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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 2: Back on the Drive here closing down a busy first

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Speaker 2: hour on this Wednesday, joining us now. He is a

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Speaker 2: friend of the show. He is a friend in real life.

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Speaker 2: He's a regular here on the Drive. Chris Hallick DK,

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh Sports. Chris, thanks so much for taking the time

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Speaker 2: as always, buddy. You know we appreciate it. And we

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Speaker 2: got to ask you right off the jump about the

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Speaker 2: NFL story of the day, Max Crosby and the take

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Speaker 2: back sies of the Baltimore Ravens, of that deal and

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Speaker 2: all the drama that's transpired in the last I don't know,

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Speaker 2: twenty hours or so. What are your thoughts on this

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Speaker 2: whole situation? Pretty crazy, huh.

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Speaker 3: To be completely honest, as soon as I saw the

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Speaker 3: report start flooding, I just let out a really, really

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Speaker 3: loud laugh. I mean, just like that good, hard belly

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Speaker 3: laugh that probably was gonna be in danger of waking

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Speaker 3: my children, but it was worth it. Listen like this,

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Speaker 3: this whole negotiating window. And I refuse to use the

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Speaker 3: term legal tampering. By the way, it just drives me dug.

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Speaker 3: But this whole negotiating window is kind of fun, and

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Speaker 3: this only adds to the fun. I mean the whole

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Speaker 3: like you said, take back to these that the Ravens

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Speaker 3: did Litten. Nothing becomes official until you know the the

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Speaker 3: new league yere. I mean, they see, they saw something

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Speaker 3: they didn't like. They wanted to back out, didn't think

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Speaker 3: it was worth the conversation they were giving, and I

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Speaker 3: guess that's their right. But man alive, the Raiders went

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Speaker 3: forward and spend a whole bunch of money. Now they

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Speaker 3: got to figure out what they're gonna do. It's kind

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Speaker 3: of crazy.

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Speaker 4: Oh, it's really crazy. So you we have not spoke

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Speaker 4: since the combine, and obviously the Steelers have some new additions.

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Speaker 4: It sounds like reportedly Darnell Savage is going to be

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Speaker 4: a Pittsburgh Steeler. We were just kind of breaking him

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Speaker 4: down a little bit. Initial thoughts last segment. I have

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Speaker 4: not done a deep dive on him. I know the

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Speaker 4: last couple of years haven't been great. But what are

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Speaker 3: I'm still in the process of doing my deep dive. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: the other some of the other guys Savages. My initial reaction,

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Speaker 3: it's barely like barely above that minimum. I don't see

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Speaker 3: right away. Think what it does. It solidifies the depths.

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Speaker 3: It gives you a guy that's proven that he can

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Speaker 3: play at the NFL level. Yeah, the last couple of

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Speaker 3: years haven't been so kind to him. So that's why,

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Speaker 3: you you know, maybe it's worth the one year gamble.

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Speaker 3: Maybe he you know, realizes something that one Thornhill didn't

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Speaker 3: realize last year, something along those lines. But in the meantime,

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Speaker 3: you know, you have Jalen Ramsey, who you know, could

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Speaker 3: be either he could still be in the slot, he

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Speaker 4: That was asking my next question for you, Like I'm

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Speaker 4: leaning towards they think he's a slot. What do you

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Speaker 4: think or that just okay, I would agree with that.

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Speaker 3: But then when you look at the debts that the

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Speaker 3: Steelers have at corner, all of a sudden, with finding

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Speaker 3: that Brandon Eckles is still in the mix, like all

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Speaker 3: of a sudden corner. What we were talking about, like

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Speaker 3: Now you're free to kind of do whatever you want

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Speaker 3: So yeah, yeah, it gives them options, gives them flexibility

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Speaker 4: I also think he's better at Nickel though, I agree, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: Do you take advantage of him as a blizer? No,

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah right right, I'll take that and a heartbeat.

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Speaker 4: And I think that's why they traded for him to

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Speaker 4: do that. Agreed, Yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Agreed, Chris Alec with us here on the drive, Chris, Uh,

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Speaker 2: not just you know, imports and exports for the Steelers,

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Speaker 2: but uh getting some business done with one of their own,

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Speaker 2: agreeing to terms of Cam Hayward two year contract a

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Speaker 2: little over thirty two dollars UH in value there for

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Speaker 2: the UH for the All Pro who will turn thirty

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Speaker 2: seven here in a couple months. Does this make a

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Speaker 2: lot of sense? You know, you don't have any questions

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Speaker 2: OTAs and training camp and all that. You know, lock

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Speaker 2: up your your best player and just get this done

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Speaker 3: You know, I've I've for those who know, like, but

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Speaker 3: my history as a reporter, my first job ever in

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Speaker 3: Ning Zada and Beltray, and he just got better with age.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know why. There are just some players

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Speaker 3: same thing at Cam Hayward. He just continues to get better.

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Speaker 3: He was one of the two guns defensive tackles in

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Speaker 3: a nice consolation prize that Cam continues to play at

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Speaker 3: think it's a great deal. I really do. I'm pleasant.

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Speaker 3: It definitely settles the question of a like defensive taggle,

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Speaker 3: I don't see it falling off the cliffs. And even then,

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Speaker 3: you're still getting him out of bargain for the level

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Speaker 4: I do too. I think it's really encouraging too. So

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Speaker 4: they usually keep seven true defensive linemen, there's not many

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Speaker 3: I prefer them too, And I would agree with the

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Speaker 3: Why a black they brought back a CEO to Maywell.

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Speaker 3: You look at everybody that they have. It's like, I

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Speaker 3: don't see a true nose there. I understand Keon Event

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Speaker 3: that role. I don't. I would. I would agree that,

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Speaker 3: very clear about that, they're sticking to three four. Understand,

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Speaker 3: that's just not the way football goes anymore. But hey,

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Speaker 2: We'll see a couple more minutes here with Chris Alex Chris.

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Speaker 2: Two other names of course that I want to run

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Speaker 2: by you and get your thoughts on the Steelers agreeing

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Speaker 2: to terms with cornerback Jamel Dean and running back Rico

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Speaker 2: dowdell uh, just your thoughts on those two editions.

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Speaker 3: Well, the one thing about Dean that really stands out

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Speaker 3: And that's kind of like a really good thing, if

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Speaker 3: think it's over what the past two seasons Porter's allowed

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Speaker 3: done and Dean's allowed one. Like that's that's kind of ridiculous.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I also like the fact that Dean is

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Speaker 3: I thought that he was the best corner on the market.

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Speaker 3: I really like him a lot. Rico Dowdell, but look,

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Speaker 3: I really I really liked the tandem of Warren and Gainwell,

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Speaker 3: who's gonna be able to run between the tackles. He's

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Speaker 3: gonna be able to who knows how to run in

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Speaker 3: Mike McCarthy's inside zone schemes, and he's going to be

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Speaker 3: able to provide the thump for a little bit. Not

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Speaker 3: saying that Jalen Warren can't provide some, but now Jalen

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Speaker 3: Warren can also get back to being, you know, on

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Speaker 3: the field on third down, which we did not see

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Speaker 3: He's great in pass protection, He's a good option out

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Speaker 3: be more of that guy. He can spell daddle at

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Speaker 3: any time. I think it's a really good addition to

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Speaker 3: the running back room. I think I might be. It's

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Speaker 3: definitely gonna be one of the hardest running backs running

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Speaker 3: back to deals to tackle. That's for sure, because both

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Speaker 3: of those guys are great after after contact and great

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Speaker 3: at forcing this tax.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, they run hard and they really disliked being tackled. Chris, lastly,

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Speaker 4: I have for you, and you kind of implied this

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Speaker 4: already earlier in the conversation. You don't, would you? You

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Speaker 4: wouldn't be shocked if wide receiver is one of their

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Speaker 4: first two picks still, even after the Pittman trade, right.

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Speaker 3: No, I would not be surprised. I don't think trading

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Speaker 3: from Michael Pittman Junior changes that. I think it's a

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Speaker 3: really good deal for them, by the way, not just

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Speaker 3: the fact that it was a late round pick, swap,

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Speaker 3: but it's the contract. I think it's a good deal.

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Speaker 3: But no, I thought that no matter what they were

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Speaker 3: going to do, whether that be signing a free agent

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Speaker 3: to go into the draft and prioritize wide receiver. And

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Speaker 3: now it also depends on how the draft fault last year.

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Speaker 3: We last year we were talking all about defensive tackles,

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Speaker 3: defensive tackles, and they just so happened to draft a

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Speaker 3: defensive tackle. It also depended on how the draft fell.

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Speaker 3: If all those defensive tackles were gone, they weren't just

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Speaker 3: gonna take the next one. You know, they could have

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Speaker 3: taken Matthew Golden, they could have taken somebody else that

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Speaker 3: they really liked in the first round. The draft's also

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Speaker 3: going to fall a certain way, too. But I do

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Speaker 3: think that if the drafts falls a certain way and

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Speaker 3: there's a wide receiver that they really like available at

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Speaker 3: twenty one, I still think that where we sit right now.

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Speaker 3: But Mark eleven, I think that's the way that they

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Speaker 3: that they would go. So No, I don't think they're

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Speaker 3: done and adding wide receiver. When it comes to the

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Speaker 3: big picture of the offseasons, not just in free agency,

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Speaker 3: but also including the draft as well. It's a good

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Speaker 3: wide receiver class. I have a hard time thinking they're

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Speaker 3: not gonna take advantage of it.

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Speaker 4: I think the top two rounds will take one.

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Speaker 3: I would agree with that.

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Speaker 2: Chris Alex great stuff as always. Check out his work

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Speaker 2: DK Pittsburgh Sports. Chris, thanks for the time as always, dude.

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Speaker 2: Good catching up with you and we'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 3: Awesome. Thanks for having me, guys, I appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: There he goes