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Speaker 1: tag deadline has now passed. Were six days out, just

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Speaker 3: I would describe it as a pretty realistic chance that

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Speaker 2: Right. They gave him some guaranteed money. It locks him up.

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Speaker 4: Why not reward the guys who did such extraordinary work

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Speaker 1: Mike, I will say, I apologize, I only caught the

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Speaker 5: The question, Judy is how long does Rogers take right.

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Speaker 5: Certainly with Rogers, Ada's gonna make his decision well before that.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers one, of course, the big names still available

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Speaker 3: Well, it does seem like it's going down the direction

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Speaker 1: And if indeed they bring back one of those quarterbacks,

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Speaker 8: Well, I think, as I've seen it reported, with the

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Speaker 8: You know, the one thing I was talking to some

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Speaker 9: Here.

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Speaker 8: Quit dragging these things out, get the deals done, give

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Speaker 1: Definitely helps when you get the deal done at a

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Speaker 1: cap space, not cash seedee. Lamb is still getting paid

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Speaker 1: every dollar he was due, but did restructure his contract.

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Speaker 1: There's gonna be a lot of that going on. We're

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Speaker 1: on the NFL. Jane'll have details on that in just

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Meanwhile, the NFL Draft now less than

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Speaker 1: two months away? How is that possible? Abduel Carter's wait

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Speaker 1: to find out his NFL destination will not last much longer.

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Speaker 1: Brian Boldinger has got some thoughts on where Abdul should go,

447
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Speaker 1: maybe even number one overall. Baldi's with us next on

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Speaker 1: the Insiders.

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Speaker 3: The Titans have the number one pick, and they're considering

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Speaker 3: only the best. When you have the number one pick,

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Speaker 3: that's what.

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Speaker 2: You get to do.

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Speaker 3: So Abdul Carter, the Penn State Edge, one of the

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Speaker 3: top prospects, if not the top prospects in the entire draft.

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Speaker 3: That is visiting the Tennessee Titans on Thursday, also visiting

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Speaker 3: the Browns this week.

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Speaker 9: He's going to do a lot.

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Speaker 3: Of things for this He is a very good player,

459
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Speaker 3: and when teams are drafting all the way up high,

460
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Speaker 3: what they want to do is check out the very

461
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Speaker 3: very good players. He's so good that so many of

462
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Speaker 3: our mock drafts Lands Zeroline, Bucky Brooks, Danel Jeremiah all

463
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Speaker 3: believe he is going to be the top selection to

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Speaker 3: the Tennessee Titans. Chad Reuter believes he's going to the

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Speaker 3: Patriots at number four. Would that be an upset?

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Speaker 6: Maybe?

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Speaker 9: Actually?

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Speaker 3: But all in there is where we're looking at with

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Speaker 3: Abdull Carter. Despite the fact that a little bit of

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Speaker 3: a foot injury at the combine, he should be fine.

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Speaker 3: Welcome in our good friend Brian Baldinger, along with our

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Speaker 3: other good friend Gudie Batista Baldy, you are film guru

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Speaker 3: as loyal viewers of the show. No, So just tell

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Speaker 3: me why should I believe those mock drafts and think

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Speaker 3: that Abdul Carter is going number one.

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Speaker 7: Well, he came out of LaSalle High School in Philadelphia

477
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Speaker 7: and walked onto the campus at Penn State and started

478
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Speaker 7: right away for three straight years. I mean, he's an

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Speaker 7: advanced student. He's been healthy. I know the foot out

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Speaker 7: there is a concern, but he's basically been a three

481
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Speaker 7: year starter and he's an advanced pass rusher. I mean

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Speaker 7: he's got all the moves you look for he can

483
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Speaker 7: spin on you, he can go speed to power, he

484
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Speaker 7: can dip on you. And you can play him in

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Speaker 7: a variety of positions. You can play him in a

486
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Speaker 7: four point stance, stand him up in linebacker, play him

487
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Speaker 7: off the ball inside. He's got a lot of versatility

488
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Speaker 7: to his game and he can win one on one.

489
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Speaker 7: Is at a premium position. A pass rusher, his job

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Speaker 7: to affect the quarterback. I will say this though, and

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Speaker 7: I know we were number eleven. I know he played

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Speaker 7: at Penn State, but this is not my Parsons. Michael

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Speaker 7: Parsons has unusual abilities. You never see him on the ground.

494
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Speaker 7: His balance is he's a cat on a marble table,

495
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Speaker 7: is what he is like. You can't get him off

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Speaker 7: his feet. So I don't think he's Micah. But he

497
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Speaker 7: is a very talented player, all right.

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Speaker 4: The other headline name near the top of this draft,

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Speaker 4: Travis Hunter, cornerback, wide receiver, whatever you want to list

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Speaker 4: him as. What'd you glean about him at the combine?

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Speaker 7: Baldy Well, I mean, Travis is just an electric athlete.

502
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Speaker 7: And you know, before you get to the movement and

503
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Speaker 7: the study of the tape and all that duty, you know,

504
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Speaker 7: you talk to Dion, you talk to Warren Sapp, you

505
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Speaker 7: talk to guys in the program. This guy loves football

506
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Speaker 7: and that's the best thing you can say about now.

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Speaker 7: One thing that Prime told me is, look, when we

508
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Speaker 7: get to the NFL level. You know, college teams are

509
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Speaker 7: playing a play every fourteen sixteen seconds, like he's not

510
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Speaker 7: getting proper rest in between plays, and a lot of cases,

511
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Speaker 7: he's going to get that chance in the NFL. I

512
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Speaker 7: think he is your starting corner, and I think he

513
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Speaker 7: can shut down. He's excellent man coverage, he's excellent at

514
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Speaker 7: playing the ball in the air. And then I just

515
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Speaker 7: think you start building the packages for him. I mean,

516
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Speaker 7: he watch his final game against BYU. He was the

517
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Speaker 7: only player that looked like they belong in the NFL.

518
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Speaker 7: In that game, he was electric as soon as he

519
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Speaker 7: touches the ball, like he just explodes with the ball

520
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Speaker 7: in his hands. So he's that dynamic player and I

521
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Speaker 7: think he's going to get a lot of offensive touches.

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Speaker 7: But I think he's a starting corner and a big

523
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Speaker 7: time starting corner. Day one in the NFL, we.

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Speaker 2: Got about six no doubt about it. Down Go ahead, Judy,

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, No, go ahead?

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Speaker 3: Ian yeah, so, Baldy, we appreciate you as always looking

527
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Speaker 3: forward to seeing what position Travis Hunter plays and also

528
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Speaker 3: where he ends up getting drafted. We did have a

529
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Speaker 3: big time deal today. No franchise tag for this guy,

530
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Speaker 3: but a big time deal today.

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Speaker 2: Osa Odiggy Zoola gets paid. Is our good friend.

532
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Speaker 3: Jane Slater described it very nice, team friendly deal from

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Speaker 3: the Dallas Cowboys. You now have a lot more money

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Speaker 3: to spend in free agency. How selectively aggressive will they be?

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Speaker 6: Tune in to find out.

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Speaker 4: Welcome back to the Insiders, as we have been telling you.

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Speaker 4: Osa's deal is done, four years, eighty million dollars, fifty

538
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Speaker 4: eight million dollars guaranteed, selective aggressiveness, up and running in Dallas.

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Speaker 4: Our Jane Slater is back to discuss more about the Cowboys,

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Speaker 4: and Mike Carafalo is also back with me.

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Speaker 2: Gudy Batista. All right, Jane, they've been kind of busy

542
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Speaker 2: at the start.

543
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Speaker 4: They got the OSA deal done and they also reworked

544
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Speaker 4: cde Lamb's contract.

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Speaker 2: Tell us about that, Judy.

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Speaker 8: I think selectively aggressive is a much better pr tactic

547
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Speaker 8: than all in, but it does feel like they're a

548
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Speaker 8: little bit more all in than they were last year.

549
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Speaker 9: I got the sense just listening.

550
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Speaker 8: To them when they talked to Schottenheimer at his instructory

551
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Speaker 8: press conference and even guys at the combine, they took.

552
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Speaker 9: Maybe a little bit of a chip on their shoulder.

553
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Speaker 8: Not so many people last year frustrated with the way

554
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Speaker 8: they put together this roster, waiting too long to get

555
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Speaker 8: guys done.

556
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Speaker 9: Well, this year, they're not waiting. We told you earlier Osa.

557
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Speaker 8: They beat the tag deadline, got him a deal that

558
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Speaker 8: first year pretty team friendly, and then they went to

559
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Speaker 8: Ceedee Lamb. They asked him to restructure his deal, and

560
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Speaker 8: he looks like he's all in. He put out a

561
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Speaker 8: tweet today when somebody basically asked him about this, and

562
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Speaker 8: as he acknowledged he wants to win, it's going to

563
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Speaker 8: take more than just himself. I think this team was

564
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Speaker 8: really frustrated to see how last season went. Obviously there

565
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Speaker 8: were a lot of injuries, but I think there was

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Speaker 8: a little bit of frustration with the way the front

567
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Speaker 8: office approached this thing.

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Speaker 9: Now, they told us last year, as I.

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Speaker 8: Explained earlier in the show, that the credit cards that

570
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Speaker 8: they had overspent, that they needed to clear things out,

571
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Speaker 8: sort of reset things, and then it was Stephen Jones,

572
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Speaker 8: who at the combine said they're going to be selectively

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Speaker 8: aggressive in the free agent market. Well, they've created what

574
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Speaker 8: twenty five million dollars in cap space.

575
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Speaker 9: With some of these moves today.

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Speaker 8: That allows them to be both selectively aggressive in free

577
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 8: agency but also gives them a shot to really get

578
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Speaker 8: the best picks in the draft and not force.

579
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Speaker 9: Their hand at things.

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Speaker 8: I did ask about that rumor floating that the Cowboys

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Speaker 8: might move up for that first round pick. Somebody kind

582
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Speaker 8: of laughed at me in the Cowboys building and said

583
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Speaker 8: a lot of rumors out there about the Cowboys, but

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Speaker 8: that one definitely one of the more curious ones.

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Speaker 5: CD asked about on Access about restructuring, said, Hey, it's

586
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Speaker 5: about more than just me here.

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Speaker 6: This just be clear. He's getting all his money.

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Speaker 5: This was just a standard restructor standard moving of the

589
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Speaker 5: money for cap purposes. Only tomorrow, Zach Martin will officially retire. So, Jane,

590
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Speaker 5: the Cowboys have to figure out how to make up

591
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Speaker 5: for a Hall of Fame guard who is moving Uh,

592
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Speaker 5: moving on. You don't get Hall of famers to plug

593
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Speaker 5: in like that, So how do they go about moving

594
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Speaker 5: on with or without Zach Martin.

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Speaker 8: Look, it's been tough, Mike, you know, And you know,

596
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Speaker 8: I'd kind of joked with someone at the combine this week,

597
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Speaker 8: you know, what might the year of look like without

598
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Speaker 8: if you had gone out and gotten Dereck Henry? And

599
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,199
Speaker 8: they said, do you think Dereck Henry would have had

600
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Speaker 8: that much success around.

601
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Speaker 9: That offensive line?

602
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Speaker 8: And when they said that, it wasn't a slight on

603
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Speaker 8: the offensive line. It's just the injuries were an issue.

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Speaker 8: They have at least done a really good job in

605
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Speaker 8: recent years at the position flex. But when you watch

606
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Speaker 8: Zach Martin go down, I was, you know, there, I

607
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,800
Speaker 8: saw it. It looked like it was this innocuous injury.

608
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Speaker 8: And he got pretty emotional when he was talking about

609
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Speaker 8: Travis Frederick in conversation that he had had about when

610
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Speaker 8: Travis decided to hang it up, and you got the.

611
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Speaker 9: Sense that the writing was on the wall.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 8: Earlier I said, by at least addressing OSA, defensive line

614
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 8: is an area that they're going to approach in this draft,

615
00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 8: and so is the offensive line. But at least by

616
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Speaker 8: shoring up OSA, it gives you a little bit more

617
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Speaker 8: flexibility to approach that offensive line.

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Speaker 9: And a couple of names that are.

619
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Speaker 8: Getting thrown out right now and not to someone from

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Speaker 8: a lot.

621
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Speaker 9: Of teams that are interested in some of these offensive linemen.

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Speaker 8: You know, Alabama guard Tyler Booker, Texas laft tackle Kevin Banks.

623
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Speaker 8: And one that stands out to me for no other

624
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Speaker 8: reasons that it's just the Cowboys way, the Ohio State

625
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 8: tackle Josh Simmons. It was Ian Rockport who reported that,

626
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Speaker 8: you know, he's got that knee injury that if it

627
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 8: wasn't for the knee injury, probably would have been a

628
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Speaker 8: top five pick, but he's expected to go in Week one.

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Speaker 8: Cowboys love of value like that, and so that one

630
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 8: certainly looks really really interesting to me. We've seen them

631
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 8: roll the dice on guys like that before and seen

632
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Speaker 8: it work out for them, So we'll keep an eye

633
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Speaker 8: on this one.

634
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Speaker 9: I still would be interested see if they.

635
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Speaker 8: Go after wide receiver running back despite what I'm being

636
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 8: told that they are still going to focus on the trenches.

637
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,160
Speaker 8: Ashton Gent he really wants to come to Dallas. He

638
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,080
Speaker 8: is a homegrown product. But it does seem like they

639
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 8: realize that, you know, when you look at this division,

640
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 8: they've really got to address the trenches.

641
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Speaker 6: The guys that filled in last year.

642
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Speaker 5: Brock Hoffman the guard he resigned, he was an exclusive

643
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Speaker 5: rights free agent. There's Baldy's breakdowns of him. If you

644
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 5: didn't see that late last year. Baldi loved with hesell

645
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 5: from brock Hoffman, so he could be part of the

646
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 5: solution inside for the Cowboys as well. Jane Slater, thank

647
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Speaker 5: you very much for your insight. As always, we talked

648
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:26,320
Speaker 5: about this earlier in the program. The Steelers more likely

649
00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 5: to resign Justin Fields over Russell Wilson.

650
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Speaker 6: So Fields is the priority.

651
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 5: But if Field's heads elsewhere and there are teams interested,

652
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 5: we keep here in the Jets could then they then

653
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Speaker 5: bring back Russell Wilson. We'll see both guys slated to

654
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Speaker 5: be free agents, but the Steelers have made it clear

655
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,280
Speaker 5: they would like to bring back at least one. Maybe

656
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Speaker 5: it'll be Fields, We'll see Brian Baldinger. No matter who

657
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Speaker 5: that quarterback winds up being, we know the Steelers' identity.

658
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Speaker 5: We know what they want that identity to be, that is.

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Speaker 6: Running the football.

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Speaker 5: Your thoughts on where this Pittsburgh running back running game

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Speaker 5: and the entire offense really stands at this point?

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Speaker 7: You know, Mike, I feel like I'm just channeling Chuck

663
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Speaker 7: Nole here, like let's just let's control the tempo, let's

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Speaker 7: take care of the football. Like that's where the Steelers

665
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Speaker 7: are going. They are incredibly excited about the rookie center

666
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Speaker 7: last year, Zach Frazier. They feel like they've really found

667
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Speaker 7: that guy. They're super excited about getting Troy Fatano back,

668
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Speaker 7: you know, and plugging him in to go with Isaac

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Speaker 7: Salemalo Jones. You know, even Mason McCormick played really well

670
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Speaker 7: at guard last year. And then the guy that they're

671
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Speaker 7: really excited about in the run game is Darnell Washington

672
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Speaker 7: and what he can be almost the third tackle with

673
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Speaker 7: his size and so regardless, you know, and I know

674
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Speaker 7: the reports out there. Ian has said it yourself, maybe

675
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Speaker 7: justin field, just the guy. I mean, it would fit

676
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Speaker 7: perfect if the Steelers really leaned on the running game.

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Speaker 7: In fact, last year, Mike, they were one of only

678
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Speaker 7: five teams that actually ran it more than they threw

679
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Speaker 7: it a year ago, so they were on pace last year.

680
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Speaker 7: They didn't get enough out of the passing game, but

681
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Speaker 7: they can address that. But I think that's gonna be

682
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Speaker 7: the foundation this offensive line that they've spent really three

683
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Speaker 7: years trying to put together when they get title back.

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Speaker 7: And really this is what Arthur Smith does as an

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Speaker 7: offensive coordinator. He's been an offensive line coach, he was

686
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Speaker 7: with Joe Gibbs, He's coached tight ends. I mean they

687
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Speaker 7: want to lead on the run game. Probably that man

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Speaker 7: Jalen Warren comes back. I'm not sure about Najie at

689
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Speaker 7: this point, but a lot of good running backs in

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Speaker 7: this draft, and I think whatever.

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Speaker 6: They do a quarterback.

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Speaker 7: The way that they want to focus and concentrat on offense,

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Speaker 7: I think would help any quarterback they plug it in play.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Nigie Harris a free agent, Jalen Moore, and he

695
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Speaker 5: deserves a big payday himself at some point. He is

696
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Speaker 5: like a bowling ball sometimes in space with what he's

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Speaker 5: able to do. He's a dual threat guy that they

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Speaker 5: use both in the run game and the pass game.

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Speaker 5: Arthur Smith, with a full season to justin fields, I

700
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Speaker 5: want to see it. I want to see what it

701
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Speaker 5: could look like in the upper trajectory that they think

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Speaker 5: could be there. Brian Baldinger, thank you very much as

703
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Speaker 5: always for the insight.

704
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Speaker 1: Tom already big moves this offseason for the forty nine

705
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Speaker 1: ers who trade away one of the stalwarts of their

706
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Speaker 1: recent successful run, Deebo Samuel to the Commanders for a

707
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Speaker 1: fifth round draft pick. There Also, as Ian is reported

708
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Speaker 1: open to trading Brandon Ayuk. So generally players do a

709
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Speaker 1: lot of money, who aren't healthy, love a tough to neal.

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Speaker 6: Never say never. I do know two things. The forty

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Speaker 6: nine ers.

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Speaker 1: Want to get Brock Purdy locked up for the long haul,

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Speaker 1: and Steve Weoitsch is now joining us to talk about

714
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Speaker 1: it here on The Insiders with me, Tom Pelicero and

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Speaker 1: Judy Batista. Steve, we know that they have had initial

716
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Speaker 1: negotiations right now with Brock Purdy.

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Speaker 6: Where do we stand, Well, Tom, it looks like that

718
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Speaker 6: wheel is in motion now, you know.

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Speaker 10: Gentle manager John Lynch, and speaking to reporters, wouldn't put

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Speaker 10: a timetable on it. We know the Niners tend to

721
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Speaker 10: try to get deals done right around the start of

722
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Speaker 10: training camp, but it seems like they want to get

723
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Speaker 10: this one done much sooner than that. Lynch did not

724
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Speaker 10: give really any ideas in terms of how far along

725
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Speaker 10: they are other than the thing they've had just initial talk.

726
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Speaker 10: But the commitment to Purdy is there. We heard it

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Speaker 10: from their owner, Jed York. So people are wondering how

728
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Speaker 10: much are they going to pay him. It seems like

729
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Speaker 10: he's going to get probably the market rate. I mean,

730
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Speaker 10: why would he take a lesser rate when everybody else.

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Speaker 6: Is getting a certain number.

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Speaker 10: The bigger things that are going to happen for pretty

733
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Speaker 10: with Deebo Samuel possibly being gone and Ayuk Christian McCaffrey's

734
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Speaker 10: getting back. Lynch also said they want to get an

735
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Speaker 10: extension done with George Kittle at some point, putting no

736
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Speaker 10: timetable on that. Plus left tackle Trent Williams will be

737
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Speaker 10: coming back. You can kind of see some of this

738
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Speaker 10: coming last year when they drafted wide receiver Ricky Pearsall

739
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Speaker 10: out of the University of Florida. In terms of the

740
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Speaker 10: receiving corps, they still need to address of things on

741
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Speaker 10: the offensive line and of course defensively.

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Speaker 6: They've got a lot of free agents.

743
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Speaker 7: Guys.

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Speaker 10: They're drafting eleventh overall, which is the highest since they

745
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Speaker 10: took since they drafted the quarterback Trey Lance third overall

746
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Speaker 10: just a few years ago.

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Speaker 4: Steve, there is so much news out of San Francisco

748
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Speaker 4: and actually out of Los Angeles in this division, but

749
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Speaker 4: actually this division is really settled in some very critical ways, right.

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Speaker 10: Well, it really is, Judy, because you know, when I

751
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Speaker 10: was looking through a lot of things, this is the

752
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Speaker 10: only division the NFC West where there's not either coach

753
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Speaker 10: or quarterback upheaval. Now that Matthew Stafford is is gonna

754
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Speaker 10: come back to the Los Angeles Rams, so you're gonna

755
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Speaker 10: have Perty and Kyle Shanahan and San Francisco Stafford and

756
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Speaker 10: McVeigh in La Kyler Murray again in Arizona, and in Seattle,

757
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Speaker 10: you're gonna have McDonald Gino Smith. So all of these

758
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Speaker 10: things could make the NFC West going into the season

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Speaker 10: potentially the most competitive because we've seen Arizona double its

760
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Speaker 10: win total from four to eight over the previous two seasons.

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Speaker 10: Seattle was ten and seven, same record as the Rams

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Speaker 10: lose out on a tie breaker, and the forty nine

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Speaker 10: Ers we know they've been one of the best teams

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Speaker 10: in the NFL last year six and eleven, last in

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Speaker 10: the NFC West. But again, some of the things we

766
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Speaker 10: talked about with how they can keep the nucleus together

767
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Speaker 10: and build on it, they could be back in the mix,

768
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Speaker 10: so that stability overall could make this the Gauntlet Division

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Speaker 10: heading into the twenty twenty five season.

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Speaker 5: All right, take a look at this one here, because

771
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Speaker 5: we had at the scouting combine this year ninety ebies

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Speaker 5: nine that ran a sub four four forty yard dash

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Speaker 5: at the combine, the fourth most at a single combine.

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Speaker 6: Since twenty twenty three. That can't be right.

775
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Speaker 5: There hadn't been that many combines two thousand and three.

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Speaker 5: A little bit of a typo here, fourth most since

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Speaker 5: two thousand and three, and we had none that ran

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Speaker 5: a This isn't none ran a sub or whatever word

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Speaker 5: used for above a four to six or slower zero.

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Speaker 6: Back in two thousand and four, we had eight this year. None.

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Speaker 5: I'm getting through this Ian with the speed, with a

782
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Speaker 5: speed of an offensive tackle, and speaking of offensive lineman, yes,

783
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Speaker 5: Baldy's here. You know when Ian does this stuff, it's

784
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:52,960
Speaker 5: like incredibly awkward.

785
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Speaker 6: And then I just won off them right here, cleaning

786
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Speaker 6: up Baldy.

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Speaker 5: Okay, let's talk about your top safety prospect, and let's

788
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Speaker 5: do it a little quicker than I just did that

789
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Speaker 5: right there.

790
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Speaker 7: Well, let's just start with George's Malachai Starks, right. I

791
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 7: don't know what he said about him during the broadcast

792
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Speaker 7: or whatever. But I mean, this is a three year starter.

793
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Speaker 7: Well you know, we're starting on a team that won

794
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Speaker 7: a national championship in two thousand and twenty three. And

795
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Speaker 7: everything you like about him, you know, he's a good tackler.

796
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Speaker 7: He reminds me actually a lot of Brian Branch who

797
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 7: came out of Alabama now a star player with the

798
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Speaker 7: Detroit Lions. But you know, the one thing he can

799
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Speaker 7: do he can cover, Like he drops down in three

800
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Speaker 7: receiver sets. He's a cover safety and you get plenty

801
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Speaker 7: of chances to do that. And honestly, if your safeties

802
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Speaker 7: can't cover, they're a little bit limited in how you

803
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Speaker 7: use them. And so I see that right here he

804
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 7: is like I'm not play right there. I mean he's

805
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Speaker 7: covering that spray fade down the field.

806
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Speaker 6: That's pretty nice.

807
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Speaker 7: And so I just feel he's experienced, he's a good tackler.

808
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,800
Speaker 7: I think he understands the game. He's been well coached,

809
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Speaker 7: He's played with a lot of guys that are in

810
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Speaker 7: the NFL right now. I feel like he's NFL ready

811
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Speaker 7: to step in and play David at that position.

812
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Speaker 3: Baldy to watch starts make that played down the sideline

813
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Speaker 3: that looks like a corner. I mean, we see, we

814
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Speaker 3: saw so many safeties running like corners here at the

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Speaker 3: COMBAI tell me another safety prospect, a fast one that

816
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Speaker 3: you're intrigued by.

817
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Speaker 7: Well, I mean, here's a corner. I mean, you know,

818
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Speaker 7: you got to look at Max Harston, you know, I

819
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Speaker 7: mean he's a corner from Kentucky. He only played five

820
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Speaker 7: games this year. He ran the fastest forty. We're talking

821
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Speaker 7: about forties. He ran a four to two eight. He

822
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Speaker 7: was blistering in all of the drills, you know, but

823
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Speaker 7: you go back he only played five games, had injury,

824
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Speaker 7: but you go back, you know, twenty twenty three he

825
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 7: started thirteen games. For him, you can see the break

826
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Speaker 7: on the ball. You can see his long speed when

827
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Speaker 7: people are you know, taking a go ball shot on him,

828
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Speaker 7: and how he's able to run with them. And then

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Speaker 7: you can see him at Kentucky you know, really play man.

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Speaker 6: You know where he's.

831
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Speaker 7: Really pressed inside leverage or you can see him plays owned.

832
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Speaker 7: So he's got experience in both. But he's got the

833
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Speaker 7: foot speed you need to play on the outside. I

834
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Speaker 7: would say tackling could still be a little better, you know,

835
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Speaker 7: a little more solid, and then that can be worked on.

836
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Speaker 7: But I think the ball skills and the foot speed

837
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Speaker 7: and the eyes, I think he's got quick eyes.

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Speaker 6: I think that's all there for Max Harriston.

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Speaker 3: Great stuff, Baldy, appreciate your breakdowns on these draft process.

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Speaker 2: He did it faster or.

841
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Speaker 3: Too, unlike Mike who took forever to do really bad

842
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 3: math before. This segment certainly will not be headed to

843
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Speaker 3: the Broadcasting Hall of Fame, but this is where we are, Baldy,

844
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Speaker 3: thank you very much for joining us. As always, great

845
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Speaker 3: stuff today. One of the things that everybody loves is monopoly, right,

846
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Speaker 3: I mean, do we not love monopoly?

847
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Speaker 6: Are you the thimble? Are you the horse?

848
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Speaker 3: Are you the jaguar?

849
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Speaker 2: Are you the the jaguars? A piece of monopoly?

850
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Speaker 3: I don't know what is going on, but we're gonna

851
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Speaker 3: find out in this next segment.

852
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 2: Please please stick with us, please.

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00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,440
Speaker 1: There are a lot of fast teams at the twenty

854
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Speaker 1: twenty five Scouting Combine, none faster than Mad Max Harston

855
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Speaker 1: from Kentucky, who blazed that forty yard dashing four point

856
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Speaker 1: two eight seconds, just a little bit under my time.

857
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Speaker 1: Jim Ursa also posted this was a record attendance here

858
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Speaker 1: at the combine at Lucas Oil Stadium over thirty thousand,

859
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Speaker 1: plus media redentials over sixteen hundred. The latter definitely felt true,

860
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Speaker 1: especially if you have walked into the wrong bar around

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Speaker 1: eight many you got off the entire one more coffee

862
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Speaker 1: shods three big day for Walter Peyton.

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Speaker 6: Look at sharp right there? Send you some sweetness on

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Speaker 6: March fourth.

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Speaker 1: Also, it's Fat Tuesday? Now, why do we have to

866
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Speaker 1: send the offensive lineman to the parade on Fat Tuesday?

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Speaker 1: I feel like there's subliminal messaging here and I am

868
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Speaker 1: not comfortable with it. I think we should just call

869
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Speaker 1: it Everybody Matters Tuesday. The Jacksonville Jaguars released something new

870
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: that might catch some of your eye.

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Speaker 6: Here their own version of Monopoly.

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00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:08,959
Speaker 1: It's Monopoly Jacksonville Edition is available for purchase now, which

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00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,720
Speaker 1: all brings us into a very important question.

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Speaker 6: What piece do you play with in Monopoly?

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Speaker 3: First, of all sixteen hundred creditiers, there were some media

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Speaker 3: members there hanging around without credentials. That's a whole different

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Speaker 3: story for another day. My favorite piece is a thimble.

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Speaker 3: Here's why it speaks to me as far as the

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Speaker 3: old school nature of my life. It's simple, it's strong,

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Speaker 3: and they don't really exist anymore.

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Speaker 6: So when you see a.

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Speaker 3: Thimble, you're like, wow, I really appreciate this thing. I

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Speaker 3: play as the thimble. I'm terrible about it, Judy.

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Speaker 4: I used to play as with the iron, which I

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Speaker 4: don't even think is part of the game anymore.

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Speaker 2: Monthly because I like to lean, is it not types?

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Speaker 5: No, Well, I've played the kids Yeah. I played the

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Speaker 5: kids Edition with my kids, and it's like you're the

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Speaker 5: dog or the bird or whatever like that. Here's what

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Speaker 5: I love about the kids edition. The adult edition could

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Speaker 5: you could take loans and stuff so the game would

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Speaker 5: never end. But the kids Edition you run out of money. Sorry, kid,

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Speaker 5: you're done. No loan, it's fast too.

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Speaker 1: Student or credit card and children about crippling debt and

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Speaker 1: what happens if you default on a market, which the

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Speaker 1: only way to really truly learn that lesson is to

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Speaker 1: go until eventually you're nothing but promisory notes and you

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Speaker 1: have no money left whatsoever.

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Speaker 6: Ian great point two.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes sixteen undred plus credentials not enough, it turns out

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Speaker 1: for a lot of people, in order to get a

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Speaker 1: credential you have to have a real job. You know,

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Speaker 1: everybody's got problems stick around. We a lot more action

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Speaker 1: to come throughout this week here on The Insiders, the

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Speaker 1: final countdown six days away from the free agent negotiating window.

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Speaker 1: NVIL Network wall to wall covers, including right here on

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Speaker 1: The Insider seven pm Easter Time. We're back tomorrow for Ian,

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Speaker 1: Judy and Mike. I'm tom see you, yeah, I