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Speaker 1: He is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I am Dale Lolly, he is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: This is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio and his

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Speaker 1: time for the Fantasy Football Focus, And as we do

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Speaker 1: on Wednesdays, will take a look at the practice reports

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Speaker 1: from around the league. Uh. Start off in New Orleans

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Speaker 1: where Jarvis Landry, who had just returned last week in

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Speaker 1: Sila's first game back. Um, well he was limited and

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Speaker 1: Wednesday with that ankle injury. That's probably it probably isn't

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Speaker 1: a big deal. But yeah, but still that team with

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Speaker 1: injuries this year is unbelievable. Uh. Dennis Allen did say

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Speaker 1: that Andy Dalton start in Week eleven against the Rams. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I don't know if you caught this, but he

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Speaker 1: said Jamie still wasn't healthy. He didn't imply it's Jamie's job,

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Speaker 1: but he's been dressing but he's not. So they're sticking

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Speaker 1: with Dalton, who hasn't been bad. But with where they're at,

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Speaker 1: I mean and all their cap stuff going forward, I

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Speaker 1: I want to answer on jamis if we come in

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Speaker 1: with this guy or not? Yeah, for sure. Uh, Ezekiel

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Speaker 1: Elliott I believe was limited on Wednesday. Um, I would

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Speaker 1: think he comes back and plays this week. Uh. They

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Speaker 1: play the Vikings. They can't afford to lose another game,

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Speaker 1: fall to six and four. Then they get the short week,

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Speaker 1: coming back to play the Giants on Thanksgiving by or

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Speaker 1: sell him or Pollard. I worry that it's now the

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Speaker 1: height of Pollard's valve, without a doubt. I sold him.

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Speaker 1: I saw him last week. It's just gonna be a

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a time share. I mean, he's so

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Speaker 1: much better, but that doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. They're

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Speaker 1: paying Zeke a ton of money. He's Jerry jones favorite

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Speaker 1: protection and I get it. I mean get Paula's I

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Speaker 1: don't think is an every down guy. Um. And there's

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Speaker 1: a locker room to think about two a leader, and

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Speaker 1: I mean I get it. Yeah, yeah, I think. You know,

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Speaker 1: it probably ends up being a fifty fifty split the

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Speaker 1: rest of the way, which doesn't do anybody any good

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Speaker 1: for Fantasy two thirds. Yeah. Mark Ingram did not practice

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday. He's dealing with an ankle for the Saints

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Speaker 1: was a needle much. Their backups are Jordan Howard and

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Speaker 1: Dwayne Washington. I thought they cut Howard today. Did they

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Speaker 1: cut them today? And I can't remember if they picked

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Speaker 1: somebody up or not, but I mean, it's it is

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Speaker 1: really bad. Yeah. Davante Smith limited in Wednesday's practice for

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Speaker 1: the Eagles, as was A J. Brown, And they just

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Speaker 1: put a They just put Goddard on I R, which

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Speaker 1: means he's out four weeks. You're not gonna have got

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Speaker 1: it the rest of this especially fantasy regular season. He

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Speaker 1: might be out for the year too. Yeah, but the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll be back or whatever. But don't cut him, folks.

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Speaker 1: No tight end so lean it's unless you get unless

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Speaker 1: you absolutely have to do it, or maybe your league

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Speaker 1: has a uh and I are spot. If you cut

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Speaker 1: that guy and then he and he comes back for

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, you just you just slipped the balance of

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Speaker 1: power in your league. And he's not even Kelsey, but

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Speaker 1: it's he's an every week starting tight end and a

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Speaker 1: little more than that. But that's unbelievably valuable. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: but I know it's it's it's tough. He's out for

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Speaker 1: four weeks. But you had you know, even if you're

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Speaker 1: let's say you're three and seven right now, I can't

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Speaker 1: use him risk of Louis. I'm just gonna cut him.

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Speaker 1: Don't do that. No, don't do that. I mean, maybe

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Speaker 1: you get more news that it's a week from now,

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Speaker 1: after the four week stretch or then he'll be really

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Speaker 1: happy about right. I mean, I think they put him

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Speaker 1: they had some other stuff going on. And what's crazy

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Speaker 1: nowadays is tight end handcuffs. You know, we talked about

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Speaker 1: like I picked up McBride because it's got hurt and

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Speaker 1: there's nothing else out there. I don't think the Eagles

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Speaker 1: have one though. They don't know. They get some blocking guys.

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Speaker 1: it's a J. Brown. How do they where? Where do

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Speaker 1: Of course. The Packers host the Titans Thursday night. No

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Speaker 1: Devandre Campbell for the Packers. Now it's a linebacker. They

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Speaker 1: already struggle stopping the run. He's their best linebacker. He is,

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Speaker 1: and he's also really influenced his passing lanes. Um. He's

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Speaker 1: a good coverage player. They're giving him big money and

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Speaker 1: he's earned it. Yeah, and they're already out with Gary.

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Speaker 1: I mean I wouldn't. I mean, you never hesitate to

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Speaker 1: play Henry. But it could be a big Henry day. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: And he you know, he's gonna get some extra time

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Speaker 1: you know they where's that one app It's in Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: It could be the running back battle. I mean, Jones

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Speaker 1: Romeo Dobbs has been ruled out for that game. Uh.

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Speaker 1: So you guys have picked up Christian Watson. It's worth

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Speaker 1: your time. Yeah. Our typical Giants injury report day here.

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Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay was limited in Wednesday's practice. He did play

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Speaker 1: a whole game. Yeah, he'd he made it through a game,

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Speaker 1: del Robinson ran the most routes of all the Giants receivers. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then he missed today's practice with the hamstring injury.

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Speaker 1: Of course, he got hurt running eights, right. I wonder

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Speaker 1: Devonte Parker with a knee injury, was limited in Wednesday's

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Speaker 1: not on the final injury report for that Thursday night game.

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Speaker 1: Let me guess that's good. But he doesn't. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's not. Only the only way you use him is

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Speaker 1: in double quarterback leagues and yeah super flex Even then

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Speaker 1: in Traylon Burke's off the waiver wire? I mean he's

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Speaker 1: that the fact though, want in deep deep leagues. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Titans promote did Josh Lambeau from their practice squad. He

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Speaker 1: probably kicks for them this week. So I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: Titans did wave Chris Conley really okay, the veteran receivers,

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Speaker 1: this week. And we just mentioned that Giants run defense

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Speaker 1: fantasy bonanza potentially, you know, for Barkley, for Jones, not

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Speaker 1: them to throw the football like Jones is okay, show

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Speaker 1: me who you show me what you got. Yeah, he

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Speaker 1: throws like fifteen balls a game. Yeah, you know, because

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Speaker 1: nobody on the I mean it's all Barkley and Jones

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Speaker 1: back off of that. He practiced on Wednesday, So that

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Speaker 1: looks like step in the right direction right now. Oh

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Speaker 1: my goodness, right right, I mean I might give you

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Speaker 1: Barkley for him straight up? Uh. Keenan keenan allen. Uh.

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Speaker 1: He practiced today at least did individual drills, as did

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Speaker 1: Mike Williams. So I think there's optimism around both. They

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Speaker 1: die for them. It is do or die, and it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be bombs away. I mean, it's not established a RHN.

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Speaker 1: You want to talk about a Fantasy bonanza game. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean if those guys play, you're throwing the right

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Speaker 1: back in line up. Absolutely. Yeah, Yeah you didn't. I

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Speaker 1: don't need to see what they look like. No, they're

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Speaker 1: gonna I know what. I know what that looks like.

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Speaker 1: I know Everett's fighting something too. Yeah, I mean there's

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Speaker 1: lots of opportunity. Absolutely, Um, which one do you favor

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Speaker 1: more down the stretch, Williams or Alan? Did Allan get

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Speaker 1: old on us without us knowing? We don't know. Williams didn't.

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Speaker 1: Allen's working. I guess Alan. I mean the trust is

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Speaker 1: he just gets peppered with Tartan. Yeah, he's so good.

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Speaker 1: I mean Williams, we've seen that game before, like he'll

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Speaker 1: have huge games and then doing very little next week,

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Speaker 1: which I'd love him to be a Steeler. I think

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Speaker 1: he's a really good player. He's very talented, but there's

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Speaker 1: some of that aspect to him. So in Fantasy draft,

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Speaker 1: did Alan go ahead of Williams? Remember them being they

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Speaker 1: were pretty close? Yeah, they were pretty close. Who has

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Speaker 1: changed much since then? I know? Who does need debt

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Speaker 1: to happen? Herbert Herbert my goodness, Coach Saley might do

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Speaker 1: absolutely um the Arizona quarterback situation. I thought you'renna say

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Speaker 1: Marky's Brown he got he got activated today. But Kyler

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Speaker 1: Murray still day to day with that hamstring issue. And

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Speaker 1: now Cliff Kingsbury today called Colet McCoy with a knee

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Speaker 1: injury day to day. Are they Monday night too? Yes?

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Speaker 1: and maybe start no. Right, So, like here's the dilemma

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Speaker 1: is in this dynasty league, I have Kyler is my

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Speaker 1: number one quarterback, and he's been good and I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: have him for a long time. But I had to

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Speaker 1: pick up Heineke last week, and I have Zach Wilson

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Speaker 1: who was on five. You had to grab behine right,

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Speaker 1: So I probably have to start Heineke this week because

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Speaker 1: I know he's playing, like yeah, or they're playing they're

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Speaker 1: playing Houston. They may run the ball seventy two times

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Speaker 1: in that game. Yeah, I mean I wonder if Kyler

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Speaker 1: Ron if he has a hamstring to probably not, probably not,

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Speaker 1: and they play. Okay, you're talking about Washington Washington plays Houston,

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Speaker 1: the Kyler plays forty nine, if he plays at all, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'll probably just like throw heineke. You don't. It doesn't

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Speaker 1: do you any good if you're Cliff Kingsbury to send

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray out there. If he can't run, he can't run,

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Speaker 1: and now he can't defend him so much, particularly against

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