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Speaker 1: Snathan Zigura and Geron Jerry Well. Welcome in. We are

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Speaker 1: the Kevin Stefanski Show, all along the University Hospitals Cleveland

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Speaker 1: We'll also here from the head coach of your Cleveland Browns,

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Speaker 1: Kevin Stefanski. We got a great crowd out here tonight.

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Speaker 1: People are fired up, so come on stop by. You

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Speaker 1: sure you've watched that tape. You've digested it. What did

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Speaker 1: especially Judan. You very very good at run stunts in

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Speaker 1: do a nice job. Jude On he can win versus

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Speaker 1: a stunt. He can also just win by himself in

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Speaker 1: He's also I think has a great understanding of how

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Speaker 1: knows one to go over. He's got good patients in

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Speaker 1: all his movements. So he's the guy that we've played,

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Speaker 1: Bailey Zappy and and what have you seen if it

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Speaker 1: is Zappy? A guy I just looked was looking him up.

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Speaker 1: Guy broke all the records last year in college five

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Speaker 1: And he's been pretty darn efficient in his in his

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Speaker 1: Like you mentioned, we don't know exactly who we're gonna see,

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Speaker 1: really can make every throw. You go back and you

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Speaker 1: do watch that college tape, but obviously you evaluate these

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Speaker 1: good feel for what they do. But I see him

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Speaker 1: pushing the ball down the field, he's making good decisions,

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Speaker 1: he's athletic. So they're doing a nice job and how

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Speaker 1: they're coaching them. But the kids making a lot of plays. Alright.

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Speaker 1: We've talked a lot about the run defense. This is

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Speaker 1: a team that also likes to run the football. Randre

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Speaker 1: How do we kind of shore up this run defense

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Speaker 1: the hands of one of their quarterbacks rather than letting

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Speaker 1: them run the ball. Yeah, I think it's obviously been

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Speaker 1: can get that fixed. There's many things that you can

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Speaker 1: We also just gotta make sure that we give our

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Speaker 1: be sound and disciplined in because run defense, uh, and

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Speaker 1: It's a lot of one on ones when you're getting

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Speaker 1: eleven guys around the ball that are tackling and tackling well.

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Speaker 1: Was the loss of Anthony Walker maybe bigger than some

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Speaker 1: around him better. That he made people around him better,

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Speaker 1: not only without well he was playing, but making sure

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Speaker 1: people younger players in the league knew their gaps, because

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Speaker 1: it feels like our gap breakdowns kind of coincided with

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Speaker 1: him leaving the line up a little bit. Yeah. I mean,

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Speaker 1: as you know, I I'm a huge fan of Anthony Walker,

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Speaker 1: the person, the play or Uh. He's a great leader

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Speaker 1: for our team. It's great that he's back in the

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Speaker 1: building now and providing that leadership while he's rehabbing. Uh listen,

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Speaker 1: not having him out there. Uh as a coach, of

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Speaker 1: course you want him out there. But the guys that

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Speaker 1: are out there just need to do their job. And

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Speaker 1: I say that respectfully to Anthony's impact on our defense.

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Speaker 1: Um So when when you're have a guy out, you've

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Speaker 1: heard it a thousand times, next man up, and you

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Speaker 1: have to know your job and you got to do

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Speaker 1: your job. And I think that's why we're working so

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Speaker 1: hard in the meeting rooms, in these walkthroughs to make

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Speaker 1: sure that there's a great understanding what we're doing. Perfect segue,

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Speaker 1: next man up, and we'll get you out of here

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Speaker 1: on this one. Actually two parter. First, m j Emmerson,

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Speaker 1: how about this kid? Third round pick wants Mike Williams

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Speaker 1: in the biggest moment makes the play. And this is

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Speaker 1: a guy who I think if you had said, oh,

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Speaker 1: this was the tenth pick in the draft this year,

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Speaker 1: people say Brown's got a good one there. He was

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Speaker 1: a third round pick. How oppressive has he been? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I I do go back Nathan to just the spring.

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Speaker 1: I mean he impressed me in the spring, and I

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Speaker 1: think it's how he studies, how he prepares, how he

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Speaker 1: carries himself around the building. It's really important to him.

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Speaker 1: He's an all ball type kid, competes, competes, and then

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Speaker 1: to watch him. He's not perfect in the run game,

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Speaker 1: but just to watch him tackle and be physical around

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Speaker 1: the ball, like you mentioned in the past game, he's

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Speaker 1: very He's he will be aggressive in his coverage. So

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Speaker 1: he's got always to go like all rookies do. Um.

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Speaker 1: But I love how the kid approaches the game because

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Speaker 1: that tells me he's going to continue to get better.

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Speaker 1: And joining him this week Greedy Williams, who played very

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Speaker 1: well for you a year ago. We haven't gotten to

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Speaker 1: see him this year. But how nice is it to

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Speaker 1: have Greedy back? Yeah? Greedy, you know it was unfortunate

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Speaker 1: injury there a few weeks back has rehabbed really hard

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Speaker 1: and done a nice job. So looking like he'll be

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Speaker 1: ready to go this week. And he's a guy that's

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Speaker 1: made place for us. He's made plays down the field

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Speaker 1: on football's uh, he's he's a very trustworthy player, and

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Speaker 1: I know the guys are excited if he can make

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Speaker 1: it back. Coach, Thank you so much for the time.

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Speaker 1: Good luck on Sunday against the Patriots. Great thanks, Nathan.

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Speaker 1: All Right, we'll be back with more of the Kevin

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Speaker 1: Stefanski Show, live from the Great Road Tavern on the

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Speaker 1: University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio network. I feel like I

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Speaker 1: have people in the building that can tell me the truth,

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Speaker 1: and I think that's really important because I don't want

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Speaker 1: this to be a place where I don't get the

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Speaker 1: truth from our guys. This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: Here are your hosts, Nathan Sagura and Gerard Cherry. All right,

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Speaker 1: welcome back to the Kevin Safancie Show. We're live at

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Speaker 1: the Great Road Tavern in Cleveland, and we are on

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Speaker 1: the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio network. Folks, be sure

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Speaker 1: to stop by the Free Twisted Tea Tailgate pregame party

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Speaker 1: prior to every home game. Twist the detail Gate is

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Speaker 1: located on the west side of First Energy Stadium and

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Speaker 1: combines the atmosphere of a beer garden with live music,

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Speaker 1: food and drink options, along with areas for socializing. The

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Speaker 1: tail gate opens four hours. Party kick off in his

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Speaker 1: open with two fans with a ticket to the game,

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Speaker 1: Let's go around the league now, Nathan Scura Gerad Cherry

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Speaker 1: with you as always in Gerard couple of slow starts

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Speaker 1: for the two teams that met in the Super Bowl

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Speaker 1: a year ago. The Bengals they are two and three.

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Speaker 1: The Rams they are two in three, but they've done

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Speaker 1: so in different ways. Which team Garade is in the

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Speaker 1: most trouble in your opinion, the Rams are the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: It has to be the Bengals. And the reason why

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Speaker 1: I say the Bengals is that they spend so much

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Speaker 1: money getting the offensive line and the last time I check,

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Speaker 1: that offensive line is not doing so well. And on

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Speaker 1: top of that, it seems like they've lost that fear

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Speaker 1: that they were putting everyone's eyes with the scale position

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Speaker 1: players grant they still have a talented roster and what

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Speaker 1: that represents. But we know about that town the roster

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Speaker 1: comment as well. But I would look at how they're

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Speaker 1: playing right now, Nathan, and I don't see a fire.

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Speaker 1: I don't see a desire. I can at least stay

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Speaker 1: with the Rams. It seems to be more competitive. And granted,

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Speaker 1: I will give this to the Bengals of late, they've

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Speaker 1: been playing better, but I can see them this weekend

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Speaker 1: losing and I can see a situation where they're two

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Speaker 1: and four. Yeah, absolutely the Rams are gonna beat Carolina.

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Speaker 1: I would see them, could see them losing to just

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Speaker 1: about anybody else on the schedule, but Carolina. Right now,

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Speaker 1: they are dreadful. This is what I think the Bengals,

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Speaker 1: and if you send the people down to Cincinnati, they

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Speaker 1: say there's a lack of imagination. The offense, they're down

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Speaker 1: on their head coach right now, they're down on their

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Speaker 1: play caller. He's not scheming things open. Everything looks the same.

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Speaker 1: Defensive seemed to have all the answers. They can't run.

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Speaker 1: The line hasn't been great. To your point, the Rams, though,

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Speaker 1: do have a good scheme. Rams just are lacking talent.

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Speaker 1: They don't have talent on their offensive line, they cannot

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Speaker 1: protect them at Stafford, they don't have a vertical threat

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Speaker 1: in the passing game, they can't run the football, and

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Speaker 1: then defensively, they're not as good as they used to be.

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Speaker 1: They've lost a lot of guys because they've been so

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Speaker 1: good and there's been so much money. I would like

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Speaker 1: if they were playing today, I would think that the

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Speaker 1: Bengals would beat the Rams because I don't think they

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Speaker 1: I I just see the Bengals in a in a

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Speaker 1: actually win the West, even though I think the four

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Speaker 1: nine is are a top team out there. But as

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Speaker 1: this chance of I can say, Okay, these guys get together,

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Speaker 1: they have championship caliber operat guys on the roster still

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Speaker 1: who have been there and done that. But ultimately I

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Speaker 1: look at how did you hire of late? What I

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Speaker 1: see from the Rams and when I've seen from the Bengals,

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Speaker 1: and when I saw from the Bengals grand they lost

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Speaker 1: loss as well. But I still walk away from the

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Speaker 1: saying that if I were to match them up. I

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Speaker 1: don't see it in that same way. I see it

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Speaker 1: as an issue of who's tougher, who wants it more,

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Speaker 1: and I'm good and I get that sense from and

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Speaker 1: this is totally specultive, no stats to back it up,

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Speaker 1: but that's a sense and feel like get when I

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Speaker 1: watched the Bengals. It's just my eye tells me that

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Speaker 1: this team really doesn't want it up. But I just

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Speaker 1: think the Rams are just fundamentally broken. I did something.

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Speaker 1: They can do the things they need to do to

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Speaker 1: be successful on offense because of personnel deficiencies right now,

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Speaker 1: right And if you don't have that, then what are

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Speaker 1: you gonna do? And on top of that, when you

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Speaker 1: have McVeigh saying when he was saying at the end

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Speaker 1: of the game, I'm gonna actually take your side on this,

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Speaker 1: Nathan and agree with you, because I just thought about

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Speaker 1: what he was saying in that postgame conference and that

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Speaker 1: sounds like a guy. We have a couple of guys

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Speaker 1: still that are playing hard on our roster, and we

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Speaker 1: we're gonna figure out who those guys are we're gonna

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Speaker 1: continue to grind this week five, he's saying that, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a problem. It is a problem. And Stafford, you know,

642
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 1: is a guy that needs to be protected. He's not

643
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,800
Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback. And you saw that Dallas game. I

644
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 1: mean they were desperate. They're not averaging twenty points a

645
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:20,360
Speaker 1: game never happened for Sean McVeigh before. All Right, Matt

646
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,520
Speaker 1: rule first coach out this season fired earlier this week

647
00:29:23,560 --> 00:29:26,680
Speaker 1: of the following Whose seat is hot and whose seat

648
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 1: is not? To start with Mike tom It's not even

649
00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: that's not exactly what those cryo takes called. Yeah right,

650
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: it's the guy has never had a losing season, And

651
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,480
Speaker 1: I understand that, like this is gonna be a long

652
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 1: year for Steelers fans. But they're a team very much

653
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:53,880
Speaker 1: in transition. They you know, new quarterback Kenny Picktt Mitch

654
00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 1: ro Biscuit didn't work out. They've lost their best player

655
00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 1: and one of the you know five best players in

656
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 1: the NFL, TEA J Watt for a period of time.

657
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: They're just it's hard to compete under those auspices, and

658
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:08,320
Speaker 1: they're not. But I think Mike Tomlin certainly is not

659
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 1: the issue, and it's much more if anybody's on the

660
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 1: hot seat in Pittsburgh. To me, it's the offensive coordinator,

661
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:15,760
Speaker 1: Matt Canada, and I wonder if they have a bunch

662
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: of thirty one and what three points scored outings now

663
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: that put him on the hot seat. I will still

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Speaker 1: say no, I still think it's more of the coordinator.

665
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 1: I think Mike tom is a good coach, and Daniel

666
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:33,000
Speaker 1: Hackett in Denver, Verry, Verry hot, very very hot seat.

667
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:35,200
Speaker 1: I think right now he may have questions and I

668
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 1: hope he doesn't do this to himself or do I

669
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Speaker 1: belong here, because he's made statements like that when he

670
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,360
Speaker 1: made the comment and when she said the following, I'm

671
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: paraphrasing here. I'm not used to making decisions. I'm more

672
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 1: I'm more accustomed to making suggestions. The whole role of

673
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: a head coach is to make decisions. You're the coordinator, Yes,

674
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,440
Speaker 1: you make suggestions. So right there, and the fact that

675
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,240
Speaker 1: he was saying in alluding to that, hey, he's not

676
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: even making these decisions anymore. Nathan tells me that he

677
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 1: may not be fit for this job and he's better

678
00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 1: off being a coordinator. So I could see a scenario

679
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 1: if they continue to play the way they play that

680
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 1: he'll be fired soon. So I'll say very very hot.

681
00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's already made enough decisions that

682
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 1: are already not forget the new owners aren't the ones

683
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:23,000
Speaker 1: that hired him. So he's got I mean whatever, He's

684
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:26,280
Speaker 1: supposed to be an offensive genius. They've got good talent.

685
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson looks. How's the guy? If you're connected to

686
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,640
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, why would one label one a genius? It's

687
00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: a great question, especially since Maatta la Flora is the

688
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 1: one calling the plays. Anyway, I'm with you, but that's

689
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,720
Speaker 1: just the way that he was hired because he was

690
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 1: supposed to be such a good offensive mind. But again,

691
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 1: guilt buzz and I guess if his last name wasn't Hackett,

692
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:51,440
Speaker 1: he's not. I mean that helps too. But again, Aaron

693
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 1: Rodgers and one all the time greats. He's gonna make

694
00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 1: any coordinate look smart and good. How do teams not

695
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,520
Speaker 1: take that into consideration? They should, because you know, maybe

696
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 1: they say, oh, I've seen it, I know it works,

697
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 1: I'm coming from this tree, blah blah blah blah blah. Alright, Cliff,

698
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: Kingsbury of the disappointing Arizona Cardinals at two and three,

699
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,600
Speaker 1: though chance to get the three and three beaten Seattle

700
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,440
Speaker 1: in Division this week and then next week they get

701
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,800
Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins back, who seems very excited to return. That

702
00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: should help. And it's a former teammate of minds, and

703
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: I like Cliff a lot, but I definitely feel like

704
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 1: he's definitely on the hot seat. And I could see

705
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 1: them being a five minute football team, or I guess

706
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 1: you can't be with a seven team record, but in

707
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 1: the seventeen game Sea Road, but I do see a

708
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 1: situation where if he goes, if he splits these games

709
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 1: they don't make the playoffs, that he will get fired.

710
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,880
Speaker 1: I could you can see that too. And here's the thing.

711
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,120
Speaker 1: You look at Cliff Kingsbury's teams every year. They're normally

712
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 1: really good the first two months and then drug and

713
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: so right now we're not even starting off from the

714
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: really good, as they have room for some of the

715
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,520
Speaker 1: good bad. And it is ugly right now. Frank Reich

716
00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: in Indianapolis a team that seems to be underachieving a

717
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,080
Speaker 1: little bit as well. They are to two in one

718
00:32:55,160 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 1: and and that offense looks gross inego in Fuego. I

719
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 1: mean that might be one of the situations where he

720
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: might get a Matt Rules situation where he doesn't make

721
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: it through the season. Because you talked about a team

722
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 1: that do you think, come into this season you get

723
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan you were burying. But then again, go back

724
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,880
Speaker 1: base upon what took place last season. Be honest with you, Nathan,

725
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 1: how did you lose to the worst team in football

726
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,000
Speaker 1: at the time was Jacksonville Jaguars. You beat him every

727
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,719
Speaker 1: time they beat playoff contention was on the line and

728
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:29,800
Speaker 1: you lost. So that right there threw me off. Yeah,

729
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:32,480
Speaker 1: that was That's why they brand Carson Wentz out of town.

730
00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:35,680
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz now in Washington. They played tonight. Ron Ribera

731
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 1: has shared his thoughts on Carson Wentz. The quarterback is

732
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: the problem. Now, I didn't mean it. I'm sorry about that.

733
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Speaker 1: A lot stuff going on there, all right. When we

734
00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,640
Speaker 1: come back, We're gonna be joined live here by Josh

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Speaker 1: Dobbs from the morning pregame shows to the final play

736
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 1: of the Monday night game. There's no such thing as

737
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 1: too much football. The same is not true for gambling,

738
00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:56,560
Speaker 1: though staying with it too long can lead to trouble.

739
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: So set the limits before gambling and get more tips

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Speaker 1: like this Keep it fund Ohio dot com. Brown's quarterback

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Speaker 1: Josh Dobbs. Next, live from the Great and Road Tavern.

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Speaker 1: It's the Kevin Stefanski Show on the University Hospitals Cleveland

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Speaker 1: Brown's radio network. This is Brown's cornerback, Denzel Award. This

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Speaker 1: University Hospitals of your hometown, medical team and official healthcare

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Speaker 1: Brown's radio network, and fans, mark your calendars for Face

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Speaker 1: outdoor hockey game at First Energy Stadium. It's February. The

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Speaker 1: now to be joined by Brown's quarterback Josh Dobbs and Josh.

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Speaker 1: Before we get into stuff talking about the Browns, let's

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Speaker 1: talk Tennessee Alabama for a second. This Saturday, three thirty

761
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 1: Rocky Top in Knoxville, Big One. How excited are you

762
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 1: for that game? And a lot Obama guys on this roster?

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00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 1: What's the chatter? What's going on? I'm stoked. I think

764
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,200
Speaker 1: I think we take care of businesses in Rocky Top.

765
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:22,920
Speaker 1: I was think we go down for the Florida game

766
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 1: and it was electric. So um to have another three

767
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: thirty game, primetime game days gonna be there. Um. You know,

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Speaker 1: I think I think this Tennessee team is for real

769
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 1: and they've shown it the best offense in the nation

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Speaker 1: and so um, I'm excited to see them take care

771
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: of businesses this weekend and then make sure I get

772
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Speaker 1: all the Alabama guys in some Tennessee gear next week.

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00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 1: That'll be beautiful. Keep get him in that beautiful Tennessee

774
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 1: orange for you when you go back there. What's it like?

775
00:35:50,080 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 1: Because you were such a great quarterback there and then

776
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,959
Speaker 1: also the award you won that's you know, the torch bearer,

777
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 1: the number one award in the university. What's it like

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00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 1: when you go back there? It's a thrill? Is still

779
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,239
Speaker 1: to go back? Obviously while I was on campus, UM

780
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: life was very hectic, um just between school and football

781
00:36:05,719 --> 00:36:08,399
Speaker 1: and community and in just life. So to be able

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00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 1: to go back, um, you know now as a as

783
00:36:11,960 --> 00:36:16,359
Speaker 1: a graduate, as a VFL and on taking the campus, UM,

784
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,759
Speaker 1: taking the scenery, go back and enjoy a football game

785
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 1: from a from a fans for stress exactly, no stress, right,

786
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 1: it's um. It's always a thrill and I enjoy it.

787
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 1: I'm very grateful my time that I had there and UM,

788
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 1: I really enjoyed it. And so to be able to

789
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 1: go back and see the people, interact with the fans

790
00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 1: UM and just um talk and think about old memories

791
00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:37,719
Speaker 1: on campus, you know, it's a lot of fun. And

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00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 1: Josh take us into the locker room in regards to

793
00:36:40,160 --> 00:36:42,840
Speaker 1: the meetings that take place when you guys on the

794
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:45,879
Speaker 1: days that you have an offensive meeting and say there's

795
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:47,840
Speaker 1: a game played and you watch the film from that

796
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: and you see a successful plays the reaction like in

797
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:53,320
Speaker 1: the room to save us a long touchdown pass or

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00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:57,600
Speaker 1: a long run by Nick Chubb. Oh, it's um, it's

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00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: so funny. So like last week we ran him the

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00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,080
Speaker 1: first drive of the game. He had a long touchdown

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00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,040
Speaker 1: and everyone's just watching for you know, when he cut

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00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 1: back and then stiff arnclol Mac in the chest before

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00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: he when when ending. It's just it's just so remarkable

804
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: to watch what he what he can do as a

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00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: back when you get the ball in his hands. I

806
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: was able to make guys miss, always make the first

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00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,040
Speaker 1: guy miss in the whole, and then create explosive plays

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00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: after and then what was I see on the cake

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00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:24,720
Speaker 1: is just a celebration. You know, he scores a touchdown,

810
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: hands the ball to the jogs off the field, and

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Speaker 1: he's ready for the next one. And that's just his mentality.

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00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: I think, you know, that mentality feeds across the team,

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00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:35,759
Speaker 1: especially you know on the offense, being around him every

814
00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:38,879
Speaker 1: single day, it's you know, we we expect to move

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00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: the ball, we expect to be successful in offense, and

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00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: we're not shocked when we have that success because we

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00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,280
Speaker 1: expect it to happen the next time we're on the field.

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Speaker 1: He is incredible. By the way, after this game he

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00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,720
Speaker 1: averaged seven point nine yards a carry. Now for his career,

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00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 1: he is the all time yards per carry leader as

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Speaker 1: of now, just passed Jormal Charles among running backs with

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Speaker 1: a thousand carries at five point three eight a carry.

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Speaker 1: All right, Jacoby is the starter. You're the backup. What

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00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 1: these your week consists of? And I know in certain

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00:38:07,960 --> 00:38:10,080
Speaker 1: in the past sometimes the quarterback room, like you'd be

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00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,399
Speaker 1: responsible for third downs or the red zone or things

827
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 1: like that. Take people through kind of the preparation process

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Speaker 1: that you do number one to help Jacoby, but number

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00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:20,359
Speaker 1: two to get yourself ready and the event that you

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Speaker 1: have to go in there and show in the regular

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Speaker 1: season what you showed all of us with that brilliant

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00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: preseason that you had earlier. No doubt it's um, it's

833
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,080
Speaker 1: a collective effort in the quarterback room to myself, Jacoby

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Speaker 1: Um Drew keV a vp UM And so you know,

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00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: it starts really Monday, two o'clock. That's kind of when

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00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 1: we hit the reset button for the past week, whether

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00:38:38,360 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 1: it's a win or a loss. Um, we're on to

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00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:42,400
Speaker 1: the next opponents. On Monday. You're kind of getting a

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Speaker 1: jump start on whoever you're playing, watching game film, just

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00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 1: getting a feel stands for what they like to do

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00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:52,800
Speaker 1: on offense. Tuesday echoes that same UM rhythm UM. And

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00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 1: then when you're in on Tuesday, then you're breaking out

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00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,040
Speaker 1: like first and second downs, because Wednesday practice consists a

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00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,959
Speaker 1: person's second down passing UM and then from air UH

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00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:03,840
Speaker 1: Wednesday raps first second down Wednesday evening you're on the

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00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: third downs, more situational football. Whereas and then Thursdays your

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00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,719
Speaker 1: longer most intense practice of the week because you're going

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00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:13,480
Speaker 1: through the very situation, especially third downs, on which, as

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Speaker 1: we call money down SOUS, that's where you make the

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00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,240
Speaker 1: most money on the field just staying on the field.

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00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: So on third down Thursdays are huge day UM. And

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Speaker 1: then Fridays we call Fast Fridays. You get in early,

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Speaker 1: watch the red zone tape, UM, some situational ball two

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Speaker 1: minute dive into that on Fast Friday, and then by

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Speaker 1: the time you know you hit your car door UM

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Speaker 1: on Friday evening, you have a great feel of what

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Speaker 1: the team, what the what the defense is doing that

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Speaker 1: you're playing UM personal up a great field UM. So

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Speaker 1: that's the joint effort now for me, UM in my position,

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Speaker 1: it's UM, you know, being able to want to take

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Speaker 1: advantage of the reps you're getting practice, whether it's on

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Speaker 1: the scouts team side or running running the offense. And

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Speaker 1: then from there it's getting as many mental reps as

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Speaker 1: you can and putting yourself in in every single game

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Speaker 1: situation that you will get UM and so that when

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Speaker 1: your numbers called you we'll go in red, react and

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Speaker 1: play football. Well, certainly obviously watch Koby stay healthy, but

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Speaker 1: if you're called upon, I know a lot of people

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Speaker 1: be very excited to see out there, and we're so

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Speaker 1: glad that you are here with the Browns and here

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Speaker 1: with us tonight the Great Road Taverns. So, Josh, thanks

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Speaker 1: so much for the time and best of luck when

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Speaker 1: your number is called so you can go out there

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Speaker 1: and deliver some wins, says Cleveland Brown's team. No doubt,

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Thanks for having me, all right, Josh

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Speaker 1: Dobbs with us here at the Great Road Tavern, Gerard,

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Speaker 1: and I'll be back right after this to wrap things up.

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Speaker 1: It's the Kevin Stefanski Show all along the University Hospitals

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Speaker 1: Cleveland Brown's radio network. I feel like I have people

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Speaker 1: in the building that can tell me the truth. And

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Speaker 1: I think that's really important because I don't want this

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Speaker 1: to be a place where I don't get the truth

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Speaker 1: from our guys. This is the Coach Kevin Stefanski Show.

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Speaker 1: You're listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: Here are your hosts. Nathan Sag and Gerond Jerry joined

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Speaker 1: the Browns for a night of painting, drinks and appetizers

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Speaker 1: at Browns and Brushes, presented by Brown's down Napa Valley.

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Speaker 1: The event takes place Thursday, October seven in the Cardiac

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Speaker 1: Wine drinking, painting sounds tremendous. Alright, DRAWD time real quick? Here,

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Speaker 1: Stock up, step up? Who stock is up? Going into

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Speaker 1: this game against New England is m Jamerson. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: get opportunity more likely to start and with that, I'm

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Speaker 1: very confident he will get the job done. He had

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Speaker 1: a key and pivotal play last week on Net fourth

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Speaker 1: down prevention of the past being completed. Very impressive what

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Speaker 1: he's doing on the deepest in degree. I like him.

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Speaker 1: My stock up is gonna be you could say, the chief.

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00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 1: He's got five catches and seventy yards and three straight.

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Speaker 1: But how about Ethan, a guy whose name we haven't

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Speaker 1: talked about, our backup center pro football folks, is number

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Speaker 1: five center right now and he's playing great in between

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Speaker 1: those awesome guards. But Tonio and tell all right, who

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Speaker 1: needs to step up? If you play deep as a

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Speaker 1: line if you play linebacker for the Cleveland Browns, you

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00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,400
Speaker 1: need to step up. That type of gash and that

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00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,399
Speaker 1: type of being run upon falls in the lot their lap.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna have to step up because if you don't

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Speaker 1: step up, you're gonna see a week in and week out.

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Speaker 1: And here's an opportunity for you too. What go out

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Speaker 1: there and play because if you don't play, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: get replaced. It's really that simple. The league is cold

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Speaker 1: in that regard. But if you get an opportunity to

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Speaker 1: go out there and perform, you have to perform, and

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Speaker 1: if you're not, things like this will occur. All right.

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Speaker 1: The middle of the defense, the right defense, the defense. Everybody.

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Speaker 1: We need to win the game. We need everybody to

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Speaker 1: step up. But I'm gonna go Kate York, drafted in

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Speaker 1: the fourth round. You are brought here to make important kicks.

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Speaker 1: You missed two last week. You've got to step up.

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Speaker 1: You're going against the guy and Nick Folk, who has

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Speaker 1: made an NFL record sixty three straight kicks inside of

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Speaker 1: fifty yards. Sixty three straight. He has not missed inside

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Speaker 1: of fifty yards since Week one of the season. That

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Speaker 1: is outrageous. Let's go, Kat York. A good role model

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Speaker 1: for you right there. Step up and get it done,

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Speaker 1: all right, Gerard, this is a big one obviously, the

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Speaker 1: Browns and the Patriots both at two and three. You

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Speaker 1: want to get back to three and three, and then

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Speaker 1: you get the two division games coming up. It's a

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Speaker 1: Bill Belichick team. You know they're gonna be prepared schematically,

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Speaker 1: just big picture. What must the Browns do to get

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Speaker 1: it done? First and foremost, don't beat yourself because the

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00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:24,760
Speaker 1: pages capitalized on you making mistakes and putting the pressure

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Speaker 1: on you, hoping at some point you fold. And when

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Speaker 1: you do make that mistake, they're going to take advantage

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Speaker 1: of it. So what you have to do is be physical,

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Speaker 1: be explosive, because if you bring that element to the

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00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,320
Speaker 1: football game, they don't necessarily have those type of weapons.

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Speaker 1: But if you find a way in which you're playing

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Speaker 1: clean football and at the same time maximizing your opportunities,

945
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Speaker 1: is how you beat the New England Patriots. That's right.

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Speaker 1: Go out there and take care of business. We still

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Speaker 1: don't know if it'll be Mac Jones or if it'll

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Speaker 1: be Bailey's Appy at quarterback for the Browns, though it

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Speaker 1: should not matter. Go out there and take care of business.

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Speaker 1: Want to thank the great folks at Bud Light and

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Speaker 1: the great folks here at the Great and Road Tavern

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Speaker 1: for Accordinained producer Meredith Kan, engineer and Roth and executive

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Speaker 1: producer Jason Gets The Kevin Stefanci Show on the University

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Speaker 1: Coach Kevin Stefanski Show. Join us next week at this

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Speaker 1: time for more from the head coach of the Cleveland Browns.

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