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Speaker 1: The Around the League Podcast gets baited into interceptions. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to another edition of the Round League podcast. My

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Speaker 1: name is Dan Hanson and I've joined by room filled

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Speaker 1: with heroes, Mark Sessler, Chris Westling, and Greg Rosatal. What up, boys.

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Speaker 1: I like this new pointing routine you have when you announce, well,

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Speaker 1: a couple of things to play. First of all, I

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Speaker 1: almost always say, or always say, Chris Westling first, but

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Speaker 1: this is a different setup. We're in the round the

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Speaker 1: studio sixty six is under construction TV behind the glasses,

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Speaker 1: on the process. So they have now kicked us downstairs

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Speaker 1: to the main studio or NFL network films or shoots

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Speaker 1: Total Access among many other programs. And we're in a

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Speaker 1: round table. And I just went right around the room,

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Speaker 1: He is on a fold out table. And we appear

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Speaker 1: we're gonna get back to Studio sixty six and also

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Speaker 1: keep mind any other production flaws. Today we have Nigeria

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Speaker 1: TD's native land. Or I guess you were born in Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: but you grew up in Nigeria. After that, directly after that,

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Speaker 1: The two nations that you're closest to are playing soccer today.

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Speaker 1: We can't expect a lot out of you, I would

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Speaker 1: My takeaway being the Greg and West not patriotic enough

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Speaker 1: I always say it's a big show, but actually mean

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Speaker 1: at this time a very big show. Today. We're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk more making the leap stuff. We're gonna do, uh

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Speaker 1: Marcus Wheaton of the Pittsburgh Steelers ziggy ansa and not

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Speaker 1: about ziggy ance. He wrote the piece up on our

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Speaker 1: website where you could read about all the making of

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Speaker 1: the leap candidates at Greg nfl dot com backslash making

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Speaker 1: start with some sad news from over the weekend. Chuck Nol,

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Speaker 1: you can't retire now you've been out for a year.

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Speaker 1: It's too late. And I think what Vince Young wants

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Speaker 1: intends to retire from his signing with a team for

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Speaker 1: two weeks and he's sick of like not getting a paid.

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Speaker 1: A guy needs money and we know that, and he

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Speaker 1: keeps on. He's this roller coaster or a carousel where

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Speaker 1: he's basically just coming on a team and getting dumped.

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Speaker 1: I guess I would understand why that's tiresome. So Ian

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Speaker 1: Rappaport reported over the weekend that this is kind of

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Speaker 1: heading toward him taking some type of position with U

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Speaker 1: T where of course he had his glory days. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know, it's the it's the low season in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: When Brent Carney and Andre Melton are beating Ian rapport

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Speaker 1: to scoops on these players, scoop out of Texas. I

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Speaker 1: guess I could probably give up on Vince Young at

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Speaker 1: this But remember we were just talking about it was

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Speaker 1: on your Browns just a couple of weeks well, and

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Speaker 1: it's another sign that they are correctly evaluating players to

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Speaker 1: have quickly dispatched with him. Quick note, while we're talking

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Speaker 1: about players that were retired by society, Dallas Clark is retired.

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Speaker 1: A long time tight end. Biggest years of course with

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Speaker 1: Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts, spent most recently it

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Speaker 1: was with the Baltimore Ravens, where clearly he was no

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Speaker 1: longer truly Dallas Clark. And now his career's over. He's

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Speaker 1: announced he's retiring. Another sign how old I'm getting. I

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Speaker 1: drafted Dallas Clark in a rookie draft of a dynasty

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Speaker 1: league Fantasy football league one year wow, and now he's retired. Nice.

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Speaker 1: Uh little career eleven years, made a Pro Bowl one

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Speaker 1: year somehow, was the first team All Pro. That is

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Speaker 1: an upset of all upsets. In the prime of Tony Gonzalez,

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Speaker 1: and Antonio Gates's career one year, and it was the year,

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Speaker 1: as Dan pointed out before the show, that Peyton Manning

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Speaker 1: went crazy and through touchdowns, Dallas Clark beats out those

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Speaker 1: two future Hall of famers. That was Dallas Clark's outlier year.

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Speaker 1: He had a hundred receptions eleven hundred six receiving yards

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Speaker 1: and then touchdowns. He only had three seasons in his

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Speaker 1: thirteen seasons with fifty receptions or five yards. That's why

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Speaker 1: he was mentioned sixth in the news. Runda, but that

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Speaker 1: good place. Love all right, gentlemen, moving on the making

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Speaker 1: the Leap series continues. I'm just gonna say, the gold standard,

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Speaker 1: but the gold stender is no longer here. That is

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Speaker 1: TV behind the glass only there's no glass. We're all

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Speaker 1: sharing a room. TV. What's up, buddy, what's going on? Guys?

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Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on right now? Well, Zack

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Speaker 1: the game new studio, who says our game is? He

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Speaker 1: almost called me the gold standard, which I love Zach,

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Speaker 1: by the way, but well, there's a there's a resemblance.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure you've heard that before. A little bit. Here's

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Speaker 1: some more good news. I am again touching Mark. It's

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Speaker 1: creeping me out right there, So you're not well, we're

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Speaker 1: all standing up now. That's excited, and that's what's called

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Speaker 1: a little bit of leadership. You saw us, You saw

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Speaker 1: that we were performing so well, Mark and Chris and

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Speaker 1: TV behind the glass not black glass. Can we get

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Speaker 1: Kevin Patrick on the phone to talk about his making

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Speaker 1: the lead candidates? See what had happened was no again

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Speaker 1: new studio and you set up. We're working on a

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Speaker 1: few kinks and this actually is in a studio fault.

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Speaker 1: There was a big shut down here at NFL Network

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Speaker 1: studios and some things are still yet to be up

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Speaker 1: and working, and let's just save the phone might be

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Speaker 1: one of those things. Well, the good news is that

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Speaker 1: Kevin patra is watching Good Old USA somewhere at the

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Speaker 1: bar taping on Monday. Probably maybe not have been in

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Speaker 1: the best shape to talk NFL football anyway. By the way,

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Speaker 1: we recorded a Super Bowl podcast, you'll remember, in a

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Speaker 1: dank room full of crates. Who knows what was in

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Speaker 1: those crates we we thought impossible, possibly weaponry that's set

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Speaker 1: up preferable to this one. Alright, So all right, let's listen,

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Speaker 1: let's stay on our feet. We're on our feet. Literally,

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Speaker 1: let's keep moving. Why don't we go Let's move on two. Number.

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Speaker 1: Who do we wanna talk about? Marcus Wheaton? Alright's talk

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Speaker 1: about Marcus Wheaton, number twenty on the list. Uh. Typically

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Speaker 1: I set up you, gentlemen, as the writers of the content, uh,

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Speaker 1: for this making the leap series, This one I wrote.

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Speaker 1: Marcus Wheaton, Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver entering his second year,

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Speaker 1: A third round pick of a year ago, entered the

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Speaker 1: league and looked like somebody that was going to make

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Speaker 1: an instant impact and find a role on the Pittsburgh offense.

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Speaker 1: It didn't quite work out that way. In fact, Wheaton

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Speaker 1: suffered a hand injury broke fingers, missed four games. Of

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Speaker 1: that he didn't play on the field that much. He

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Speaker 1: only had a hundred and sixty one snaps. So a

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Speaker 1: positive preseason gave way to a disappointing regular season. But

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Speaker 1: now he's back, he's healthy. Uh, he's still in great

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Speaker 1: position to take that X receiver spot that Mike Wallace vacated.

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Speaker 1: And uh, you know, everything we're hearing in camp is

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Speaker 1: that that this guy is playing at a high level.

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Speaker 1: He has all the skill, UH said, he's got speed,

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Speaker 1: he ran a four four at the combine and the thirteen.

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Speaker 1: He's got pretty good size, uh strong hands of good football.

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Speaker 1: I Q everything's in place, and he's got a great

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Speaker 1: quarterback obviously, and Ben Roethlisberger to make the leap and

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Speaker 1: become somebody that is a playmaker at this level. So, gentlemen,

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Speaker 1: I throw it to you, what do you think about this?

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Speaker 1: I think he's the reason why the Steelers were willing

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Speaker 1: to let Emmanuel Sanders walk out the door. I think

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Speaker 1: Marcus wheaton Is can be a better receiver. He can

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Speaker 1: actually be an improvement on Sanders opposite Brown. I think

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Speaker 1: he's a better downfield target, He's a better boundary receiver,

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Speaker 1: offers more size and more playmaking ability than Emmanuel Sanders.

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Speaker 1: What are you basing all this wheat in love in

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Speaker 1: terms of being better than Sanders, because we just haven't

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Speaker 1: seen much last year's preseason. Yeah. Yeah, he only had

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Speaker 1: six catches during the regular season, but he made some

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Speaker 1: plays in the preseason, and that's why I guess it

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Speaker 1: was particularly disappointing for that team for him then to

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Speaker 1: have really no no presence during the regular season. Having

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Speaker 1: been in the office at six this morning, when Dan

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Speaker 1: strolled in uh Into discovered that he had to write

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Speaker 1: this piece that was actually due last night. I am

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Speaker 1: wholly impressed with your ability. Now I'm wholly impressed with

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Speaker 1: your ability to get this together so quickly. First of all,

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Speaker 1: lower your voice. You're the mic is hot. I can't

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Speaker 1: help it, as am I if you continue to come

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Speaker 1: after me. And that's why I'm touching you again. And

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Speaker 1: now it's a firmer gress. My point being very impressed

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Speaker 1: with what you've put on paper in a quick time. Listen.

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Speaker 1: First of all, sites get stitches number one, number two.

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Speaker 1: I was all on the head. I did research on it.

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Speaker 1: I just had a puke it out, if you will.

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Speaker 1: And I feel confident that Wheaton is gonna be somebody

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Speaker 1: that makes an impact this year. And the question is

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Speaker 1: is how much is he going to be able to?

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Speaker 1: Is it going to be the mental end of it

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Speaker 1: could be the hardest thing. Roethlisberger said last month that

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Speaker 1: a big part of what made the Steelers so dynamic

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Speaker 1: down the stretch was their ability to operate in the

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Speaker 1: no huddle UM, and he singled out Roethlisberger singled out

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Speaker 1: Wheaton and Lance Moore, who most likely will slide it

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Speaker 1: slide into Catrey's old role as the slot guy. The

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Speaker 1: big challenge for them will be picking up the aspects

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Speaker 1: of the no huddle that they run, So he has challenges.

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Speaker 1: He's still a very young guy. But if you can

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Speaker 1: put that end of it together and you can stay healthy,

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Speaker 1: he's gonna do something. This is a great spot to

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Speaker 1: be in. This is why Emmanuel Sanders is not on

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Speaker 1: her making the leap list because I don't think he

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Speaker 1: took advantage enough of the opportunity he had last year.

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Speaker 1: Your opposite Antonio Brown, you got Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback.

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Speaker 1: This is a passing offense. I think they're gonna be aggressive.

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Speaker 1: It's a great spot. We don't know if we is

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Speaker 1: gonna be as good as we hope, but it just

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Speaker 1: it makes a lot of sense that he could have

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Speaker 1: a lot of numbers right away. What do you think

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Speaker 1: about Martavis Bryant. He seems to be a prototypical size

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Speaker 1: speed freak. Uh. Some people in Clemson called him kind

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Speaker 1: of a remains Randy Moss. They said he was faster

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Speaker 1: than Sammy Watkins. But I think the scoutter report on

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Speaker 1: him was it was gonna take him a little while

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Speaker 1: to develop as an NFL player. But I find interesting

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Speaker 1: about the Steelers a candidate for team of a t

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Speaker 1: L two. They've got an impressive draft class where guy

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Speaker 1: like Ryan schas Ere is gonna start right away, Stephan

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Speaker 1: to it might start right away. But they also have

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Speaker 1: three guys from last year's draft that were candidates for

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Speaker 1: this making the leap list, Levy on Bell, Marcus Wheaton,

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Speaker 1: and Jarvis Jones. They're getting an infusion of two drafts

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Speaker 1: worth of talent in the starting line up. And how

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Speaker 1: about David de Castro a fully healthy season, maybe all

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Speaker 1: of a sudden becoming a young team. They're young and cool. Mark.

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Speaker 1: I can feel Mark, maybe he's coming around to this

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Speaker 1: Steelers as team. Mark Sessler, I feel like he isn't

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Speaker 1: yes or no. I've told you many times you are

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Speaker 1: more than welcome to select this team as your team,

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Speaker 1: and you can send me a postcard from hell. I

592
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Speaker 1: am not going to sell myself down a river and

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Speaker 1: act in Week one when they're taking on Cleveland and

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Speaker 1: Johnny Manzel that I'm all excited to see Pittsburgh stomping

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Speaker 1: them thirty too. You don't have to root for them

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Speaker 1: when they're playing Cleveland. It's just the rest of the time. Again,

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Speaker 1: more than welcome to diverge on this topic. And by

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Speaker 1: the way, I'll have my own team of a t L.

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Speaker 1: How about that, Well we all well, I'll add some

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Speaker 1: context to it too, maybe listeners that aren't aware. We

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Speaker 1: are picking a team collectively and unanimously as the team

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Speaker 1: of a t L this year, a team that we

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Speaker 1: will get behind and follow, perhaps more closely than even

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Speaker 1: the other thirty one teams, and they will be the

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Speaker 1: team that we believe in. And we are going to

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Speaker 1: figure this out at some point during the summer into

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Speaker 1: the fall and make the grand announcement very early in

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Speaker 1: the season. Who is that team. I still think we

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Speaker 1: should get some guts and do it before the season starts,

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Speaker 1: but I was voted down on that. So we're gonna

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Speaker 1: do it. We're gonna We're gonna wait for the regular

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Speaker 1: season to get shaken a little bit, and then we're

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Speaker 1: gonna settle on a team. And the Pittsburgh Steelers potentially nominated.

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Speaker 1: But as I said, Mark, since it has to be

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Speaker 1: anatomus can shoot it down. I don't like where this

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Speaker 1: is going because it puts an ordinate pressure on me

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Speaker 1: to just agree with you guys that, yes, this is

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Speaker 1: such an intriguing thing. I the reason I have a

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Speaker 1: problem with is because I love Andrew Luck and the Colts.

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Speaker 1: That was my initial argument. All right, well, well let's

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Speaker 1: not get away. Who are our nominations are, because we're

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Speaker 1: gonna at least nominally one team each down the line,

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Speaker 1: so be ready for that. So, well, that's a real

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Speaker 1: under the radar team right there at the South Champion.

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Speaker 1: I believe when we did on a playoff game, someone

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Speaker 1: picked the Green Bay Packers. Well, so if we're going

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Speaker 1: for under the radar team, I'm not sure. I didn't

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Speaker 1: nominate the Packers. They were eight seven and one last year,

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Speaker 1: weren't they. None of us are going total. I'm just

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Speaker 1: trying to it's marking are seated the super Bowl twice

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Speaker 1: under Big Ben. I mean, this is this is what's

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Speaker 1: going on right now. He seems to be on fire

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Speaker 1: heat from his body. He's rocking back and forth, hands

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Speaker 1: on his hips. Right now. I will not be strong

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Speaker 1: arm into waving around pom poms for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: How about how about this team, guys, Redskins. No, I've

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Speaker 1: thrown them out. I'm more open to that. Pretty this year,

638
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: they've got the comeback player of the year. You got

639
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 1: my year on that. Okay, I'm saying it's thrown it

640
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: out there, all right, so before we go, we wanted

641
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: to uh, I guess it's somewhat ties into what we're

642
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:45,440
Speaker 1: talking about. These are the team that will definitely not

643
00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,000
Speaker 1: be the teams of a t l H. You're gone, Keensmond,

644
00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,240
Speaker 1: who is apparently the coach of the USA soccer team.

645
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 1: I had this quote to say before. Very unusual that

646
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 1: this would ever happen. I can't imagine it ever happening

647
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 1: in the NFL or any other U s for fessional sport.

648
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: But this is what he had to say about his

649
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: own team. You're going, keensband once again for us now

650
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,879
Speaker 1: talking about winning a World Cup, it's just not realistic

651
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: if it is America or not. You can correct me.

652
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: So basically saying our team is pretty good? Is this

653
00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,799
Speaker 1: correct team is pretty good? It is fair? I mean

654
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:22,320
Speaker 1: he get his ran Klinsman. He was a German striker

655
00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 1: for a couple of years. Obviously great career and now

656
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: as a coach he's he's telling me as it is

657
00:34:27,920 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 1: a little bit too honest with some understandably, especially in

658
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,799
Speaker 1: the media that we live in today. An NFL coach

659
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,160
Speaker 1: or an NBA coach, NHL coach came out and said that,

660
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,279
Speaker 1: you know, he would get a lot of heat like

661
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 1: Mark Sessa's being in right now. But I mean, it's

662
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,919
Speaker 1: it is for the most part true. It's a tough

663
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: I mean, to win the World Cup. You're talking about

664
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Speaker 1: beating a Brazil, Argentina, Spain. Yeah, it's it would be

665
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:51,760
Speaker 1: the most surprising thing to ever happen in World Cup history,

666
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: but far by far, like the US hockey team beating

667
00:34:55,560 --> 00:35:00,360
Speaker 1: Russia in nineteen eighty. I kind of get that reference,

668
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,120
Speaker 1: but not not enough to make sense of it. But

669
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it would be like if the if

670
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,400
Speaker 1: the Bills won the Super Bowl. Issue. Well, that's a

671
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: good segue into what we're getting into right now, which

672
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 1: is we're gonna go through the teams and we're gonna

673
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 1: make a decision. We're gonna go all youregon Keen's Band

674
00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:20,520
Speaker 1: and decide ourselves what teams It's unrealistic to expect the

675
00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Okay, super Bowl victory. And this doesn't mean

676
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 1: that we hate your team. If your team is brought

677
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 1: up in this group or in some cases in mind

678
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: in some cases of course, or if you know you

679
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 1: have no chance to contend for a playoff spot or

680
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:34,920
Speaker 1: even maybe perhaps even make the playoffs as a as

681
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 1: a lower seed. We're just saying to win the super Bowl.

682
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: It's not realistic, folks. So this is the segment is

683
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 1: called you'regon Keen's Bonds for the Super Bowl. Good timing

684
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:46,399
Speaker 1: because I just had a Twitter follower asked me this

685
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Speaker 1: morning who would be my team this year that I

686
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 1: would bet wouldn't win six games like I did last

687
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: year at the Oakland Raiders and put my softball pants

688
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,520
Speaker 1: on the line, and I said, there really aren't no

689
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,480
Speaker 1: teams that are his talent poor if the Raiders and

690
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: Jaguars were entering last season. We're downstairs in a folk

691
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 1: studio right now, and somehow that sound effect, our worst

692
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:12,399
Speaker 1: sound effect by by far, made it into the pot

693
00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:15,920
Speaker 1: and you gotta like that. That's TV. It's beautiful. Let's

694
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: hear it again. It is by far, our cheesiest sound

695
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 1: effect junior high production. That's a at an interesting point though,

696
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 1: that you don't think any team is that bad. I'm

697
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:30,239
Speaker 1: trying to come up with a counter, but yeah, I

698
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: think you're right. Let's go through the list, and I

699
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 1: guess maybe speak up if you realistically feel it is

700
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 1: not realistic for this team to win the Super Bowl.

701
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 1: That was way more complicated than I had to be.

702
00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:45,480
Speaker 1: The Buffalo Bills. Oh, they're number one on They're they're

703
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 1: not realistic. They're number one. Well, I don't know if

704
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: they're number one, but they're a slam dune. They have

705
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: no change. I would say every team that we nominate,

706
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: will you can point to the quarterback position and say

707
00:36:56,680 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 1: that's a giant question mark Miami Doll. I wouldn't say

708
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:05,400
Speaker 1: that about them. I think they they have a little chance.

709
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: The New England Patriots, all right, the New York Jets,

710
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 1: they've they've got a chance. Yeah, yeah, what's coming around

711
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:17,120
Speaker 1: on the Jets? Yeah, I mean I'm looking at I'm

712
00:37:17,120 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 1: looking at this like a team that has no chance,

713
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 1: like close to zero point zero percent. The Bills would

714
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: be the only one so far that would make it

715
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 1: for me. Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals. Cincinnati Bengals. Of course,

716
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,560
Speaker 1: the chance they could learn how to win a playoff game. Yeah,

717
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: I was more asking West, which possible that that good

718
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 1: things alright. The Cleveland Browns. I think it's a question

719
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 1: mark until we know what we have in the rookie quarterback. Oh,

720
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:53,920
Speaker 1: I could see it happening. Yeah, I set the cynic

721
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:55,960
Speaker 1: of the A t L podcast is the most positive

722
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:58,240
Speaker 1: man in the room. I love this christ Johnny Football

723
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,279
Speaker 1: has a way of galvanizing fan base and teams. They

724
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:06,120
Speaker 1: have something. They have a great looking defense and a

725
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 1: great looking, defensive minded head coach. They got some weapons,

726
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,320
Speaker 1: and if Man's I was good, I don't. I wouldn't

727
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 1: feel comfortable putting on this list. I would say that

728
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,720
Speaker 1: the Bills have a roster that might be as talented

729
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 1: as Cleveland's, minus the fact that the throwing of a quarterback.

730
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,360
Speaker 1: That's fair, all right. The Pittsburgh Steelers, of course. The

731
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 1: Houston Texans, what was that? Keep going like that? The

732
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 1: Houston Texans only of case Keenum his quarterback. That's an

733
00:38:35,719 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: interesting one kind of team piloted by if it's I

734
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:44,359
Speaker 1: don't think they have any change there. You go look

735
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:50,240
Speaker 1: at TV. The Indianapolis Cults, of course, damn a chance.

736
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: The Jacksonville Jaguars, But that I understand why that fan

737
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: base gets agitated because no matter what it's immediately the Jaguars,

738
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,560
Speaker 1: and yes that this season they don't, but there's they're

739
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,040
Speaker 1: building something. We're talking about this. Yeah, look, we we

740
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 1: didn't besought that can Hanny should be their starting quarterback

741
00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:16,440
Speaker 1: for the they either have they long term, we know that, right,

742
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 1: but they said he's not going to play and the

743
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,040
Speaker 1: chatart believe a word of that precludes them from being

744
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 1: in the super Bowl. Could they realistically win nine games? Yeah, sure,

745
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: but I don't think they could realistically have any chance

746
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 1: for the super Bowl. So they're on. This was the

747
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: first team I thought of, Yeah, uh, what do you

748
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:45,240
Speaker 1: play games? All right? You guys? Who are their standout players?

749
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,239
Speaker 1: You guys are right? I think I just have the

750
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:53,080
Speaker 1: whole Justin Hunter fascination, viciously script viciously. We have their

751
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,799
Speaker 1: two favorite players, Bishop Sanky and Justin Hunter. Well if

752
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 1: they're so bad, why don't why don't you think they're

753
00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,200
Speaker 1: gonna win six games? You know you you wouldn't feel

754
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,680
Speaker 1: comfortable putting your softball pants up for them. I think

755
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 1: they're way more talented than the Raiders were in Tree

756
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: last season. Okay, okay, the Denver Broncos. I think they

757
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 1: got a chance Kansas City Chiefs. I don't know. Oh,

758
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:18,240
Speaker 1: Chris Wesley, all right, they got a kid. The Oakland Raiders,

759
00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 1: No chance, here's a good one. Maybe even the world

760
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:29,319
Speaker 1: couple of clubal in the USA San Diego Chargers. It's

761
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,839
Speaker 1: a good parallel, is it. Although the Chargers didn't hire

762
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 1: someone from Germany to coach the team, Chargers haven't. Chargers

763
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,239
Speaker 1: have a great quarterback. Chargers have a quarterback that you

764
00:40:40,280 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: could see getting nim VP votes. Almost did last year.

765
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:50,120
Speaker 1: So yeah, well yeah, the USA soccer team has insert

766
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 1: great player here, just like the Chargers at River Michael

767
00:40:54,719 --> 00:41:00,120
Speaker 1: Browdley's name, you're looking for Tony Tonya? I like, as

768
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: you got me on that minute? Howard? Is he still

769
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,839
Speaker 1: the goalkeeper? Yeah? Plug in. What do we like about

770
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: San Diego's defense? I don't remember much, but I would

771
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 1: it be crazier. This is what I'm comparing it to

772
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 1: the Rams, in the in the Titans. There's some crazy

773
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 1: teams that have made the Super Bowl. Their defense did

774
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 1: play the the Broncos as well as anyone accept the Seahawks,

775
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 1: the Cardinals when they made the Super I mean, let's

776
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:30,120
Speaker 1: move on to the NFC. The Dallas Cowboys MM hmmm,

777
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,319
Speaker 1: I don't think it's realistic. He got Romo, Come on,

778
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,400
Speaker 1: what is good? I would say there's a chance. I

779
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 1: think there's a much better chance that they have the

780
00:41:38,160 --> 00:41:41,080
Speaker 1: worst defense in the NFL. Well, they's that's they're going

781
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:43,160
Speaker 1: to be in a lot of shoot. I think they

782
00:41:43,200 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: have a chance. I'm not put him on a list

783
00:41:46,960 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: New York Giants. I'm never counting out of Elie. I

784
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: am that you've done it in. I won't count the

785
00:41:54,160 --> 00:41:56,359
Speaker 1: Giants out. Yeah you can't. I don't think you can

786
00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: count about Tom Coffin, uh, the Master, Chip Kelly and

787
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Well obviously, yes, anybody else want to say

788
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:09,279
Speaker 1: I can't happen it's realistic. I'll give him that. Here's

789
00:42:09,280 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: a good one. The Washington Redskins better chance than the Cowboys.

790
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:19,840
Speaker 1: Why not Washington? I mean potential because they were That

791
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:22,480
Speaker 1: would be the answer, because their defense is still helped

792
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,440
Speaker 1: by Jim Haslett, who's overseen one of the worst defenses

793
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,280
Speaker 1: in the league. For not on the list here teams,

794
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: I'd say absolutely no way. When you've got Griffin coming

795
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: back and you've got a wide receiver group that's completely

796
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: different than what we saw last season. T d can

797
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,479
Speaker 1: you do a ding followed by at as close together

798
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 1: as possible. That's the Redskins. Now there the Cowboys. I'm

799
00:42:45,640 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 1: not going to write them down. Lame division to Chicago Bears,

800
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:55,239
Speaker 1: they got a chance. Detroit Lions, they got a chance.

801
00:42:56,320 --> 00:43:02,600
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers favorite in Minnesota. Vikings they don't have

802
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 1: a chance until the Super Bowls in Minnesota. They're a

803
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,560
Speaker 1: long way way. They would they would have to have

804
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:11,960
Speaker 1: Teddy Bridgewater play likes out. Uh again, everyone don't take

805
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:14,120
Speaker 1: this personally. Well, it doesn't mean we dislike your team.

806
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,520
Speaker 1: What're you saying? It's not really accept in some cases

807
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: the list so far, are there any cases where you

808
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:23,320
Speaker 1: genuinely dislike a team? Well? I really love the Raiders

809
00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 1: organization of the seventies and eighties, and I have a

810
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:30,800
Speaker 1: fondness for their history, but I have really uh started

811
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 1: loathing them lately. Confirming there you go a little analysis there. Uh.

812
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:40,840
Speaker 1: The Atlanta Falcons, Oh, that's an interesting one. They definitely

813
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,640
Speaker 1: have a chance. Weight alright, talk about it back from

814
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:47,160
Speaker 1: injury too, Yeah, they definitely have a chance. The two

815
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 1: thousand third team team of a t L. I think

816
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: you get grandfathered into realistic possibility. If you're a team

817
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 1: of a t L. The Carolina Panthers, Hey you've got

818
00:43:56,000 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: a chance. No, Mark, I'll give him a chance. I

819
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:04,799
Speaker 1: mean again, you've got a quarterback. They've got They're not

820
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,560
Speaker 1: the same team they were last year, but that front

821
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:10,760
Speaker 1: seven hasn't changed. Bunch. The New Orleans Saints definitely. Tampa

822
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers. Well, if Josh McCown is half as good

823
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 1: as uh Chris Wesley seems, Brat Johnson can take the

824
00:44:21,160 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 1: Buccaneers to a Super Bowl title. So can I don't

825
00:44:23,719 --> 00:44:27,399
Speaker 1: think Westley spent the weekend carving out the bust for

826
00:44:27,520 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: Josh McCown and Canton. He such a bad thing, that's fair.

827
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:39,000
Speaker 1: Wait what does that mean there? I think they We're

828
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,080
Speaker 1: not gonna I'm not gonna write them down. They got

829
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:45,239
Speaker 1: a shot. They got a quarterback. They they do have

830
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:49,160
Speaker 1: a great defense, great defensive coach. I think they will.

831
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,640
Speaker 1: All right, we gotta get out of here. More bold

832
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 1: than that have a chance to bowl. Okay, okay, they

833
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 1: have a quarterback. All right? Did we we said the

834
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Yeah, I think the whole division has a chance. St.

835
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 1: Louis Rams, San Francisco forty Niners, and of course the

836
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,799
Speaker 1: Seattle Seahawks. Alright, folks, so this is going to be

837
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:16,759
Speaker 1: pretty much a fork power rankings thinking of fork and

838
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,239
Speaker 1: then before the seasons there. Yeah, I'm gonna read this

839
00:45:19,280 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 1: list not in order of the team's how forked they are,

840
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,560
Speaker 1: but they're all totally forked in the end. These are

841
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:28,960
Speaker 1: teams that realistically, it's unrealistic to think that they will

842
00:45:29,040 --> 00:45:34,080
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. The Houston Texas, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans,

843
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:39,360
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills, the Oakland Raiders in the Minnesota Likes.

844
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:43,400
Speaker 1: What do all those teams haven't come quarterback questions quarterback

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Speaker 1: edition of the Around the League Podcast. We will be

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Speaker 1: back on Wednesday for another show and touching Mark as

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Speaker 1: we get ready to sign off. We were back Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: talk more football goodness, maybe Leaven talk to Kevin Patra

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Speaker 1: just to confirm he's alive. Until then, this is Dan

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Speaker 1: Ans signing up exciging offer, the Sizzler, the Mailman, the Boss,

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