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Speaker 1: Just wanted to point out we recorded today's news section

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Speaker 1: before news broke that the Bill's Browns game is being

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Speaker 1: at Ford Field in Detroit. This is George Kittle and

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Speaker 1: you're listening to the L Huddle Podcast. What a week

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Speaker 1: it's been and we're not even close to being done.

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Speaker 1: Welcome into the L Huddle Podcast. Everybody by name was

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Speaker 1: Empty Acosta, Ruiz, my Brimo, my Edmano. At this point,

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Speaker 1: I mean, familia is just I think the better, the

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Speaker 1: better phrase, because we encompass at all. Will Salva as

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Speaker 1: always Will, It's been a hectic week. I'm in Colorado

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Speaker 1: Springs right now. Yes, well, before we even touch upon

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Speaker 1: why you're there, Happy birthday. You're gonna be spending your

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Speaker 1: birthday in Mexico City. Yeah, I mean a celebration, right,

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Speaker 1: international woman of mystery, but not really a mystery because

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Speaker 1: I'm there for the forty nine Ers Cardinals game. It's

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Speaker 1: when your birthday is in November, you kind of know

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Speaker 1: that you're competing with the football season, but I don't

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Speaker 1: going to be a great birthday. It's going to be

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Speaker 1: a really exciting game, the last international game of the season. Yep,

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Speaker 1: I love it. We saw what the atmosphere was like

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Speaker 1: I don't think of a deal this is. I'm so glad.

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Speaker 1: that so la? That's like just going right into it again.

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Speaker 1: Maybe I'm manifesting. Maybe I'm pitching it pretty hard here

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Speaker 1: happened at football games. Yeah. And also down in Mexico City,

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Speaker 1: they're thinking about the World Cup, right, I mean they

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Speaker 1: the noise and do his job. And that's exactly what

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Speaker 1: he's doing. So not only did we get poppy, but

421
00:24:17,206 --> 00:24:21,886
Speaker 1: we got in a Patriots poppy. Yeah, I love it.

422
00:24:22,246 --> 00:24:27,606
Speaker 1: Mccork's dad, I forgot to tell you it's Mac and cheese. Well.

423
00:24:27,846 --> 00:24:31,246
Speaker 1: MJ is off doing a very cool thing. And that

424
00:24:31,286 --> 00:24:36,366
Speaker 1: cool thing, of course, is interviewing superstar tight end George Kittle,

425
00:24:36,366 --> 00:24:40,086
Speaker 1: who always brings the funny, always brings the personality, and

426
00:24:40,166 --> 00:24:41,886
Speaker 1: he is a friend of this pod, also a friend

427
00:24:41,926 --> 00:24:46,206
Speaker 1: of Good Morning Football and Total Access. So MJA do

428
00:24:46,366 --> 00:24:52,086
Speaker 1: your thing. But in her absence, we have our producer Aaron,

429
00:24:52,126 --> 00:24:56,366
Speaker 1: who's going to be stepping in for her. What's up, Aaron? Hey,

430
00:24:56,406 --> 00:24:59,686
Speaker 1: well how are you? Good man? So look at you

431
00:25:00,286 --> 00:25:02,726
Speaker 1: we're bringing into the pod. You probably were just shaking

432
00:25:02,726 --> 00:25:05,286
Speaker 1: your head when you're hearing us talking about the weather

433
00:25:05,406 --> 00:25:08,646
Speaker 1: because you live in the Northeast, You're like softies. Get

434
00:25:08,646 --> 00:25:11,006
Speaker 1: out of here. I mean, you know, I went to

435
00:25:11,046 --> 00:25:13,766
Speaker 1: college in Minnesota too, so I've been in a cold

436
00:25:13,806 --> 00:25:15,966
Speaker 1: weather all the time. I am a fan of it,

437
00:25:16,086 --> 00:25:19,206
Speaker 1: and I wouldn't want to play football in four feet

438
00:25:19,206 --> 00:25:23,966
Speaker 1: of snow for sure. But yeah, yeah, a little a

439
00:25:23,966 --> 00:25:26,766
Speaker 1: little hard to run and throw in that kind of weather. Yeah,

440
00:25:26,806 --> 00:25:30,246
Speaker 1: I agree. I am excited to jump into buy Ourselva

441
00:25:30,326 --> 00:25:33,286
Speaker 1: with you, and I kind of want to revisit last

442
00:25:33,326 --> 00:25:38,286
Speaker 1: week's buy Ourselva first, if that's all right? Are you serious? Snow? No,

443
00:25:38,526 --> 00:25:40,846
Speaker 1: we don't have to do that. You did pretty well.

444
00:25:40,886 --> 00:25:43,086
Speaker 1: You know. Your first buy yourself a last week was

445
00:25:43,086 --> 00:25:46,046
Speaker 1: that Eckler would have a receiving touchdown and a rushing

446
00:25:46,046 --> 00:25:54,366
Speaker 1: touchdown over McCaffrey. Didn't quite work out that way. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

447
00:25:54,366 --> 00:25:58,846
Speaker 1: Well christ McCaffrey did, though, get a touchdown, so he did. Yeah,

448
00:25:59,646 --> 00:26:02,006
Speaker 1: and he's your second one, though, this is a good one.

449
00:26:02,086 --> 00:26:05,566
Speaker 1: Your second one was you were pleading that whoever the

450
00:26:05,566 --> 00:26:08,126
Speaker 1: Titans quarterback would be, you really wanted them to have

451
00:26:08,246 --> 00:26:13,566
Speaker 1: more than six completions. Yeah, and that worked out really well. Yes,

452
00:26:13,846 --> 00:26:16,806
Speaker 1: there we go. Okay, all right, well what do you have?

453
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Speaker 1: What do you have for me this week? Ladies and gentlemen,

454
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Speaker 1: it's time or bye or Selva. Number one, Travis Kelsey

455
00:26:28,846 --> 00:26:36,366
Speaker 1: will score a touchdown on Derwin James m for this one. Listen,

456
00:26:36,406 --> 00:26:38,366
Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. The last time we saw

457
00:26:38,486 --> 00:26:42,166
Speaker 1: these two guys face each other, it was the body

458
00:26:42,206 --> 00:26:45,486
Speaker 1: slam that we saw. It was lucha libre. It was wrestling,

459
00:26:45,566 --> 00:26:48,206
Speaker 1: just what Kittle would like. Oh, they wouldn't like that

460
00:26:48,286 --> 00:26:51,326
Speaker 1: somebody would do that to his fellow tight end, his

461
00:26:51,406 --> 00:26:57,166
Speaker 1: buddy Derwin James. Considering how he has been and how

462
00:26:57,246 --> 00:27:03,086
Speaker 1: effective he is against tight ends, this is the crazy part,

463
00:27:03,126 --> 00:27:07,526
Speaker 1: if you're ready for it, Aaron. So, with the Chargers

464
00:27:07,526 --> 00:27:10,966
Speaker 1: and Derwin James, he's allowed four point one yards per

465
00:27:11,086 --> 00:27:15,526
Speaker 1: target when primarily covering a tight end since twenty twenty one.

466
00:27:16,206 --> 00:27:20,246
Speaker 1: That is best in the NFL. So, having said that,

467
00:27:20,606 --> 00:27:23,686
Speaker 1: I'm buying, I'm going with Kelsey on this one. Why

468
00:27:23,806 --> 00:27:27,126
Speaker 1: because he has eight receiving touchdowns. He's proven time and

469
00:27:27,206 --> 00:27:29,806
Speaker 1: time again that he can score, he can find the

470
00:27:29,966 --> 00:27:33,446
Speaker 1: end zone. He's that wiley veteran, and I think he's

471
00:27:33,486 --> 00:27:36,566
Speaker 1: going to get over on Derwin James. So I am

472
00:27:36,606 --> 00:27:40,846
Speaker 1: buying when it comes to Kelsey getting a touchdown on

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Speaker 1: Derwin James. Awesome. All right, Well let's stick to the AFC.

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00:27:44,646 --> 00:27:47,686
Speaker 1: Second buy or Selva? Do you think the Jets are

475
00:27:47,686 --> 00:27:50,726
Speaker 1: going to end their thirteen game losing streak to the Patriots.

476
00:27:51,366 --> 00:27:58,086
Speaker 1: Oh okay, you came up with this, stinchy. This is sadistic.

477
00:27:58,446 --> 00:28:03,086
Speaker 1: Yet again, putting me in this situation. All right, So

478
00:28:03,406 --> 00:28:07,526
Speaker 1: with the Jets, they lost the Patriots in a week eight.

479
00:28:09,086 --> 00:28:14,846
Speaker 1: They had they had seen Zach or Zach Wilson rather

480
00:28:16,006 --> 00:28:21,246
Speaker 1: make mistakes three interceptions. And also, I mean, how can

481
00:28:21,366 --> 00:28:24,726
Speaker 1: you go against Bill Belichick? I mean, who would be

482
00:28:24,886 --> 00:28:31,206
Speaker 1: netso to go against him? Absolute coaching legend. Well it's

483
00:28:31,326 --> 00:28:35,726
Speaker 1: me because guess what I'm buying. I'm all in on

484
00:28:35,726 --> 00:28:39,206
Speaker 1: this Jets team, and the young uns are here to

485
00:28:39,446 --> 00:28:43,606
Speaker 1: stay this defense. It doesn't matter if it's Quinnin Williams

486
00:28:43,646 --> 00:28:47,686
Speaker 1: coming at this sauce Gardner, they are for real and

487
00:28:47,766 --> 00:28:50,846
Speaker 1: they don't care about the losing streak in the past

488
00:28:51,086 --> 00:28:54,326
Speaker 1: because all that they've known is winning at this point

489
00:28:54,326 --> 00:28:57,566
Speaker 1: in time, So thirteen straight losses, they don't know any better.

490
00:28:57,686 --> 00:29:01,766
Speaker 1: Sauce Gardner was wearing a cheesehead and lambeau Field. So

491
00:29:02,046 --> 00:29:05,726
Speaker 1: for me, this is definitely a h I think the

492
00:29:05,806 --> 00:29:10,046
Speaker 1: Jets are a better team. The Patriots have struggled on offense,

493
00:29:10,646 --> 00:29:13,806
Speaker 1: and for me, I'm gonna go all in on this.

494
00:29:14,166 --> 00:29:18,126
Speaker 1: Sorry B Squared, but it's the Jets time. Wow, Bold,

495
00:29:18,406 --> 00:29:21,206
Speaker 1: I'm excited to revisit this next week and see how

496
00:29:21,246 --> 00:29:39,806
Speaker 1: we did. Jets. All right, So my first bet romacho

497
00:29:40,046 --> 00:29:44,606
Speaker 1: is se Quon Barkley, the league's leading rusher, and if

498
00:29:44,646 --> 00:29:48,966
Speaker 1: he played all seventeen games, this is assuming that he's healthy,

499
00:29:49,206 --> 00:29:54,846
Speaker 1: assuming the Giants don't rest him, he can easily get

500
00:29:54,886 --> 00:29:57,966
Speaker 1: seventeen one hundred yards. And we know that he is

501
00:29:58,246 --> 00:30:02,726
Speaker 1: the Giants offense and he's actually made Daniel Jones better.

502
00:30:02,886 --> 00:30:06,526
Speaker 1: I mean, Daniel Jones has zero interceptions over the last

503
00:30:06,526 --> 00:30:11,166
Speaker 1: six games. I love the fact that he's called Daniel

504
00:30:11,246 --> 00:30:17,326
Speaker 1: Jones Vanilla vic. We caught that on Mike I think

505
00:30:17,326 --> 00:30:19,846
Speaker 1: it was it was All Access or something like that.

506
00:30:19,926 --> 00:30:22,246
Speaker 1: It was pretty funny. And this is another thing too.

507
00:30:22,286 --> 00:30:25,686
Speaker 1: When people think of the greatest rusher in NFL history,

508
00:30:25,966 --> 00:30:29,246
Speaker 1: Emma's Smith, for sure, he got the yards, but people

509
00:30:29,286 --> 00:30:32,406
Speaker 1: often think of Barry Sanders. And right now, if you

510
00:30:32,406 --> 00:30:36,246
Speaker 1: look at the numbers between what Barry Sanders did in

511
00:30:36,366 --> 00:30:39,726
Speaker 1: nineteen ninety seven when he had his MVP season through

512
00:30:39,846 --> 00:30:44,046
Speaker 1: nine games, the numbers are very similar to say Quon Barkley.

513
00:30:44,286 --> 00:30:47,726
Speaker 1: So say Quon Barkley for me is a perro macho. Oh.

514
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:50,406
Speaker 1: I like that. And it's so great seeing sae Quon

515
00:30:50,526 --> 00:30:52,886
Speaker 1: come back after a couple of years of injuries and

516
00:30:53,126 --> 00:30:55,286
Speaker 1: kind of not performing like you know, he came out

517
00:30:55,366 --> 00:30:57,886
Speaker 1: so hot in his rookie year in the sophomore year,

518
00:30:57,926 --> 00:31:01,126
Speaker 1: and yeah, it'd be great to see him have another

519
00:31:01,126 --> 00:31:03,526
Speaker 1: great game. All right, who's your second one? My second

520
00:31:03,526 --> 00:31:07,886
Speaker 1: one is Bears quarterback Justin Fields. I believe it was

521
00:31:08,126 --> 00:31:15,366
Speaker 1: after weeks six where Ryan Fitzpatrick implored the Bears to

522
00:31:15,446 --> 00:31:20,326
Speaker 1: run the ball through Justin Fields, get the design runs

523
00:31:20,366 --> 00:31:24,766
Speaker 1: for him, to get him outside and obviously the Bears listen,

524
00:31:25,086 --> 00:31:28,166
Speaker 1: who do you think is leading in scoring over the

525
00:31:28,206 --> 00:31:32,566
Speaker 1: last month in the NFL? Nub Bears three and twenty

526
00:31:32,566 --> 00:31:37,606
Speaker 1: five yards rushing for Justin Fields over the last two games.

527
00:31:37,886 --> 00:31:40,446
Speaker 1: He said his legs feel heavy. Well, yeah, they're gonna

528
00:31:40,446 --> 00:31:43,446
Speaker 1: be feeling heavy throughout the season, Justin because now they

529
00:31:43,486 --> 00:31:45,646
Speaker 1: have found the secret sauce. The other thing that I

530
00:31:45,686 --> 00:31:49,246
Speaker 1: like about Justin Fields is that he's really learning how

531
00:31:49,246 --> 00:31:52,646
Speaker 1: to navigate that pocket, knowing when to leave and when

532
00:31:52,686 --> 00:31:55,846
Speaker 1: to stay and scramble and buy some more time, has

533
00:31:55,926 --> 00:32:00,406
Speaker 1: his eyes down field constantly. We're really seeing this evolution

534
00:32:00,486 --> 00:32:04,686
Speaker 1: from him, and just so glad that the Bears decided

535
00:32:04,926 --> 00:32:08,126
Speaker 1: to have him run the ball war because I'll be

536
00:32:08,166 --> 00:32:10,246
Speaker 1: honest with you, those first few weeks, I thought the

537
00:32:10,286 --> 00:32:14,606
Speaker 1: Bears offense was boring to watch. Now they're actually exciting

538
00:32:14,646 --> 00:32:17,566
Speaker 1: to watch because we don't know what Justin Fields is

539
00:32:17,566 --> 00:32:19,966
Speaker 1: going to do with the ball in his hands, but

540
00:32:20,006 --> 00:32:22,126
Speaker 1: we do know that he's going to ball out. And

541
00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:25,526
Speaker 1: he even balled down from my son's fantasy football team,

542
00:32:25,726 --> 00:32:29,566
Speaker 1: Kittle Skittles, and he got them forty points. So justin

543
00:32:29,926 --> 00:32:37,886
Speaker 1: let it ride, Baby, let it ride. We found the

544
00:32:37,886 --> 00:32:42,046
Speaker 1: altitude and amongst it and all of the snow. George

545
00:32:42,086 --> 00:32:45,646
Speaker 1: Kittle Dart, thank you for coming on. Will Salva, who

546
00:32:45,686 --> 00:32:48,006
Speaker 1: is my co host for l huddle, very excited to

547
00:32:48,006 --> 00:32:49,686
Speaker 1: be here. He will be joining us virtually in a

548
00:32:49,766 --> 00:32:53,446
Speaker 1: moment or add on questions. Yes, but I wanted to

549
00:32:53,486 --> 00:32:56,366
Speaker 1: ask you about the significance of this game in Mexico.

550
00:32:56,566 --> 00:33:00,926
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, before the last game Mexico prepanty. I remember,

551
00:33:01,366 --> 00:33:03,926
Speaker 1: I brought to you a gift from the Lutealibre fans,

552
00:33:03,966 --> 00:33:07,046
Speaker 1: which was their own custom. I still have it. What

553
00:33:07,326 --> 00:33:10,926
Speaker 1: about it attracts you to it? I mean other than

554
00:33:10,966 --> 00:33:13,526
Speaker 1: like the WWE Luca mask? Yeah? What do I like

555
00:33:13,566 --> 00:33:15,446
Speaker 1: it so much? Or just the culture of the luch

556
00:33:16,006 --> 00:33:18,686
Speaker 1: Oh well, I got big in the Luca mask um

557
00:33:18,846 --> 00:33:21,606
Speaker 1: I was in. I was in New Orleans for WrestleMania

558
00:33:21,686 --> 00:33:23,846
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen. I think, yeah, it was eighteen. It was

559
00:33:23,846 --> 00:33:26,406
Speaker 1: like a million years ago, I know. And um so

560
00:33:26,686 --> 00:33:29,526
Speaker 1: leading up to WrestleMania, there's all these small time wrestling

561
00:33:29,566 --> 00:33:31,686
Speaker 1: shows that go out throughout the entire week, right, and

562
00:33:31,726 --> 00:33:34,326
Speaker 1: so like the big ones on Sunday, but like Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,

563
00:33:34,326 --> 00:33:36,006
Speaker 1: Saturday's all these shows and builds up towards the in

564
00:33:36,086 --> 00:33:38,526
Speaker 1: the week. So like Wednesday and Thursday, I went to

565
00:33:38,606 --> 00:33:41,726
Speaker 1: these is like outside wrestling ring and they had these

566
00:33:41,766 --> 00:33:43,846
Speaker 1: it was like a it was a lucha promotion, and

567
00:33:43,886 --> 00:33:45,806
Speaker 1: just the way that the style of wrestling was just

568
00:33:45,846 --> 00:33:48,886
Speaker 1: so it's so fast, there's no slow time. They're flipping

569
00:33:48,886 --> 00:33:51,686
Speaker 1: over the ropes, they're doing cartwheel's backflips, and the whole

570
00:33:51,766 --> 00:33:53,726
Speaker 1: like a match last like five minutes, but there's not

571
00:33:53,766 --> 00:33:55,806
Speaker 1: a single stoppage of action. And so I thought that

572
00:33:55,846 --> 00:33:58,486
Speaker 1: was really cool. And that's where I first saw Pentagon Junior,

573
00:33:58,486 --> 00:34:02,126
Speaker 1: who's the guy who's third down celebration I use and

574
00:34:02,286 --> 00:34:03,886
Speaker 1: he uh. I just like watching and I was like

575
00:34:03,966 --> 00:34:06,166
Speaker 1: infatuated with it. And then the more I got into

576
00:34:06,206 --> 00:34:09,246
Speaker 1: like watching Luca wrestling. I watched Luca Underground sometimes, but

577
00:34:09,566 --> 00:34:11,726
Speaker 1: what I really liked aground. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's fun.

578
00:34:11,846 --> 00:34:13,766
Speaker 1: It's it that sounds like a whole other level of

579
00:34:13,806 --> 00:34:19,886
Speaker 1: it's aggressive. Sometimes I really enjoy it. It's it's just

580
00:34:20,126 --> 00:34:22,566
Speaker 1: it's really fun. But it's, um, I just I like

581
00:34:22,646 --> 00:34:24,646
Speaker 1: the mask. It's like your hidden identity. It's kind of

582
00:34:24,646 --> 00:34:26,526
Speaker 1: like your alter ego. You're superpower, and I'm big into

583
00:34:26,566 --> 00:34:28,806
Speaker 1: alter egos, and so I just kind of connected with that.

584
00:34:28,886 --> 00:34:31,886
Speaker 1: And um also like it's just a completely different culture

585
00:34:31,886 --> 00:34:34,726
Speaker 1: than anything else I've experienced my entire life. So being

586
00:34:34,766 --> 00:34:37,366
Speaker 1: able to kind of see that from as a fan

587
00:34:37,406 --> 00:34:39,206
Speaker 1: and then also interact with some of the Lucca the

588
00:34:39,286 --> 00:34:41,966
Speaker 1: wrestlers was fantastic. I got to meet ray Masterio. Oh,

589
00:34:42,566 --> 00:34:44,886
Speaker 1: I met him like There's San Jose a couple of

590
00:34:44,926 --> 00:34:46,206
Speaker 1: weeks ago, and I got to go to that show.

591
00:34:46,206 --> 00:34:48,046
Speaker 1: I met ray Masteria for the first time and that

592
00:34:48,166 --> 00:34:50,326
Speaker 1: was fantastic and one of the nicest people I've ever met.

593
00:34:50,366 --> 00:34:52,926
Speaker 1: But like, just the mask is just I just got

594
00:34:52,966 --> 00:34:55,366
Speaker 1: this vibe and I really enjoy it perfect. You know.

595
00:34:55,446 --> 00:34:59,246
Speaker 1: Will sent in a little question about the Luca culture.

596
00:34:59,726 --> 00:35:03,406
Speaker 1: George we know you're a huge wrestling Lucca Libre fan. Yes,

597
00:35:03,486 --> 00:35:05,846
Speaker 1: it's you're going to be in Mexico. We want to

598
00:35:05,846 --> 00:35:08,846
Speaker 1: teach you how to say one of your favorite lines.

599
00:35:09,246 --> 00:35:12,246
Speaker 1: Are you smelling what the forty nine ers are cooking?

600
00:35:12,406 --> 00:35:15,606
Speaker 1: Let's go here? It is in Spanish? You ready for it?

601
00:35:15,766 --> 00:35:22,406
Speaker 1: Kind of weather old loque those forty nine ers is

602
00:35:22,446 --> 00:35:30,006
Speaker 1: stang cocinando? Whether old lokilo forty nine ers is stang cocinando? Now,

603
00:35:30,086 --> 00:35:35,206
Speaker 1: I got you because my first language is Spanish, so

604
00:35:35,326 --> 00:35:37,246
Speaker 1: we will work through this together. Oh you're gonna help

605
00:35:37,246 --> 00:35:40,446
Speaker 1: me say? I got you? All right? Boy? Is it

606
00:35:40,526 --> 00:35:49,566
Speaker 1: a beer p P which is can ken, which is smell? Yes, yeah,

607
00:35:50,046 --> 00:35:53,726
Speaker 1: you guys, George, you got this locke? Okay, which is

608
00:35:53,766 --> 00:35:57,806
Speaker 1: what the yeah? Forty ninety nine This is the hard part?

609
00:35:58,246 --> 00:36:03,926
Speaker 1: Is stancinandocinando? Look at me saying it's the hard part,

610
00:36:04,086 --> 00:36:10,686
Speaker 1: Not George. Now, it's just me remembering that sentence. Lokays

611
00:36:10,726 --> 00:36:17,886
Speaker 1: forty nine ers, okay, don dodo boom, We're here. There's

612
00:36:17,926 --> 00:36:22,166
Speaker 1: nothing this man can't do. I mean out of control, amazing, amazing.

613
00:36:22,206 --> 00:36:25,646
Speaker 1: I enjoyed that. Um, this is a business job, wors

614
00:36:25,926 --> 00:36:28,086
Speaker 1: I know, good question, question, I wish you were here,

615
00:36:28,166 --> 00:36:31,246
Speaker 1: but you're scared abouttitude a little bit buzz I'm not.

616
00:36:31,406 --> 00:36:34,086
Speaker 1: I didn't want to say it. That's for um it's

617
00:36:34,126 --> 00:36:38,326
Speaker 1: a business trip, yes, But if you could spend a

618
00:36:38,366 --> 00:36:41,446
Speaker 1: little more time in Mexico City, what would you want

619
00:36:41,486 --> 00:36:44,126
Speaker 1: to do? Right off the bat, I love history, so

620
00:36:44,206 --> 00:36:46,526
Speaker 1: I'd probably want to go see any type of monuments

621
00:36:46,726 --> 00:36:50,446
Speaker 1: and or like historical prominent areas, and I just like

622
00:36:50,606 --> 00:36:53,846
Speaker 1: seeing them. I love like massive buildings. For some reason,

623
00:36:53,846 --> 00:36:55,806
Speaker 1: I think man made scult like man made stuff is

624
00:36:55,886 --> 00:36:59,006
Speaker 1: really really interesting. Um. I spent an off season, I

625
00:36:59,206 --> 00:37:01,486
Speaker 1: spent like two weeks in Italy and one of the

626
00:37:01,566 --> 00:37:03,166
Speaker 1: Vatican and that was one of the craziest things I've

627
00:37:03,166 --> 00:37:05,566
Speaker 1: ever seen my entire life. Huge fan of the Golden

628
00:37:05,566 --> 00:37:07,566
Speaker 1: gate Bridge. I think that's just mind boggling too. So

629
00:37:07,726 --> 00:37:09,766
Speaker 1: like just seeing stuff that was built along time ago,

630
00:37:09,806 --> 00:37:11,246
Speaker 1: Mexico say, I think it would be really really fun.

631
00:37:11,326 --> 00:37:13,166
Speaker 1: George Kettle history buff I love this. I try a

632
00:37:13,206 --> 00:37:15,726
Speaker 1: little bit love this about you. But the game in

633
00:37:15,806 --> 00:37:18,446
Speaker 1: Mexico City, of course, is a rematch of that very

634
00:37:18,526 --> 00:37:21,486
Speaker 1: first game played outside of the US for the NFL.

635
00:37:21,566 --> 00:37:23,166
Speaker 1: It is two thousand and five, and it was the

636
00:37:23,246 --> 00:37:26,126
Speaker 1: Cardinals and the Niners. I've seen a lot of highlights recently.

637
00:37:26,926 --> 00:37:30,286
Speaker 1: I'm sure, yeah, I'm sure you have. But there's something

638
00:37:30,366 --> 00:37:35,046
Speaker 1: about this forty nine Ers team, right, What is it

639
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:37,086
Speaker 1: about you guys that you can just take it to

640
00:37:37,206 --> 00:37:39,726
Speaker 1: one next level at a point in the season when

641
00:37:40,246 --> 00:37:42,686
Speaker 1: most teams are gassed. This is when a lot of

642
00:37:42,766 --> 00:37:44,686
Speaker 1: teams start to hit a wall. We've seen it all

643
00:37:44,726 --> 00:37:46,446
Speaker 1: across the league. But for you guys, it's like you're

644
00:37:46,446 --> 00:37:48,246
Speaker 1: switching into another gear. What do you think the X

645
00:37:48,326 --> 00:37:51,006
Speaker 1: factor is for this Niners team? Um, I think our

646
00:37:51,046 --> 00:37:53,526
Speaker 1: team has a really good sense of urgency. I think

647
00:37:53,566 --> 00:37:55,926
Speaker 1: that's a huge part of it. I think that also,

648
00:37:56,126 --> 00:37:58,926
Speaker 1: we started a lot slower than we wanted to. We

649
00:37:59,006 --> 00:38:01,086
Speaker 1: had a little bit more roadbumps than we experience, you know,

650
00:38:01,126 --> 00:38:04,206
Speaker 1: expected Tommy, and we lost our starting quarterback like halfway

651
00:38:04,246 --> 00:38:06,286
Speaker 1: through we week two, and so like that was a

652
00:38:06,326 --> 00:38:08,926
Speaker 1: complete game change because we're running an entire different office,

653
00:38:08,966 --> 00:38:10,966
Speaker 1: like not an entirely different offense, but very different plays

654
00:38:10,966 --> 00:38:12,966
Speaker 1: and what we running in training camp and so how

655
00:38:13,046 --> 00:38:16,246
Speaker 1: to fix that a little bit? But um, you know,

656
00:38:16,326 --> 00:38:18,246
Speaker 1: we were sitting at I want to say maybe it

657
00:38:18,366 --> 00:38:20,966
Speaker 1: was two and four something like that. We we were

658
00:38:21,086 --> 00:38:23,086
Speaker 1: very like, hey, that's not what this type of team,

659
00:38:23,086 --> 00:38:24,446
Speaker 1: as our roster is too good to do that. Our

660
00:38:24,486 --> 00:38:27,006
Speaker 1: expectations are too good for that. And so I think

661
00:38:27,046 --> 00:38:28,806
Speaker 1: guys just, um, I don't know if it was a

662
00:38:29,646 --> 00:38:31,126
Speaker 1: kind of flip the way they're thinking or just the

663
00:38:31,206 --> 00:38:33,206
Speaker 1: since of vergency increased. And I would say, like the

664
00:38:33,286 --> 00:38:35,966
Speaker 1: last four weeks at our best practices, we've been flying around.

665
00:38:36,526 --> 00:38:38,726
Speaker 1: The run game looks incredible, and so just we're just

666
00:38:38,806 --> 00:38:41,326
Speaker 1: playing a little bit better. And you know that starts

667
00:38:41,566 --> 00:38:43,886
Speaker 1: with you know, our coaches and our best players. And

668
00:38:43,926 --> 00:38:45,406
Speaker 1: then I think the young guys are starting to figure

669
00:38:45,446 --> 00:38:47,966
Speaker 1: it out too, because I mean we're in week ten,

670
00:38:48,486 --> 00:38:52,126
Speaker 1: right eleven, week eleven, and there's still a lot of

671
00:38:52,206 --> 00:38:53,726
Speaker 1: games left, and likest so for the young guys that

672
00:38:53,846 --> 00:38:55,606
Speaker 1: only played college, like their season which is almost over,

673
00:38:55,646 --> 00:38:57,246
Speaker 1: and they're figuring out that, hey, it's a longer season.

674
00:38:57,246 --> 00:38:59,206
Speaker 1: I gotta do a lot more and M And I

675
00:38:59,246 --> 00:39:01,446
Speaker 1: also think guys are just getting better week the week two.

676
00:39:01,566 --> 00:39:03,406
Speaker 1: I think that's one one thing you really when you

677
00:39:03,446 --> 00:39:05,206
Speaker 1: watch our taping, watch and at the like, you can

678
00:39:05,246 --> 00:39:07,006
Speaker 1: see guys trying to get better, and you got to

679
00:39:07,046 --> 00:39:09,886
Speaker 1: really appreciate that. An interesting thing happened today in the

680
00:39:10,006 --> 00:39:13,326
Speaker 1: post game or post practice press conference, I should say,

681
00:39:13,486 --> 00:39:16,086
Speaker 1: Shanahan was talking about Christian McCaffrey and how he's really

682
00:39:16,126 --> 00:39:18,486
Speaker 1: getting integrated into a team. But he says he's all business,

683
00:39:19,086 --> 00:39:21,886
Speaker 1: he's locked in on football all the time. So CMC

684
00:39:22,086 --> 00:39:24,686
Speaker 1: comes up and he's, you know, talking ball, and suddenly

685
00:39:24,766 --> 00:39:27,326
Speaker 1: we see him start laughing out of nowhere, and we're like, well,

686
00:39:27,406 --> 00:39:29,646
Speaker 1: he's like, George just walked down. We're like, yes, of course,

687
00:39:30,126 --> 00:39:33,006
Speaker 1: of course that's what cracked the wall there. How has

688
00:39:33,046 --> 00:39:35,846
Speaker 1: it been because personally, I've been to many facilities, been

689
00:39:35,886 --> 00:39:38,886
Speaker 1: around many teams, and I've just never seen a locker

690
00:39:38,966 --> 00:39:41,646
Speaker 1: room like this one. You're in it. I only got

691
00:39:41,686 --> 00:39:44,366
Speaker 1: a little slipper of it in media availability. What is

692
00:39:44,406 --> 00:39:49,806
Speaker 1: so special about the culture of this team? I think one,

693
00:39:50,166 --> 00:39:52,246
Speaker 1: everyone in the lockerroom respects each other, and I think

694
00:39:52,286 --> 00:39:54,526
Speaker 1: that's really I mean, there's not anyone locking that doesn't

695
00:39:54,566 --> 00:39:57,206
Speaker 1: like anybody. I mean, I think guys have disagreements, you know,

696
00:39:57,326 --> 00:39:59,606
Speaker 1: they may have different views on certain subjects, but then

697
00:39:59,886 --> 00:40:01,926
Speaker 1: everyone knows that we're all there to obtain the exact

698
00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:03,566
Speaker 1: same goal. So We're all going to work, our work,

699
00:40:03,606 --> 00:40:06,446
Speaker 1: our tails off. We also have guys that you know,

700
00:40:06,606 --> 00:40:08,486
Speaker 1: practice at a really high level. Our best players practice

701
00:40:08,486 --> 00:40:10,486
Speaker 1: at a really high level. Fred Warner sets a tone

702
00:40:10,486 --> 00:40:12,406
Speaker 1: on defense every single day. And if you're not matching

703
00:40:12,486 --> 00:40:13,886
Speaker 1: his tone and you're on defense, and what are you

704
00:40:13,966 --> 00:40:15,966
Speaker 1: doing out here? Right? And so I think it just

705
00:40:16,126 --> 00:40:18,486
Speaker 1: elevates all of our players. Um, I think our locker

706
00:40:18,566 --> 00:40:21,086
Speaker 1: room too. It's everybody knows each other. I mean, you

707
00:40:21,166 --> 00:40:23,446
Speaker 1: don't just have like Titans, don't just sit in a

708
00:40:23,486 --> 00:40:24,926
Speaker 1: group and talk. The watch shoes don't just sitting in

709
00:40:24,926 --> 00:40:27,046
Speaker 1: a group and talk. Like everybody kind of mingles. Everybody's

710
00:40:27,126 --> 00:40:30,926
Speaker 1: shooting hoops, playing bags, cornhole. Like guys are just interacting

711
00:40:30,966 --> 00:40:32,966
Speaker 1: all the time. And guys genuinely like each other. And

712
00:40:33,046 --> 00:40:34,406
Speaker 1: we do a lot of out of the stadium, I

713
00:40:34,446 --> 00:40:36,046
Speaker 1: mean off the football field. We do a lot of stuff.

714
00:40:36,126 --> 00:40:37,926
Speaker 1: Coach Shanahan has a great job. The NIS, your great

715
00:40:37,966 --> 00:40:40,446
Speaker 1: job of getting the guys together off the field. Our

716
00:40:40,486 --> 00:40:42,846
Speaker 1: wives girlfriends together off the field. So just everybody knows

717
00:40:42,886 --> 00:40:45,726
Speaker 1: each other. You just have this relationship off the football field,

718
00:40:45,726 --> 00:40:47,406
Speaker 1: and I think that really helps. Um, you know, you

719
00:40:47,446 --> 00:40:49,046
Speaker 1: want to play for guys that you really enjoy. I

720
00:40:49,126 --> 00:40:51,246
Speaker 1: gotta give a quick shout out to the forty nine

721
00:40:51,286 --> 00:40:54,366
Speaker 1: ers wives clubs because they are the fiercest group I've

722
00:40:54,446 --> 00:40:56,526
Speaker 1: ever seen. I think every single time they post for

723
00:40:56,686 --> 00:40:59,206
Speaker 1: game day, I'm like, okay, Boots, it's like I'm shopping

724
00:40:59,406 --> 00:41:03,046
Speaker 1: right on my Instagram. What they're doing? Those girls? Aren't

725
00:41:03,126 --> 00:41:04,686
Speaker 1: you know? You know? They sure do? They show up

726
00:41:04,726 --> 00:41:06,726
Speaker 1: on it's their game day? Two? It is their game day.

727
00:41:06,846 --> 00:41:08,846
Speaker 1: Look all right, I think it's out for another. Will

728
00:41:09,206 --> 00:41:11,566
Speaker 1: solve a question really quick? Better be good? Or will

729
00:41:11,606 --> 00:41:16,246
Speaker 1: it's his twenty bucks? Okay? George? So, my nine year

730
00:41:16,286 --> 00:41:18,846
Speaker 1: old son Ben is a huge fan of yours. He

731
00:41:18,966 --> 00:41:21,766
Speaker 1: in fact wears number eighty five in flight football because

732
00:41:21,806 --> 00:41:24,966
Speaker 1: of you. He also named his fantasy football team for

733
00:41:25,086 --> 00:41:29,206
Speaker 1: it after you. My friend Kittle Skittles, that's what they're called,

734
00:41:29,486 --> 00:41:32,086
Speaker 1: and they are crushing it right now in first place?

735
00:41:32,766 --> 00:41:35,606
Speaker 1: What would be your pep? Talk to him or to

736
00:41:35,726 --> 00:41:38,926
Speaker 1: anybody else out there that has Kittle in the fantasy

737
00:41:38,966 --> 00:41:44,206
Speaker 1: football name. Oh wow? First off, thank you guys so much.

738
00:41:45,686 --> 00:41:47,846
Speaker 1: There's a lot more touchdowns and yards coming your way.

739
00:41:47,966 --> 00:41:50,286
Speaker 1: I will say that I be excited. Second and half

740
00:41:50,366 --> 00:41:54,246
Speaker 1: the season, things get hot things, get spicy yards, touchdowns, yak.

741
00:41:54,646 --> 00:41:56,246
Speaker 1: It's got to be a good showing out there, and

742
00:41:56,606 --> 00:41:58,726
Speaker 1: just make sure you're taking care of your players. Give

743
00:41:58,766 --> 00:42:01,966
Speaker 1: a wrest when they need it. We hear your dms,

744
00:42:02,006 --> 00:42:05,206
Speaker 1: We see your dms. It's okay. We're trying our best

745
00:42:05,246 --> 00:42:07,086
Speaker 1: out there. We don't need any more motivation. But thank

746
00:42:07,126 --> 00:42:09,086
Speaker 1: you so much. You guys say only the nicest words.

747
00:42:09,446 --> 00:42:11,286
Speaker 1: Never had a mean DM before my entire life. You

748
00:42:11,326 --> 00:42:14,166
Speaker 1: guys are doing great. Thank you so much, and coach out.

749
00:42:14,366 --> 00:42:16,566
Speaker 1: We'll get you some points here this Monday. That's it.

750
00:42:17,046 --> 00:42:21,086
Speaker 1: You're not hype. Listen to these fantasies. These fantasy owners

751
00:42:21,086 --> 00:42:23,966
Speaker 1: are no joke. I'm not among them. I'm only nice

752
00:42:24,126 --> 00:42:26,126
Speaker 1: to the players who don't give any points. A few

753
00:42:26,166 --> 00:42:28,286
Speaker 1: of you who only gave me one last week. I

754
00:42:28,406 --> 00:42:31,246
Speaker 1: was three point one last week. I won anyway, last

755
00:42:31,326 --> 00:42:33,446
Speaker 1: question before you, George, before I let you go here. Okay,

756
00:42:34,686 --> 00:42:37,646
Speaker 1: this team has given me deja vu right now of

757
00:42:37,846 --> 00:42:41,366
Speaker 1: last season, because it was right around this time, around

758
00:42:41,406 --> 00:42:43,686
Speaker 1: week ten, week eleven, when you guys went on this run,

759
00:42:43,886 --> 00:42:46,606
Speaker 1: winning seven of the last nine games, sewing all the

760
00:42:46,646 --> 00:42:50,046
Speaker 1: way to the postseason, culminating in that NFC Championship game. Yes,

761
00:42:52,166 --> 00:42:57,726
Speaker 1: are you getting that feeling once again? M Well, I

762
00:42:57,806 --> 00:43:00,966
Speaker 1: will say this, so start of the year, we weren't

763
00:43:00,966 --> 00:43:03,366
Speaker 1: playing at our highest level, you know, kind of chunky

764
00:43:03,526 --> 00:43:06,326
Speaker 1: like things weren't clicking the right way. And I remember

765
00:43:06,646 --> 00:43:09,726
Speaker 1: my tight Ends coach Brian Fleury, he pulled up this

766
00:43:10,166 --> 00:43:12,526
Speaker 1: cut up of like I knew it was. It was

767
00:43:12,646 --> 00:43:14,846
Speaker 1: rams week for us. So the NFC Championship week, I

768
00:43:14,966 --> 00:43:17,486
Speaker 1: practiced like three practice coachs from that week and we

769
00:43:17,646 --> 00:43:19,886
Speaker 1: were I mean whatever week that was week twenty something

770
00:43:19,966 --> 00:43:22,446
Speaker 1: in the season, and we were flying off the ball,

771
00:43:22,726 --> 00:43:25,366
Speaker 1: like in the run game. Everyone was stepping great scout

772
00:43:25,446 --> 00:43:28,046
Speaker 1: team was flying around, guys were running routes like so fast.

773
00:43:28,046 --> 00:43:30,366
Speaker 1: So it looked like a game and our first couple

774
00:43:30,406 --> 00:43:33,246
Speaker 1: weeks of practice didn't look like that. And we saw that.

775
00:43:33,446 --> 00:43:35,326
Speaker 1: I know other groups I think saw it too, but

776
00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:37,206
Speaker 1: like that just kind of like I wouldn't say that

777
00:43:37,766 --> 00:43:39,766
Speaker 1: inspired us, but it just was like it kind of

778
00:43:39,806 --> 00:43:42,006
Speaker 1: flipped on that sense of urgency. We're like, well, I

779
00:43:42,126 --> 00:43:43,846
Speaker 1: know for a fact that I didn't feel very good.

780
00:43:43,846 --> 00:43:45,326
Speaker 1: My body didn't feel very good at that point in

781
00:43:45,366 --> 00:43:47,326
Speaker 1: the season, and I feel a lot better than then.

782
00:43:47,566 --> 00:43:49,046
Speaker 1: I mean I feel lot better now that did then,

783
00:43:49,326 --> 00:43:51,166
Speaker 1: Like I could practice at a higher level, and I

784
00:43:51,246 --> 00:43:53,166
Speaker 1: think that just kind of clicked in. I'd say almost

785
00:43:53,206 --> 00:43:55,086
Speaker 1: everybody said we have guys that were practicing a very

786
00:43:55,166 --> 00:43:56,726
Speaker 1: high level, regardless, but I think it just kind of

787
00:43:56,726 --> 00:43:58,406
Speaker 1: clicked for the whole team, especially young as that saw

788
00:43:58,446 --> 00:44:00,006
Speaker 1: They're like, oh, that's what it's supposed to look like.

789
00:44:01,326 --> 00:44:02,366
Speaker 1: So that was a big part of it. And I

790
00:44:02,406 --> 00:44:04,726
Speaker 1: don't want to say it's not It's definitely not the

791
00:44:04,806 --> 00:44:06,446
Speaker 1: exact same. We definitely have different players, but we have

792
00:44:06,486 --> 00:44:07,886
Speaker 1: a lot of similar guys on this team. We have

793
00:44:07,926 --> 00:44:11,246
Speaker 1: our core guys from last year, and I know that

794
00:44:11,406 --> 00:44:13,046
Speaker 1: we're playing at a high level. We're going to continue

795
00:44:13,086 --> 00:44:15,726
Speaker 1: to play at a high level. And you know, while

796
00:44:16,206 --> 00:44:18,206
Speaker 1: I think there are similarities to last year, I mean

797
00:44:18,206 --> 00:44:20,206
Speaker 1: we're definitely we won two in a row, which is awesome,

798
00:44:21,486 --> 00:44:24,406
Speaker 1: going for three, and I think at the best thing

799
00:44:24,646 --> 00:44:26,286
Speaker 1: I know I've heard I've heard Trim Williams said, I've

800
00:44:26,286 --> 00:44:28,046
Speaker 1: heard Jimmy g sand I've heard you say, like we're

801
00:44:28,046 --> 00:44:30,166
Speaker 1: Folcus on this day, like this game and that's all

802
00:44:30,206 --> 00:44:33,006
Speaker 1: it matters. And having that mindset, and I think it's

803
00:44:33,006 --> 00:44:34,926
Speaker 1: been very beneficial to us as well, and so we're

804
00:44:35,046 --> 00:44:37,406
Speaker 1: excited about this opportunity to playing in Mexico in front

805
00:44:37,446 --> 00:44:39,646
Speaker 1: of I think it's eighty two percent of the tickets

806
00:44:39,646 --> 00:44:42,686
Speaker 1: are sold to the Niners because the faithful are oh

807
00:44:42,846 --> 00:44:44,806
Speaker 1: so great, and so we're just excited to get out

808
00:44:44,806 --> 00:44:47,006
Speaker 1: there in front of all those fans and just it's

809
00:44:47,046 --> 00:44:48,486
Speaker 1: going to be such an atmosphere and we're all so

810
00:44:48,566 --> 00:44:50,566
Speaker 1: excited for it. The Niner gang in Mexico City is

811
00:44:50,646 --> 00:44:53,566
Speaker 1: no joke. I've seen it in real life. I'm pretty excited. Um.

812
00:44:53,566 --> 00:44:55,486
Speaker 1: I actually like to have one more quick question for you.

813
00:44:55,846 --> 00:44:58,846
Speaker 1: How embarrassed was Jimmy at that Warriors game? Okay, so

814
00:44:58,926 --> 00:45:01,286
Speaker 1: the best part about that, Thanks for asking me about that,

815
00:45:01,326 --> 00:45:04,206
Speaker 1: because I like, I will talk whatever detail you want,

816
00:45:04,206 --> 00:45:06,006
Speaker 1: I'll tell you no. But so the best part about

817
00:45:06,046 --> 00:45:08,046
Speaker 1: that was that wasn't even that that wasn't the go

818
00:45:08,166 --> 00:45:10,846
Speaker 1: to words dancers. That was like there, I don't want

819
00:45:10,886 --> 00:45:13,366
Speaker 1: to say senior. I think it's their golden oldies and

820
00:45:13,366 --> 00:45:15,606
Speaker 1: the Miami he'd have a similar to old oldies. Yeah,

821
00:45:15,726 --> 00:45:17,726
Speaker 1: but so that was so funny because they all did

822
00:45:17,766 --> 00:45:20,006
Speaker 1: their dance and then immediately the girl, the woman in

823
00:45:20,046 --> 00:45:24,766
Speaker 1: the middle straight staring at Jimmy beeline and she came

824
00:45:24,806 --> 00:45:26,926
Speaker 1: over and then what she did like all the other

825
00:45:26,966 --> 00:45:30,126
Speaker 1: girls did, And it was just so funny because I mean,

826
00:45:30,206 --> 00:45:32,326
Speaker 1: I love making Jimmy a little uncomfortable. I think it's

827
00:45:32,326 --> 00:45:35,646
Speaker 1: really funny watching hard. Oh, I mean a lot of

828
00:45:35,806 --> 00:45:39,086
Speaker 1: a lot of wonderful women over there just mildly throwing

829
00:45:39,086 --> 00:45:41,846
Speaker 1: themselves at him. It was fantastic. I almost wondered because

830
00:45:41,846 --> 00:45:44,006
Speaker 1: I actually clocked that it wasn't the actual Golden State

831
00:45:44,046 --> 00:45:45,886
Speaker 1: Warriors team. But I was like, how many of them

832
00:45:45,966 --> 00:45:47,686
Speaker 1: were like hey, Jimmy, And how many of them are like,

833
00:45:47,806 --> 00:45:50,886
Speaker 1: you know, my granddaughter would make a great handful. I'd

834
00:45:50,926 --> 00:45:54,246
Speaker 1: say fifty fifth. Obviously, I think most of them are

835
00:45:54,286 --> 00:45:56,446
Speaker 1: pretty selfish and they wanted the attention to themselves. But

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Speaker 1: I love it. They were. They were wonderful and put

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Speaker 1: on a great, great dance routine too. Literally, shoots your shot?

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Speaker 1: Why not? What's the worst that's gonna happen? You're gonna

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Speaker 1: say no? And Jimmy's supolite anybody. Oh, thank you, thank you. Hi.

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Speaker 1: It's too good. George, thank you so much for your time.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate you. Thank you. Week eleven, there's gonna be

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Speaker 1: no shortage of storylines. There already are, but we always

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Speaker 1: like to put our little exclamation mark. Will what's yours

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Speaker 1: this week? My ibunto is m may bunto is all

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Speaker 1: we know is that we don't know, because every single

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Speaker 1: week something changes, something surprises us, something leaves us in awe.

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Speaker 1: And I think this week something is going to happen

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Speaker 1: when we're say, wait a second, we didn't anticipate that.

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Speaker 1: We didn't see that coming. So I think my unto

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Speaker 1: is all we know is that we don't know. Just

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Speaker 1: call us John Snow. At this point we know nothing.

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Speaker 1: You know nothing, John Snow unto. Yes, I love a

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Speaker 1: game of thrown Task of Dragons reference there. My epo

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Speaker 1: would be, I'm gonna need some of these teams to

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Speaker 1: get it together, right, the teams that are supposed to

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Speaker 1: be winning some of these games, y'all need to win

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Speaker 1: these games, all right, stop it. And I'm not just

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Speaker 1: saying it for the sake of my game pick standings

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Speaker 1: on NFL Total Access, that is the selfish part of it, sure,

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Speaker 1: but for their own benefit, right Like this is this

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Speaker 1: is the time of the season where for some of

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Speaker 1: y'all it's not too late. We have an extra week

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Speaker 1: in the year like and in some of these divisions,

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Speaker 1: you could probably get into the playoffs with seven wins

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Speaker 1: on the schedule, which sounds crazy, but this is where

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Speaker 1: we're at, So get it together. You're not out of

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Speaker 1: it yet. Will I love it? And final thought, I'll

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Speaker 1: say happy birthday. I hope you have an awesome birthday.

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Speaker 1: I wish I was there with you. You are the

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Speaker 1: best and I'm so glad that we're on this journey

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Speaker 1: together doing a UD podcast because I look forward to

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Speaker 1: when we record. So enjoy yourself. Salute. Okay, please, thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you. Well, that's it for us, another fun fill

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Speaker 1: edition of the l Huddle podcast. Make sure to please subscribe,

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Speaker 1: That'd be awesome. You're awesome, MJ. We are done. This

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Speaker 1: is a Huddle of yours and Huddle is a production

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