fifty. That's

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Speaker 1: Here's the thing. Shafts of courses is very analytically based.

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