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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. We have the

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Speaker 1: pleasure of sitting down with fullback Pat Ricard and and

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Speaker 1: Pat playing on Christmas Day. The first thing I gotta

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Speaker 1: know is what does Christmas morning look like when you're

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Speaker 1: on the road in San Francisco.

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Speaker 2: It looks like you wake up in a hotel room alone, but.

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Speaker 1: You get a mini tree, like a time do you

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Speaker 1: pack a mini tree? Can you set that up in there?

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Speaker 2: It's strictly a business trip at that point, you know, Okay,

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Speaker 2: we'll celebrate Christmas after.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what do you when do you celebrate Christmas at

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Speaker 3: the house?

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Speaker 2: So my wife is actually going to go back home

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Speaker 2: to spend it with you know, friends and family because

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Speaker 2: she's not going to make the trip to the game.

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Speaker 2: So I'm just going to celebrate it with her Tuesday

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Speaker 2: after we get back at like five in the morning,

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Speaker 2: whatever time we get back, I might take a nap

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Speaker 2: and then welcome presents. Yeah nice.

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Speaker 3: I'm just you know, when that game comes out on

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Speaker 3: the schedule, you see that it's this Christmas Day, I

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Speaker 3: think you know, how do you like do you care?

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Speaker 3: Do you do you as players like? Do you think

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Speaker 3: about that stuff? Do you talk about that stuff, like,

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Speaker 3: is that at all something that is a discussion point in.

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Speaker 2: The locker room. I don't really think so. I mean

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Speaker 2: the schedule, it is what it is. And you know,

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Speaker 2: I think being an NFL player, we make a lot

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Speaker 2: of sacrifices for our families and and yeah, I don't

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Speaker 2: think it really matters. I think, if anything, I think

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Speaker 2: some guys get more excited because it's such an honor

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Speaker 2: to play on a holiday, you know, either Thanksgiving or Christmas.

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Speaker 2: And it happened to be a very good team. You

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Speaker 2: knew they can be very good when the schedule came out,

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Speaker 2: So I think it's more I think more excited, you know.

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Speaker 2: And Christmas we can we can figure that out because this,

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Speaker 2: I think this is a little more important.

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Speaker 1: Well, there's no better Christmas present than a win over

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers. That's got to be the best.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what That's what I'm asking Santa this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what's the second best? Though? If what's the perfect

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Speaker 1: gift for a big old block and food pack, Like,

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Speaker 1: what's at the top of your list for Sando?

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Speaker 2: I don't know, it's it's the when and then probably

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Speaker 2: just it's just a healthy Christmas. I think healthy. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's I think health is probably the most important thing.

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Speaker 1: So all right, all right, well you have not been

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Speaker 1: giving your opponents very good health this year. You have

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Speaker 1: been kicking some booty out there. What has been the

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Speaker 1: adjustment for you this year in kind of you know,

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Speaker 1: it was a different role in a new offense. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you're you know, playing a lot at the end of

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Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and just taking on d ends,

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Speaker 1: you know, tight ends. It's been a change. How have

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Speaker 1: you enjoyed that change? What's been different?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? So, you know, I think that I had to

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Speaker 2: show Monky in because I had off season surgery, so

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Speaker 2: I wasn't really able to do anything in the whole

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Speaker 2: off season. So I knew that I had to just

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Speaker 2: kind of just show them what I could do. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and pretty much whatever has asked me, just try to

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Speaker 2: do the best I can. And you know, I always

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Speaker 2: knew that that there was a role for me in

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Speaker 2: show it and improve it. And I really do enjoy

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Speaker 2: playing this offense. You know, there's a lot of similarities

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Speaker 2: of things I've done in the past, But you know,

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Speaker 2: I think I have been a little more in line blocking,

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Speaker 2: which is something I've done, but that's what's going to

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Speaker 2: be asking me all the time. That's fine if I

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Speaker 2: have to block a d N and one on one

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Speaker 1: I saw that one right.

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Speaker 2: So now it's been a lot of fun. I think

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Speaker 2: Monkin's using me the right way, and I just I

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Speaker 2: to for him to kind of sprinkle million sprinklingion in

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Speaker 3: I've been really impressed with the way that you've carved

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Speaker 3: out your your niche in this offense, and like, I

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Speaker 3: want to go back to training camp in the off

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Speaker 3: season when you're working your way back from the off

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Speaker 3: season hip injury. And when the Ravens hired Monk in

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Speaker 3: Greg Roman. I mean, the question was like what is

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Speaker 3: certainly were you probably had that question to yourself to

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Speaker 3: a certain extent. What were you thinking at that time,

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Speaker 3: Like were you nervous at all? How did you handle

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Speaker 3: the change and the thought process that went into it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I had to get surgery in my hip,

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Speaker 2: So that was my biggest focus was making sure I

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Speaker 2: anything anyway. So it was get healthy and then you know,

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Speaker 2: it was like, why don't we just like, since you

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Speaker 2: most of training camp, why don't we just have you

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Speaker 2: it looks there and maybe if that's something we can do.

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Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, I think it

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Speaker 2: was more to just improve my knowledge of the game

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Speaker 2: all these different things that's only going to help me, right,

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Speaker 2: So that I think that was that was kind of

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Speaker 2: then it was just getting healthy, getting on the field

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Speaker 2: and just really learning the offense. Really, you know, I

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Speaker 2: was still studying in all the tight ends, still talking

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Speaker 2: to the tight end coaches and the whole time. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean I always I always kind of even in

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Speaker 2: Been playing, you know, six years here and I've had

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Speaker 2: very good years, so I knew the player that I am,

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Speaker 2: So it wasn't It wasn't like a panic button or

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Speaker 1: At the end of the day, I'm curious, did you

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Speaker 1: how much of you thought maybe guard is my position

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean it's one of those things where it's

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Speaker 2: I'm really good at what I do currently. It's like,

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Speaker 2: I can do that. It was like, let's kind of

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Speaker 2: see how I like it? All that stuff, And you know,

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Speaker 2: I didn't get any a lot of reps in practice

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Speaker 2: to make sure I was ready to go for what

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Speaker 2: I'm doing now. But I definitely got a more of

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Speaker 2: an insight on on everything and what they do and

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you talk about that block to the bench where

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Speaker 1: you literally took the guy like two feet from the bench,

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Speaker 1: which Chargers game. That was rare, Yeah, which I'll give

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Speaker 1: you credit to at the end. It could have been

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Speaker 1: you let up. It was a headsy play. It was

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Speaker 1: Pretty bad?

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Speaker 2: But I think I think, I think the job was

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Speaker 2: didn't want to, you know, bad things to happen after

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Speaker 2: I already Right, right, smart, smart.

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Speaker 1: Right, what's going through your mind? And how much of

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Speaker 1: your game is focused on that kind of look? I'm

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Speaker 1: going to get the job done. But on top of that,

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Speaker 2: I mean, I think I think when you're playing fullback

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Speaker 2: also can run all these routes and go all these

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Speaker 2: other things. So like like for my value, it's like

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Speaker 2: I'm going to make sure that I'm finishing my blocks.

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Speaker 2: I'm playing to the whistle, and that's just kind of

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Speaker 2: how I've always played football. It's play to the whistle,

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Speaker 2: So I try to leave everything on the field whenever

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Speaker 3: Do you think it's important for the fullback to kind

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Speaker 2: Yes, I think so, because while else were we out there,

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Speaker 2: and you know, I'm happy to be that guy.

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Speaker 2: So, I've noticed that defenders don't like being blocked to

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Speaker 2: the whistle. They really don't, so like they're usually trying

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Speaker 2: then the defender will run the ball, and I don't

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Speaker 3: There's two actually that stand out to me. One we

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Speaker 3: had you miked against the Patriots last year and you

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Speaker 3: were I think playfully and maybe not so playfully given

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Speaker 3: Jude on the business at times.

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Speaker 2: Yeah that's good. Yeah. So whenever I now play against

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Speaker 2: I always compare myself in practice, Like, okay, Matt Judon's

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Speaker 2: would I go against Matt Judon if he's on another team.

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Speaker 2: So when I go against Matt jude On against the Patriots,

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Speaker 2: personally knowing him, it's like more comfortable to like really

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Speaker 2: So like he's an All Pro player, he's been amazing

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna, you know, kind of let him know. Zadarius.

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Speaker 3: So this game on Sunday against Jacksonville, the running game

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Speaker 1: Obviously, the loss of Keaton was it was a tough

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Speaker 3: Do you take pride and when you see other undrafted

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean it's just it's always a cool

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, if I were to give you, have given you

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Speaker 2: No, I just just getting just getting signed was a

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Speaker 1: You look at the forty nine ers and Kyle Yuschek, right,

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Speaker 2: So it's like Juice, he's fast, he has goods ball skills.

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Speaker 1: Well, have you ever thought about maybe changing the actual

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Speaker 1: Let's keep it creative.

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Speaker 3: Well, you know, going back to juice for a second,

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Speaker 3: You know, you've gone to basically every Pro Bowl for

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Speaker 2: Maybe, like earlier in my career, I would kind of

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Speaker 2: I think we just try to just show up for

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Speaker 1: Right, So, how do you approach this game? Obviously a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean in the last couple of games and

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Speaker 2: like you just have to just take it one day

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Speaker 1: Kind of think, all right, here's another idea for you. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I kind of think we should really embrace the Grinch roll.

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Speaker 1: You go into their house, you go down, come down

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Speaker 1: the chimney, you steal their presence, and you have a moose.

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Speaker 2: That sounds pretty good, That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: Like, I kind of think a Grinch outfit when you

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Speaker 1: get there, you know, for the arrivals. I feel like.

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Speaker 3: We should really well, Pat has done the You've done

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Speaker 3: the christa sweater with the lights on it, you know,

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Speaker 3: so maybe you put a little Grinch twist on it

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Speaker 3: the shore maybe, I mean just an idea.

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Speaker 2: Maybe I'll wear the sweater and get a crench grench mask. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's pretty funny, all right.

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Speaker 3: Pat, Well, good luck buddy, pat Ricard, appreciate it, man,

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Speaker 1: So you and I are gonna be home for this game.

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Speaker 1: I'm not gonna miss Christmas with the young children. Thank

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, so I'm guessing it after the game.

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Speaker 1: responsibly after the game. You're right, you're responsibly after the game.

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Speaker 1: So this is gonna be an awesome game, Garrett. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna be celebrating hopefully afterwards with a little

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Speaker 1: Christmas midnight, you know, mid what's the nightcap? What's that

477
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Speaker 1: night nightcap? You know. I get the sense that the

478
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Speaker 1: Ravens are really locked in from a mental standpoint for

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Speaker 1: this game. And of course every week that's the that's

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Speaker 1: the goal, right, and I think they have been. But

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Speaker 1: there's a different element to this game because the Ravens

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Speaker 1: are underdogs really for the first time in quite sometimes. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I expect that they're bad. That drum all week long.

484
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Speaker 1: The nobody thinks we can win. We're on Christmas in

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Speaker 1: their house, got to travel across the country. Everybody thinks

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers are going to the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: Think they're the best scene by a mile in the league.

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Speaker 1: You know, everybody's counting us out. Let's go in there

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Speaker 1: and prove them wrong. And the Ravens I think have

490
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Speaker 1: relished their road role being on the road all year long.

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Speaker 1: They have the best record in the NFL on the

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Speaker 1: road at six and one, and this time in this game,

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Speaker 1: there's even more spice to that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, I mean on Monday, when John Harball was

495
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Speaker 3: talking about the game, he brought up the underdog point.

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Speaker 3: You know we're gonna be to the underdogs. So I'm

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Speaker 3: sure the conversation that is going on behind the scenes

498
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Speaker 3: is focused on that narrative and also the fact that like, Okay,

499
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Speaker 3: the NFL schedules you across the country on Christmas night,

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Speaker 3: you got to spend a couple of days in a

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Speaker 3: hotel room. You know we're going out here. You might

502
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Speaker 3: as well win. Make it a nice fight home, right,

503
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Speaker 3: And you know that the odds are stacked against you

504
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Speaker 3: for factors that are outside of your control. But now

505
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Speaker 3: you can go out there and shock the world, prove

506
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Speaker 3: everybody wrong. No one believes in you. I think that

507
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Speaker 3: like the whole no one believes in you thing. You know,

508
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Speaker 3: every team in the league loves to latch onto that.

509
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Speaker 3: And the truth is that there haven't been too many

510
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Speaker 3: opportunities for the ready to latch onto that because they're

511
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Speaker 3: a team that's favored in most of their games. They're

512
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Speaker 3: one of the best teams in the league, so there

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Speaker 3: are people that believe in them. But this is an

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Speaker 3: opportunity where you can really play that nobody believes it

515
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Speaker 3: actually works. Yeah, you can play that card and you're

516
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Speaker 3: going on the road. I think all that is going

517
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Speaker 3: to be a factor in the game. I also think that,

518
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Speaker 3: like this team is, they're just focused. I just think

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Speaker 3: that they are focused and for this game, for the

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Speaker 3: last game they came out of the by, they knew

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Speaker 3: the stretch that they had in front of them. They

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Speaker 3: understand that they're the number one overall seed right now

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Speaker 3: and they're leading the way in the AFC North, but

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Speaker 3: they also understand that they don't have much ground to lose,

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Speaker 3: and so I think that they're really locked in team.

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Speaker 3: I've loved the mental really since the bye week and

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Speaker 3: this week included.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I completely agree. And this is going to be

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Speaker 1: obviously a huge challenge, and let's break down a little

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Speaker 1: bit of what's gonna make it such a tough game

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Speaker 1: for the Ravens, and I'll start here. I think that

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers offense with all they do and

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Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan's very creative, kind of unique offense that has

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Speaker 1: evolved over the years from his father, and the Ravens

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Speaker 1: have some familiarity with that, but it is a difficult

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Speaker 1: offense to defend for sure, and especially with all the

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Speaker 1: pre snet motion, the screens, all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: Any player can line up in any spot. We talked

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Speaker 1: about Kyle Yuscheck being in the slot. You know, Christian

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Speaker 1: McCaffrey can line up outside. They line up people everywhere,

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Speaker 1: kind of like the Ravens defense lines up everywhere. For

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Speaker 1: those reasons, I think that it's a huge challenge for

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Speaker 1: the Ravens linebackers, particularly their inside linebackers Rokwan Smith and

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Speaker 1: Patrick Queen and then Kyle Hamilton playing primarily in the slot,

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Speaker 1: to really communicate pre you snap, all that's going on

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Speaker 1: and understand what the forty nine ers are going to do,

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Speaker 1: because from a scheme standpoint, they're really good at getting

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Speaker 1: guys wide open.

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Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, the forty nine Ers don't really have

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Speaker 3: a weakness on offense. Their scheme is great. Kyle Shanahan

551
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Speaker 3: is viewed as one of the best offensive coaches in

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Speaker 3: the game. His family has a long history of being

553
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Speaker 3: a great offensive mind, and the Ravens understand that, you know,

554
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Speaker 3: the Kubiak systems all part of the Kyle, but the

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Speaker 3: Mike Shanahan system and out the Kyle Shanahan system. And

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Speaker 3: then from a talent standpoint, you have weapons everywhere. Christian McCaffrey,

557
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Speaker 3: who's maybe the best running back in the game, deeb

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Speaker 3: with Samuel who's such an X factor Yu Check as well,

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Speaker 3: Brandon Ayuk I think you have a Hall of Fame player,

560
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Speaker 3: and Trent Williams that left tackle, and George Kittle of

561
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Speaker 3: course one of the best tight ends. And then Brock

562
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Speaker 3: Perdy who missed irrelevant a year ago but now steps

563
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Speaker 3: in and you know he's the top guy right now

564
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Speaker 3: in the MVP.

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Speaker 1: Contusitionel I did hit, I did hit. You more unique

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Speaker 1: players in the league.

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Speaker 3: So you have all of these weapons around, you have

568
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Speaker 3: a good offensive line, you have the scheme, and so

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Speaker 3: like this. This is as talented of an offense as

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Speaker 3: the Ravens going to face. But the Ravens have a

571
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Speaker 3: great defense and Mike McDonald is viewed as one of

572
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Speaker 3: the best young coordinators in this game. Brookwand Smith and

573
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Speaker 3: Patrick Queen are the best inside linebacker tandem in the league.

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Speaker 3: They've got Justin Madebike having a career season. So like

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Speaker 3: the Ravens, I don't think are going to shy away

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Speaker 3: from that challenge. They're not going to be scared of that.

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Speaker 1: I think there's going to be a lot of talk

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Speaker 1: this week about we respect them, but we're not going

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Speaker 1: to count out to them. Sure, we're not going to

580
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Speaker 1: bow down. And it's strength versus strength, you know the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: What the Ravens do well defensively is what the forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers do well offensively, and so something's got to

583
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Speaker 1: give here, and I do think that the Ravens inside

584
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Speaker 1: linebackers are going to be a huge part of that,

585
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Speaker 1: especially when it comes to defending Christian McCaffrey.

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Speaker 3: I think that the running game, because one area where

587
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Speaker 3: I think that the Ravens have been a little susceptible

588
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Speaker 3: in recent weeks is the yards are giving up on

589
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Speaker 3: the ground. They gave up too many yards of Kairain

590
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Speaker 3: Williams really in the game try to cetm was having

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Speaker 3: some success, not quite as much as Kyrin Williams. A

592
00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:08,200
Speaker 3: week before they cleaned it up in both games as

593
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 3: the game went along, but still you don't want to

594
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Speaker 3: see opening drives where you're getting sixty yards on the ground.

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Speaker 2: For sure.

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Speaker 3: You want to limit that, and I think it'll be

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Speaker 3: I'm really curious to see how the forty nine ers

598
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Speaker 3: in Shanahan, who does a great job of scripting the

599
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Speaker 3: opening couple series, does he come out and go run, run, run,

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Speaker 3: that's what McVeigh did two weeks ago. Does he try

601
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 3: to take that same approach. Does he try to get

602
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Speaker 3: Deeboo involved or kill involved? And I just am really

603
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Speaker 3: curious to see how the game opens up, because again,

604
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Speaker 3: I think that that's an area where the Ravens need

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Speaker 3: to clean up because if they're given up, I mean

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Speaker 3: the truth is, if you're giving up four or five

607
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Speaker 3: six yards on the grounds, then it's going to be

608
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Speaker 3: a long day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you can't.

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Speaker 3: You can't allow that type of first down success. If

611
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Speaker 3: they're looking at second and four every time.

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Speaker 1: Well, and then it's going to be difficult. And then

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Speaker 1: the forty nine ers really get into their play action

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Speaker 1: passing game, and they're so good at that. Rock Purty

615
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Speaker 1: is so good at that, uh that if you're not

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Speaker 1: shutting down the run, then you have you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: a really tough time. It's gonna be tough sledding because

618
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Speaker 1: they can just start working off that Christian McCaffrey, his

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Speaker 1: abilities as a receiver become even more dangerous. And so

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Speaker 1: I think that you're right stopping slowing down their run

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Speaker 1: game and really putting this on brock Perty's shoulders. Right

622
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Speaker 1: when brock Purty lost, they lost three straight games, two

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Speaker 1: of which the AFC North opponents, by the way, the

624
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Speaker 1: Bengals and the Browns. Brock Party threw five interceptions in

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Speaker 1: those games. So if you can put the game on

626
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Speaker 1: brock Purty's shoulders, I mean that's not to take anything

627
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Speaker 1: away from brock Purty, but I think that he's kind

628
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 1: of the maestro orchestrating this this offense and really getting

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Speaker 1: the hands the ball in the hands of his playmakers.

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Speaker 1: Rock Purty isn't a guy that you look back and say, wow, man,

631
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Speaker 1: he made some special, ridiculous throws might be so I

632
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 1: think what his strength is and and look, the game manager.

633
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna see you're and call him a game manager,

634
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,640
Speaker 1: because there's become a negative connotation of that right there,

635
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 1: probably shouldn't be because he's doing such a great job

636
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Speaker 1: of doing that right with all these weapons around him.

637
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Speaker 1: But if you put brock Purty consistently in third and

638
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Speaker 1: long situations, as with any quarterback, really, then I think

639
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Speaker 1: the Ravens stand a much better chance.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I think any quarterback, like you said,

641
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Speaker 3: and third and long is going to be difficult to

642
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:27,040
Speaker 3: overcome that. I think that an area of this game

643
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Speaker 3: that I really think could end up being pretty important.

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Speaker 3: Forty nine ers are so good at breaking tackles, with

645
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Speaker 3: Deebo Samuel and particular George Kill Christian McCaffery.

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Speaker 1: You have to tackle.

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Speaker 3: It's like fundamentals, It's simple stuff, you know. And to

648
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Speaker 3: some degree, they get so many yards after catch. How

649
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 3: many times have you seen Deebo Samuel catch up all

650
00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 3: five yards or in the backfield and to take it

651
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 3: forty fifty yards. He's done that throughout his career and

652
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,600
Speaker 3: throughout the season. So Patrick Queen, Rokwan Smith, Kyle Hamilton,

653
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 3: there's going to be a lot of activity in the

654
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 3: middle of the field and they cannot miss tackles, which has.

655
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,720
Speaker 1: Not been an issue. Yeah, good job of it.

656
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,800
Speaker 3: I think this team has been a really good tackling team,

657
00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 3: but I think it's going to be that's going to

658
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,600
Speaker 3: be challenged this week against this forty nine ers offense

659
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:10,000
Speaker 3: that's so great at breaking tackles, and I think that

660
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 3: that's going to be an important element of the game.

661
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: Now flipping it over to the other side, I think

662
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 1: offensively for the Ravens, really it comes down to protecting

663
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson, particularly on the edges. That's been in recent weeks,

664
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:25,480
Speaker 1: certainly the offense's achilles heel, I would say, has been

665
00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: edge protection. And now you're going, by the way against

666
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 1: two of the best pass rushers, most talents and pass

667
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 1: rushers in the league, in Nick Mosa and then Chase Young,

668
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 1: who they traded for at the deadline. That is a

669
00:30:36,440 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 1: tough challenge and I think that they're going to have

670
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: to have some really creative scheme. Pat Riccardo we just

671
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 1: talked to, is going to be a big part of that,

672
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 1: blocking on the edge, trying to slow those guys down.

673
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: You know, the Ravens, I think, generally speaking, have done

674
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: a good job of coming up with some scheme to

675
00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 1: like against Miles Garrett. Right, generally, Miles Garrett has not

676
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 1: wrecked the Ravens Shop. They've schemed pretty well against these

677
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,160
Speaker 1: premier pass rushers, and they're going to need more of that.

678
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 1: Whether that's quick passing game, whether that's screens, whether that's

679
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,719
Speaker 1: you know, it's gonna have to keeping them off balance,

680
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 1: sending different blockers at them, you know, whether it's pat

681
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: Riccarr coming across a lot of pooling blockers. They don't

682
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 1: know who they're going to be hit by, right If

683
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: they're allowed to just pin their ears back and keep

684
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,400
Speaker 1: attacking Ronnie Stanley, Morgan Moses and the other tackles, I

685
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a tough time for the room.

686
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 3: I mean, on Ronnie Stanley, I think a question for

687
00:31:23,960 --> 00:31:25,560
Speaker 3: him is going to be health. He left the game

688
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 3: on Sunday to be evaluated for potential concussion. Is he

689
00:31:28,840 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 3: back on the practice field over the course of this week.

690
00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 3: Is he a full participant? Is he clear from the

691
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,000
Speaker 3: concussion protocol. If he's not able to play, then it's

692
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 3: gonna be Pat McCarey. I think there's going to be

693
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 3: a lot of stress on these tackles, whether it's mcarry

694
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 3: or Stanley or both of them. And then on the

695
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,600
Speaker 3: right side, I would think that the Ravens probably continue

696
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 3: with the rotation of Morgan Moses and Daniel fall Ale.

697
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,440
Speaker 3: I think that both those guys probably continue to play.

698
00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 3: I think that this could be a quick strike offense

699
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 3: where the Ravens try to get the ball out of

700
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:55,040
Speaker 3: their hands quickly, out of Lamar's hands quickly. I don't

701
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 3: know this.

702
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,760
Speaker 1: We're not going to be looking at whatever three point

703
00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: eight seconds.

704
00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:00,680
Speaker 3: I don't think there will be. I also don't know

705
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,320
Speaker 3: how much the Ravens are going to try as much

706
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 3: as as a goal every week, and especially I thought

707
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 3: it was a goal against the Rams coming out of

708
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,160
Speaker 3: the by. I just don't know how many opportunities you're

709
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,640
Speaker 3: going to have to push the ball down the field

710
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 3: when you have Bosa and Chase Young coming at you.

711
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 3: I mean, both those guys are number two overall picks well,

712
00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 3: incredibly athletic, great players.

713
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,240
Speaker 1: A lot of those opportunities have come on extended plays,

714
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,440
Speaker 1: you know, Lamar making something happen. It hasn't been necessarily

715
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 1: the on time drop five step drop the Rams.

716
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 3: That was the attemps drop the Rams game. It was

717
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:30,280
Speaker 3: the attempts down the field. There was there was far

718
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:32,280
Speaker 3: more attempts sound there. I just don't know that they're

719
00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,240
Speaker 3: going to I don't know that they're going to call

720
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:36,239
Speaker 3: as many deep shots in this game as they did

721
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 3: two weeks.

722
00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:39,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, but what I'm saying is it doesn't necessarily take

723
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,760
Speaker 1: a require a call deep shot to get a deep shot,

724
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 1: because the Raves have had a number of those unextended

725
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 1: plays by Lamar Jackson and so sure, I agree with you.

726
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: I think they probably will try to get the ball

727
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: out of Lamar's hands quicker, and especially the forty nine ers,

728
00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,280
Speaker 1: I'm sure looking at the tape from Jacksonville and saying,

729
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 1: all right, you know they are not the offense wasn't

730
00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:00,920
Speaker 1: as on time. Let's say here and make him hold

731
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: the ball, and then we're going to finish those plays

732
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:05,160
Speaker 1: where the Jags could not, right, and it'll be the

733
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 1: Ravens mission to say, no, we can play differently than

734
00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: we did this past week. And the Ravens offenses has

735
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: done a good job of that, right. They have been

736
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:17,720
Speaker 1: a chameleon, as Dan Erlowski described offensively, They've been able

737
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 1: to do it in so many different ways. Can they

738
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 1: continue to change that up and keep the forty nine

739
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 1: ers defense, which is, you know, just like we talked

740
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: about the Raves defense, one of the best defense in

741
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 1: the league. Can they keep them on their heels?

742
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're looking at the weakness and you're like, Okay,

743
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,959
Speaker 3: they Shogrande offense. Probably not as good on defense. Now

744
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:36,400
Speaker 3: they're great on defense. They've got you know, there's debate

745
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 3: between the linebacker. Who's got the better linebacker Tanem and

746
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:42,040
Speaker 3: the Ravens or the forty nine ers. They've got Fred

747
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,400
Speaker 3: Warner who's also one of the best in the game.

748
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:49,240
Speaker 3: And so I think that establishing the running game early

749
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 3: on will be important for the Ravens. I think if

750
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 3: you can put yourself in second and five, that's going

751
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 3: to be a much better scenario than trying to climb

752
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 3: out of holes where Bosa and Young can feast. So

753
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,280
Speaker 3: I think that that's going to be like having early

754
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 3: down success that's typically done through the run game. Now,

755
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 3: maybe they try to keep him off bounced with that

756
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,279
Speaker 3: quick strike stuff that I'm talking about. But I think

757
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 3: that having early down success and putting yourself in second

758
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,239
Speaker 3: and third and manageable is going to be a really

759
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 3: important point for this offense.

760
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, I completely agree with that. You just don't want

761
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,320
Speaker 1: Bosa and Young pitting their ears back. That is the

762
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,160
Speaker 1: last bad recipe. That is a bad recipe in this game.

763
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: I think you know, Lamar, his legs are certainly a

764
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 1: component against that forty nine ers defense. He can He

765
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 1: did that before against them back in twenty nineteen. He

766
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,359
Speaker 1: had a pretty good day in the rain. I'm sure

767
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: you remember that game. Yeah, Lamar had a great day

768
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,320
Speaker 1: running the ball. Now, whatever things have changed, their personnel

769
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 1: has changed and all that. But I think that we

770
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 1: saw in Jacksonville the difference that Lamar made. He put

771
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: up ninety seven rushing yards. I think him running the

772
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: ball is another important element and really why the Ravens.

773
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,760
Speaker 1: Part of why the Ravens have had so much success

774
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:59,720
Speaker 1: against NFC teams and Lamar has had so much success

775
00:34:59,719 --> 00:35:03,240
Speaker 1: against NFC teams is you know, he's not facing miss often.

776
00:35:03,600 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 1: It's a different challenge for them unlike other challenges that

777
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 1: they see. So I think the Ravens have to find

778
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 1: ways to kind of keep him active as a runner.

779
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 3: Also, so you do buy into the whole AFC at

780
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 3: Lamar v's the NFC. He's had a ton of success thing,

781
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,839
Speaker 3: and I think that the familiarity thing is a valid point.

782
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 3: The Ravens played the forty nine ers once every four years. Yeah,

783
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 3: so you know they faced Lamar Jackson one time in

784
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:28,840
Speaker 3: his career. That's a difficult assignment when you have to

785
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 3: then get ready for him in this.

786
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,399
Speaker 1: Type of game. Yeah, absolutely, Yeah. I don't think that

787
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: that's by coincidence. I mean, Lamar Jackson wins a lot

788
00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: of games, period. Yeah, But I do think and I

789
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:41,960
Speaker 1: also just think that AFC football and NFC football are

790
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,840
Speaker 1: a little can be a little bit different brands of football. Now.

791
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: The four nine Ers are a really tough, physical team,

792
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 1: so they're kind.

793
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 3: Of the exception the exception. Yeah, but I think these

794
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 3: teams are are there's a lot of similar things. There's

795
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:55,759
Speaker 3: a lot of similar teams to how they're built and

796
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,440
Speaker 3: how they're constructed. I just think that like their physical

797
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 3: hard nos. I think that these coaches both respect each other.

798
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:02,920
Speaker 2: I think, you know, John.

799
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 3: Harble's got a lot of respect for Shanahan and the

800
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 3: way he does things. I think that these teams are

801
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 3: just well built. And I also think it's like I

802
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 3: think that on Tuesday, whoever wins this game. In addition

803
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 3: to being viewed at that point as the best team

804
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 3: in the league, you know.

805
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 1: That's basically it.

806
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,640
Speaker 3: Tuesday morning, the conversation is going to be whoever wins

807
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 3: this game is the best team in the league. And

808
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,880
Speaker 3: I also think whoever wins this game that quarterback is

809
00:36:26,880 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 3: going to be the front runner in the MVP conversation.

810
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a conversation that John Harball is putting off

811
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: to another day.

812
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, but he's not interested in the MVP all that

813
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 3: the power ranking. He doesn't care, which I wouldn't expect

814
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:38,279
Speaker 3: him to.

815
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I do think that you're right, assuming that

816
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 1: both you know, the quarterbacks play well, whoever wins this

817
00:36:44,680 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 1: game is probably is in the driver's seat. I would

818
00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:50,040
Speaker 1: agree with that notion. And and heck, I mean Christian

819
00:36:50,120 --> 00:36:53,799
Speaker 1: McCaffrey the other one. He's a contender in the MVP race.

820
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,760
Speaker 1: You look at those numbers. So to me, I'm I'm

821
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,479
Speaker 1: more concerned about Christian McCaffrey than i am Rock Purty

822
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:01,560
Speaker 1: beat the Ravens.

823
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:03,279
Speaker 3: Well Brock Party said this week that he thinks Christom

824
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,759
Speaker 3: McCaffrey should be the MVP, So he's deflecting geving Christan

825
00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:10,279
Speaker 3: McCaffrey his praise. So I hope that, uh, the conversation

826
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:12,840
Speaker 3: on Tuesday is not Wish forty nine or should be

827
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,160
Speaker 3: the MVP. Yes, I think that that's something that all

828
00:37:15,239 --> 00:37:17,920
Speaker 3: Ravens can agree on. But but something that I do

829
00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 3: want to discuss is which Raven should be the dog?

830
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,919
Speaker 3: You know, we revealed it. I'm looking at this sign,

831
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 3: I'm looking at the poster board here right.

832
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 1: All right, we already know. You gotta slide it this way.

833
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,400
Speaker 3: A little bit. Yeah, you got, you gotta slide.

834
00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:33,959
Speaker 1: It over this slide.

835
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:35,279
Speaker 3: Here we go.

836
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,799
Speaker 1: There we go, but we gotta slap it on. Yeah,

837
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 1: Isaiah likely, No of the week week fifteen.

838
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:44,359
Speaker 2: There we go.

839
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:48,719
Speaker 1: It's looking good, Yeah, Isaiah likely. How about we how

840
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 1: we double o back to back well San Francisco and

841
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:53,879
Speaker 1: go out there and have a game.

842
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 3: Honestly a player who the only double dog who we

843
00:37:56,680 --> 00:37:58,240
Speaker 3: do have on here is Kyle Hamilton.

844
00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, but we've never had a back to back.

845
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 3: No, but I actually think that this could be a

846
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 3: huge This is a big game for Kyle Hamilton.

847
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 1: Which, by the way, it's also big that Marcus Williams

848
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:07,239
Speaker 1: is healthy enough to play in this game, so that

849
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 1: Kyle Hamilton can play that kind of nickel role that

850
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:11,719
Speaker 1: he's used to play. Yeah, I think that's a big deal.

851
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that. I think that Kyle there's gonna

852
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:16,879
Speaker 3: be a lot of pressure on him. He's making plays

853
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 3: in the backfield, so he's going to be big and

854
00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 3: stopping Christi mccaffre. He's going to be big at keeping

855
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,600
Speaker 3: DEEV with Samuel from taking a screen and bringing it

856
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 3: forty yards to the house. He's going to also be

857
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 3: big against George Kittle and the physical brand of football

858
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:29,800
Speaker 3: that he plays. Kyle's been excellent all season. He should

859
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,879
Speaker 3: be a Pro Bowler. Vote for him if you haven't

860
00:38:31,880 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 3: done so. But I think that this is a big

861
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 3: week for him.

862
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 2: Yep.

863
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,799
Speaker 1: You know, Garrett, with Christmas coming up here, what the

864
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Speaker 1: best time is? What's the best moment of Christmas?

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Speaker 3: When you come down the stairs and all the presents

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Speaker 3: are there.

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Speaker 1: And what present do you look for when you when

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Speaker 1: you first come down you lay your eyes on the presence?

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Speaker 1: Which one do you want to open first?

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Speaker 3: The biggest one.

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Speaker 1: Is President, meaning the forty nine ers. Oh no,