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Speaker 1: Dore listening to Fox Sports.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here with

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Speaker 2: Carmen Vitally. Thank you for spending your Saturday afternoon with

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Speaker 2: carme and me and dude, what a crazy week we

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Speaker 2: have had. We had some epic college basketball games leading

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Speaker 2: up to the madness that begins next week. Free agency frenzy.

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Speaker 2: Like I felt like every hour of every day, Oh

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Speaker 2: my god, we had a big name player on the move.

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Speaker 3: It was NonStop, and it was NonStop for days because

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Speaker 3: there were way there are always waves of free agency, Alex,

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Speaker 3: but the.

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Speaker 2: Pre free agency too, where you know, yeah, but it

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Speaker 2: happens anyway.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the Kirk Cousins signed with Atlanta. I think fifty

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Speaker 3: eight minutes after.

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Speaker 4: Okay, like that's when it really happened. We know what's

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Speaker 4: going on.

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Speaker 2: But the shocker of the week, you guys, another legendary

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Speaker 2: retirement that we got from one of the best players

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Speaker 2: to ever play the game at his ear edition, Aaron Donald.

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Speaker 2: And this man had people crying for two different reasons.

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Speaker 2: I think he had all of Ram's fans just crying

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Speaker 2: because it's over, and then every quarterback in the league

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Speaker 2: crying tears of joy because they don't have the basement anymore.

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Speaker 3: The league landscape looks completely different without Aaron Donald, isn't it?

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Speaker 4: I shock that came out of left field for me?

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Speaker 4: And that was hard.

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Speaker 5: We're gonna We're gonna give we're.

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Speaker 3: A wax poetic about him. I at least I'm going

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Speaker 3: to rack wax poete.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's tomorrow, Smorrow seventeen.

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Speaker 4: I'm like, that's Saint Patrick say tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: That's tomorrow, because you know why there's a Saint Patrick's

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Speaker 2: say parade happening right now in her Most Beach when

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Speaker 2: we were trying to leave and almost every street was

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Speaker 2: blocked off trying to get out of town today, and.

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Speaker 5: I got a shout out at my hometown Chicago.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, the river is I've always wanted to see

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Speaker 4: that one day.

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Speaker 3: It's like a wonderful fifty five degree in sunny day,

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Speaker 3: which is amazing.

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Speaker 5: What it's amazing, amazing.

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Speaker 2: This is how you know you grew up at the

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Speaker 2: beach and how you grew up in Chicago. She's like,

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Speaker 2: it's a beautiful fifty five day. I'm like, uh, Parka,

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Speaker 2: it was like it was litter like seventeen last year

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Speaker 4: It's like seventy two and sunny. That's beautiful.

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Speaker 5: We love it all around.

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Speaker 4: Okay, guys, we have a great show lined up for you.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna have Dave Hellman, the host of NFL on Fox,

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Speaker 2: joining us in thirty minutes to break down this free agency,

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Speaker 2: and then NFL Networks Cynthia Freeland joining us in our

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Speaker 2: two to once again give us all the inside.

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Speaker 4: Of everything that's going on during that frenzy.

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Speaker 2: We have producer Bro Benson with us today, Technical producer

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Speaker 2: Christopher Fett and Brian Finley at the news day. So

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Speaker 2: awesome crew, awesome day. But I make every day an

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Speaker 2: awesome day. So make this one great with us, because

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Speaker 2: that's what we're gonna do.

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Speaker 5: We're glad you're here. Thank you.

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Speaker 2: Well, last week, guys, we opened our show talking about

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Speaker 2: the big the big quarterbacks that we knew were going

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Speaker 2: to be on the move. It felt like it was

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Speaker 2: going to be a domino effect, right. Well, it started Sunday,

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Speaker 2: you guys, way before we thought anything was gonna go down. Sunday,

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Speaker 2: Baker Mayfield broke first got paid by the Bucks. Russell

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Speaker 2: Mac Jones also got traded to the Jags. Like, oh

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Speaker 2: Right Monday, Cousins announced he his moveing to Atlanta, also

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Speaker 2: it was just insane. So now that all these quarterbacks

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Speaker 2: let's dive into it, and let's start with Russell Wilson

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Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh because he officially signed yesterday for the veteran

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Speaker 2: league minimum of one point two million dollars a steal

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Speaker 2: with his new tagline that you just heard Carmen.

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Speaker 5: Say, here we go. So it went from let's raw

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Speaker 2: I was curious what the new tagline was gonna literally

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Speaker 3: I don't even know if hashtag are still a thing,

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Speaker 3: but like it used to be with teams, you know,

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Speaker 5: Wasn't before that?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, but it's just.

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Speaker 3: Kind of a generic, but it's a big thing in Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 3: it is. Okay, Well, am I who?

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Speaker 5: I'm not gonna talk someone's young Nope, no, no.

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Speaker 4: No, okay, I do believe this was.

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Speaker 2: It is oh gee, that way better than what we

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Speaker 2: I feel like this is the fresh news start that

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Speaker 2: Russ needed and was probably the perfect landing spot for

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Speaker 2: Russ based on what was available. You have a veteran

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Speaker 2: defensive coach in Mike Tomlin, something that Russ is familiar

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Speaker 2: with from his days with Pete Carroll, possible both future

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Speaker 2: trade away Kenny Pickett apparently he wanted out the moment

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Speaker 2: a second. But he's now for sure a backup in Philly.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you've got you've got some offensive pieces there. You

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Speaker 3: have George Pickens obviously really good young receiver. And again, yeah,

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Speaker 3: on paper, it looks good to put a veteran in

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Speaker 3: some in a situation like this. We have heard rumblings

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Speaker 2: That's all anyone talks about once he leaves a team.

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Speaker 2: It's like teammates can't wait fast enough to be like, oh,

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Speaker 5: You how that's all.

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Speaker 2: Actually went call somebody else to get his number, to

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Speaker 3: What's wild is that the lines of communication do not

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Speaker 5: It was texting them, he was recruiting. It's what a

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Speaker 3: We don't see Russ doing that. So a huge benefit

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Speaker 3: to come in and help that culture. But you said it,

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Speaker 3: he learns you said it. Mike Tomlin runs a tight ship. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and that culture has been great because of Mike Tomlin forever.

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Speaker 3: And you have a defense as well that you this

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Speaker 3: and Russ theoretically should be able to do that.

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Speaker 2: Harris Jalen Warren. Like they have good you said Pickens,

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Speaker 4: Like it should be there. It should, It absolutely should.

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Speaker 3: There's there's more than enough. I mean, I know you

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Speaker 3: offensive line, but again, Russ is a veteran. He knows

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Speaker 2: Because that was like, at first, I was like, Okay,

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Speaker 5: That was like all the rumors we were getting the.

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Speaker 3: Quarterback his year taken in the first round. Yes, so yeah,

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Speaker 3: of course they were in love with him. They thought

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Speaker 3: he's a pit He went to Pitt. Yes, he is

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Speaker 5: Of the state.

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Speaker 4: But you're definitely number two hard number two.

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Speaker 6: I know.

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Speaker 3: That's what I found pretty ruthless. Was so Kenny Pickett

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Speaker 3: found out about the Russell Wilson try give me a

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Speaker 3: this mean? Now I have to compete for my job because.

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Speaker 2: Russ is, which like he should because you haven't proved

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Speaker 2: yourself right who were like?

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Speaker 3: How are you going to default to Kenny Pickett who

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Speaker 3: hasn't really shown you much?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Versus the Super Bowl winning whatever, how many Pro Bowl

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Speaker 3: winning quarterback or trip going quarterback in Russell Wilson, obviously

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Speaker 3: he is going to have pole position, yes when it

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Speaker 3: comes to starter reps. And Kenny didn't want anything to

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Speaker 3: don't want this, and so then Tomlin trades him somewhere

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Speaker 3: where he's definitely not sting.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, oh, you want to have some tut with me, right?

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Speaker 3: You thought you ran this sh That's why I mean,

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Speaker 3: like we just said, Mike Tomlin runs a tight ship.

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Speaker 3: But it's going to be very interesting to see if

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Speaker 3: Kenny can make the best of a situation like that

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Speaker 4: Another another organization has a strong culture.

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Speaker 3: Great great organization. But it's interesting to me a minute

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Speaker 3: this all happened. I was like, well, the Bears were

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Speaker 3: talking to the Eagles about potentially sending Justin to back

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Speaker 3: up Jalen Hurts, because this makes sense.

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Speaker 5: They've got similar skill sets.

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Speaker 3: I would think that that would make sense, but they

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Speaker 3: obviously couldn't come to an agreement on price, which.

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Speaker 4: We're going to get into it a little bit.

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Speaker 3: The Minnesota Vikings love Drake May, Kevin O'Connell, former quarterback

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Speaker 2: But when you look look at his career numbers, he

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Speaker 3: But I really don't think you're commanding any more than

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Speaker 3: a Day three pick because teams know the Bears have

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Speaker 3: to move him. They have to because they are not

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Speaker 3: keeping him. I don't care what anybody in Chicago says.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry, guys, no, it ain't happening.

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Speaker 5: It's not happening.

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Speaker 3: He is not Ryan Pole's guy, and getting a new

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Speaker 3: quarterback that Ryan Poles can then take accountability for is

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Speaker 3: going to buy Ryan Pole's time and at least if

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Speaker 3: it doesn't work out, Ryan Poles is going to go

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Speaker 3: down with his guy. He is not Williams. He is

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Speaker 3: not going to be held accountable for somebody else's decision.

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Speaker 3: That is bottom line. And also, you can't have both

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Speaker 3: of these guys on the roster at the same time.

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Speaker 3: I know that the Bears like.

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Speaker 5: A toxic quarterback room.

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Speaker 3: It would be listen, Justin Fields absolutely is a great teammate.

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Speaker 3: He's a very talented player. None of this should say,

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Speaker 3: should should suggest to anyone that I hate Justin Fields

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Speaker 3: or anything like that. I think he can be a

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Speaker 3: starter in this league, but he needs a change, change

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Speaker 3: of scenery, and he has the locker room behind him though, so.

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Speaker 5: Then you bring it.

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Speaker 3: He's a good leader guy, he's a great kind of

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Speaker 3: glow locker room guy.

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Speaker 5: But if you bring Caleb into that not.

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Speaker 4: Be accepted because the locker room likes.

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Speaker 3: You create a vision in the locker room, and the

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Speaker 3: Bears are very very they focus a lot on the culture,

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Speaker 3: so you can't do that. But I do think that

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Speaker 3: there is a sweet spot the first night of the draft,

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Speaker 3: after round one, if a quarterback needy team does not

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Speaker 3: get one, then that way you could still trade for

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Speaker 3: an asset that you can use on day two or

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Speaker 3: day three most likely.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so that more likely than Steelers you think sitting

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Speaker 2: behind I don't know.

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Speaker 5: Again, it's gonna come down to whether or not they

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Speaker 5: can agree.

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Speaker 3: They can agree on price, right, And that's the thing

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Speaker 3: is Justin Fields could potentially kind of push Russ from

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Speaker 3: the back.

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Speaker 4: Seat, and maybe the case for both of them.

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Speaker 3: It could or I like him going somewhere like Baltimore

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Speaker 3: behind Lamar Jackson.

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Speaker 5: They have very.

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Speaker 4: Similar similar very flashy, and this.

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Speaker 3: Could set Justin Fields up to again boomerang back into

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Speaker 3: a starting spot.

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Speaker 5: Perhaps.

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure where the Bears have really come down

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Speaker 3: in price, because we know that they tried to talk

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Speaker 3: to the Eagles about going and Justin Field's being Jalen

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Speaker 3: Hurts's backup, but now that's Kenny Pickett yep, because they

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Speaker 3: could not agree on price. So I really I wonder

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Speaker 3: about what the Bears think Justin Field fields as worse.

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Speaker 2: It's just hurt because after you see Mac Jones getting

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Speaker 2: traded to the Jags for only a sixth round pick

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Speaker 2: after being a four am our first rounder.

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Speaker 5: Right.

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Speaker 4: Also, I thought it's not happening.

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Speaker 3: I thought Seattle might be another place that Justin Fields

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Speaker 3: could have ended up. But no, they go and get

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Speaker 3: Sam Howell. But Sam Howell had a four thousand yard

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Speaker 3: season last year. You know what, Justin Field has never

509
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Speaker 3: had a four thousand yard season, thousand.

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Speaker 4: Winning season, any playoff experience.

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Speaker 3: And again, he's a phenomenal athlete, yeah, a phenomenal talent,

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Speaker 3: and you have to put him in the exact right situation.

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Speaker 3: And that's the other reason that this market isn't what

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Speaker 3: they hoped it would be because Justin Fields needs pieces.

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Speaker 3: We have seen it in Chicago that he is not

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Speaker 3: capable of rising above organizational dysfunction, and I am absolutely

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Speaker 3: both things can be true. The Bears did not help him,

518
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Speaker 3: but he did not elevate those around him and still

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Speaker 3: needed a lot of pieces to not really get like

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Speaker 3: any consistence.

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Speaker 5: Just didn't a quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Plays and that's okay, doesn't mean you're not a great player.

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Speaker 2: It's just not a great fit for either of them.

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Speaker 5: No, and so Chicago, so they're.

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Speaker 4: Going to take Cayleb Williams and it's going to be

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Speaker 4: a new era.

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Speaker 3: And everybody knows it. So that's also well, I have

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Speaker 3: no leverage it. I realized Ryan Pole said he wants

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Speaker 3: to do right by Justin Fields, and I have no

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Speaker 3: doubt that that's the case. But the reality of the

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Speaker 3: matter is the market just isn't there for him yet

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Speaker 3: and maybe it will be well coming up here in the.

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Speaker 5: Future a couple weeks here, how long weeks served to

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Speaker 5: end of April, so you've got what that's almost six.

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Speaker 4: Weeks all right, Now, let's check with Brian Friendly.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, Alex, your San Diego State Aztecs trying to draft

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Speaker 8: up a plan to win the Mountain West Championship.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's coming up in about an hour and a half.

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Speaker 8: The Mountain West Championship, they'll be taking on New Mexico.

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Speaker 8: Also at six Eastern time, Iowa State and Houston will

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Speaker 8: be battling for the Big Twelve Championship final. We had

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Speaker 8: quite a finish in the first of two Big Ten

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Speaker 8: Conference semifinal matchups where Wisconsin winning in overtime against the

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Speaker 8: top team in the conference, produce seventy six to seventy five,

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Speaker 8: so that the Badgers will take on the winner of

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Speaker 8: the second part of the Big Ten Tournament semi that's

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Speaker 8: happening right now, and that's between Nebraska going toe to

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Speaker 8: toe with Illinois. Nebraska happens to be of thirty one

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Speaker 8: to twenty four. They just hit the under eight minute

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Speaker 8: time out there under seven minutes in the SEC Tournament

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Speaker 8: semifinal matchup between Florida and Texas A and M, where

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Speaker 8: the Aggies are dominating thirty five to thirty two or

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Speaker 8: thirty five to twenty two, excuse me, and the victor

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Speaker 8: of that one, we'll get a chance to take on

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Speaker 8: Auburn in tomorrow's SEC Tournament final after the Tigers of

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Speaker 8: Auburn one versus Mississippi State seventy three to sixty six.

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Speaker 8: We did have two teams clinch spots into the NTUAA Tournament,

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Speaker 8: Vermont winning the America East. The Catamounts back into the

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Speaker 8: NCAA Tournament for another consecutive year. That's three in a

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Speaker 8: row for them, and Howard is back in for a

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Speaker 8: second stray year with their seventy to sixty seven triumph

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Speaker 8: against Delaware State. Crazy tidbit story about this game and

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Speaker 8: that team in Howard is that there's a twenty six

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Speaker 8: year old Seth Towns in eighth year senior for Howard,

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Speaker 8: his eighth year making his first appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

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Speaker 8: He happened to be the IVY League Player of the

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Speaker 8: Year all the way back in twenty eighteen. But Carmen

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Speaker 8: and alex As I get it back to you. The

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Speaker 8: reasoning before all this is because Town's for the last

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Speaker 8: five years he either had a knee injury or a

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Speaker 8: back injury.

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Speaker 5: Twenty six years old to still be in college. One

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Speaker 5: way to this issue significantly old.

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Speaker 3: Don't never let anybody tell you to give up on

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Speaker 3: your dreams.

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Speaker 5: Kids, don't never let anybody love you.

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Speaker 2: Thank you, Brian. You're listening to Fox Sports Saturday of

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Speaker 2: Alex Curry. Here with Carmen Vitali. We are broadcasting live

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Speaker 2: from the Tyrek dot Com studios in Los Angeles. It

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Speaker 2: is time to bring in our first guest of the day.

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Speaker 2: You saw him all week on Speak. He is a

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Speaker 2: host of NFL and Fox Podcast, but most importantly he's

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Speaker 2: Josie's dad, So please give it up for Dave Holman.

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Speaker 9: Hi, my friend were actually just watching Josie walking.

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Speaker 2: J Josie's the dog by the way, Yes, so everybody

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Speaker 2: else this is for a baby, So I've also watched before.

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Speaker 5: I was going to say also watched.

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Speaker 2: He's like Josie's good friends with my for babies. Okay, Dave,

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Speaker 2: let's start with your whole team, them boys. Okay, Cas.

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Speaker 2: The Cowboys have not made many moves in free agency,

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Speaker 2: despite Jerry Jones saying.

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Speaker 5: They were all in. Whatever that means for.

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Speaker 4: Twenty twenty four. What is going on in Dallas?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 9: I think, I mean the Cowboys are following the playbook

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Speaker 9: that they love to follow. This year just comes with

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Speaker 9: the caveat that Jerry Jones misled his fans and I mean,

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Speaker 9: I think at this point, I think you take most

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Speaker 9: of what Jerry Jones says with a grain of salt,

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Speaker 9: but this was a particularly egregious example. And I think

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Speaker 9: the Cowboys will come back and say, oh, well, we're

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Speaker 9: all in in terms of you know, we got we

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Speaker 9: got all these guys on big contracts, and we got

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Speaker 9: to get them all signed and that's what we mean. Well,

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Speaker 9: I haven't done any of that either. Dak Prescott has

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Speaker 9: a fifty nine and a half million dollar cap hit,

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Speaker 9: and Ceedee Lamb needs an extension by this time next year,

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Speaker 9: and Micah Parsons is going to be the highest paid

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Speaker 9: defender in league history. So they got all that stuff

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Speaker 9: to do. But in the meantime, they're supposed to try

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Speaker 9: to use this window of time to make their football

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Speaker 9: team better. And as of right as of right now,

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Speaker 9: we'll give them until the draft is over, I suppose,

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Speaker 9: but they look a lot worse on paper. Tyrant Smith

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Speaker 9: is out the door to the New York Jets. Yeah,

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Speaker 9: it's I mean, there's a lot of work to do,

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Speaker 9: and no lost cow Boys. No, they they don't enjoy

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Speaker 9: spending money in free agency, and these are the results

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Speaker 9: to there I guess in their defense, they have won

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Speaker 9: thirty six games in the regular season over the last

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Speaker 9: three years, which is second most in the league. But

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Speaker 9: I'll speak for all Cowboy fans and say, yeah, what

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Speaker 9: happens after the regular season?

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Speaker 3: And we all know the answer thing, Uh yeah, I

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Speaker 3: was honestly letting a guy like Tyron Smith go, who

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Speaker 3: still has so much good football left in him. Not

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Speaker 3: to mention Tyron Smith, I believe what took like an

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Speaker 3: eight year team friendly deal, which is what just expired,

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Speaker 3: and you're not going to reward this guy for being

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Speaker 3: like one of your iron men, I don't. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I know he's had some injury issues actually as of late,

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Speaker 3: but still.

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Speaker 9: The funny thing about Tyron situation is so you know,

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Speaker 9: this time of year, you see the number and Tyron's

635
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Speaker 9: deal is one year up to twenty and you know

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Speaker 9: a lot of people are like, oh, twenty million for

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Speaker 9: a thirty three year old tackle with injury issues. But

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Speaker 9: the truth of the deal is in the details, and

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Speaker 9: it's a very It's an incentive heavy deal with a

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Speaker 9: six and a half million dollar guarantee. Six and a

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Speaker 9: half million in guarantees for an All Pro is crazy cheap.

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Speaker 5: And I said this.

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Speaker 9: On Twitter about an hour ago. If he makes all

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Speaker 9: twenty million of those dollars, and that means he played

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Speaker 9: at an all pro level for like twenty games, it's

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Speaker 9: a great deal and I'm very confused why the Cowboys

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Speaker 9: weren't more willing to do it.

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Speaker 3: Well, another confusing thing about the Cowboys, and we talked

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Speaker 3: about this last week, Alex and I did, was is

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Speaker 3: Dak Prescott and what you.

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Speaker 5: What the Cowboys can even do with him?

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Speaker 3: Because at this point, Dak seems to hold all the

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Speaker 3: leverage and I use the phrase, the cowboy phrase, he

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Speaker 3: has him over a barrel.

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Speaker 5: What do you think Dak is going to do?

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Speaker 1: It?

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Speaker 3: Seems to me he has every incentive to hit free

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Speaker 3: agency in a year. He doesn't have to sign an

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Speaker 3: extension or be friendly to a team that is clearly

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Speaker 3: does not value it's long term players.

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Speaker 9: I wish I could tell you, And I mean it's

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Speaker 9: a conversation I actually had yesterday with somebody in the

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Speaker 9: NFL community where I just wish the Cowboys would make

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Speaker 9: a decision and it just seems like they're falling in

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Speaker 9: my opinion, because I mean, look, I think there's a

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Speaker 9: lot of people that think very highly of Dak Prescott,

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Speaker 9: or Dak Prescott has his fair share of critics, and

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Speaker 9: I honestly think both sides have a point. But the

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Speaker 9: thing is, you either you pay him or you start

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Speaker 9: making preparations to move on. And I know Dak has

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Speaker 9: a no trade clause, but if the Cowboys had a

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Speaker 9: good idea that they were going to move on, get

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Speaker 9: the ball rolling on that. See if you can find

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Speaker 9: somebody willing to take him on. They see if you

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Speaker 9: could find a destination he would be willing to go to,

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Speaker 9: or if that's too scary for you, pay the guy

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Speaker 9: and free up the cap space that you need to

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Speaker 9: make your team better, give yourself a long term blueprint

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Speaker 9: for where your team is going. And instead they're just

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Speaker 9: kind of in this weird in between where they're not

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Speaker 9: getting better. They don't know if they have to pivot

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Speaker 9: next year. And yeah, Carmon's to your point, as soon

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Speaker 9: as he gets to March next year, he can do

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Speaker 9: whatever he wants. They can't tag him, they can't trade

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Speaker 9: him if he doesn't want to be traded, So it's

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Speaker 9: not even like they can buy time next year. I

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Speaker 9: legitimately don't know what they're going to do, and I

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Speaker 9: start to suspect they don't really either, And it's kind of,

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Speaker 9: you know, it's it's kind of like when you put

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Speaker 9: stuff off, you're like, oh, that's future means problem. I

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Speaker 9: feel like the Cowboys are saying, yeah, that's that future

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Speaker 9: hour problem, and I'm like, no.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's like all the main guys that

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Speaker 2: are going to be future me right, right, It's like

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Speaker 2: all your main guys.

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Speaker 9: But Dave, let's say, can't leave two hundred and thirty

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Speaker 9: million dollar decisions to the till later.

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Speaker 4: You know, you got to figure it out now.

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Speaker 2: But let's say in the division, because Eagles made a

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Speaker 2: big splash adding Seguon Barkley yesterday, they got their new backup.

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Speaker 5: Can you pickett thoughts on.

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Speaker 2: Both of these moves and how much more dangerous does

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Speaker 2: Barkley make the Eagles.

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Speaker 9: I'm I'm I'm such an admirer of Howie Roseman because

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Speaker 9: he's I mean, he's not always going to be right.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 9: They traded they traded for Kevin Byrd last year. They

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Speaker 9: signed check Fiel Shack Leonard in the middle of the season.

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Speaker 9: Neither move really worked out. Obviously, their defense was was

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Speaker 9: a big problem. But the thing about Howie Roseman is

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Speaker 9: he's just gonna keep swinging. You know, He's like, all right,

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Speaker 9: that didn't work. We're gonna go get Saquon Barkley. We're

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Speaker 9: gonna sign bright Tough, which I think is a really sneaky,

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Speaker 9: sneaky good signing that not a lot of people are

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Speaker 9: talking about. And again, Howie Roseman just smart enough to

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Speaker 9: know I always want a quarterback that I can develop.

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Speaker 9: You know, they always have a high quality backup on

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Speaker 9: their roster, whether it was Gardner Minshew, they tried it

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Speaker 9: with Marcus Mariota. I mean, Jalen Hurts himself was that

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Speaker 9: guy before he got his shot to be the starter.

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Speaker 9: And you know, I think everybody's pretty down on Kinny Pickett,

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Speaker 9: and understandably so. But a guy that was talented enough

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Speaker 9: to get taken in the first round, you got at

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Speaker 9: least two more years of cheap club control on him

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Speaker 9: before you have to do anything with him. I think

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Speaker 9: it's a fantastic move on their part. And yeah, I

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Speaker 9: mean Saquon, I think that's really interesting. I did not

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Speaker 9: target running back as this big area where the Eagles

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Speaker 9: needed to make a crazy, big move just because you know,

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Speaker 9: they got great production of Miles Sanders. He was the

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Speaker 9: second round pick. I think they traded a fourth round

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Speaker 9: pick for DeAndre Swift last year. They've been great without

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Speaker 9: having to spend a lot of money on their running backs,

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Speaker 9: so I was a little bit surprised they didn't use

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Speaker 9: that money somewhere else. But at the same time, now

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Speaker 9: that he's here, if he's healthy, he's one of the

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Speaker 9: three best running backs in football, and there's no telling

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Speaker 9: how much fun you can have with him and Jalen

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Speaker 9: Hurts in the same backfield. I think he'll take a

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Speaker 9: ton of pressure off of Jalen. You can use him

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Speaker 9: in the passing game. So I'm not sure they needed it,

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Speaker 9: but it's going to make their offense very, very fun.

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Speaker 9: So who's complaining?

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Speaker 8: All right?

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Speaker 3: Well, real quick, you and I talked about this because

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Speaker 3: we found out that Sam Howell was going to the

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Speaker 3: Seattle Seahawks mid pod. If you haven't checked out the

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Speaker 3: latest episode of the NFL and Fox podcast, please do

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Speaker 3: because got a lot of news that day. But now

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Speaker 3: that you've had a couple days to think about it,

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Speaker 3: we said on the pod, we don't really know what

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Speaker 3: the Seahawks are doing or who they think they are

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Speaker 3: as a team. Now that they've had a couple of

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Speaker 3: days to think about it, do you have any more clarity.

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Speaker 9: Daves, I mean, my clarity is just I don't I

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Speaker 9: don't trust what NFL teams are saying. I mean, you

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Speaker 9: can look at it on the surface and say, like

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Speaker 9: I mean, going back to Howie Roseman, you want to

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Speaker 9: have a talented option behind the guy, right, But I

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Speaker 9: don't know. I just I think the Seahawks gave up

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Speaker 9: an awful lot for a guy that you're hoping doesn't

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Speaker 9: need to play. And on top of that, there were

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Speaker 9: probably similar options you could have gotten your hands on

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Speaker 9: that a would have cost less b or less accomplished

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Speaker 9: in the NFL. And you know, I think the Seahawks

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Speaker 9: are going to say all the right things about Geno

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Speaker 9: being their guy, and I don't. I don't think there's

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Speaker 9: going to be a competition for the starting quarterback job

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Speaker 9: in Seattle, at least not this year. But I just

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Speaker 9: think I think that's that is a leverage move by

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Speaker 9: John Schneider the GM in Seattle, where you say, yeah,

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Speaker 9: we're married to Gino Smith for one more year and

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Speaker 9: then all bets are off, and we want to have

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Speaker 9: a guy ready to take over if we need him to.

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Speaker 9: And we don't want Gino having all the leverage the

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Speaker 9: way that for instance, Dak Prescott does in Dallas. So

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Speaker 9: you know, I don't think Geno is losing his job

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Speaker 9: this year, but I don't I don't think they did

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Speaker 9: that for no reason.

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Speaker 5: I know Snider was.

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Speaker 3: I think Schnyder assaulting that Drew Locke was was courted

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Speaker 3: away with the promise.

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Speaker 2: Of being a Yeah, it's all about leverage. Dave, You're

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Speaker 2: always a gem. Thank you so much for joining us.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate you always.

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Speaker 9: Always my pleasure. Guys, talk to you when.

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Speaker 5: We come back.

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Speaker 2: The dues and the don'ts in sports. You're listening to

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. Welcome back to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm

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Speaker 2: Alex Curry here with Carmen Vitally. We are broadcasting live.

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Speaker 2: You want a green beer right now?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: I mean all of these like.

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Speaker 2: Say Irish band will we've forgotten to bring greener you

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Speaker 2: should have. I'm driving away you guys in case you're wondering,

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Speaker 2: so would been totally fine if Karen was drinking a

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Speaker 2: green beer during the show at my job when I've

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Speaker 2: had a drink. Fine, and we are broadcasting live fro

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Speaker 2: entire dot Com Studios in Los Angeles. Thank you for

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Speaker 2: spending your Saturday afternoon with us. It is time for

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Speaker 2: the does and the don'ts and sports.

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Speaker 1: H I love that putting a spotlight on the don't.

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Speaker 4: The subject brings me no joy?

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Speaker 5: Are you on crack?

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Speaker 1: It's time for the dues and the don'ts in sports?

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Speaker 2: Okay, I'm going to start with the do and I

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Speaker 2: am very excited about this. Okay, do post your workout videos.

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Speaker 4: If you are Mike Tyson. Oh yeah, we're listening to

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Speaker 4: the show last week.

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Speaker 2: You already know how invested I am in this upcoming

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Speaker 2: fight for Mike Tyson and Jake Paul. Why you ask, well,

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Speaker 2: I spent all of last Friday watching every single one

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Speaker 2: of Mike Tyson's knockouts, every single one from like before

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Speaker 2: he got to like the Mike.

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Speaker 4: That's what we do in my household. We like doing

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Speaker 4: a best up night, and I did.

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Speaker 2: It for Mike Tyson and he blessed us with a

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Speaker 2: video of day three of training. All I want in

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Speaker 2: this fight is for Mike Tyson to land one of

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Speaker 2: his left hooks and knock out.

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Speaker 5: Bit call call Oh. I wanted to end hao sod.

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Speaker 2: Like it's trend in that way, baby, and I wanted

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Speaker 2: to happen.

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Speaker 5: Paul and I'm watching that video, I'm like, ooh, girl,

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Speaker 5: please you want me?

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Speaker 8: Now?

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Speaker 5: Do you want to find me?

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Speaker 6: Now?

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Speaker 1: So good?

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Speaker 4: So that's my first two.

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Speaker 5: All right, I've got another duo.

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Speaker 3: Okay, do stay patient, as we just heard for the

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Speaker 3: twenty six year old that's playing in his first tournament. No,

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Speaker 3: but it also paid off for the Chicago Bears because

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Speaker 3: they did make the initial splash and free agency. The

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Speaker 3: first thing they did was they signed dere Swift to

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Speaker 3: you know, I mean, it was a big contract whatever.

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Speaker 3: That's not Pols's style though. But then later in the

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Speaker 3: week they get Keenan Allen. They trade for Keenan Allen

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Speaker 3: for a fourth round. You never really know who's actually

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Speaker 3: available be a trade. So they've quietly filled out a

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Speaker 3: lot of their roster and they've made Chicago a wonderful

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Speaker 3: landing spot or a young quarterback. And all these people

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Speaker 3: on Twitter are like, well, justin Field should be salty

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Speaker 3: because now they're going to build around a quarterback. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: this is Ryan Pole's.

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Speaker 5: Running the show.

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Speaker 3: We're running the show when they drafted Justin Fields, So

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Speaker 3: stay just be patient.

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Speaker 5: Yeah to Pat, that depends.

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Speaker 2: I got another do do take care of your mentals.

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Speaker 2: The Dodgers keep renewing the contract for ex player Andrew

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Speaker 2: Tole so he can maintain his player's insurance while treating

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Speaker 2: his mental health. Love that he's been working to treat

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Speaker 2: his bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and has not played since

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Speaker 2: twenty eighteen.

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Speaker 4: But they keep renewing his.

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Speaker 2: Contracts so we can keep his health insurance. And I

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Speaker 2: mean if that's if that's not as good as an

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Speaker 2: organization can get.

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Speaker 3: I right, I appreciate that from them. Incredible, all right,

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Speaker 3: I got it. Don't real quick. Don't talk about loyalty

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Speaker 3: when it comes to players in free agency.

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Speaker 5: I want to hear it.

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Speaker 3: Aaron John Well, Suan, I was saying more Aaron Jones,

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Speaker 3: because that's my division. Yeah, the Packers low balled him

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Speaker 3: badly and for as good as a player as he's

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Speaker 3: been for them. I have absolutely zero issue with him

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Speaker 3: and going to Minnesota. They gave him, I'm assuming the

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Speaker 3: best deal that was on the table for him. These

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Speaker 3: guys do not owe these organizations.

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Speaker 4: Amy, They're putting their body and their life on the line.

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Speaker 5: This is their livelihood play exactly.

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Speaker 3: This is their livelihood, This is their life, their family's life. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: go get your money. I don't want to hear it.

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Speaker 3: To stop being I love loud about.

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Speaker 2: It, all right, when we come back, what teams won

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Speaker 2: free Agency? Stick around to find out you're listening to

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. Welcome to our two of Fox Sports Saturday.

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Speaker 2: live from tire dot com studios in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: I don't think I stopped dancing since like seven pm

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916
00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:21,440
Speaker 2: in our two to break down the whole free agency

917
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 2: friendly but real quick, before we dive into our next topic,

918
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 2: I want to give a quick shout out to Mikey

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00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,840
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Speaker 2: you for listening to us.

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Speaker 5: We love that, love that.

926
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Speaker 2: Okay, we started the show breaking down the top quarterbacks.

927
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,399
Speaker 4: And their landing spots. Right, they weren't the only big

928
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:56,160
Speaker 4: names on the move.

929
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,399
Speaker 2: As we keep talking about, it felt like every ten

930
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,799
Speaker 2: minutes it was like a different free agent on a

931
00:43:01,840 --> 00:43:04,240
Speaker 2: new team or getting stuff getting traded.

932
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 5: The nature of the of the game. Baby.

933
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, So we're gonna take a look at the teams

934
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 2: who made some big moves and like, did they get better?

935
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,319
Speaker 5: Probably most of them, a lot of them did.

936
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 4: And let's start in Philly, okay.

937
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 2: Because they I think the biggest splash, Yeah with Saquon Barkley,

938
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,240
Speaker 2: and then yesterday they got Kenny Pickett.

939
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:33,320
Speaker 4: But the Barkley part good, good for Barkley.

940
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,839
Speaker 3: Good for sake we just talked about, it does not

941
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:38,760
Speaker 3: exist when it comes to getting these contracts.

942
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 5: It gets your money, Saquon, Like this.

943
00:43:40,760 --> 00:43:44,279
Speaker 2: Was the right move, you were on a franchise now

944
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 2: that has the possibility to get to a Super Bowl.

945
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 2: They have been They have a better quarterback. You might

946
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,440
Speaker 2: have less touches, but you're gonna have more production, which

947
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,919
Speaker 2: as a good player, that's probably what you want.

948
00:43:56,920 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 3: Anyway, they contend with Saquon and Jalen Hurts as a runner.

949
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:07,799
Speaker 2: What really difficult, insane and honestly, he had to go.

950
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:11,880
Speaker 2: He was not being appreciated by the Giants and was

951
00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:15,480
Speaker 2: immediately swooped up by the better franchise. And I just

952
00:44:15,520 --> 00:44:19,200
Speaker 2: for a moment here the teaky barber comments the former

953
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:20,320
Speaker 2: Giants running.

954
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 4: Back where he said you're dead to us. Berkley like,

955
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 4: get over you.

956
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:25,279
Speaker 3: He walked it back to you. He was like, well,

957
00:44:25,320 --> 00:44:27,560
Speaker 3: I said that is yes, And I'm like, then, don't

958
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:28,040
Speaker 3: say it.

959
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:31,080
Speaker 2: It's not Saquan's fault that the Giants didn't give him

960
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:32,719
Speaker 2: a good offer.

961
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,080
Speaker 5: Why would you be offer there you go?

962
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 2: Why would you be loyal to a team that's basically

963
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,680
Speaker 2: screwed him the last two times they've tried to negotiate

964
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 2: a deal. This man puts his life and his body

965
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:51,400
Speaker 2: on the line. Go get your money. You deserve to

966
00:44:51,560 --> 00:44:56,400
Speaker 2: play where you are appreciated and sometimes that's a division rifle.

967
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:58,200
Speaker 4: So what and I'm here for it.

968
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 3: I talked about it and Jones another running back that

969
00:45:01,160 --> 00:45:02,760
Speaker 3: went from one division rival to another.

970
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 5: It's fine, ye, bit funny business, especially for running backs.

971
00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:13,320
Speaker 3: Your your window of time is short, like especially compared

972
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 3: to other positions. So I'm all for running backs getting

973
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:21,600
Speaker 3: the money. Another team, Yeah, that looks downright scary. Now

974
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:27,440
Speaker 3: let's go the Houston Texans. Yes, listen. They now have

975
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,840
Speaker 3: Daniel Hunter. Yeah, Deniko Audrey in the middle in addition

976
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,919
Speaker 3: to Will Anderson Junior. Their pick up their their draft

977
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:37,080
Speaker 3: selection last year. Getting as he is, Alshier at middle linebacker.

978
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 3: I think was a sneaky good pickup.

979
00:45:39,000 --> 00:45:44,879
Speaker 5: That defense under Demico Ryan is just chef's kiss.

980
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 3: It's going to be so much fun. And offensively, they

981
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 3: signed Joe Mixon. I know he's another He's a running

982
00:45:50,120 --> 00:45:51,560
Speaker 3: back though that's in the twilight of his career. We

983
00:45:51,680 --> 00:45:54,560
Speaker 3: we get that, but he can still be productive. You

984
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 3: re signed Dalton Schultz, who does not get the credit

985
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 3: he deserves as one of the better tight ends in

986
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,200
Speaker 3: this lead and he was someone that c. J. Stroud

987
00:46:02,239 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 3: could lean on, so they rewarded him with a great deal,

988
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 3: and then on top of you're gonna have Nico Collins

989
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:10,680
Speaker 3: and take Dell healthy. Laramie Tunsel is one of the

990
00:46:10,680 --> 00:46:13,160
Speaker 3: best left tackles in the league as well, and then

991
00:46:13,200 --> 00:46:16,400
Speaker 3: c J. Stroud if he continues this tear. This is

992
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 3: such a complete team and they're in a pretty iffy division.

993
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:23,560
Speaker 3: I think they scared the Titans into making moves and

994
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:26,400
Speaker 3: free agency, which they don't like. Titans are big spenders

995
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:28,360
Speaker 3: this year, but I also think that probably was the

996
00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:30,399
Speaker 3: fact that they hadn't been prior to this and they

997
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 3: needed to try something different because clearly it hasn't worked

998
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 3: out yet. Yeah, but the Houston Texans are going to

999
00:46:35,840 --> 00:46:37,799
Speaker 3: make some noise this year because on paper they look

1000
00:46:37,880 --> 00:46:38,600
Speaker 3: downright scary.

1001
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:41,760
Speaker 5: Yeah they do, and I love it. I love it too. Okay,

1002
00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:44,560
Speaker 5: Ravens got better too, That's where I'm going with this.

1003
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:49,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're going to the Ravens adding Derek Henry King

1004
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:54,480
Speaker 2: Henry like all hail another the King who just picked

1005
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,879
Speaker 2: up a great running back. Take a moment and realize

1006
00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:00,480
Speaker 2: how crazy they're running.

1007
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:03,120
Speaker 4: Threat is now through Derrick Henry and Lamar and Lamar Jackson.

1008
00:47:03,200 --> 00:47:06,080
Speaker 3: I know it's the same thing, like it's it's sal

1009
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:09,080
Speaker 3: and now it's Lamar and Derrick Henry.

1010
00:47:09,680 --> 00:47:11,920
Speaker 2: Like it's got to be a close one too between

1011
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 2: those two teams.

1012
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:16,799
Speaker 5: Like this is the run game is going to be

1013
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 5: so dangerous.

1014
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:21,360
Speaker 3: This is such a cyclical league because we've seen obviously

1015
00:47:21,480 --> 00:47:23,839
Speaker 3: there was you know when when we were growing up,

1016
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 3: it was these power run games and you just bully ball,

1017
00:47:27,239 --> 00:47:28,720
Speaker 3: black and blue football.

1018
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 5: All that other.

1019
00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:32,799
Speaker 3: And now it's clearly turned into a passing league. But

1020
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:37,960
Speaker 3: now defenses as a result have gotten faster and coming

1021
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:41,480
Speaker 3: back into well, we're you're finding teams.

1022
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 5: That can do both. Quarterbacks that can do both. That

1023
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:46,120
Speaker 5: is the the biggest that's valuation.

1024
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:50,080
Speaker 2: The biggest values quarterback can you do both if need

1025
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 2: be right? And on the other side of the ball

1026
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:56,880
Speaker 2: in so you know, the Ravens. Obviously, Mike McDonald goes Seattle,

1027
00:47:56,880 --> 00:47:57,759
Speaker 2: becomes the head coach there.

1028
00:47:57,800 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 5: He takes a couple of his coaches with them, a

1029
00:47:59,080 --> 00:47:59,919
Speaker 5: couple of coaches league.

1030
00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 3: I was worried about this defense, but then they resigned

1031
00:48:02,600 --> 00:48:04,759
Speaker 3: justin Matta Buquet, who I think is one of the

1032
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,920
Speaker 3: best players at his position. Yeah, and I was so,

1033
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:12,960
Speaker 3: I mean, the Patrick Queen ended up leaving, but I

1034
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 3: have a little bit more faith that they can supplement

1035
00:48:15,400 --> 00:48:18,200
Speaker 3: that the linebacker position and be just fine. Justin Matta

1036
00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:22,120
Speaker 3: Bouquet was a crucial re signing for them, and I

1037
00:48:22,160 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 3: really appreciate that they rewarded him because he's so, so,

1038
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:24,839
Speaker 3: so good.

1039
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 2: So so my question for you, though, is this enough

1040
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,399
Speaker 2: to help Lamar and the Ravens kind of get over

1041
00:48:31,480 --> 00:48:32,680
Speaker 2: that playoff hump?

1042
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:33,160
Speaker 8: Right?

1043
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:36,200
Speaker 5: I think it's getting there. We're gonna again.

1044
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,439
Speaker 3: I have questions still about the defense, given the fact

1045
00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:41,120
Speaker 3: that this is all but they promoted from within for

1046
00:48:41,160 --> 00:48:44,600
Speaker 3: their defensive coordinators, So I don't that should go seamlessly.

1047
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:47,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, And if it does, it should be yeah.

1048
00:48:47,480 --> 00:48:49,959
Speaker 3: Like I'm saying, like I'm saying, with this offense now

1049
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 3: having to contend with a quarterback that can run as

1050
00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 3: well as a guy like King Henry, Yeah, defenses are

1051
00:48:57,239 --> 00:48:59,719
Speaker 3: not set up damn to be able to contend with us.

1052
00:48:59,760 --> 00:49:02,360
Speaker 2: I just think of his his like brick wall commercial.

1053
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:04,359
Speaker 2: I just kept like, run and run and run, run

1054
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:05,000
Speaker 2: and run and running.

1055
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:07,600
Speaker 3: There's there's some protection questions around Lamar Jackson right now.

1056
00:49:07,600 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 3: They're going to need to supplement in the draft as

1057
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 3: far as offensive lineman go. And again that's going to

1058
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:13,840
Speaker 3: help Derreck Henry as well in the run game. But

1059
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,880
Speaker 3: they're a fantastic organization. John Harbaugh's a wonderful coach. I

1060
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 3: have faith that they can pull it off. Oh yeah,

1061
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:22,840
Speaker 3: costa wonderful gem.

1062
00:49:22,719 --> 00:49:29,160
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, okay, another team Falcons, Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

1063
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:32,080
Speaker 4: I mean they got their guy on paper, on paper.

1064
00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 3: I don't like using the term win when it comes

1065
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:37,359
Speaker 3: to free agency, just because you don't real.

1066
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:40,200
Speaker 2: Idea until it actually likes see if it all works out.

1067
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:44,480
Speaker 2: But I mean, obviously they picked up Kirk Cousins. We

1068
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 2: broke down his whole contract at the top of the show,

1069
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 2: four years, one hundred and eighty million with one hundred

1070
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:53,759
Speaker 2: million guaranteed. And remember he's thirty five, He's going to

1071
00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 2: be thirty six when the season starts. He's coming off

1072
00:49:55,800 --> 00:50:00,600
Speaker 2: a major Achilles injury, only has one postseason win in

1073
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:01,440
Speaker 2: his career.

1074
00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 4: But Darnell Mooney the Warner like, they've got other.

1075
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:12,799
Speaker 3: Pieces, and they already had Kyle Pitts, they already had

1076
00:50:13,120 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 3: John Robinson, which feels like Brake London.

1077
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:21,160
Speaker 2: How how much better do these additions make the Falcons?

1078
00:50:21,520 --> 00:50:23,759
Speaker 3: Honestly, I think this was a team too that and

1079
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:25,000
Speaker 3: you look at some of the additions they made on

1080
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,360
Speaker 3: defense as well. This was a team that many thought

1081
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:30,480
Speaker 3: were a quarterback away, and so they went out they

1082
00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:32,520
Speaker 3: took the big swing at Kirk Cousins. You know exactly

1083
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,839
Speaker 3: what you're getting with him. He's coming into a very

1084
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,719
Speaker 3: familiar system. Their offensive coordinator is also part of that

1085
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 3: McVeigh tree, which is the system that Kirk has been

1086
00:50:42,400 --> 00:50:43,360
Speaker 3: entire career.

1087
00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 2: The like Kirk Cousins stands like, we love Cousins, everybody

1088
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:51,319
Speaker 2: within the McVeigh tree.

1089
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:53,759
Speaker 3: I keep talking, oh yeah, because he can execute that

1090
00:50:53,760 --> 00:50:56,400
Speaker 3: says absolutely flawlessly, because it's all he's ever known in

1091
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:59,480
Speaker 3: this league, which is also not that crazy when you

1092
00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:01,520
Speaker 3: consider like half the teams in this league basically run

1093
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 3: some variation of the system of the Shanahan mcday offense.

1094
00:51:04,600 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 3: But this is now a weaker seen as a weaker division.

1095
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:11,280
Speaker 3: Although you know, the Bucks really kept their guys.

1096
00:51:12,239 --> 00:51:14,400
Speaker 5: They're going to contend for this I have them next.

1097
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:15,000
Speaker 5: They're going to.

1098
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 3: Contend for this division. I don't think you can just

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Speaker 3: up in a way give this to Atlanta. I think

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Speaker 3: I will bias probably too. I love I love my Buccaneers,

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Speaker 3: always will. Yeah, But I do need to see how

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Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins bounces back because that was a catastrophic injury.

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Speaker 5: Insane and so you're insane. Need to make sure he's

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Speaker 5: still the same player.

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Speaker 3: But he doesn't. I mean we all joked covering him

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Speaker 3: for the last few years. You all joke. You know,

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Speaker 3: Kirk Cousins got wheels. You don't have wheels? Oh no anymore?

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Speaker 2: Oh no, this is like, it's a hard It is

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00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:47,000
Speaker 2: a hard injury to come back from, to bounce back from.

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Speaker 2: But let's talk about their division rivals. You mentioned the Bucks.

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00:51:49,280 --> 00:51:52,800
Speaker 2: Now the biggest thing for the Bucks. They didn't really

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Speaker 2: explore the free agent market, but they did an amazing

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Speaker 2: job of keeping their.

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Speaker 5: People, their key people. They kept their key people.

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00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:05,920
Speaker 2: Okay, Baker Mayfield got paid, They kept Mike Evans, Leavonte

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Speaker 2: David like. They did a good job of keeping a

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Speaker 2: core together. I mean, this is your team. You were

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Speaker 2: with them during their Super Bowl. I was run by

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Speaker 2: keeping all of these pieces. Can they repeat and win

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Speaker 2: the NFC South again?

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Speaker 5: I mean it wasn't so much. It wasn't like a

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Speaker 5: super strong division.

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Speaker 4: They were nine to eight, died with Saints.

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Speaker 3: Right yeah, right, No, And honestly, there's there's incentives built

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Speaker 3: into Baker Mayfield's contract. You can get up to fifteen

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Speaker 3: million dollars dollars five million dollars a year in incentives,

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Speaker 3: which are the exact same as his prior one year

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Speaker 3: contract was with them. And that includes playtime incentives. That

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Speaker 3: includes being top ten in different quarterback categories, that includes

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Speaker 3: winning the division, that includes postseason success. So all of

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00:52:49,320 --> 00:52:52,080
Speaker 3: those incentives to be hit. And I listen, I talked

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Speaker 3: to the Bucks guys. They were really excited about this deal.

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00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:57,160
Speaker 3: They thought it was a really fair deal all around.

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Speaker 3: I think anybody who has seen this deal for Baker

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00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:04,200
Speaker 3: Mayfield is like, yeah, that's fair. That is exactly like

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Speaker 3: in the realm that Baker Mayfield should have been. Anything

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00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:08,319
Speaker 3: less than Daniel Jones was going to be a win

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00:53:08,640 --> 00:53:11,400
Speaker 3: over there. But the biggest thing too, is I mean

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00:53:11,400 --> 00:53:14,040
Speaker 3: they ended up tagging Antoine Winfield Junior. They're gonna get

1140
00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:16,239
Speaker 3: a deal done with him long term, keep him, lock

1141
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:19,319
Speaker 3: him up. I adore the fact that there. I know

1142
00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:22,360
Speaker 3: it's only a year deal, but they kept Leavonte David. Yeah,

1143
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:25,239
Speaker 3: Vante is one of my all time favorite humans and

1144
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:29,319
Speaker 3: he has been a Buck for life and as has

1145
00:53:29,400 --> 00:53:32,400
Speaker 3: Mike Evans again, another guy I cannot say enough about.

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00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:36,919
Speaker 3: They were never going to let him go. They did

1147
00:53:36,960 --> 00:53:40,200
Speaker 3: not want to let him go. They did everything they

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00:53:40,239 --> 00:53:42,239
Speaker 3: possibly could to get that deal locked up, and Mike

1149
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:44,040
Speaker 3: didn't want to leave either. Mike is so attached to

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Speaker 3: the Tampa community. Him and his wife Ashley do so

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00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:49,640
Speaker 3: many wonderful things, just ranging from stuff that they do

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00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:51,960
Speaker 3: with their foundation too. I used to I remember yell

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00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,080
Speaker 3: at Mike Evans when I was in the building with him,

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00:53:54,080 --> 00:53:56,719
Speaker 3: because he would do all these wonderful things like give

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00:53:56,760 --> 00:53:58,800
Speaker 3: a kid that it has was facing a bunch of

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00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:02,200
Speaker 3: medical bills one thousand dollars on Twitter, and he wouldn't

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00:54:02,200 --> 00:54:04,839
Speaker 3: tell anybody. And I'd go to Mike and I'd be like, dude,

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00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:06,879
Speaker 3: I want to know these things because I.

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00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:08,719
Speaker 4: Want shine light.

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00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 5: You're not going to do it.

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00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 2: But that's why he's such a good person, because he's

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00:54:12,080 --> 00:54:13,719
Speaker 2: not doing it for the recognition.

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00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:15,279
Speaker 4: He's doing it because he really cares.

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00:54:15,520 --> 00:54:17,600
Speaker 3: And him and I he's a Harry Potter. He's a

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00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:21,320
Speaker 3: Harry Potter guy. I mean, I those guys, I cannot

1166
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:24,839
Speaker 3: say enough. And then Jason Light Jim talking about Listen

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00:54:24,920 --> 00:54:27,520
Speaker 3: Baker is a ten on the prick scale. And they

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00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,760
Speaker 3: brought Jordan whitehead back safety who was on the Super

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00:54:30,760 --> 00:54:33,960
Speaker 3: Bowl team, well they drafted originally was with the Jets.

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00:54:33,960 --> 00:54:37,080
Speaker 3: They bring him back another prick and Jason Light is

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00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,799
Speaker 3: talking of all this stuff on Twitter. I absolutely love

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00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:42,200
Speaker 3: Jason and why he does? You know him doing this

1173
00:54:42,600 --> 00:54:44,879
Speaker 3: and he's great and he's breaking his own news too, So.

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Speaker 5: Okay, love that all right?

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Speaker 2: Dup Bears, Dup Bears coming in hot like Keenan Allen,

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00:54:57,719 --> 00:54:58,880
Speaker 2: Joe Smith.

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Speaker 3: Slow Byrne, Yeah slow Burn because yeah, DeAndre Swift happened

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00:55:02,640 --> 00:55:02,960
Speaker 3: right away.

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00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 2: And then it was like we go, we know what

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00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 2: we think they're taking Caleb Billam's number one. Are the

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00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:15,640
Speaker 2: Bears close to being NFC North contenders with this?

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Speaker 5: They could be?

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Speaker 3: Okay, if you see a season from Caleb Williams that's

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00:55:21,239 --> 00:55:25,560
Speaker 3: reminiscent of Jordan Love's first season for the Packers, or

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00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:28,080
Speaker 3: which you know, Jordan Love had the benefit of sitting

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00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 3: for three years.

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Speaker 5: Yea.

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Speaker 3: Even a guy like Andrew Luck who had still had

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Speaker 3: some rookie numbers but led his team to eleven wins

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Speaker 3: in his first season. If Kayleb Williams can do that,

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00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,960
Speaker 3: these guys are. The Chicago Bears are in the mix.

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Speaker 3: But you have to remember the NFC North has all

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00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:46,880
Speaker 3: gotten better. This is maybe the toughest division in football.

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00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:50,640
Speaker 3: Next year, Hot Tank, we have the Detroit Lions who

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00:55:50,800 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 3: are retooling and I have a total faith in Brad

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Speaker 3: Holmes when it comes to the draft as well.

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Speaker 5: But they made some really good moves in free agency.

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Speaker 5: The Green Bay Packers are.

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Speaker 3: So young, but they also went out and spend some

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Speaker 3: money on guys that they did not want to take

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00:56:03,280 --> 00:56:06,279
Speaker 3: chances with. Safety Xavier and McKinney. Safeties are a huge

1202
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:09,480
Speaker 3: part of Jeff Hafley's new defensive coordinators defenses. They were

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00:56:09,520 --> 00:56:11,040
Speaker 3: not taking a chance with that. They went out, they

1204
00:56:11,040 --> 00:56:14,000
Speaker 3: got their guy, they paid him. Josh Jacobs now is

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00:56:14,040 --> 00:56:17,040
Speaker 3: a reliable back for Jordan Love and that offense that

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00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:18,800
Speaker 3: is full of young guys.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, they are a very complete team. Yep. And then

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00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:25,520
Speaker 5: you look at the Vikings that when they could possibly

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00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:26,520
Speaker 5: do and when it comes.

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00:56:26,400 --> 00:56:29,680
Speaker 2: To kinda got to wait, wait to see what happens.

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00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:31,920
Speaker 2: Same with the bearzol because again they don't have their

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00:56:31,960 --> 00:56:33,560
Speaker 2: guy yet. They're still trying to figure out what to

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00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:35,399
Speaker 2: do with field. What are we going to get for him.

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Speaker 5: I do have faith in the process in Chicago. I

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00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:38,960
Speaker 5: have faith in Ryan.

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00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:42,399
Speaker 3: Holes building a foundation for sustained success. They're not trying

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00:56:42,440 --> 00:56:44,440
Speaker 3: to capture lightning in a bottle. They're not trying to

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00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:47,080
Speaker 3: get all of these splashy free agents and pay their

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00:56:47,120 --> 00:56:50,279
Speaker 3: way to a championship that they're going to have to

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00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:52,440
Speaker 3: atone for later. As we've seen with the Rams, as

1221
00:56:52,440 --> 00:56:55,800
Speaker 3: we've seen with the Buccaneers. That's not his approach.

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Speaker 4: But tomorrow's problem, like future problem.

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00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:01,920
Speaker 5: They're not us problem. It's you're trying to build.

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Speaker 3: A foundation for sustained success in Chicago, and he is.

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00:57:04,600 --> 00:57:06,719
Speaker 3: He has set up a really good landing spot for

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00:57:06,760 --> 00:57:10,319
Speaker 3: a young quarterback to come in and be immediately successful.

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Speaker 3: So very interested to see what happens this division. Like

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Speaker 3: I said, it's gonna be tough.

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00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:15,640
Speaker 5: Lots of movement, guys.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna take a quick break here, but when we

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00:57:17,360 --> 00:57:20,840
Speaker 2: come back, Aaron Rodgers is in the media again, but

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Speaker 2: not for fuck fucking You're listening to Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: a funny. I laughed out loud when I heard this,

1253
00:58:19,360 --> 00:58:22,280
Speaker 2: I wrote in my diary and thought it was funny kidding.

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00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:25,000
Speaker 2: So Aaron Rodgers was in the news again this week,

1255
00:58:25,640 --> 00:58:29,320
Speaker 2: not for football. On Tuesday, it was reported by The

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00:58:29,360 --> 00:58:33,040
Speaker 2: New York Times that Aaron Rodgers is on Robert F.

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00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:35,800
Speaker 2: Kennedy's junior short list to be his running mate on

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00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:40,880
Speaker 2: an independent presidential ticket in November. Deep breath, Let that

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00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:44,600
Speaker 2: sink in for a moment. Now let's share what we

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Speaker 2: do know, right, Rogers endorsed Robert F. Kennedy junior for

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00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:55,760
Speaker 2: president on Twitter or x on Tuesday, But no on Tuesday,

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00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:59,880
Speaker 2: March twenty sixth is when Kennedy will officially announce his

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00:59:00,120 --> 00:59:04,000
Speaker 2: running partner. So a couple of things here. Packers, they

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00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:05,040
Speaker 2: got to be over.

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00:59:04,840 --> 00:59:07,080
Speaker 4: The moon that this is not their issue anymore.

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00:59:07,560 --> 00:59:13,680
Speaker 5: Oh, sitting back, sitting pretty day. They got to be

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00:59:13,720 --> 00:59:14,320
Speaker 5: feeling great.

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00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:18,080
Speaker 2: Meanwhile, the Jets gotta be losing their minds.

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Speaker 5: I mean, Rogers plays another death.

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00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:24,800
Speaker 2: This is what he's making headlines for once again, not

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00:59:24,960 --> 00:59:27,880
Speaker 2: about football, because I'm sure you remember his last viral

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00:59:27,960 --> 00:59:31,640
Speaker 2: moment falsely calling out Jimmy Kimmel for something I won't

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00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:32,520
Speaker 2: give any.

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00:59:32,280 --> 00:59:34,400
Speaker 5: More credence to, absolutely attention to.

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00:59:34,960 --> 00:59:37,959
Speaker 2: But there are so many questions here, Like, first, if

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00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:42,720
Speaker 2: Rogers steps into politics, is his NFL career over after

1277
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:45,320
Speaker 2: he just said he wanted to play another two to

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00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:49,040
Speaker 2: four years. You spent a good amount of time covering

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00:59:49,040 --> 00:59:51,160
Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers, What are you like?

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00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:54,320
Speaker 3: What this whole situation just like Aaron likes to be

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00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:56,360
Speaker 3: in the headlines, And it actually came out an hour

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00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:58,400
Speaker 3: ago that Robert F. Kennedy Junior is expected to tap

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00:59:58,480 --> 01:00:01,280
Speaker 3: Nicole Shanahan as his running I don't really know who

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01:00:01,360 --> 01:00:03,280
Speaker 3: Tole Shanahan is because I don't follow any of this.

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01:00:03,400 --> 01:00:06,120
Speaker 5: But Mina chhim's good friend. We love Mina, We love Mina.

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01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:10,320
Speaker 5: She quote tweeted it the best possible answer, which was

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Speaker 5: Rogers foiled by a Shanahan yet again after multiple years

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01:00:16,640 --> 01:00:19,920
Speaker 5: of losing the Kyle Shanahan in the NFC Champion.

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Speaker 3: This woman is the funniest person, one of the funniest

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01:00:24,680 --> 01:00:27,680
Speaker 3: people I know, very clever, very witty. But yeah, so,

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Speaker 3: I mean this was all about attention grabbing it. But

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Speaker 3: what's crazy is again, and you mentioned I covered him

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Speaker 3: for a couple of years.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so what was.

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Speaker 3: Crazy to me is going back through my transcript of

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Speaker 3: anything that he would say and the contradictions, the constant

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01:00:42,760 --> 01:00:47,600
Speaker 3: contradictions that happened within the span of thirty seconds to

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Speaker 3: a minute. It was absolutely outrageous, and especially like his

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Speaker 3: whole transition to the Jets and all of that kind

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Speaker 3: of stuff, so much so that when he said about,

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Speaker 3: you know, the Jets culture and locker room and all

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Speaker 3: that for the season, and oh, we need to keep

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01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:05,520
Speaker 3: anything outside of football outside of the building, and then

1304
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Speaker 3: he goes and does this, I'm like, I'm not even

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01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:11,160
Speaker 3: surprised anymore. It's I let out an audible groan when

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Speaker 3: this was in the headlines. And also though I think

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Speaker 3: it did some good in the sense that we it

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Speaker 3: brought to.

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Speaker 5: The forefront who Aaron Rodgers really is. And yeah, I

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01:01:22,440 --> 01:01:24,280
Speaker 5: think there was a whole last year happen.

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Speaker 3: There were conspiracy theories ed that were brought up, and

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Speaker 3: yeah they were brought up from something he said in

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Speaker 3: twenty thirteen.

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Speaker 5: But guess what, when we get into politics, this is

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Speaker 5: what happened.

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Speaker 2: We're going to dig up they will dig up all

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Speaker 2: of that dirt everything, Like that's the whole point of politics.

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Speaker 2: Like you better delete your entire social media, cover all

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Speaker 2: of the tracks, because all of that's going to come.

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Speaker 3: When you've been a public figure for as long as

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Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers now has been. I mean absolutely not. This

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Speaker 3: was absolutely just attention grabbing headlines, trying because Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 3: thinks that he is the smartest man in any room

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Speaker 3: he walks into and it's.

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Speaker 5: A nauseating yikes. It's nauseating. Yikes. I'm glad I don't

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Speaker 5: have to cover him anywhere else that much.

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Speaker 4: Well, now let's check with Brian Fenlancy. What's trending.

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Speaker 8: I'm gonna hope this update isn nauseating. We'll see, we'll see. Okay,

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Speaker 8: you'll have to be the judge of this. Alex and

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Speaker 8: Carman afterwards.

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Speaker 5: So vomiting? Oh god? What what? That was?

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Speaker 9: Not me?

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Speaker 6: Or was it?

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Speaker 5: That might have been a drop? All right, yeah, well

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Speaker 5: let's get right to it.

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Speaker 8: So SEC Tournament, we're looking at all kinds of college

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Speaker 8: basketball right now. And SEC Tournament semifinal Texas A and

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Speaker 8: M is trailing Florida sixty three to sixty two. Just

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Speaker 8: onder that twelve minute media timeout in the second half.

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Speaker 8: Winner of that one is going to take on Auburn

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Speaker 8: after Auburn had to win over Mississippi State and that

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Speaker 8: second semi final today. As far as the Big Ten

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Speaker 8: Tournament semifinal, Nebraska in the second of the semis is

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Speaker 8: leading number thirteen Illinois fifty seven to fifty one under

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Speaker 8: fourteen minutes to play second half there and Purdue got

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Speaker 8: knocked out in the first semi final, the one seed

1347
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Speaker 8: in the tournament seventy five make it seventy six to

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Speaker 8: seventy five by Wisconsin in overtime. So Wisconsin will await

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Speaker 8: the winner of Nebraska and Illinois. Florida, Atlantic and Temple

1350
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:14,640
Speaker 8: are soon to hit the floor for the American Athletic

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Speaker 8: Championship semifinal after South Florida the one seed in the tournament.

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Speaker 8: They happen to fall in the first of the semifinals

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Speaker 8: in the AAC courtesy of UAB. Elsewhere, you had two

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Speaker 8: teams that got into the Big Dance with wins in

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Speaker 8: their conference championships. Want to be Vermont out of the

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Speaker 8: America East. Also, Howard seventy to sixty seven against Delaware State.

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Speaker 8: The IVY League got a big shake up with Princeton

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Speaker 8: losing to Brown ninety to eighty one. So Brown in

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Speaker 8: that semi final advance to the final tomorrow and they will.

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Speaker 5: Take on Yale.

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Speaker 8: Yale beating Cornell sixty nine to fifty seven. A lot

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Speaker 8: more college basketball coming up here in about thirty minutes.

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Speaker 8: I know alex are going to be keeping your eye

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Speaker 8: on San Diego State let's go ask us. They're about

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Speaker 8: to start up against New Mexico in their Mountain West

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Speaker 8: Championship winner going to the NCAA tournament of course, with

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Speaker 8: that automatic berth. With that, let's send it back over

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Speaker 8: to Carma metali in. Alex Curry, thank you by wonderful updates.

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Speaker 5: Is it okay? Inducing it all? Yeah? Crushed it, finally,

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Speaker 5: nailed it. Finally I got the validation I needed. Oh,

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Speaker 5: you're listening to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here

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Speaker 5: with Carmen Vitally.

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Speaker 2: We are broadcasting live from the Tara dot Com Studios

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Speaker 2: in Los Angeles, and it is time to bring in

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Speaker 2: our next guest. She is one of the smartest minds

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Speaker 2: on TV. She's the NFL's analytics expert. Please welcome my bestie,

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Speaker 2: Cynthia freelayso Bi.

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Speaker 5: Hi baby.

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Speaker 2: Now you've been locked up in this free agency frenzy

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Speaker 2: all week. So in your opinion, which team has been

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Speaker 2: the biggest winner of free agency.

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Speaker 6: It's very hard to argue against Houston Texans. I could

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01:05:04,480 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 6: make some big statements about how Washington done well as

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01:05:08,120 --> 01:05:11,439
Speaker 6: well as the Falcons, So those three really stand out.

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Speaker 6: The Bears, I know Carmen knows a lot about the

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Speaker 6: Bears too. They've done well as well, you know, And

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Speaker 6: I think a lot of these teams aren't getting enough credit,

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Speaker 6: like Tampa Bay for re signing a bunch of their actually,

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Speaker 6: you know, the players that they already had on the team,

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Speaker 6: so it doesn't seem as sexy. But I think we

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Speaker 6: got to like forget. You know, sometimes it's easy to

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Speaker 6: forget when a player doesn't change teams, but that still

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Speaker 6: adds a ton of value.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure.

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Speaker 3: And I want to talk to you a little bit

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Speaker 3: about the Bears because so much of this free agency

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Speaker 3: was about the quarterbacks, the quarterback carousel, the quarterback dominoes

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01:05:47,480 --> 01:05:50,120
Speaker 3: that were falling, and one of the dominoes that did

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Speaker 3: not fall was justin fields. And this is something that

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Speaker 3: you and I have talked about. I have talked about

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01:05:55,480 --> 01:06:00,960
Speaker 3: ad nauseam, talk about nausea, and the market just wasn't

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01:06:01,000 --> 01:06:03,360
Speaker 3: there yet. So is there light you can shed on

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01:06:03,560 --> 01:06:06,360
Speaker 3: this kind of situation and maybe maybe why this might

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01:06:06,400 --> 01:06:07,800
Speaker 3: be a little bit of a good thing when it

1405
01:06:07,840 --> 01:06:09,840
Speaker 3: comes to this whole situation.

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01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:12,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, a couple of things happened to all

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Speaker 6: at once. One I think the cap went up higher

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01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:18,720
Speaker 6: than people thought it was going to go. So for

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Speaker 6: some teams that were kind of in that middling area,

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Speaker 6: Like there are some teams like the Bills, for example,

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Speaker 6: that like they just had to shed, same thing with

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Speaker 6: the Dolphins, so they're in like perpetual shed mode. But

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Speaker 6: then there are other teams that were kind of somewhere

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Speaker 6: in the middle, like I think t Higgins getting that

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Speaker 6: deal for you know, to be franchise tag shows you

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Speaker 6: while they were like, wow, we didn't think it was

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Speaker 6: going to have this high. But I think that also

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Speaker 6: impacted the quarterback market because number one, you saw you

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Speaker 6: already know what Justin Field is going to make next year,

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Speaker 6: and there's some opportunities with his contracts to be a

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Speaker 6: little bit more opportunistic. But you know, it's it's kind

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01:06:56,160 --> 01:06:58,800
Speaker 6: of going to be a function of, well, where do

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Speaker 6: the other kind of bigger market deals then happened first,

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Speaker 6: and then you've got the trades that will happen, not

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01:07:05,280 --> 01:07:08,720
Speaker 6: reactive trades like Kenny Pickett, but an actual trade first

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Speaker 6: starter like Justin Till So I.

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Speaker 9: Am in no way deterred.

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Speaker 6: Like if you're a Bear fan, you should be totally

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01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:19,560
Speaker 6: fine with what's going on you me, everybody. I'm impatient

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01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:24,080
Speaker 6: everyone's but it's true, like everyone gets very impatient about

1431
01:07:24,080 --> 01:07:27,280
Speaker 6: these things because we want it done already, right. But

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Speaker 6: the only one that we knew for sure other than

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Speaker 6: Kirk Cousins because it was done that would get done

1434
01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:35,880
Speaker 6: was like we knew Russell Wilson had to move, and

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Speaker 6: we knew that, I mean, Kirk Cousins didn't have to move,

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01:07:38,360 --> 01:07:40,800
Speaker 6: but the deal had to get redone other than that,

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01:07:41,240 --> 01:07:44,320
Speaker 6: none of the other moves. You know, we're we're it's all.

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Speaker 6: It's all kind of upside from there. And justin Field, listen,

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Speaker 6: the Bears, everything's known.

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Speaker 9: They have the first pick.

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Speaker 6: Everybody knows two picks in the top ten, and they

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Speaker 6: have justin Field all of their sort of there's no

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01:07:55,600 --> 01:08:00,320
Speaker 6: sneaky leverage there, right, and no one's gonna do you

1444
01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:02,800
Speaker 6: really think, like, is Gardner Minshew really the solution for

1445
01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:05,840
Speaker 6: the Raiders? I don't know writ what's going on in Washington.

1446
01:08:06,000 --> 01:08:08,440
Speaker 6: Seems like they don't know either, So you know, we

1447
01:08:08,600 --> 01:08:11,280
Speaker 6: gotta we gotta flow our role here on. I think

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01:08:11,360 --> 01:08:14,520
Speaker 6: I think patients sometimes having what Diamond hands right is

1449
01:08:14,600 --> 01:08:16,719
Speaker 6: not what all those crypto people used to say diamond

1450
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:18,080
Speaker 6: hand Diimon hand.

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Speaker 3: Earlier in the show was patient. Yeah, patience for Bears fans.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Cynthia, you mentioned all those big name quarterbacks that

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01:08:26,720 --> 01:08:29,360
Speaker 2: we knew were going to move somewhere, but Kirk Cousins

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01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:33,120
Speaker 2: that paid once again. What are your thoughts on his

1455
01:08:33,200 --> 01:08:36,519
Speaker 2: deal after coming off a major injury at his age

1456
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:39,120
Speaker 2: and still not a ton of playoff success.

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Speaker 6: I mean, first of all, the NFC South is the

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Speaker 6: most achievable division in football in my opinion. I mean,

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Speaker 6: it was down to the wire last year, and you know,

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Speaker 6: and that's like it's not like the Bucks are even

1461
01:08:54,200 --> 01:08:55,920
Speaker 6: though they resigned a bunch of their same players, they're

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01:08:55,960 --> 01:08:59,599
Speaker 6: still down a few key positions like corner and defensive ends.

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Speaker 6: So it's not like that division's like really really scary

1464
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:06,800
Speaker 6: like the ASC North for example. So I think adding

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Speaker 6: Kirk Cousins this big swing. They had to do it

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01:09:10,080 --> 01:09:12,600
Speaker 6: if they want to win. Now, it's clear to me

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01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:15,080
Speaker 6: that they're taking all of it. They're pushing all their

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01:09:15,160 --> 01:09:17,960
Speaker 6: chips in on the table right now, right there, because

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01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:22,120
Speaker 6: they're they're signing every imaginable wide receiver. They're seemingly i mean,

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Speaker 6: they have a good O line already, and it seems

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Speaker 6: to me like they're going to have to address their

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01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:29,920
Speaker 6: defense with the draft. They're drafting number eight, so they'll

1473
01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:33,240
Speaker 6: be fine there, get an edge rusher, like they're saying this,

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Speaker 6: this division is winnable.

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Speaker 7: Now.

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Speaker 6: Caroline has done just nonsensical things this whole re agency

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01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:42,640
Speaker 6: period so far. The Stains were strapped for cash and

1478
01:09:42,800 --> 01:09:44,720
Speaker 6: even though the Bucks were fine, they're still down. So

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01:09:45,280 --> 01:09:47,760
Speaker 6: I think it's it makes a lot of sense. And

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01:09:47,840 --> 01:09:49,799
Speaker 6: if your Kirk cousins, you're like one of the luckiest

1481
01:09:49,800 --> 01:09:50,360
Speaker 6: people on the.

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01:09:50,320 --> 01:09:53,000
Speaker 4: Planet, it's going to take thinking.

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01:09:52,800 --> 01:09:57,040
Speaker 6: About quarterback like thirteen, which, by the way, it's still good.

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01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:00,400
Speaker 6: It's not like he's not great, but his timing couldn't

1485
01:10:00,400 --> 01:10:04,080
Speaker 6: have been better, like whatever, you know, whatever, like belief

1486
01:10:04,120 --> 01:10:06,920
Speaker 6: system you have, right like whatever Chinese news. You know,

1487
01:10:06,960 --> 01:10:10,080
Speaker 6: I think I'm a dog and Chinese you know that

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01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:13,559
Speaker 6: that system of belief and you know, right like I'm

1489
01:10:13,560 --> 01:10:16,480
Speaker 6: a virgo and whatever whatever. He looks like star alignment

1490
01:10:16,640 --> 01:10:18,960
Speaker 6: is has to be the luckiest week and perfect like

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01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:21,519
Speaker 6: whatever that is was incredible. I mean, how do we

1492
01:10:21,520 --> 01:10:22,320
Speaker 6: make a kid there?

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01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:23,800
Speaker 5: He's about his business too.

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01:10:23,840 --> 01:10:25,519
Speaker 3: I mean, let's not pretend that some of This isn't

1495
01:10:25,560 --> 01:10:26,960
Speaker 3: completely orchestrated by Kirk.

1496
01:10:26,960 --> 01:10:30,800
Speaker 2: He's a shrew businessman, so he got paid every single contract.

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Speaker 3: San, I want to give you a chance to shout

1498
01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:36,960
Speaker 3: out your Lions here because they again they're not making

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01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:41,600
Speaker 3: the biggest deals. But that DJ Reader move. I was

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01:10:41,680 --> 01:10:44,839
Speaker 3: on the NFL on Fox Pot when I got.

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Speaker 5: Oh yeah that news.

1502
01:10:46,439 --> 01:10:48,880
Speaker 3: I was so excited. Everyone's like, why are you getting

1503
01:10:48,920 --> 01:10:51,880
Speaker 3: so excited. I'm like, because this defensive line up front

1504
01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:54,040
Speaker 3: looks incredible, which is going to take some stress off

1505
01:10:54,080 --> 01:10:56,040
Speaker 3: the back level. They've beefed up the back level as

1506
01:10:56,040 --> 01:10:57,920
Speaker 3: well of this defense, which was some of their issues

1507
01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:01,519
Speaker 3: last year. They're making these really solid moves. And I

1508
01:11:01,560 --> 01:11:03,559
Speaker 3: have so much faith in Brad Holmes in the draft.

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01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:05,360
Speaker 3: So what do you What have you made of their

1510
01:11:05,360 --> 01:11:07,360
Speaker 3: offseason so far? And where do you think the ceiling

1511
01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:08,400
Speaker 3: is for this Lion's team?

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01:11:09,080 --> 01:11:12,960
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean between Graham, between Graham Glass gaw So

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01:11:13,200 --> 01:11:16,880
Speaker 6: obviously they lost one of their guards he's now a

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01:11:17,000 --> 01:11:19,920
Speaker 6: Ram excuse me, and other But other than that, like

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01:11:19,960 --> 01:11:23,760
Speaker 6: they've really done a lot of like unsexy sexy things

1516
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:26,519
Speaker 6: like epier Reader. People don't realize, like stopping the run

1517
01:11:26,640 --> 01:11:29,400
Speaker 6: is like very very hard to like a physical presence

1518
01:11:29,520 --> 01:11:33,400
Speaker 6: like him, especially you know, drafting where they are. Remember

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01:11:33,600 --> 01:11:36,320
Speaker 6: I'm a Lions fan. We're used to drafting like number three,

1520
01:11:36,920 --> 01:11:39,439
Speaker 6: number four. You get a lot better at players up

1521
01:11:39,439 --> 01:11:41,320
Speaker 6: at number four. You have to be much better draft

1522
01:11:41,360 --> 01:11:43,200
Speaker 6: or if you're drafting all the way down in the twenties,

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01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:46,880
Speaker 6: So you know, that's the first thing. And then adding

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01:11:46,880 --> 01:11:50,920
Speaker 6: Carlton Davis, like that's really key. The Lions had basically

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01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:54,599
Speaker 6: non existent corners last year. I'm not going to name names,

1526
01:11:54,640 --> 01:11:56,559
Speaker 6: but there was a guy who wore a very a

1527
01:11:56,640 --> 01:11:58,479
Speaker 6: number that you usually look at and you're like, wow,

1528
01:11:58,520 --> 01:12:01,120
Speaker 6: that guy must be good if you're going to wear that. Yeah, no,

1529
01:12:01,320 --> 01:12:03,040
Speaker 6: that was like how many passes he.

1530
01:12:03,160 --> 01:12:04,080
Speaker 9: Stopped per game?

1531
01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:07,479
Speaker 6: Was like that was what that number one was for instead.

1532
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:10,800
Speaker 6: So I think adding to those positions was huge, and

1533
01:12:10,840 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 6: I also think it sets them up well for being

1534
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:17,040
Speaker 6: able to be flexible during the draft so that they

1535
01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:20,040
Speaker 6: don't have to get tied into And before I was

1536
01:12:20,080 --> 01:12:22,960
Speaker 6: worried about corner for them because you know, I thought

1537
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:26,240
Speaker 6: that Toledo corner Quinyon Mitchell, who's my favorite one, would

1538
01:12:26,280 --> 01:12:28,400
Speaker 6: potentially fall to him. But then he had a freaking

1539
01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:32,240
Speaker 6: killer combine. So now he's going to be drafted like

1540
01:12:32,280 --> 01:12:35,240
Speaker 6: twelve and I'm going to have to poke my eyeballs out.

1541
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:38,160
Speaker 6: But you know, look like you know, they've been making

1542
01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:41,240
Speaker 6: some stavvy moves with what they have, and now it's

1543
01:12:41,479 --> 01:12:44,240
Speaker 6: you know, Green Bay's been making good moves too. The

1544
01:12:44,240 --> 01:12:47,599
Speaker 6: Bears will make big take big swings. But as of right,

1545
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:49,720
Speaker 6: you know, the time we're talking about this, like I'm

1546
01:12:49,760 --> 01:12:51,800
Speaker 6: happy as a Lions fan that like, I don't know

1547
01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:53,880
Speaker 6: what's going on in Minnesota other than the fact that

1548
01:12:54,040 --> 01:12:56,639
Speaker 6: because they have two first round picks, I'm guessing they're

1549
01:12:56,640 --> 01:12:58,519
Speaker 6: going to try to package those and get a quarterback.

1550
01:12:58,600 --> 01:13:01,720
Speaker 6: But even so, I still think in this moment, I

1551
01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:03,200
Speaker 6: think I'm happy about my Lions.

1552
01:13:03,320 --> 01:13:05,880
Speaker 2: I literally, like, as you were saying that, you guys

1553
01:13:05,880 --> 01:13:08,519
Speaker 2: have seen these social like trending videos like I'm a

1554
01:13:08,560 --> 01:13:11,320
Speaker 2: Liance fan. We don't get our hopes up. I'm a

1555
01:13:11,360 --> 01:13:14,200
Speaker 2: Liance fan. We're loyal till the end. I literally saw

1556
01:13:14,240 --> 01:13:16,160
Speaker 2: you going through your whole take with but.

1557
01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:18,840
Speaker 4: I'm a Liance fan, So this is how you always

1558
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:19,719
Speaker 4: go amazing.

1559
01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:22,360
Speaker 2: Okay, let's talk about Russ because he found a new

1560
01:13:22,400 --> 01:13:26,439
Speaker 2: home with the Steelers. Then can you Pikett immediately wanted out.

1561
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:29,680
Speaker 2: Will this work in Pittsburgh?

1562
01:13:30,160 --> 01:13:33,040
Speaker 6: Next question, give it to me?

1563
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,960
Speaker 4: Come on, come on, no nothing, Okay.

1564
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:39,920
Speaker 6: First, I love Arthur Smith. Number one. I love Arthur Smith.

1565
01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:44,640
Speaker 6: I think I think he I understand that. You know,

1566
01:13:44,920 --> 01:13:47,559
Speaker 6: as you're a fantasy player, you wanted more bijon, you

1567
01:13:47,600 --> 01:13:51,559
Speaker 6: wanted more last year, but that wasn't what they had

1568
01:13:51,720 --> 01:13:54,320
Speaker 6: at that quarterback position. So you know, give the man

1569
01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:57,400
Speaker 6: another chance. Clay action is something that is absolutely I mean,

1570
01:13:57,439 --> 01:14:00,400
Speaker 6: remember when Ryan Tannehill was like lighting the up with

1571
01:14:00,439 --> 01:14:02,920
Speaker 6: Derek Henry. They give you'se pay action. That was working.

1572
01:14:03,760 --> 01:14:07,080
Speaker 6: You know. I'm worried about their old line still, and

1573
01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:09,800
Speaker 6: I think it was a very smart call by the

1574
01:14:10,000 --> 01:14:13,280
Speaker 6: by Pittsburgh to get Russ for a song basically the

1575
01:14:13,360 --> 01:14:16,880
Speaker 6: league minimum. It's a great swing, I guess. I guess

1576
01:14:16,880 --> 01:14:19,439
Speaker 6: it will depend on, like how fun would it be

1577
01:14:19,439 --> 01:14:22,439
Speaker 6: if there's like Russell Wilson and Justin Field, right, and that's.

1578
01:14:22,280 --> 01:14:22,679
Speaker 5: What it's.

1579
01:14:25,360 --> 01:14:25,400
Speaker 1: Like.

1580
01:14:25,720 --> 01:14:28,240
Speaker 5: Maybe no, Justin goes and and and he can.

1581
01:14:28,320 --> 01:14:32,080
Speaker 2: You know, and it's a year contract for us, Like

1582
01:14:32,439 --> 01:14:35,920
Speaker 2: if it doesn't work out, you have a starting quarterback

1583
01:14:36,320 --> 01:14:36,880
Speaker 2: that's your back.

1584
01:14:37,800 --> 01:14:38,880
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1585
01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:41,559
Speaker 6: Yeah, but I mean, they say that Russ is the

1586
01:14:41,760 --> 01:14:44,439
Speaker 6: starter and that was what caused the problem with Kenny Pickett.

1587
01:14:44,760 --> 01:14:46,880
Speaker 6: But I feel like, you know, look, when you're getting

1588
01:14:46,920 --> 01:14:50,160
Speaker 6: signed for the league minimum, then maybe it's possible. I

1589
01:14:50,200 --> 01:14:52,080
Speaker 6: don't know this firsthand, but it's possible.

1590
01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:53,320
Speaker 9: Your ego kind.

1591
01:14:53,160 --> 01:14:55,479
Speaker 6: Of gets in the way and you're like, you need

1592
01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:57,519
Speaker 6: to tell me I'm the starter, you know what I mean,

1593
01:14:57,600 --> 01:14:59,680
Speaker 6: Like you need to make me think it right, Like

1594
01:15:00,360 --> 01:15:02,600
Speaker 6: we all have egos, and we all you know that

1595
01:15:02,680 --> 01:15:06,840
Speaker 6: was at the door and our quarterbacks in particular.

1596
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:08,519
Speaker 5: Just a little bit.

1597
01:15:08,720 --> 01:15:10,960
Speaker 6: I mean like it had to be pretty pretty. It

1598
01:15:11,040 --> 01:15:13,240
Speaker 6: had to feel pretty bad if you're Russell Wilson. What

1599
01:15:13,360 --> 01:15:15,800
Speaker 6: happened at the end with John Payton and them?

1600
01:15:15,920 --> 01:15:19,200
Speaker 9: Yeah, like that every ye rid of you?

1601
01:15:19,280 --> 01:15:22,040
Speaker 4: Yeah, paying millions just to leave and play against it.

1602
01:15:22,160 --> 01:15:25,240
Speaker 5: I'll take millions to leave. Yeah, same same.

1603
01:15:25,280 --> 01:15:28,719
Speaker 6: But you know, but like it's like again, egos do matter.

1604
01:15:28,800 --> 01:15:30,639
Speaker 6: So I think, you know, if you've brought to justin

1605
01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:33,120
Speaker 6: fields there and made it a true quarterback competition, I

1606
01:15:33,160 --> 01:15:35,160
Speaker 6: think you'd get a lot better out of both of them. Sure,

1607
01:15:35,240 --> 01:15:37,920
Speaker 6: So I think there's there's some interesting things that could

1608
01:15:37,960 --> 01:15:40,200
Speaker 6: happen there. But I was like more shocked that they

1609
01:15:40,280 --> 01:15:43,960
Speaker 6: dealt Deyontay Johnson and kept George because it felt like

1610
01:15:44,040 --> 01:15:46,760
Speaker 6: George Pickens was not on the he was on the

1611
01:15:46,840 --> 01:15:47,720
Speaker 6: naughty list all of that.

1612
01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:50,200
Speaker 5: Talk about it, you know.

1613
01:15:51,640 --> 01:15:55,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, Cynthia, we love you. Thank you so much for

1614
01:15:55,120 --> 01:15:57,040
Speaker 2: joining us. I hope I see you after the show.

1615
01:15:57,760 --> 01:15:58,439
Speaker 6: I love you, guys.

1616
01:15:58,520 --> 01:16:00,679
Speaker 4: How did we say back?

1617
01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:02,760
Speaker 2: We can take one more break here, but when we

1618
01:16:02,800 --> 01:16:04,040
Speaker 2: come back, Carmen and I have.

1619
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:06,600
Speaker 4: Our feel good story of the week. You're listening to

1620
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Speaker 4: Fox Sports Radio.

1621
01:16:08,360 --> 01:16:12,320
Speaker 2: Welcome back to Fox Sports Saturday. I'm Alex Curry here

1622
01:16:12,320 --> 01:16:15,080
Speaker 2: with Carmen Vitali. We're broadcasting live from the Tower dot

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Speaker 2: Com Studios in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 4: This is the jam Saven the Best for Last.

1625
01:16:19,520 --> 01:16:21,479
Speaker 3: The way that this comes on at a pub in

1626
01:16:21,560 --> 01:16:26,960
Speaker 3: Chicago and Patrick's Day, it's like that washes over even chills.

1627
01:16:26,720 --> 01:16:30,519
Speaker 2: Right now, Like I'm like, okay, I am so happy

1628
01:16:30,560 --> 01:16:33,360
Speaker 2: this song caught on after The Departed.

1629
01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:34,120
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, oh yeah.

1630
01:16:34,360 --> 01:16:37,519
Speaker 8: I had known the Dropkicks for a while, but then

1631
01:16:37,920 --> 01:16:39,559
Speaker 8: this catching on was just like so.

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01:16:39,680 --> 01:16:40,479
Speaker 5: Good, so good.

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01:16:40,600 --> 01:16:43,080
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Speaker 2: Ay, Hey, all right, guys, the shock of the week,

1641
01:17:06,520 --> 01:17:08,760
Speaker 2: our feel good story of the week because we're gonna

1642
01:17:08,760 --> 01:17:13,479
Speaker 2: give him as Flowers. We said farewell to another legend

1643
01:17:13,520 --> 01:17:18,640
Speaker 2: this week. Aaron Donald, one of the greatest defensive players

1644
01:17:19,240 --> 01:17:22,679
Speaker 2: to ever play the game, a future Hall of Famer,

1645
01:17:23,320 --> 01:17:26,120
Speaker 2: had every Rams fan in tears.

1646
01:17:26,680 --> 01:17:31,360
Speaker 4: This Friday that it's over, and had every current quarterback

1647
01:17:31,479 --> 01:17:32,640
Speaker 4: crying tears.

1648
01:17:32,240 --> 01:17:36,240
Speaker 2: Of George because they never have to face him again.

1649
01:17:37,160 --> 01:17:39,800
Speaker 5: But this man, gosh.

1650
01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:42,800
Speaker 2: Aaron Donald, three time Defensive Player of the Year, ten

1651
01:17:42,960 --> 01:17:47,320
Speaker 2: straight Pro Bowls, eight First Team All Pro, the only

1652
01:17:47,640 --> 01:17:51,479
Speaker 2: NFL player in history besides Barry Sanders, to play at

1653
01:17:51,560 --> 01:17:53,960
Speaker 2: least ten seasons and get selected to the Pro Bowl

1654
01:17:54,120 --> 01:18:00,040
Speaker 2: each season, the end of an era, Like, don't I

1655
01:18:00,080 --> 01:18:00,840
Speaker 2: think it's sunk in.

1656
01:18:00,840 --> 01:18:01,360
Speaker 5: For me yet?

1657
01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:04,160
Speaker 3: No, it certainly hasn't. And I tweeted this out, But

1658
01:18:04,280 --> 01:18:06,879
Speaker 3: when I think of the best player to ever play football.

1659
01:18:07,240 --> 01:18:10,080
Speaker 5: I don't think of a quarterback. I think of Aaron Donald.

1660
01:18:10,280 --> 01:18:13,240
Speaker 4: Well, if you think about I think of a defensive

1661
01:18:13,520 --> 01:18:14,639
Speaker 4: If you think about.

1662
01:18:14,439 --> 01:18:18,599
Speaker 2: That final play he made the fourth down to stop

1663
01:18:18,680 --> 01:18:22,679
Speaker 2: the Bengals in the Super Bowl for the Rams to win.

1664
01:18:23,479 --> 01:18:26,559
Speaker 2: A man who was a first round draft pick by

1665
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:29,160
Speaker 2: the Saint Louis Rams not a ton of success.

1666
01:18:29,280 --> 01:18:30,760
Speaker 5: Then the Rams moved to La.

1667
01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:34,439
Speaker 2: He is the reason that they ended up getting that

1668
01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:36,639
Speaker 2: Super Bowl ring. And there was like videos of Sean

1669
01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:37,640
Speaker 2: McVay going, I know he can do it.

1670
01:18:37,640 --> 01:18:39,599
Speaker 4: Donald'snna make a play. Aeron's gonna make Play's gonna.

1671
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:43,479
Speaker 3: Make gonna do We made the play listen I again,

1672
01:18:43,600 --> 01:18:46,639
Speaker 3: I grew up in Chicago. I I'm a defensive girally

1673
01:18:46,760 --> 01:18:49,320
Speaker 3: because we didn't have much offense to speak of. Watching

1674
01:18:49,360 --> 01:18:52,760
Speaker 3: Aaron Donald play. Comes into the league as the undersized

1675
01:18:52,800 --> 01:18:56,680
Speaker 3: dt H at that position isn't terribly huge when it

1676
01:18:56,720 --> 01:18:59,840
Speaker 3: comes to height, but the power and the sheer force

1677
01:19:00,040 --> 01:19:03,519
Speaker 3: and the way that he impacted the game itself and

1678
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:08,040
Speaker 3: the league itself, this landscape looks completely different now without

1679
01:19:08,080 --> 01:19:09,960
Speaker 3: Aaron Donald in it. I am going to be so

1680
01:19:10,000 --> 01:19:12,400
Speaker 3: sad to not be able to see him play anymore.

1681
01:19:12,439 --> 01:19:14,479
Speaker 3: I think back to his time at the Senior Bowl,

1682
01:19:14,920 --> 01:19:18,760
Speaker 3: going up against one on ones with Zach Martin and

1683
01:19:19,040 --> 01:19:23,400
Speaker 3: in twenty fourteen, just an incredible display of strength and

1684
01:19:23,520 --> 01:19:25,320
Speaker 3: so many people were able to look at that and

1685
01:19:25,320 --> 01:19:27,840
Speaker 3: be like, this dude is different, and he was, and

1686
01:19:27,880 --> 01:19:29,440
Speaker 3: he lived up to every hype.

1687
01:19:29,200 --> 01:19:30,479
Speaker 5: And then so oh beyond.

1688
01:19:31,080 --> 01:19:35,559
Speaker 3: And honestly, the Buccaneers, Greg Ahman, are our own. Greg

1689
01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:38,200
Speaker 3: Gorman brought this up. Buccaneers had a chance to draft

1690
01:19:38,200 --> 01:19:40,639
Speaker 3: Aaron Donald. They drafted Mike Evans. It was Jason Light's

1691
01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:44,439
Speaker 3: first ever draft pick. They regret nothing. There was an

1692
01:19:44,479 --> 01:19:47,360
Speaker 3: alternate timeline where Aaron Donald was a Buccaneer. It's just

1693
01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:51,400
Speaker 3: he's a ram for life. And you love that. Like

1694
01:19:51,439 --> 01:19:53,559
Speaker 3: when you talk about again the loyalty, you talk about

1695
01:19:53,560 --> 01:19:56,360
Speaker 3: the all of this he went through with that.

1696
01:19:56,400 --> 01:20:02,200
Speaker 2: Organization, everything the bad, the changing scene to then just

1697
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:04,799
Speaker 2: literally becoming a Super Bowl champion.

1698
01:20:04,840 --> 01:20:07,400
Speaker 4: And you are the reason. You were the last reason

1699
01:20:07,439 --> 01:20:08,200
Speaker 4: they were able to get that.

1700
01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:12,160
Speaker 3: Like I said, he completely revolutionized what we thought of

1701
01:20:12,280 --> 01:20:14,679
Speaker 3: when it came to good football play.

1702
01:20:14,840 --> 01:20:15,960
Speaker 4: We love you, we.

1703
01:20:18,160 --> 01:20:21,160
Speaker 2: Will miss you in the NFL, but we're excited to

1704
01:20:21,240 --> 01:20:23,400
Speaker 2: see what you do next. Thank you for spending your

1705
01:20:23,439 --> 01:20:26,240
Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon with us. Have a safe and super fun

1706
01:20:26,240 --> 01:20:29,360
Speaker 2: Saint Patrick's Day weekend. We'll see you next week, same time,

1707
01:20:29,439 --> 01:20:29,960
Speaker 2: same place,