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Speaker 1: Joining us now, a man who's going to join us

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Speaker 1: every Thursday this football season. Unanimous All American Atabama and

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Speaker 1: twenty fourteen fourth overall pick already, a four time Pro bowler,

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Speaker 1: and a man who dominated the Buccaneers in Week one

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Speaker 1: thirteen catches two touchdowns on hundred thirty nine yards. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it is time now for the Amari Cooper Show. Here,

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Speaker 1: let's go. I want oh five three the fan in

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Speaker 1: the good afternoon. Sir, how you doing? I'm doing great?

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Speaker 1: How are you well? We're doing good. Thanks, and we

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Speaker 1: are excited to start this journey with you this season

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Speaker 1: and chatting with your seventeen times. So thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for agreeing to do this series now, Amari. One

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Speaker 1: of our guys here is a former NFL scout worked

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Speaker 1: for the Cowboys, and we just got in a giant fight,

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Speaker 1: almost a fist fight, and I wanted you to weigh

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Speaker 1: in on this. What would you consider your best Alabama team?

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Speaker 1: You guys won the title in twenty twelve, so it

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Speaker 1: would it be twenty twelve? I don't think so. I

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Speaker 1: nine or I think it was six sixteen, the sixteen team.

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Speaker 1: I think, but out of the ones, out of the

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Speaker 1: the best? Oh? Out of the ones I played on? Okay, um,

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Speaker 1: the twenty thirteen Bama team. If you guys lined up

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Speaker 1: the final score? I don't think. I don't think any

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Speaker 1: Thank you, we had a we had a we had

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Speaker 1: on that one. I could have said any Alabama team,

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Speaker 1: Alabama or cover these Alabama players. What you said, what year? Uh?

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Speaker 1: have Kevin Johnson that year? They did? Who's gonna stop him? Well?

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Speaker 1: The thing about it is, though, but who's gonna stop you?

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. I mean to me, there's gonna

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Speaker 1: and on every team. But that's what I'm saying. No,

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Speaker 1: Listen who's throwing him the ball? Listen who's throwing Calvin

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Speaker 1: Those are the guys throwing him the ball against Alabama

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Speaker 1: But see, but yeah, when I'm watching you guys play

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Speaker 1: that's what I see in Alabama players, you know, That's

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Speaker 1: it's Amari Cooper with us. Now, Amari, you were one

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Speaker 1: I really do to Mark Cooper here with you, I

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Speaker 1: So MARII is like, you're not a small guy, like what,

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Speaker 1: that's more difficult. Yeah, Amori, But that's funny. I watch

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Speaker 1: Is this something that you did? Is in college? You developed?

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Speaker 1: I gotta be honest like that, that's its God given. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I've always been. Um, I've always been a really quick

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Speaker 1: I just got one more for you. Why did you

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Speaker 1: Michael Parsons beat you in chess? Did he need a

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Speaker 1: confidence boost? I know that you're a You're a deeper

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Speaker 1: hard knocks and chess is a question? Was that not?

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Speaker 1: Was that not? Maybe that wasn't on hard knocks, Maybe

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Speaker 1: um uh, he showed me. But it was my move

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Speaker 1: I don't know how much you know about a chess,

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Speaker 1: And that's the only possible way he could have won.

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Speaker 1: And I just kept hearing Mike that say, come on, bro,

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Speaker 1: for me? Like, what's the what's the deal? So I'm

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Speaker 1: the back ranked me. So that has he beaten your sense? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I think you won another game since though, but it

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Speaker 1: You're still the king. Yeah, this of this team for sure? Right?

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Speaker 1: Is there anybody in the NFL that can take you

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Speaker 1: you know of? I don't know. Well, I mean that

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Speaker 1: Is better? It's probably better? Questions? I don't think. I

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Speaker 1: on chet dot com, they're all rated lower than me. Okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, good deal? Well, listen to mari that was fantastic.

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Speaker 1: and we look forward to more of it with you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, but take care. There is a Marie Cooper

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