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Speaker 1: podcast Network, coming to you every Wednesday. Uh, at least

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Speaker 1: during the off season. We might have more coming up

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Speaker 1: Leave your questions and I will get to them like

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Speaker 1: I do every podcast. Got a bunch of new ones

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Speaker 1: for this week. We call it the Middle Cough mail Bag,

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Speaker 1: and I will hammer that those bad boys out. Let's

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Speaker 1: let's start in the desert. For those of you that

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Speaker 1: don't live on the West coast, Arizona, Tempee, Scottsdale beautiful place.

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Speaker 1: I mean, one of the one of really the great

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Speaker 1: uh for about four or five months a year. We're

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Speaker 1: the team has been very solid ever since Bruce Arians

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Speaker 1: came over and and really they are one of the

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Speaker 1: great question marks in terms of a coach in the league.

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Speaker 1: Bruce Arians to Steve Wilkes. I don't know much about Wilkes.

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Speaker 1: There have been questions or I've heard people say really

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Speaker 1: good things. I haven't really heard anything bad. But anytime

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Speaker 1: you're first year head coach, you're kind of flying under

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Speaker 1: the radar in terms of you weren't a coaching candidate

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Speaker 1: think we have to kind of take away and see approach.

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Speaker 1: Like Pat Schrumer, For the most part, I feel pretty

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Speaker 1: confident I know what I'm gonna get. Steve Wilkes no clue.

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Speaker 1: I know people talk highly about him, but I think

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Speaker 1: when we talk about the Arizona Cardinals, most people act

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Speaker 1: like they were a two or three win team last year,

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Speaker 1: and that just wasn't the case. They went eight Nate

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Speaker 1: with Blame Gabbett playing quarterback, one of the big early

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Speaker 1: offseason stories. Now again, shorts and T shirts. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: try to, you know, temper my enthusiasm. I've been at

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Speaker 1: these practices. I've worked at these practices when I worked

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Speaker 1: S offseason team activities, so I know they don't mean

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Speaker 1: kind of get over excited. We're all humans, we all

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Speaker 1: do it, and it's one thing to read about it.

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Speaker 1: It's another thing to see it live. If you're listening

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Speaker 1: to this on Wednesday, I am probably as you're listening

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Speaker 1: at forty Niners practice, probably after the practice, all tweets

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be good in the fall because the game

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Speaker 1: is much different, but I do think you can take

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Speaker 1: certain things away. And when you talk about quarterback play listen,

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Speaker 1: they signed Sam Bradford. I will not dispute this. When

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Speaker 1: Sam Bradford is healthy, he is a good player. The

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Speaker 1: Lennon sucks. Mike Lennon is not good at football. He

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Speaker 1: is not a good NFL football player. Josh Rosen, anyone

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Speaker 1: He was my number one quarterback. He was the most

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Speaker 1: But still he at times could have played better for

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Speaker 1: The other thing, his football intellect is pretty high. Handling

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Speaker 1: or have different type issues or whatever. But if Reuben

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Speaker 1: Foster cannot learn from this opportunity, this second chance, and

429
00:24:00,760 --> 00:24:02,600
Speaker 1: it's almost unfair to call a second chance because he

430
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,359
Speaker 1: really didn't do anything, but he was involved with this

431
00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 1: girl that clearly is crazy, who also said under oath

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Speaker 1: that she has done this before. So I do kind

433
00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:14,600
Speaker 1: of judge you for the company you keep, and clearly

434
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Speaker 1: Reuben has struggled with it, just decision making in the past,

435
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 1: sent home from the combine, arrested a couple of weeks

436
00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 1: before for marijuana. He has had issues. He fell in

437
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 1: the draft. Don't get it twisted. He didn't just fall

438
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Speaker 1: in the draft because of shoulder injuries. People had him

439
00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:33,480
Speaker 1: red flag for character issues, rightfully or wrongfully. It should

440
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,679
Speaker 1: look like most of the league was pretty right. So

441
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Speaker 1: John Lynch took a chance. He looks a lot better

442
00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:41,399
Speaker 1: today than he did a couple of weeks ago. But

443
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Speaker 1: this is still gonna be a roller coaster ride. This

444
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:46,440
Speaker 1: is gonna be a player. And as a GM texted

445
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 1: me when Reuben first got in trouble, he said, the

446
00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,439
Speaker 1: problem they had with Reuben because I asked him he

447
00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,640
Speaker 1: could have They had a needed that position a couple

448
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,919
Speaker 1: of years ago, and they passed on him for another player.

449
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,480
Speaker 1: It actually turned out to be pretty solid, and his

450
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,359
Speaker 1: point on Reuben, they never worried about him inside the

451
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: building or during the season, learning the playbook, anything with football.

452
00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,879
Speaker 1: They had literally zero worries. It never crossed their mind

453
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Speaker 1: that that was gonna be an issue. Their problem was

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Speaker 1: that under the c b A that the moment Reuben

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Speaker 1: leaves the building, they can't have contact with him at

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Speaker 1: the end of the season whenever the season ends, and

457
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Speaker 1: that's been Reuben's problem. The season ended, he got You know,

458
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,560
Speaker 1: obviously again the story was fake. But still listen, I

459
00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,639
Speaker 1: come from a long line of gun owners. I know

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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not a personally a gun owner, but

461
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 1: know a lot of people that do own guns. I

462
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 1: have no problem with him owning guns. You will not

463
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 1: see me grandstanding. I had some big issue because let

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Speaker 1: me tell you it's not in this country. For all

465
00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,760
Speaker 1: the ship that's going on in this country, it is

466
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Speaker 1: still your right to own a gun. It is not

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Speaker 1: your right, and it is a poor decision because it's illegal.

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00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,679
Speaker 1: You can't keep loaded weapons in your house. So ruben

469
00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:56,800
Speaker 1: doing that. If I'm John Lynch, like, even though it

470
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Speaker 1: clearly none of that happened with your girlfriend, that you

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Speaker 1: beat her up and all that was made up, I'm

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Speaker 1: still if I'm John Lynch, I'm still going Ruben, why

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Speaker 1: the hell do you have loaded weapons in your home

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Speaker 1: that you can't do that part of owning again, you

475
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 1: have to separate those when you bring him into your home.

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Speaker 1: So to me, Ruben, they are nowhere in the clear.

477
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,160
Speaker 1: They are nowhere. You just they should feel good about themselves.

478
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:21,320
Speaker 1: He is gonna be a roller coaster ride. But again

479
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,240
Speaker 1: back to what I originally said, if this doesn't change

480
00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 1: him for the better, he'll never be changed and he'll

481
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 1: be out of the league in several years. He's either

482
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Speaker 1: gonna have no more issues moving forward or several To me,

483
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Speaker 1: there are only two options with him. There's no like

484
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Speaker 1: in a couple of years. He you know, has a

485
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Speaker 1: reckless driv that ain't the case. He's either going to

486
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Speaker 1: be a train wreck or a complete reclamation project. He's

487
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 1: gonna be in a couple of years. We'll talk about

488
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Speaker 1: him like we do the Honey Badger. Remember the Honey

489
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Speaker 1: Badger was no one would touch him coming out of

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Speaker 1: l s U. And he's been a model citizen and

491
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Speaker 1: you know, one of the faces of the league. Since

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Speaker 1: I love the Honey Badger, He's he's awesome. He's really

493
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Speaker 1: what's great about the NFL guy is to do turn

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Speaker 1: around their life. And I hope that's Ruben Foster, but

495
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 1: I I think right now, just with his resume, I'd

496
00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 1: say it's a coin flip at best. And it's sad

497
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:10,879
Speaker 1: because he really is that great of a player, and

498
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 1: I'm rooting for him just because selfishly I like watching

499
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 1: him play. He's a stud. I mean, I like watching

500
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:20,000
Speaker 1: good players play. But it's just the NFL. Man. You

501
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 1: can't make these stories up, and in a weird way,

502
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 1: it's why the league is so damn popular. Okay, let's

503
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: get to my favorite segment of the week, the Middlecoff

504
00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,160
Speaker 1: mail Bag, where I answer you guys questions from iTunes.

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00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,719
Speaker 1: Go to iTunes subscribe rate in the review section, you

506
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,400
Speaker 1: can leave a question and I will answer it here

507
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Speaker 1: on the podcast, starting with my guy Jacob from Wisconsin,

508
00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,680
Speaker 1: obviously probably gonna ask about the Packers. Where do you

509
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Speaker 1: see the Packers finishing in the NFC North this season?

510
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Speaker 1: Do you think they're offseason acquisitions draft picks hell of

511
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Speaker 1: a draft. Um, A big fan of goodikins and pieces

512
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Speaker 1: like Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams. I was a big

513
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Speaker 1: jam Maul Williams guy last year. Can make them a

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Speaker 1: legit contender where they still ride the shoulders of Aaron

515
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Speaker 1: Rodgers and in the reloading process. Here's what I'll say.

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Speaker 1: If Aaron Rodgers is healthy, I look at him like

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Speaker 1: Steph Curry or Lebron James. His team is always going

518
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Speaker 1: to be in the mix for the championship. He is

519
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,479
Speaker 1: that good. I also think when you look at their

520
00:28:20,560 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: draft they drafted for they drafted corners with their first

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Speaker 1: two picks. Obviously drafted Kevin King last year. That's three

522
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Speaker 1: young corners. They have a a new defensive coordinator in

523
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Speaker 1: Mike Petton, and I think people forget that once upon

524
00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,600
Speaker 1: a time was a high level d C for Rex Ryan. Actually,

525
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Speaker 1: you know, did somewhat of a commendable job as the

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Speaker 1: head coach with the Cleveland Browns. I think he's a

527
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Speaker 1: pretty good coach. I love the the d n A

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Speaker 1: of the Packers. All they do is win. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: obviously if Aaron Rodgers goes down, there screwed. Just like

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Speaker 1: if Tom Brady were to go down this year, or

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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan or to go down or Cam Newton. That's

532
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Speaker 1: it's just kind of the life you chose when you have.

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Speaker 1: You know, Aaron's soon to be a thirty plus million

534
00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,480
Speaker 1: dollar quarterback. But I think their defense will be much improved.

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Speaker 1: I think Davante Adams, I don't even know if he's

536
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Speaker 1: a budding star anymore. He's just a star player. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I'm not the biggest Randall Cob guy. But they drafted

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Speaker 1: multiple wide receivers. They have still young wide receivers on

539
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,960
Speaker 1: on the roster. Their offensive line has been, you know,

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Speaker 1: pretty solid these last three or four years. If they

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Speaker 1: can run the football with and again I was a

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Speaker 1: big Jamal Williams guy coming out of b y U,

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Speaker 1: I think they should be much more balanced. And if

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Speaker 1: their defense plays well, which is a big if because

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00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:44,480
Speaker 1: their defense, especially their secondary, has been pretty hit or miss.

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Speaker 1: Uh the last couple of years, I mean two years ago.

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Speaker 1: Wouldn't remember when they made the NFC championship game. Obviously

548
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: Jacob remembers because he's a Packer fan. Was it was crazy?

549
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,640
Speaker 1: I mean, they had no business making it there. But

550
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Speaker 1: Aaron was that special. He he was like an NBA player.

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Speaker 1: If they get if they can just become if they

552
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,440
Speaker 1: were ever you know, a top ten defense. Uh, maybe

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00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: they were statistically in some of those years when they played.

554
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Speaker 1: Remember when they played Kaepernick and the forty Niners and

555
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,320
Speaker 1: Harbaugh and they can never quite get over the hump.

556
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Speaker 1: But I always felt like their defense was the problem.

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00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 1: It was never Aeron in the offense, and they've never

558
00:30:18,880 --> 00:30:22,200
Speaker 1: matched up quite perfectly. Now you could say that New

559
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: England has been able to overcome it. Yeah, but I mean,

560
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 1: Belichick's probably the greatest coach ever. I like Mike McCarthy,

561
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:33,040
Speaker 1: but he's not Bill Belichick. If Aaron stays healthy, I

562
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 1: think they are definitely, you know, an NFC contender. Do

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Speaker 1: they win the NFC North, I would still probably give

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Speaker 1: the slight nod to the Vikings. They have the more

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Speaker 1: complete team, But I I do think there's a question

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Speaker 1: mark and how Kirk Cousins will transition to being the

567
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Speaker 1: starting quarterback you know for the Vikings. John d Filippo,

568
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Speaker 1: which I'm a big fan of, has only called you know,

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Speaker 1: plays one time in his career. So there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: a lot of pressure on them. They're gonna be probably

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Speaker 1: even more than the Packers, you know, one of the

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Speaker 1: teams in the league that's like make it to the

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00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: super Bowl or bust. When when you pay a quarterback

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Speaker 1: that much money, when your roster is that good, There's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a ton of pressure on the Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 1: So I really it's probably a two horse race. I'd

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Speaker 1: give the Minnesota Vikings the slight edge, but it would

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Speaker 1: not shock me in the least that the Green Bay

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Speaker 1: Packers wanted and I would. I would have them in

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Speaker 1: sharpie as a playoff team, So that would probably be

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Speaker 1: a wild card team, but I definitely think they could

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Speaker 1: win the division. Let's get to ed in Virginia Beach.

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Speaker 1: Quick question. With free agency, the draft and rookie minicamp complete,

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Speaker 1: can you describe the type of work that NFL teams

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00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 1: are doing right now? Do teams have different philosophies the

586
00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 1: time of year to prep for O T A S,

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00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 1: time with families, etc. What did Andy Reid? How did

588
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: Andy Reid handle it? Andy was great for the next

589
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:55,240
Speaker 1: month Before most NFL teams go on vacation for a month,

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Speaker 1: these are like three day weeks now, Andy, because he

591
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: was so established, you know, we worked like Tuesday, Wednesday,

592
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Speaker 1: Thursday and got like five day, four day weekends. I mean,

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00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:10,760
Speaker 1: it was it was incredible. We had a veteran team. Uh,

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Speaker 1: it's the best time of year that there's not much

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00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: to watch because you've basically graded every player. Uh you know,

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00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 1: maybe you're filling in some holes on you know, having

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00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,160
Speaker 1: some workouts of street free agents, but there really isn't

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Speaker 1: that much ado. It's it's pretty laxed. I mean getting

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Speaker 1: into the office eight thirty out of there by three

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Speaker 1: or four, you know, catching workouts either in the morning

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Speaker 1: or the afternoon. It's it's pretty chill and laid back.

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Speaker 1: If you're a college scout, maybe you're starting to put

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00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: together there's some lists and get ready for the fall,

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00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 1: but it's pretty relaxed now where it's probably a little different. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know, I have a couple of buddies on the

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Speaker 1: on the Raider staff right now with Gruden, they are grinding.

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Speaker 1: I would imagine, uh, you know, all the new staffs

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Speaker 1: around the NFL, they are working hard to implement their system,

609
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: working with players. They are not getting you know, four

610
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Speaker 1: or five day weekends every week. They're they're probably working

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Speaker 1: five or six days a week. Also, like new coordinators

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Speaker 1: around the league, like like John d Filippo for example

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Speaker 1: with the Minnesota Vikings, you know, installing his offense, working

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Speaker 1: with Kirk Cousins right now, they're probably working pretty hard.

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Speaker 1: But if you're you know, Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy,

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Speaker 1: you're not exactly digging ditches right now, you know. I'm

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Speaker 1: Tom Brady's had even at O T A s. You know,

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Speaker 1: Jimmy Garoppolo and Kyle Shanahan. There's probably a balance, you know,

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Speaker 1: because they've been together for a little while, probably putting

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Speaker 1: a little more work than some teams. Jared Goth McVeigh.

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Speaker 1: But it is a pretty relaxed time, trying to keep

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Speaker 1: guys healthy, just trying to hone in the basics of

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Speaker 1: your offense or defense. Uh, it's it's a great time

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Speaker 1: of year, and it's it's it's why NFL like NFL

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00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: coaches will tell you it's much easier than college because

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Speaker 1: college I've worked in college football. Ringball is very, very

627
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Speaker 1: time consuming. Uh, it's you're working the weekends. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's a lot harder than the NFL's offseason. The

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Speaker 1: offseason is, uh is pretty chill. So yeah, right right now,

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Speaker 1: it's kind of the calm before the storm. Uh. And

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Speaker 1: then in about a month, you know, usually those final

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Speaker 1: O t A s maybe end in the middle of June.

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Speaker 1: You basically have off till late July till training camp starts.

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Speaker 1: So you get a month just free and clear. You're

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Speaker 1: just obviously the players, but the coaches, scouts, everyone's on vacation.

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Speaker 1: It's just a it's a great time of year for

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Speaker 1: for NFL people. Last question, Smac the Great Okay John,

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Speaker 1: what are the chances Sam Donald is the Week one

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Speaker 1: by no means discount if he's healthy, he could beat

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Speaker 1: out Josh McCown. But I think in a perfect world,

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Speaker 1: happened in a long time with a top you know

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Speaker 1: maybe kind of like Mahomes style, give him one start

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Speaker 1: at the end of the year, but I think you

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Speaker 1: know him and Josh Allen for sure. I think Baker

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Speaker 1: and Josh Rosen can play right away. You want to

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Speaker 1: sit those guys. You want to have them learn, you

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Speaker 1: want to have them ease into their NFL career. So

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Speaker 1: I would put it, you know, actually talking to myself

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Speaker 1: maybe and you'd say, well, you just said they want

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Speaker 1: for the best player. Just a ball out, And there's

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Speaker 1: a chance that Sam Donald just balls out and he's

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Speaker 1: just better. And when the preseason games come, he's making plays,

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Speaker 1: he's moving the offense, and then you throw all that

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Speaker 1: more than likely there's gonna be growing pains. They were

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Speaker 1: gonna be bumps. He's gonna be working with the twos

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Speaker 1: say it's probably, you know, relatively small, you know, compared

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Speaker 1: to most rookie quarterbacks most seasons that are drafted in

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Speaker 1: the first round. But I really think the Jets have

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Speaker 1: a special quarterback. I love Sam Donald. I think if

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Speaker 1: they can just kind of subtly help him out on

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Speaker 1: more under control, just taking more ownership in the football,

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Speaker 1: not being as reckless. Uh, he can be a special player.

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Speaker 1: He can be a little Russell Wilson, a bigger version

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Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson. Now he doesn't quite have the arm,

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Speaker 1: but just he's a special playmaker. I think sometimes this

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Speaker 1: the kids will winner. And I think he's gonna succeed

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Speaker 1: and I think they were gifted. Hit him and pick three,

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Speaker 1: And in a perfect world, I like getting my rookies,

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Speaker 1: uh games, you know, even if you are going to

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Speaker 1: I think that's that's very, very important, just to go

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Speaker 1: through the game plan of the week and then actually

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Speaker 1: play against you know, NFL players when you're playing for something.

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Speaker 1: There's there's something to the preseason, but it doesn't sniff

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Speaker 1: uh the NFL regular season. So again, we do this

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Speaker 1: I appreciate everyone listening. Uh you guys, I you know,

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Speaker 1: reaching out on Twitter. It's been fun. We're gonna keep

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Speaker 1: it rolling all off season, right into training camp, uh

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