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Speaker 1: Be Around the NFL podcast is in a podcast marriage

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Speaker 1: made too Lights. Welcome back to another distorally Around the

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Speaker 1: NFL podcast presented by New Era. My name is Dan

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Speaker 1: Ranzas joined in the room filled with heroes Mark Sessler,

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Speaker 1: Chris Westling, and Greg Rosenthal. What's up? Boys? Hey? Dan,

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Speaker 1: what's up? We're in a marriage with who with the other?

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Speaker 1: This is a marriage, Let's face it. It's built to

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Speaker 1: last seven hundred plus episodes deep five years now, and

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Speaker 1: it is. We had a conversation our friend Uh, a

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Speaker 1: colleague downstairs, James co Uh of the NFL Fantasy Realm,

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Speaker 1: is leaving the company after several years, and we're gonna

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Speaker 1: miss him and invest luck in the future, and it did.

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Speaker 1: Mark and I were talking to to Co and Uh.

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Speaker 1: Mark and I've been here since two thousand ten, I think,

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Speaker 1: you guys since what two thousand twelve? I was, yeah,

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Speaker 1: right at the beginning of two we are. And this

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Speaker 1: comes on the same day that one of the most important,

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Speaker 1: well important maybe it's not the word, but one of

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Speaker 1: the most visible newspapers where I grew up, the New

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Speaker 1: York Daily News, just slashed their sports department from thirty

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Speaker 1: five employees down to eight or something insane like that,

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Speaker 1: and cut loose a lot of like gifted beat writers

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Speaker 1: and stuff. And we are very lucky to have the

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Speaker 1: this amount of time that we've had together. Let it

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Speaker 1: be known when I arrived here before Dan, let's start

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Speaker 1: right there by a couple of weeks he got me.

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Speaker 1: And when Dan arrived he had no idea how the

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Speaker 1: computer systems worked. And I had to spend an afternoon

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Speaker 1: management system works. And without me, Dan, I think your

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Speaker 1: career would have gotten off to a rough start. The

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Speaker 1: of people. You probably would have been one of the people.

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Speaker 1: They said, this guy is just not getting the Tantonology

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Speaker 1: But he's no longer with us. We're still we're happy

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Speaker 1: couldn't be sure. But this is the Monday show. Um,

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Speaker 1: really the first show. Markets back to grinding. You're off

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Speaker 1: the beaches now, because off the beach here we are.

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Speaker 1: Now let's see the Bears. Good job by the Bears

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Speaker 1: are reported on the sixteenth, the Ravens, no joking around,

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Speaker 1: and um and then today Cardinals, Colts, Chiefs, Pats, Giants, Titans,

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Speaker 1: all reporting and then everyone else will by the end

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Speaker 1: of the week. So we are now. I mean we've

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Speaker 1: the two thousand eighteen season, so it's a twenty eight

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Speaker 1: on the roster bubble and training camp. Greg's wording in

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Speaker 1: battles really pushed for you this particular quarterback battle is

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Speaker 1: it's two great narratives. It's the young kid that everyone

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Speaker 1: loves that could electrify the roster, and then the old dog.

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Speaker 1: Now I feel like you're way more interested in seeing

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Speaker 1: how Joe Flacco reacts to this. Yes, and and all

431
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Speaker 1: the motivation stories and all, and he's old super Bowl hero.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a really nice combination. It's kind of

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Speaker 1: like what happened in any given Sunday with Jamie Foxx's

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Speaker 1: character in Dennis Quait very much. So. I think, oh,

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Speaker 1: that's where it keeps reminding me that the Giants did

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Speaker 1: not go down this path. Yeah, just this could be

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Speaker 1: the Giants. It could And I don't think it's a

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Speaker 1: bad thing. Like I watched Flacco's press or the other day,

439
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Speaker 1: he was kind of having fun with it. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if it's a new Joe Flacco or what, but

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Speaker 1: he was kind of salt, He's a little sarcastic. He

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Speaker 1: was kind of poking fun, having fun with it. I

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Speaker 1: don't think it's much of a battle, uh one or

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Speaker 1: whoever our reporter is there today, I'm it's Scarafolo. Mike

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Speaker 1: says that said that Lamar Jackson's been lining up in

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Speaker 1: the slot a couple of times today that he's been

447
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Speaker 1: lining up as a wide receiver. I like that angle too.

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Speaker 1: It's like I like that angle too, but that that

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Speaker 1: means it's it's not a battle so mentioned that there

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Speaker 1: have been a couple of times where he has just

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Speaker 1: fried the defense. And I would love to know what

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Speaker 1: the what the player by the time you get to

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Speaker 1: end of this preseason, who the players want as their quarterback.

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Speaker 1: It says potential for a lot of lamar jack is

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Speaker 1: playing the slot, dropping third down passes when they take

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Speaker 1: their slot receiver off the field, and he would have

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Speaker 1: caught the past like this that you always hear about

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Speaker 1: this in the summer and that the quarterback messes up

459
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Speaker 1: and they're like, we were not going to do that again.

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Speaker 1: It's like, sorry, Willie sneed you gotta go to the bench. Um.

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Speaker 1: I like that. By the way, West, it was like,

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Speaker 1: why is damn like this so much? Like is it

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Speaker 1: like an interesting football story to He's like, no, it's

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Speaker 1: from some stupid movie. That's why he likes. That's how

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Speaker 1: you took my response. I mean, it's accurate. A lot

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Speaker 1: of a lot of your sports interest ties in your

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Speaker 1: pop culture interests as well. Yes, it's correct, moving on

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Speaker 1: and all right. I think it's more about the personalities,

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Speaker 1: like you are intrigued by the person. Uncomfortable where I am.

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Speaker 1: Listen right now, I could be in the lab if

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Speaker 1: I wanted to. Yeah, I don't choose to be right now.

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Speaker 1: I'm upstairs in the kitchen. But I could go down

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Speaker 1: to the lab if I needed to, So I can

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Speaker 1: go up and down the flights of stuff. Just be

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Speaker 1: happy you're still breathing. Unlike that guy who had to

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Speaker 1: learn the Internet, who knows where he is but nobody

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Speaker 1: knows hope to learn the Internet. I hope he's alive. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Johnny Manziel, remember that guy. Uh he's still in the CFL,

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Speaker 1: but he hasn't been playing at all. Uh. The Hamilton

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Speaker 1: Tiger Cats happened to have um the best quarterback in

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Speaker 1: the league right now? Starting are you guys? Where? What's

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Speaker 1: his name? I don't know who? What is it? I

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Speaker 1: forget his first Jeremiah Massoli something like that. Maybe it's

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Speaker 1: the guy that couldn't do the Internet. Maybe I have enough.

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Speaker 1: I have enough teams to track. I don't track CFL

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Speaker 1: on a day to day basis um. Anyway, the Tiger

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Speaker 1: Cats have a study quarterback. They ad Manziel wasting way

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Speaker 1: on the bench. It was probably a distraction. It is

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Speaker 1: probably a major media story in the CFL. So what

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Speaker 1: do they do. They ship them to the last place

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Speaker 1: squad in the CFL, the Montreal Alouettes. Uh, a move

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Speaker 1: that reunites Manzel with the head coach of the Alouettes.

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, there he is Mike Sherman, former Packers

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Speaker 1: offensive courts or head coach. And also h the man

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Speaker 1: who recruited Manziel to Texas A and M once upon

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Speaker 1: a time. Yeah, there you go. Although he didn't coach

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Speaker 1: on her he's a red shirt guy. Sherman's first year

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Speaker 1: and then I think Sherman got fired at A and M.

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Speaker 1: And then, uh, they probably still like spoke to each

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Speaker 1: other in the hallways. They're actually best friends, best friends,

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Speaker 1: there's a link. I have two sources. I don't have

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Speaker 1: a third, so I can't say that definitively that they're

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Speaker 1: best friends at college. But here's what the GM of

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Speaker 1: the outlets said about Manziel. We have acquired an exceptional

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Speaker 1: quarterback with undeniable talent, with his great mobility, his athletic

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Speaker 1: abilities and his instinct. We believe that we have a

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Speaker 1: positive impact on our offense and offense spelled with a

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Speaker 1: C at the ends. Who would who would have guessed

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Speaker 1: that on July we'd be talking about Manzel being traded

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Speaker 1: for two first round picks and two players still got

511
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Speaker 1: value just not here. I don't know who. I don't

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Speaker 1: know who? What the who is the CFL drafting? When

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Speaker 1: is their draft occur? Because they're not taking Sequon Barkley

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Speaker 1: away from the Giants, I don't know. What's a little

515
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Speaker 1: confusing with like how much I don't really know their

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Speaker 1: Their chart with the draft picks is clearly out of

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Speaker 1: whack compared to the NFL's. If Johnny Manzel's worth two

518
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Speaker 1: first round picks wanting a blockbuster deal up in the CFL,

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Speaker 1: where are the wasted draft pick on a guy or not?

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Speaker 1: In the CFL? Do you like if you get whispers

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Speaker 1: that somebody's interested in maybe possibly playing for Canada, you

522
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Speaker 1: could waste a draft pick on the German? Isn't the

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Speaker 1: guy I feel like to turn his career around? But

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Speaker 1: a Manzel? We haven't heard him speaking out in frustration,

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Speaker 1: Although how would We know he's in Canada, but this

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Speaker 1: means we get him. He'll be playing in days. Get

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Speaker 1: him in the lineup. Somebody who are not getting him

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Speaker 1: in the lineup. I don't know what they're doing, man,

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Speaker 1: I know why he didn't like for the Tiger Cats.

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Speaker 1: But now get him in the lineup. But the bad team.

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Speaker 1: Let's go Alouettes. UH. The NFL UH and the NFL

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Speaker 1: Players Association announced in a joint statement Thursday. This happened

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Speaker 1: right after our last podcast, that the league and team

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Speaker 1: policies regarding conduct during the playing of the national anthem

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Speaker 1: will not be issued or enforced for several weeks as

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Speaker 1: part of a stand still agreement between the two sides.

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Speaker 1: A source and forms of this situation told our own

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Speaker 1: Tom Pellicero that everything connected to league and club policies

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Speaker 1: on the anthem will remain on hold as discussions between

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Speaker 1: the two sides play out. In a statement, read a

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Speaker 1: little part of the statement from the union, the NFL

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Speaker 1: and NFL p A, through recent discussions have been working

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Speaker 1: on a resolution important word there to the anthem issue. UM.

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Speaker 1: So we'll see how this plays out. This was always

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Speaker 1: the thing Gregg that jumped out to me. When this

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Speaker 1: controversy went off last month, was how were these two entities,

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Speaker 1: the NFL and the p A not in lockstep when

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Speaker 1: the announcement was made. So maybe better late than never, uh,

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Speaker 1: to pull it back and try to get this right.

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Speaker 1: This development I think was embarrassing for the league to

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Speaker 1: have to do. But I'm just hopeful as a fan,

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Speaker 1: I'm rooting for you NFL and NFL p A come

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Speaker 1: up with a solution that that makes everyone happy, the players,

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Speaker 1: the owners, us, all of it. I think you can

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Speaker 1: do it. Well, here's the solution. Don't do anything. I

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Speaker 1: was gonna say, keep it on hold. No, don't do anything,

557
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Speaker 1: but you have to announce that you're not going to

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Speaker 1: do everything anything. It's obs first. I would do that.

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Speaker 1: I put it on hold, not say anything, not not

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Speaker 1: respond to the president's tweets, but he's already done one.

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Speaker 1: And just play football and just let it play and

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Speaker 1: let people exercise their rights. You know, it's the only

563
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Speaker 1: like they've gotten in their way over and over and

564
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Speaker 1: over with this. This was the first sensible kind of

565
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Speaker 1: move and the only way to move forward is to

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Speaker 1: not try to impose this team by team sort of

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Speaker 1: state by state law on this issue. But you're not

568
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Speaker 1: gonna make everyone happy no matter what you do. You're

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Speaker 1: not you do make us happy, you know, people, not everyone.

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Speaker 1: You do wonder if some of the owners who are

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Speaker 1: most vocal, seemingly and trying to make the story go

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Speaker 1: away a and trying to play Kate the president will

573
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Speaker 1: maybe feel differently now than they did in the spring.

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Speaker 1: You can only hope that's what's happening in the news.

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Speaker 1: All right, Okay, so here we are. It is the

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Speaker 1: last week of July. Teams are reporting, players are reporting.

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Speaker 1: Uh and guess what, some of the players reporting to

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Speaker 1: camp aren't going to make it to them to camp

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Speaker 1: with their teams. And that was the subject of the

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Speaker 1: latest banger from Greg rosenthal Um titled, as I noted earlier,

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Speaker 1: Greg's title notable bros on roster bubble in training camp

582
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Speaker 1: and a lot of mylids out of this bit. I

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Speaker 1: don't know, just something that makes me laugh, the idea

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Speaker 1: of you typing bros and the headline, I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I mean, what's the difference between bros and guys? Well,

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Speaker 1: that's a that's a fair question. Not every guy is

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Speaker 1: a bro Hm, but every bro is a guy. I

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Speaker 1: mean in theory. Yeah, that's it is. It's gonna the

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Speaker 1: really unpacked that one. Um. Anyway, So Greg, you uh,

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Speaker 1: you laid out some I would say, prominent players of

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Speaker 1: all different sizes and shapes and ages. Uh. And you

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Speaker 1: started the list. Uh, it doesn't look like it's alphabetical.

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Speaker 1: So I'll start with the guy that you talked about first.

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Speaker 1: It's Donald Penn, who has been um offensive line with

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Speaker 1: the Raiders. And you think that is a guy right there,

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Speaker 1: look out and that that would probably be a man

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Speaker 1: that would attract the market. I think if he ended

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Speaker 1: up on the street, they'll only cut him. I believe

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Speaker 1: if he's not healthy. He's a big man, thirty five

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Speaker 1: years old coming off a major foot surgery. He's guaranteed

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Speaker 1: three million dollars or else he already might be cut,

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Speaker 1: so they'll see if he's healthy. And if he's healthy,

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Speaker 1: I think you have a chance to make the team.

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Speaker 1: But they drafted a left tackle and they're not moving

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Speaker 1: that left tackle, Colton Miller, to the right side at

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Speaker 1: all during training camp or practices or anything. Colton Miller's

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Speaker 1: playing the left side. And if he's just a better

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Speaker 1: player than than Penn, who was originally a buccaneer when

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Speaker 1: John Gruden was there way back in two thousand seven.

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Speaker 1: What an undrafted player Donald Pennis turned into? And it

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Speaker 1: would be very John Gruden on brand for a cutthroat.

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Speaker 1: Let's release the guy that used to be with me

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Speaker 1: in Tampa. I've got no no alignment to annual. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you think that Gruden would love a player that was

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Speaker 1: around a decade plus ago, but I think a lot

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Speaker 1: of them. I think he's a sneaky, cutthroat guy. Pen

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Speaker 1: also called up rude and furious when they drafted Colton

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Speaker 1: Miller called him up on the phone. Maybe Gruden said no,

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Speaker 1: no, no no, don't like that. No one calls me on

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Speaker 1: the phone. M West. I'm gonna lay out four quarterbacks

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Speaker 1: on Greg's list, Which one to you was the most

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Speaker 1: likely and the least likely to be cut? Brett Hunley

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Speaker 1: of the Packers, Robert Griffin the Third of the Raven,

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Speaker 1: Steady Bridgewater of the Jets, and Paxton Lynch of the Broncos.

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Speaker 1: I think Robert Griffin the Third and Brett Hunley are

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Speaker 1: in the same basket here because but very rarely do

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Speaker 1: teams keep three quarterbacks anymore, and the Packers went out

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Speaker 1: and got Deshaun Kaiser, who's another young quarterback to put

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Speaker 1: behind Aaron Rodgers. And they saw last year they couldn't

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Speaker 1: rely on Brett Hunley, so why carry a guy you

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Speaker 1: can't rely on? And then r G three they signed

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Speaker 1: him before they drafted Lamar Jackson, And again, I don't

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Speaker 1: see teams wanting to keep three quarterbacks, so I would

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Speaker 1: think r G three is probably in major danger of

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Speaker 1: getting cut. I think he has a good decent chance

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Speaker 1: to stay r G three until they seems to be

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Speaker 1: really sold on this idea that like him and Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson have somewhat similar skill sets and that that sounds

639
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 1: like a like a backup of the future. It sounds

640
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 1: great till you need a special teamer on game day.

641
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,000
Speaker 1: What if he I'm I'd like to see an r

642
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,680
Speaker 1: G three having a nice preseason and training camp and

643
00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 1: just kind of be back in the mix, and that

644
00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 1: he he shows them that he's an NFL quarterback and

645
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 1: that they would just want to keep him. I mean,

646
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,200
Speaker 1: and if you're r G three, I would I would

647
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: assume the moment that they drafted Lamar Jackson, you're kind

648
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,400
Speaker 1: of like crap, because that is never going to be

649
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 1: the place for him. Uh, He's never gonna get real time.

650
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: He would would be better off at this stage of

651
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: his career having a new home, but at this point

652
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: he was the NFL let so he doesn't have really

653
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 1: that type of power to be able to, like I

654
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 1: want to be somewhere else. He's just trying to re

655
00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 1: establish him own. Last time we saw him, he was

656
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,360
Speaker 1: far from impressive. The Ravens can cut him and resign

657
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: him at any point. Two running backs, Mark Sessler, that

658
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,319
Speaker 1: you would think could help a team if they are

659
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:27,799
Speaker 1: motivated or reach the potential that others or some at

660
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: some point believe they could have. Uh, Doug Martin, who

661
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,400
Speaker 1: is currently of course with the Raiders uh due to

662
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 1: make one point three seven million, but they have a

663
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:39,399
Speaker 1: lot of running backs on the roster in Oakland. And

664
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,479
Speaker 1: Amer Abdullah, who Greg believes will find a way most

665
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 1: likely to stay with the Lions. Your thoughts on those

666
00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: two backs. I feel like we've heard that Gruden really

667
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: likes Doug Martin, so I don't know, but I guess

668
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 1: that depends on what version of Doug Martin do we

669
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,759
Speaker 1: get between now and cut time. Because it's out and

670
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 1: even years right, whether an odd he's a passable running

671
00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,239
Speaker 1: but I think that ended last and we were buying

672
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,120
Speaker 1: into that last year, and he had a lot of

673
00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:08,640
Speaker 1: preseason hype last year and it didn't work out. I mean,

674
00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 1: the Lions for once have an intriguing backfield with depth

675
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 1: than different types of back so Abduela is going to

676
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 1: just have to find a way to be more impressive.

677
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I feel like the rookie could lead them

678
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: and carries and we'll just have to see. Was it

679
00:35:24,719 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: your love of Frank Gore that saved him from being

680
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 1: on this list out of respect? I mean, because he

681
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: seems like the most likely running back to me to

682
00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,839
Speaker 1: not make the team. They've been talking him up so much,

683
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: and I look at that roster and he looks very

684
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:39,880
Speaker 1: much like a guy who's going to make the roster

685
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: as a backup running back. What about I don't see

686
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 1: what's going to change, but well, the fact that he's

687
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,760
Speaker 1: he hasn't been a good running back for a while. Solid,

688
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,360
Speaker 1: he's better on better on tape than than he he

689
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: hasn't been a good running back for a while. He's

690
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 1: one of the major reasons why the Colt Tavan had

691
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 1: a rushing attack. Adrian Peterson has thoroughly outplayed him as

692
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: a runner. That's why he's Adrian Peterson rush for over

693
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 1: thirty arts twice in six games last year with the Cardinals.

694
00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 1: Frank Gore didn't do it once in three years with

695
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: the Colts. It all makes sense, and he averaged three

696
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: point seven yards per carry the last two years. Happens

697
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: very good when it happens when agendas clash. And then

698
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:12,959
Speaker 1: he's thirty five years old. He's not like he's gonna

699
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 1: get better now. Like I'm not in the lab, but

700
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:17,120
Speaker 1: I can hear this argument from the second floor of

701
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 1: the house. He's one of the smartest guys, so he's

702
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 1: not going on the field that much, but he's kind

703
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,879
Speaker 1: of signing him. He stayed, He stayed around a little bit.

704
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 1: New listeners of the show. Wes has forever been a

705
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 1: big fan of Adrian Peterson, both in the past and

706
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,800
Speaker 1: still believes in the present and the future. And Greg

707
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,360
Speaker 1: basically Frank Gore even wrote a long form about the

708
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: Inconvenient truth is has long been a supporter of Gore

709
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,680
Speaker 1: as one of them rated backs. And I wouldn't put

710
00:36:43,719 --> 00:36:45,839
Speaker 1: him on this list because there's there's been no indication

711
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: to think that he would get cut there just because

712
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 1: they seem the game films the indication. That's the like,

713
00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: why why isn't they every other old guy you put

714
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,799
Speaker 1: on this list but you don't put Frank. I'm a

715
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: little concerned just that that West is getting kickbacks from

716
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 1: a Juan Peterson at this way, it is conserned. Peterson

717
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 1: saw that in the off season Champion. He said, hey, man,

718
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: can you help me out? I know you've always all

719
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:11,560
Speaker 1: these uh, wine and cheese parties aren't cheap. Go watch

720
00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson play last year, then go watch Frank Gore. Right,

721
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,520
Speaker 1: that's fine, but that has nothing to do with whether

722
00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:19,799
Speaker 1: Frank Gore is gonna get cut. He's gonna get cut

723
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 1: because he's just not very good. That like Andy's old,

724
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:26,000
Speaker 1: so that's probably is not willing to be a backup though, Right,

725
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 1: that's the issue. It's like, that's like a as we

726
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: said a million times, he plays two downs and he

727
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: doesn't want to be pulled off the field. That doesn't

728
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:37,319
Speaker 1: fit into almost any team situation. I've never disagreed within right,

729
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 1: whereas Frank Gore in a pinch, it starts snowing. You

730
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:42,719
Speaker 1: can just give him the ball forties several times. You

731
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:44,239
Speaker 1: can just keep him on the field every down and

732
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,680
Speaker 1: he's not going to complain. He'll play on Thursday, three

733
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,720
Speaker 1: days later. Get twenty more heres and there's some value

734
00:37:49,760 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 1: in that. Yeah, if you ever have a blizzard, just

735
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:56,080
Speaker 1: sign him because they'll be sitting out there. Uh, Greg,

736
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,359
Speaker 1: any anybody else on this list or not on this

737
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,080
Speaker 1: list that you you wanted put on. But then he said, oh,

738
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 1: I don't want to get like you know, I got

739
00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: killed last year with Carlos Hide. I don't want to

740
00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 1: get killed again. Well, I I'm gonna throw out Malcolm

741
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,719
Speaker 1: Mitchell because he's popped up in a report that's came

742
00:38:13,719 --> 00:38:19,799
Speaker 1: out as we were taping here a little breaking news.

743
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: This is not breaking news NFL network. Uh Tom Pella

744
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: Sero breaking some more news lately. I have been seeking

745
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,400
Speaker 1: a potential trade partner for Malcolm Mitchell. Sources that bums

746
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: me out cheap in the whole brand of the breaking new.

747
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 1: But I think are they breaking that on our site.

748
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna check that right now. They're not even developing it,

749
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 1: So it's it's lucky it got a post. It got

750
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,479
Speaker 1: a post on the website that says to me that

751
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: he is in danger of not making a team, and

752
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,840
Speaker 1: that's a bummer because they would not have won the

753
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 1: Super Bowl two years ago without on the as a rookie.

754
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:54,760
Speaker 1: And on the topic of a f c ST wide receivers,

755
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 1: potentially on the bubble, you wrote about Jermaine Curse of

756
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 1: the Jets, who a team like the Jet that does

757
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: not have a lot of firepower. Curse is a very

758
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: capable wide receiver. And your wide receiver room has Trrell Prior,

759
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: a guys some upside but cannot stay healthy. And Robby Anderson,

760
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 1: who's a confirmed knucklehead. Let's be honest. Give me more bodies,

761
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 1: not less bodies. Do not part ways of Jermaine Curse.

762
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 1: He's probably this he They have four intriguing receivers, but

763
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 1: he's the safest bet of them. Trope, I would be

764
00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 1: more less surprised to seats are all Prior get cut.

765
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 1: Do you think he's better? I don't think he's better.

766
00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: But this is the guy coming in new class, coming

767
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: off a neck injury, and Curse has been solid that

768
00:39:32,160 --> 00:39:35,840
Speaker 1: that Patriots receiver position is intriguing. I think they like

769
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,840
Speaker 1: like Cordrell Patterson is making that team, and they're pretty

770
00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: deep there. Kenny Britt might might end up making it

771
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: over over Malcolm Mitchell. I thought maybe on this list

772
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,719
Speaker 1: would be Josh Gordon changes this a little bit, but

773
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 1: I don't this happened after you wrote it. Corey Coleman,

774
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:54,560
Speaker 1: I feel like he's come up at He's come up

775
00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: over and over in trade whispers, and I don't think

776
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 1: he's that could have been. I don't. I'm not sure

777
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 1: he's the hard ist, working player on the roster um.

778
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,400
Speaker 1: I feel like you're going to frame Coleman for like

779
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: type of I would like him. I think it would

780
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,120
Speaker 1: be would be great if he were good. I felt

781
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 1: the way about Kenny Britt. I don't feel the way

782
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: Kenny Britt, you know, got him in trouble too. It's

783
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: like this guy, come on, Corey Coleman. Enough for this

784
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:21,680
Speaker 1: guy making a lot of money. That would be bad

785
00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 1: if they are any because because no one of these

786
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:30,320
Speaker 1: it says more likely to be traded than cuts. But

787
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,480
Speaker 1: who would want him? He could have fit in. I

788
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,680
Speaker 1: guess somebody could take a flyer take First of all,

789
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 1: like a lot of his issues, A lot of his

790
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 1: issues have been injury related. Almost all of it, but

791
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: heavily heard some bad Yeah, it's not right. This is

792
00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: not Oh, this is Teddy Bridgewater behind the scenes, and

793
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,680
Speaker 1: we just love this kid. It's not like allegedly threatening

794
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 1: a CoP's wife. Knucklehead behavior. Like my wide receiver, but

795
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:55,160
Speaker 1: your wide receiver maybe not the best locker room guy.

796
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 1: You've heard some of that out there a little bit.

797
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 1: It's out there. I mean marks Mark AMC's a detached

798
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: Browns fan. But bring up Corey Coleman and that's out.

799
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: Get this guy off the team. No, I don't. I

800
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: want him to be good, but it's just like it's

801
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 1: an incredibly frustrating player, you know, till now. He he

802
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 1: was taken in the first round a year before Briscade Perriman,

803
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 1: who is definitely we're back in the back end, was

804
00:41:20,719 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: drafted before after after Yeah, sorry, he's been in the

805
00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 1: league last and and I saw someone right this it's interesting.

806
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 1: Braside Pairman might be the biggest first round bust in

807
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 1: team history, which makes me think you've had a pretty

808
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,400
Speaker 1: good drafting record, and that's true of the of the

809
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 1: Ravens in the first round. But he is no better

810
00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:39,719
Speaker 1: than number four on the depth chart going into the King.

811
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:43,120
Speaker 1: He's done nothing in his career at all. He's gotten

812
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: injured a lot too. You still got a vanity r

813
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:51,600
Speaker 1: R L on that, Frank Gore love for what was

814
00:41:51,640 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 1: it Gore? Yeah, sure, it's still sitting there. I would

815
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,719
Speaker 1: say Matt Matt Elam for the Ravens didn't now too well,

816
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:04,720
Speaker 1: that's that's a good call. Oh flag on the play. Sorry,

817
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:08,880
Speaker 1: this page was not found. They yanked your Frank Frank alright,

818
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 1: So NFL dot Com slash Frank Gore to really get

819
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: a real deep dive on Greg's I don't know why,

820
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: and Mark, I mean West is just trying to get

821
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:18,919
Speaker 1: get under my skin or something. I'm not I really

822
00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 1: do think that he belongs on a list of players,

823
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,319
Speaker 1: likely Tobe. He's coming from a real place West, but

824
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 1: he's enjoying also needly, I I have really I heard

825
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: from someone who looked into his tape. Thought he ran

826
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:31,960
Speaker 1: a lot better in the league. Thought he ran a

827
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:33,799
Speaker 1: lot better than the number showed last year. He's solid.

828
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:36,360
Speaker 1: He's just a backup. He's a solid that can do

829
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,440
Speaker 1: a little bit of everything. You heard from someone I

830
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,560
Speaker 1: talked to someone in the league. Yeah, this is true,

831
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:43,320
Speaker 1: true story. How many people did you have before you

832
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: got that people analysis. I disagree with this person you

833
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 1: talked to in the league. I watched the film too,

834
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:51,920
Speaker 1: and West as a fellow lab rat, that's what we

835
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:55,160
Speaker 1: call each other. Um, Adrian Peterson deserves a job in

836
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: this league. Yeah right, And I believe and I agree

837
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:01,080
Speaker 1: he's he's hard to accommodate that rats and labor because

838
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:02,720
Speaker 1: you're not going to sign him to be a backup

839
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,400
Speaker 1: or a construmentary, complementary player. He has to be a

840
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,799
Speaker 1: workhorse in order to be worth having on yours. His

841
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 1: destiny feels like when Chris Carson gets injured in training

842
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 1: camp and then they realize where shod Penny was maybe

843
00:43:15,560 --> 00:43:18,839
Speaker 1: not ready to be a first round draft picks, like hey, hey,

844
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson, come be the Week one starter for the

845
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:24,000
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. That just fields right, We're days away from

846
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,480
Speaker 1: devastating injury. I was gonna say, as much as you

847
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 1: don't want to say this, this is the nature of

848
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,759
Speaker 1: the game. Two weeks from now, there will be one

849
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