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Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, Chris Harry with you on a training camp

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Speaker 1: edition of Chargers Weekly. A bit later, one of the

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Speaker 1: best broadcasters in this business, Kevin Burkhart of Fox Sports,

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Speaker 1: joins me to talk some Chargers as well as the

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Speaker 1: league's most intriguing storylines in twenty eighteen. But first, USA

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Speaker 1: Today's Jared Bell shares his observations from Wednesday's Chargers Saints practice.

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Speaker 1: Plus Jared reveals what he learned at Raiders Camp. The

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Speaker 1: answer may surprise you all right now with a friend

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Speaker 1: of the program, I was just telling you off air.

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Speaker 1: You were the first ever guest on Chargers Weekly, Jared

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Speaker 1: Bell USA Today, Hawaii, sir, pretty good and you're still

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Speaker 1: on the edge, still doing this thing. They heard that

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Speaker 1: first segment. They're like, this show's got some promise. Man, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this show has gotten better and or since that first show,

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Speaker 1: how are you? Man? Pretty good? It's always good to

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Speaker 1: be back here and coast to malan Y Southern callie,

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Speaker 1: and you know, we may be back a number of

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Speaker 1: times before this football season's over. If the Chargers are

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Speaker 1: going to be as good as everybody thinks, Well, I

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Speaker 1: talk to your former colleague Lindsey Jones she's not the

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Speaker 1: athletic and she said Jared always got DIBs on the

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Speaker 1: West coast, so so she said, you'll probably see Jared

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Speaker 1: to training Cam not me. Yeah, Lindsay's telling everybody that,

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Speaker 1: but um whatever, it's it's the truth. And you know,

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Speaker 1: you look at um this market with the Chargers and

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Speaker 1: then the Rams doing what they did last year, and

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Speaker 1: then even going up the coast a bit to the

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Speaker 1: forty nine Ers who are emerging after you know, several years,

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Speaker 1: and then the Raiders trying to get revitalized with John

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Speaker 1: Bruden and um, yeah, California is the place to be.

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Speaker 1: It is the place to be. Different storyline. The Chargers

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Speaker 1: play the NFC West in the as West, and I

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Speaker 1: want to get into some of the NFL story last year,

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Speaker 1: but first just general observations from what you saw from

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Speaker 1: the Saints and Charges here at the Jackamis Sports Come Play. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it looked like they got a lot of good work

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Speaker 1: and it has traditionally. I mean, we've seen some headlines

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Speaker 1: have more problems with teams um having fisticuffs and scuffles

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Speaker 1: But two or three or whatever, it was good claim

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Speaker 1: football today. I think part of that is because the

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Speaker 1: coaches Anthony Lynn and Sean Payton know each other and

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Speaker 1: they worked together and five in Dallas under parcels exactly. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: two parcels. Guys, you love it exactly. You are what

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Speaker 1: your what's your records as you are? You know, though

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Speaker 1: it is, it's good work. And Philip talked about just

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Speaker 1: a different opponent, maybe try some things out before week one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and it's as close to full speed as they're going

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Speaker 1: your expectations for this team in twenty eighteen, Jared, You

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Speaker 1: Kevin Burkhart. Kevin, how are you, sir? Chris's great? Catching

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Speaker 1: I mean, I could make the argument there's probably thirty

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Speaker 1: to thirty two teams did actually feel like they have

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Speaker 1: an answer under center, as opposed to, hey, we have

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Speaker 1: to draft one next year because we don't have anybody. Yeah,

429
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Speaker 1: I mean, and now, granted, some of those answers are

430
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Speaker 1: still question marks, if that makes any sense, because we

431
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Speaker 1: have to wait and stay on some of those guys.

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Speaker 1: But I think you're right. I think there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of teams that are at least semi comfortable that they're

434
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Speaker 1: in a decent spot at the quarterback position. And obviously

435
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Speaker 1: with the Chargers, well, they haven't had to worry about

436
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Speaker 1: that for a long time, so they're fortunate to have,

437
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Speaker 1: you know, a guy like Philip Rivers back there doing

438
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Speaker 1: his thing. Yeah, Philip one hundred and ninety two career starts.

439
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Speaker 1: If you add up all the combined starts in the

440
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Speaker 1: AFC West between Car and Mahomes and Case Keenum, you're

441
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Speaker 1: still ninety short. So you know, let's get to the

442
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Speaker 1: AFC West, Kevin, because it's probably probably the most fascinating division,

443
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Speaker 1: not just because the Chargers in it, but just everything

444
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Speaker 1: that's happened around the Chargers, all the change from Oakland

445
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Speaker 1: to Kansas City to Denver. I don't know if many

446
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Speaker 1: people can get a read on the AFC West. What

447
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Speaker 1: do you think? Well, I mean, if I'm picking right now,

448
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 1: and as we know, things can change, and health is

449
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Speaker 1: a big part of that. I mean, I think the

450
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Speaker 1: Chargers are the best team in the division, and I

451
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Speaker 1: think it's close. I think Kansas City is very close

452
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Speaker 1: right there, especially with the offensive firepower they should have.

453
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Speaker 1: Their defense disappointed me a little bit last year, and

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Speaker 1: I'd have to see a little bit more out of

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Speaker 1: that unit for Kansas City this year. But I think

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Speaker 1: the Raiders are obviously fascinating. Because John bruten is coaching,

457
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,400
Speaker 1: I think he's going to have an effect on them.

458
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Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be fun to watch. Do I

459
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Speaker 1: think they're going to win the division? I don't. I

460
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Speaker 1: think they have a little bit to go yet. And

461
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Speaker 1: you know, I think for John there's probably going to

462
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Speaker 1: be some things that he's going to adjust to too,

463
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Speaker 1: having not been on the sidelines in a decade basically.

464
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Speaker 1: So you know, I think that team is you know,

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Speaker 1: I love car I love his aggressiveness and he's got

466
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Speaker 1: a farv like attitude, but they've got some question marks

467
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Speaker 1: to answer for me at wide receiver. So disappointing for

468
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Speaker 1: Mary Cooper last year, I thought he fell off the table.

469
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Speaker 1: You know, Crabtree gone. How do they respond there? And

470
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Speaker 1: if they don't have Khalil Mack, that's a totally different deal,

471
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Speaker 1: and they don't right now. So I think Denver is

472
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Speaker 1: just a pretty good step below all that right now.

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Speaker 1: I do you know, I think that they have potentially

474
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Speaker 1: a solid defense, but offensively, there are a ton of

475
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Speaker 1: question marks for me. And you know, I love what

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Speaker 1: Case Keenum did last year. He was a wonderful story.

477
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Speaker 1: He's a great guy, he's easy to root form. But

478
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people are wondering if he

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Speaker 1: could do it again. I think it's pretty clear the

480
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Speaker 1: Minnesota didn't think he could do it again because they

481
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Speaker 1: had no They wanted no part of bringing them back.

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Speaker 1: So that to me is how I would look at

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Speaker 1: and handicapped the division as of today. Talk about the

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Speaker 1: Broncos offense Case Keenum listen, like to your point, I'm

485
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Speaker 1: sure you called some Vikings games last year and what

486
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Speaker 1: he was able to do. This is a completely different

487
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Speaker 1: overhauled offense. You got a rookie in the backfield and

488
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Speaker 1: Royce Freeman, a couple of new wide receivers, Jake Butt

489
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Speaker 1: coming back. I don't know. The offensive line probably a

490
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Speaker 1: little bit questionable. If you if you go off at

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Speaker 1: last year, do you think Case Keenum can be the

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Speaker 1: savior there in Denver? You know, because I mean to

493
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Speaker 1: your deal, John always seems to have some confidence in him.

494
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Speaker 1: Can I be the savior? No? He cannot, I think,

495
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Speaker 1: you know, can he be a good player for them? Yeah?

496
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Speaker 1: But you know, I think case Keenum succeeded for a

497
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Speaker 1: number of reasons. Number One, he had a lot of

498
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Speaker 1: more coaching. I thought Pat Sherman's did a wonderful job

499
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Speaker 1: to change the playbook for things that made sense for him.

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Speaker 1: Number Two, you know, you look around the league, how

501
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Speaker 1: many teams are as good skill wise as a Minnesota.

502
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Speaker 1: I mean, they've got two All Pro receivers, they've got

503
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Speaker 1: a really good offensive line. Grand they're banged up already

504
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Speaker 1: this year, but last year they were fantastic on the

505
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Speaker 1: front unit, Elexavius Murrain, they had McKinnon last year, a

506
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Speaker 1: really good duel back tandem, even though they lost cooked injury.

507
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Speaker 1: And then we've got Kyle Rudolph, who was a good

508
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Speaker 1: tight band. I mean, there's not much you can really

509
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Speaker 1: upgrade on that offense. And like you said, now you

510
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Speaker 1: come to Denver and it's a team that's looking for

511
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Speaker 1: an identity and it's a team that's just not as good.

512
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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think they're in the same stratosphere

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Speaker 1: offensively as Minnesota. So I think that's hard. I think

514
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Speaker 1: Case Keenams did a wonderful job, and I think that

515
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Speaker 1: he stayed within himself and he was a beautiful leader

516
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Speaker 1: for them and a great story. But Canny come in

517
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Speaker 1: and take a team. You know, he's not Aaron Rodgers,

518
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Speaker 1: He's not Philip Rivers, he's not Peyton Manning. He's not

519
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Speaker 1: going to come in and take a team on his

520
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Speaker 1: back and throw them to four team wins on his own.

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Speaker 1: You know Aaron Rodgers can do that. I don't believe

522
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Speaker 1: that he can, and I'm a big fan. I just

523
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Speaker 1: think it's a different situation. No Kevin. In the AFC,

524
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Speaker 1: the same question for the better part of two decades

525
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 1: has been who's beating the Patriots? Right? I mean, Pittsburgh

526
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,639
Speaker 1: seemingly always there. Jacksonville came close last season. I had

527
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Speaker 1: Jim Trotter on last week. We talked about the potential

528
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Speaker 1: power shift in the AFC, and you know, you're not

529
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Speaker 1: ready to crown anybody else other than the Patriots at

530
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Speaker 1: this point. But there seems to be some teams with

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Speaker 1: those young quarterbacks that we mentioned earlier, and also teams

532
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Speaker 1: like the Chargers frankly that have complete rosters with some

533
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Speaker 1: depth that could probably make some noise in the AFC

534
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Speaker 1: this year, Well, I think the AFC is a heck

535
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Speaker 1: of a lot more competitive, or has at least the

536
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Speaker 1: potential to be than it's been, right, I mean, I

537
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Speaker 1: think yeah, and I think you have some of those points. Look,

538
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Speaker 1: as long as they have Radium Belichick, they're going to

539
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Speaker 1: be and they're gonna be tough. But let's look at

540
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Speaker 1: the reality is that their defense was nowhere near as

541
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Speaker 1: good the defense if we've seen from their teams in

542
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Speaker 1: the past. I mean, they got destroyed in that Super Bowl,

543
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Speaker 1: and quite honestly, they were points to the game against

544
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 1: Jacksonville where they're getting man handled, but Jacksonville took their

545
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Speaker 1: foot off the gas for some strange reason. I mean,

546
00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:24,240
Speaker 1: that was their game. New England's gonna be elite. They're

547
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Speaker 1: gonna be the top team probably, if not the top three.

548
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:29,440
Speaker 1: But I think they're beautiful. I don't think they have,

549
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Speaker 1: you know, the same talent on both sides of the

550
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:35,880
Speaker 1: ball that they once did. I just don't see it there.

551
00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 1: There's still obviously the Patriots, right, they still you know,

552
00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: where hell mary away from winning back to back Super

553
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: Bowls again. But I do think it's there. If you're

554
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Speaker 1: looking at the challengers. Pittsburgh's great. I just haven't seen

555
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:50,960
Speaker 1: them beat New England. I have to see it once.

556
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,239
Speaker 1: I haven't seen it once with the current group, So

557
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: that's the problem for me. Jacksonville is definitely as far

558
00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,199
Speaker 1: as talent on paper, They've got more of it and

559
00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 1: they had them year in that game. Will they learn

560
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:06,360
Speaker 1: from that? How will they handle expectations? Those are legitimate questions.

561
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:10,919
Speaker 1: I think the Chargers, the Chiefs, they have the ability

562
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,440
Speaker 1: to do it. But again, until you do it, it's

563
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,240
Speaker 1: just you know, there is an aura. They are great.

564
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 1: Belichick is the best, Brady's unbelievable. But you know, I

565
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: don't think there is knocking them off. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's an unattainable goal. Where there's some years where I

567
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Speaker 1: think it was, I don't think it is, at least

568
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Speaker 1: I don't think so. Going into this year, Kaybe, we'll

569
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Speaker 1: get you out of here on this man, What are

570
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,880
Speaker 1: the storylines jump out to the front of your mind?

571
00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 1: This season? So much has happened. I don't really know

572
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 1: where to begin, but I think you guys open with

573
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Speaker 1: what do you have? Vikings? Niners? Week one to start

574
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Speaker 1: the year, we have niners Vikings, which is an absolutely

575
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,400
Speaker 1: fascinating game on so many levels. I mean, I think

576
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Speaker 1: if you want to if you want to talk about storylines, Chris,

577
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Speaker 1: I think Kurt Cousins in Minnesota is as big a

578
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Speaker 1: one as there is because for some reason, you know,

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Speaker 1: he's been a polarizing guy. Some people love him, think

580
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:05,880
Speaker 1: he's you know, way underrated. Some people think he's just

581
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 1: an average guy. Well we're gonna find out because that

582
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: team is so talented. They're as good, if not better

583
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 1: than everybody in the league. And obviously they got to

584
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,959
Speaker 1: the title game last year they got wrecked in Philly.

585
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Speaker 1: So now with Cousins looked at the expectation as simple,

586
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 1: it's win the whole thing. That's it. That's the only

587
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Speaker 1: thing that he can do. There's nothing else acceptable in

588
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:29,000
Speaker 1: Minnesota right now because talent wise, person for a person,

589
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 1: they've got the best talent in the National Football League.

590
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Speaker 1: So I am fascinated to see how he does how

591
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 1: you know he plays in clutch situations with all this

592
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: offense now with the coaching staff that's really really good.

593
00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 1: That there's a lot of watching for me. If you're

594
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Speaker 1: gonna stay in the division, and I will Aaron Rodgers

595
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 1: back is enormous. You know, the Packers were a non

596
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: story last year. I think if you didn't realize it before,

597
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,560
Speaker 1: you realize how amazing Aaron Rodgers was because with him,

598
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Speaker 1: they or a team that can win the Super Bowl.

599
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,920
Speaker 1: Without him, they are a replacement team, you know, right,

600
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Speaker 1: And that's just ya, And that's no knock on you

601
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:11,640
Speaker 1: know the Green Bay's talent. They obviously have talent, but

602
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 1: he is just so far and above anything at the

603
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Speaker 1: quarterback position. And I think if people are sleeping on

604
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Speaker 1: the Packers, they're making a big mistake. I really like

605
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 1: their team. I think they've got a lot of young talent.

606
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: They've had a lot of turnover their secondary I think

607
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 1: they got something there. So I think that battle for

608
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Speaker 1: the top of the NFC North is going to be

609
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Speaker 1: something else. And a matter of fact, I have Minnesota

610
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Speaker 1: Green Bay week two, which I am validating over yeah,

611
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: and then and then Jimmy G seven and zero. I

612
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Speaker 1: mean the Niners. You know, your your guy John Lynch

613
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: is there, done a heck of a job at his

614
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Speaker 1: you know, first two years there in San Francisco. The

615
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 1: Chargers have the NFC West this year. I think they

616
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Speaker 1: played the Niners week four, they got the Rams of

617
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Speaker 1: week three. That's an interesting Division two many because a

618
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Speaker 1: lot of people are crowning the Rams right now. And

619
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Speaker 1: I've seen that movie before, I've seen the two thousand Redskins,

620
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 1: the Dream Team Eagles. You know, you can't win it

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Speaker 1: in the all season, but they do have a lot

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Speaker 1: of talent. Yeah, I don't. I think you make a

623
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Speaker 1: great point. I think the Rams. I think the Rams

624
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Speaker 1: are going to be very good. I'd be shocked if

625
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: they're not very very good. But I don't think they're

626
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Speaker 1: the best team in the NFC. Yeah, I don't even

627
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Speaker 1: know that. I would put them, you know, in the

628
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Speaker 1: top three. I mean, if I'm picking, if I'm picking

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Speaker 1: three teams right now out of the NFC, I would say,

630
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Speaker 1: and you could argue this, I mean I could probably

631
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Speaker 1: go five or six the same, but I mean I

632
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Speaker 1: would say Philly, I would say Atlanta, I would say Minnesota,

633
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Speaker 1: you know, in Green Bay, in New Orleans right there,

634
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Speaker 1: and then the Rams. In my book, and that's not

635
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: to say that they aren't very very good, but I'm

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Speaker 1: with you. You know, sometimes you throw all that talent together,

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Speaker 1: it doesn't equate to you know, fourteen wins. They have

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Speaker 1: a big issue in my eyes with Aaron Donald. They

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Speaker 1: keep giving guys money. They just signed, you know, their

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Speaker 1: right tackle, Rob Havenstein gave. They give everybody money but him,

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Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a big problem if they don't

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Speaker 1: finally give him a big deal. I could tell you

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Speaker 1: that right now. I wonder what's going on in there, kay,

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Speaker 1: I mean I don't understand. I mean, Brandon Cooks just

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Speaker 1: got paid there. I know, you know, poor Brandon Cooks

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Speaker 1: has been traded a couple of times in three years.

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Speaker 1: But at the same time, you got the best defensive

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Speaker 1: player in football on your team. Well, you know, and

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Speaker 1: the thing is like, despite you know, you know that

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Speaker 1: he wants crazy money. You know, he's the best defensive

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Speaker 1: player in the league. I don't think. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's an argument. He just is. So I think that's

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Speaker 1: a developing storyline for them. And as much talent as

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Speaker 1: they incorporated, they know, they bring into who's hot and cold,

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Speaker 1: but he's obviously good. You know, they bring in the

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Speaker 1: cornerbacks and Peterson to league, but they're you know, look,

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Speaker 1: they have some holes on the defense. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's a you know, I don't think we're talking about

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Speaker 1: the eighty five Bears here. I mean, they've got incredible

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Speaker 1: ability to stack the quarterback and turn the ball over,

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Speaker 1: which is essentially what you want. But there are some holes.

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Speaker 1: And as much as I love McVeigh, the quarterback is

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Speaker 1: very green and inexperienced, and we'll see. I mean, they've

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Speaker 1: got a lot of talent, but I'm with you in

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Speaker 1: that sometimes buying all the talent doesn't doesn't always work.

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Speaker 1: You forget who left two. I mean, with Sue coming

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Speaker 1: in to leave Peters, you know, you lose Tremaine Johnson,

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Speaker 1: you lose Ogletree, you lose Robert Quinn. So it's not

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Speaker 1: like those guys are still there. But regardless, listen, I

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Speaker 1: think the Rams are certainly in the mix, especially in

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Speaker 1: the NFC West. But I think that the four or

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Speaker 1: five teams that you mentioned ahead of them, you know,

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Speaker 1: i'd even throw Carolina in there potentially with what they

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Speaker 1: have on offense around Cam Newton now and the potential

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Speaker 1: that they have there. But I don't know, man, It's

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Speaker 1: just I'm just so happy football's back, and for you,

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Speaker 1: you know you're gonna you're gonna have some unbelievable games

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Speaker 1: in twenty eighteen. Kevin, as are you my friend? Looking

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Speaker 1: forward to seeing what those Chargers do. I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be a fun year for them, you know, just

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Speaker 1: hopefully a better start, right I mean, I mean if

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Speaker 1: they just were off to a little bit better star

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Speaker 1: last year, I can't imagine what they're you know, what

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Speaker 1: their heights would be. So if they get out of

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Speaker 1: gates a little bit better, yeah, I think they're in

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Speaker 1: for a really good year. Like I said, it's a

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Speaker 1: it's a tough division, but I think they're they're probably

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Speaker 1: the best team of the division, edging out Kansas City

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Speaker 1: as of today for the first five in Los Angeles,

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Speaker 1: so it's imperative they get out to a hot start

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Speaker 1: if they want to get an edge in that AFC West. Kybe,

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Speaker 1: you're the best man. I look forward to seeing you

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Speaker 1: very shortly, and like I said, I'll be crossing my

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Speaker 1: fingers for you in the booth here maybe at the

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Speaker 1: end of twenty eighteen for a Charger game. Hey man,

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Speaker 1: always great cash out with you, Chris. Look forward to

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Speaker 1: it and enjoy the season, Okay, and that'll do it.

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Speaker 1: A big thanks to Kevin Burkhart and Jared Bill for

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Speaker 1: joining me, and of course thanks to you all for listening.

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Speaker 1: Remember find us on Apple Podcasts. Why you're there, please

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Speaker 1: leave a review. He'll spread the word. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: with another episode of Chargers Weekly this Friday, before Saturday's

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Speaker 1: preseason game against the Saints. We hope you enjoyed today's episode,

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Speaker 1: and until next time, I'm Chris Hary.