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Speaker 2: You thought you were just going to escape into an

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Speaker 2: NFL weekend with no news to talk about, Aaron Rodgers says, No,

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Speaker 2: we're going to tell you up on GMFB.

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Speaker 3: Everybody. Jane Slater is here in LA with me.

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Speaker 2: I'm Jamie Earl, Tamar Brown, Madeline Burke in New York.

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Speaker 3: We're talking all things NFL.

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Speaker 2: But somehow we will start and end with the Pittsburgh

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Speaker 2: Steelers today.

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Speaker 4: Let's roll it Good Morning Football.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right, it's GMFB. It's a great morning to

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Speaker 2: talk about football. And Aaron Rodgers says, it's a great

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Speaker 2: day to talk about me now that we know what

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Speaker 2: team he is playing for, Because every day we talk

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Speaker 2: about Aaron Rodgers, it feels like Jane Slater back with

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Speaker 2: us today in La. Tamara Brown covers the Patriots up

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Speaker 2: in New England, Madeline Burke in New York. Those two

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Speaker 2: sit there. She covers the Giants as well. You've seen

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Speaker 2: their faces, their voices, their words all all over the NFL.

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Speaker 2: And now we have a refresh on a topic that

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Speaker 2: we have been discussing and focused on all off season

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Speaker 2: and with that, we first set the table with our

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Speaker 2: NFL Network insider Ian Rappoport rap sheet. It's finally here

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Speaker 2: the conjecture can be done. We know the jersey that

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers will be wearing at least for Week one

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Speaker 2: of next season, and it is black and gold Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 2: What's the latest in the news that came down yesterday.

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Speaker 5: Oh, yes, it is. Finally it has happened. After an

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Speaker 6: Was he going to play? Was he going to retire?

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Speaker 5: Was he waiting for the Minnesota Vikings? What team was

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Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers going to sign with? We now know for

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Speaker 5: sure Aaron Rodgers is going to sign with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 5: It is going to be a one year deal. As

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Speaker 5: the insiders reported yesterday, Rogers informed the team that he

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Speaker 6: Time, this was kind of the idea.

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Speaker 5: This was what the Steelers were banking on that Rogers,

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Speaker 5: right before mandatory mini camp would show up, get the playbook,

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Speaker 5: introduce himself to everyone, start the process of learning, maybe

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Speaker 5: then go a way for the summer, grinding, come back

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Speaker 5: for a training camp fully ready to go again. One

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Speaker 5: year deal for the Steelers. There was always confidence that

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Speaker 5: Omark con was confident. He just wanted to make sure

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Speaker 5: Rogers went through his whole process dealing with some personal issues.

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Speaker 6: It is all over.

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Speaker 5: Now, it's official. He is going to be a member

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Speaker 5: for the summer having some peace of mind. And I

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Speaker 1: All Right, And you just said that Aaron Rodgers will

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Speaker 1: be in attendance for mini camp next week. With that

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Speaker 1: hasn't been at OTA so far for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 7: Will he come now that he knows who's throwing to him.

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Speaker 5: Well, it sounds to me like DK Metcalf has probably

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Speaker 6: For some time.

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Speaker 5: Remember, around the time of the league meetings, we reported

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Speaker 6: Wasn't that secret to his film deeper on the internet

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Speaker 5: I think the original intention was for it to be secret.

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Speaker 5: Those two have begun to build a report. I do

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 5: Nobody likes to get fined, nobody likes to give up

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Speaker 5: all right, both those guys are not dummies. They know

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Speaker 6: That was an excellent sign for the Pittsburgh students.

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Speaker 4: He's in the building.

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Speaker 8: They've got pat Formooth, They've got Robert Woods's offensive weapons.

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Speaker 8: Are they in talks to add anything else via free

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Speaker 8: It was the Avengers.

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Speaker 4: Anybody coming over, Who do you think he attracts?

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Speaker 7: I don't know.

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Speaker 5: It's going to be a Jet style Bring all Aaron

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Speaker 5: I do expect the Pittsburgh Steelers to continue to search

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Speaker 6: They hosted Gabe Davis on a visit.

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Speaker 5: Not quite ready to sign just healthwise yet, but hosted

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Speaker 5: Gabe Davis on a visit. They've inquired about some other weapons.

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Speaker 5: I know we're talking about receivers, talking about pass catchers.

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Speaker 5: They've had their eyes and some tight ends too. Jonah

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Speaker 5: it seems for at least one one more playmaker. And

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Speaker 5: this does feel to me, Jane, And this is a

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Speaker 6: And it could come from anywhere.

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Speaker 5: Maybe there's a Packers receiver that Rodgers knows that's not

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Speaker 6: Maybe you know, they could trade for him.

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Speaker 5: Maybe it's a good friend Alan Lozard who's on a

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Speaker 8: All right, My news ears perked up when you said

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Speaker 4: Because I think that.

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Speaker 8: Would be really really intriguing because I'm looking forward to

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Speaker 4: How real is that?

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Speaker 6: Well, he was there with Arthur Smith.

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Speaker 6: Do all sorts of things.

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Speaker 5: I just I don't get the answer as much trade

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Speaker 6: We had a Globo year.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, had probably the best year of his career, and

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Speaker 6: So if the way to do it is to leverage

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Speaker 9: Now Ian Rodgers, of course, future Hall of Famer right here.

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Speaker 9: But he is forty one years old, not far removed

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Speaker 5: He is as healthy as he could be. I mean, look,

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Speaker 5: But he is extremely healthy now compared to where he

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Speaker 5: just not the same. The second year back from an Achilles, terearr.

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Speaker 6: You should be much much healthier.

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Speaker 5: Rogers has sounds to me like really taking care of

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Speaker 2: You you can say that your back is cranky at

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Speaker 3: You how did you shoot him?

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Speaker 5: I did break eighty, but I've played some of the

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Speaker 3: Good, well, you need gimmes?

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Speaker 4: Are you using to get to your night?

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Speaker 2: Those aren't the kind of questions we have asked you.

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Speaker 3: No gimmes, No gimmes. Here in the news, part.

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Speaker 2: Of the rap sheet, portion of GMFP put him on

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Speaker 3: That's what the Steelers are just hoping.

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers does, all right, just put it on the

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Speaker 2: we know, Jane Slater that Rogers is going there for

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Speaker 2: one year. We heard this news about midday yesterday on

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Speaker 2: the real thing. What was your response to it?

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Speaker 4: I love it.

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Speaker 8: I mean it's low risk, high reward. And as someone

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Speaker 4: Work in just a year. That's your full disclosure for

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Speaker 8: And when I say this, for me, it has everything

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Speaker 8: a bad marriage right, as some sort of indicator that,

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Speaker 8: maybe he's set in his ways. I disagree. What I

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Speaker 2: Everybody sitting down back in the day with primetime somehow

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Speaker 3: If you've been a fan of football in the last I.

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Speaker 2: Don't know, thirty forty years, you know this woman right here,

440
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Speaker 2: Andrew Kramer, everybody, and I'm going to put a plural

441
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Speaker 2: on the fact that she is in multiple Hall of.

442
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Speaker 3: Fames when it comes to football. How you doing, Andrea,

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Speaker 3: Good morning to you.

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Speaker 4: Hello women, it's gretchule.

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Speaker 3: Great to see you this morning. Andrea.

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Speaker 2: I cannot believe that ahead of this conversation we have

447
00:19:06,828 --> 00:19:10,548
Speaker 2: a resolution to one of the most topical and headline.

448
00:19:10,148 --> 00:19:10,788
Speaker 4: Worthy I know.

449
00:19:11,148 --> 00:19:13,748
Speaker 2: Put your hands out. We have an answer. Aaron Rodgers

450
00:19:13,788 --> 00:19:16,508
Speaker 2: and the Steelers marriage. It's happening. What do you make

451
00:19:16,548 --> 00:19:16,868
Speaker 2: of this?

452
00:19:17,948 --> 00:19:21,828
Speaker 10: A white smoke has maybe bold smoke.

453
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Speaker 7: Has a R.

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Speaker 4: You go.

455
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Speaker 10: Finally, they Fillers have a QB one.

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Speaker 11: I love all the positivity that everyone brought to the

457
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Speaker 11: first segment, and then you bring me on maybe for.

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Speaker 3: A year out Andrea do it, do it?

459
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Speaker 10: I'm sorry, got to be.

460
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Speaker 11: I don't know if it's a skeptical journalist, journalist of

461
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Speaker 11: me or not. A couple of things that i'd like

462
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Speaker 11: to I'd like y'all to consider. Madeline mentioned the great

463
00:19:45,828 --> 00:19:48,668
Speaker 11: narrative about the last time the Super Bowl these two

464
00:19:48,708 --> 00:19:51,228
Speaker 11: teams that Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers from the super

465
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Speaker 11: Bowl was the twenty ten season when Rogers prevailed. Aaron

466
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Speaker 11: Rodgers has a very different foil. I believe Mike Tomlin.

467
00:20:00,148 --> 00:20:02,668
Speaker 11: He's never had a coach like Kim at all. And

468
00:20:02,708 --> 00:20:05,628
Speaker 11: while Mike Tomlin has had the likes Antonio Brown and

469
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Speaker 11: Le'Veon Bell, I think that he is going to It's

470
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Speaker 11: going to be Rogers, the ultimate polarizing player, a potential distraction.

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Speaker 10: So I'm really going to be watching how these two

472
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Speaker 10: do connect.

473
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Speaker 11: Now, speaking of offense, Rogers, in my opinion, is in

474
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Speaker 11: way hurry up mode.

475
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Speaker 10: With Arthur Smith.

476
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Speaker 11: It was mentioned, i think by Jane earlier, the fact

477
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Speaker 11: that he is not going to have some of those

478
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Speaker 11: comforts of home that he had with the Jets in

479
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Speaker 11: terms of DeVante Adams and Ellen Lazard, nor is he

480
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Speaker 11: going to basically have a hand picked offensive coordinator that

481
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Speaker 11: he had both he brought him over from Green Bay

482
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Speaker 11: and Nathaniel Hackett, So a totally different offense that he's

483
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Speaker 11: going to have to learn Smith. But maybe the most

484
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Speaker 11: important thing is how he fits in the locker. Remember

485
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Speaker 11: and with the Jets walks in, there were a lot

486
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Speaker 11: of wide eyes. Wow, it's the four time MVP. It's

487
00:21:04,588 --> 00:21:08,948
Speaker 11: a little different here. The Steelers offense is devoid of leadership,

488
00:21:08,988 --> 00:21:12,668
Speaker 11: which could be a good thing if Aaron fills that void. However,

489
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Speaker 11: you have veteran players. It is a defense centric team.

490
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Speaker 11: Remember cam Ward initially said, Hey, either you want to

491
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Speaker 11: be a Steeler or you don't. He walked that back

492
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Speaker 11: a little bit, but he understands that going into his

493
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Speaker 11: fifteenth season, that window is perilously closing for cam Ward,

494
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Speaker 11: for cam Hayward, and he definitely wants to make sure

495
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Speaker 11: that Rodgers is all in no distractions, Let's keep it

496
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Speaker 11: all about football.

497
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Speaker 10: And finally, just one thing I'm going to be keeping

498
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Speaker 10: an eye on.

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Speaker 11: We know that two years off of an injury is

500
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Speaker 11: when a player really really comes back, even if you're

501
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Speaker 11: going to be forty.

502
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Speaker 10: Two in December. But Aaron Rodgers does not have the

503
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Speaker 10: mobility he used to have.

504
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Speaker 11: He was the most blitzed quarterback in the league, was

505
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Speaker 11: the worst in the league last year against the blitz.

506
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Speaker 10: The Steelers have a remat offensive line.

507
00:22:04,988 --> 00:22:08,388
Speaker 11: Roderick Jones allowed the second most sacks in the league.

508
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Speaker 11: I'm going to be watching it for that very Simply,

509
00:22:11,108 --> 00:22:14,868
Speaker 11: the Steelers in the post Ben era are still gambling

510
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Speaker 11: at the quarterbacks.

511
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Speaker 9: Yeah, Andrea, playing against the blitz is very different than

512
00:22:19,348 --> 00:22:21,388
Speaker 9: rap sheet on the golf course, So I can imagine

513
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Speaker 9: Aaron Rodgers back game may be a little bit affected

514
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Speaker 9: there too. Now, you mentioned that this is obviously a

515
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Speaker 9: defensive centric team, but also the run game an important

516
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Speaker 9: element of the Steelers. After the Super Bowl you did

517
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Speaker 9: a story on the revival of the running back position,

518
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Speaker 9: and since then we've seen Derrick Henry and Saquan Barkley,

519
00:22:40,148 --> 00:22:42,868
Speaker 9: both who had signed good deals with new teams.

520
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Speaker 4: They've both been extended.

521
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Speaker 9: Ashton gent now a top ten pick is the workhorse

522
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Speaker 9: running back here to stay in this league?

523
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Speaker 11: Well, you mentioned those two Battlin It was the first

524
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Speaker 11: time last season that you had for two nineteen hundred

525
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Speaker 11: plus yard runners and they were both rewarded Derrick Henry

526
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Speaker 11: gets the biggest contract ever given to a running back

527
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Speaker 11: over thirty years of age of co or Saquon reset

528
00:23:05,548 --> 00:23:07,228
Speaker 11: the market with his deal.

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Speaker 10: So great to see them reward it.

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Speaker 11: You mentioned gent the highest ranked, the highest drafted running

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Speaker 11: back since Taekwon in twenty eighteen when the Giants took

532
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Speaker 11: them number two. Sorry, Madeline, I hate to bring up

533
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Speaker 11: the Giants there, and it's all of Maari and Hampton

534
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Speaker 11: who went to the Chargers. What stood out for me

535
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Speaker 11: from the story, what I really learned was what Rams

536
00:23:32,868 --> 00:23:36,308
Speaker 11: general manager lesned told me is that there has to

537
00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:40,268
Speaker 11: be full commitment to the running game, meaning you've got

538
00:23:40,268 --> 00:23:41,748
Speaker 11: to have the offensive infrastructure.

539
00:23:41,948 --> 00:23:43,468
Speaker 10: You've got to build the offensive line.

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Speaker 11: Obviously we saw that with the Eagles, best offensive line

541
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Speaker 11: in the league.

542
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Speaker 4: But you also.

543
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Speaker 10: Everybody needs to buy in.

544
00:23:50,108 --> 00:23:53,868
Speaker 11: Everybody needs to block downfield blocking, everybody has to be

545
00:23:53,908 --> 00:23:56,308
Speaker 11: able to contribute to the running game, which is one

546
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Speaker 11: reason that sometimes it's just easy to drop back and pass.

547
00:23:59,948 --> 00:24:03,508
Speaker 11: But it is a copycat league, so you do have

548
00:24:03,588 --> 00:24:06,868
Speaker 11: to imagine that the running game may get a little

549
00:24:06,868 --> 00:24:10,868
Speaker 11: bit more respect. But don't forget quarterback rushing was at

550
00:24:10,868 --> 00:24:12,988
Speaker 11: an all time high last season.

551
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Speaker 10: So we can't count at the rugging this way.

552
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Speaker 1: You did an incredible piece on Jim Ersa for Real Sports.

553
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Speaker 1: What do you want people to know about Jim and

554
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Speaker 1: what he meant to this league?

555
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Speaker 11: Yeah, Timer, The first time I actually met Jim Mersey

556
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Speaker 11: was in nineteen eighty seven, my first job, when I

557
00:24:31,788 --> 00:24:33,188
Speaker 11: was at NFL Films. I don't know if any of

558
00:24:33,188 --> 00:24:36,388
Speaker 11: you were even born then, but I have known there

559
00:24:36,548 --> 00:24:36,948
Speaker 11: there we.

560
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Speaker 10: Are bad eighties hair and all.

561
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Speaker 11: Wow, that's forward to profiling him in twenty twenty three.

562
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Speaker 10: He is the and Jane is around Jerry Jones all

563
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Speaker 10: the time.

564
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Speaker 11: And I've known Jeredy, you know, since he came in

565
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Speaker 11: a league in nineteen eighty nine. But Jim Mersey, in

566
00:24:52,508 --> 00:24:56,268
Speaker 11: my opinion, is the most raw, genuine was I hate

567
00:24:56,308 --> 00:24:58,188
Speaker 11: to can't believe I'm still using that verb in the

568
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Speaker 11: past tense. Was the most genuine, raw, honest billionaire, if

569
00:25:04,548 --> 00:25:07,468
Speaker 11: you will, someone of that caliber that I've ever met.

570
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Speaker 11: He was incredibly open about his foibles and there were many.

571
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Speaker 11: I remember when we shot when we did the Real

572
00:25:15,028 --> 00:25:17,268
Speaker 11: Sports story, played guitar for me and I said, well,

573
00:25:17,308 --> 00:25:21,148
Speaker 11: what song typifies your life? And he said, Bob Dylan

574
00:25:21,308 --> 00:25:24,548
Speaker 11: shelter from the storm, and that read so deeply with me.

575
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Speaker 11: It was so sad because his upbringing was all about

576
00:25:27,748 --> 00:25:32,388
Speaker 11: the helter, theiad issues that his family had.

577
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Speaker 10: We see his devotion to music.

578
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Speaker 11: This is when he was actually playing for me, but

579
00:25:39,028 --> 00:25:42,068
Speaker 11: the other was the other picture was from the vault

580
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Speaker 11: that he has of guitar.

581
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Speaker 10: So it was really amazing all that he went through.

582
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Speaker 11: We also, by the way, went into a library that

583
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Speaker 11: he had where he had where he said he had

584
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Speaker 11: the most important book of his life, and that was

585
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Speaker 11: The Alcoholics Anonymous set, which really he feels kept him alive.

586
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Speaker 11: It's interesting because looking ahead, I got it against to

587
00:26:04,268 --> 00:26:06,108
Speaker 11: meet all three of his daughter Well I knew all

588
00:26:06,108 --> 00:26:07,828
Speaker 11: the daughters over the years, but I got to work

589
00:26:07,868 --> 00:26:12,428
Speaker 11: with them for the story. And Carly Ursay Gordon has

590
00:26:13,068 --> 00:26:16,268
Speaker 11: represented the Colts in a lot of meetings and a

591
00:26:16,268 --> 00:26:18,428
Speaker 11: lot of owners meetings. Even dating back to twenty fourteen

592
00:26:18,468 --> 00:26:22,268
Speaker 11: when Jim was suspended, she has been involved. She is

593
00:26:22,308 --> 00:26:25,588
Speaker 11: on the sidelines with the headset on paying very close

594
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Speaker 11: attention to football operations. Callen, the youngest, has always been

595
00:26:29,828 --> 00:26:33,588
Speaker 11: involved in marketing. The middle child, Casey, has five children.

596
00:26:33,668 --> 00:26:36,828
Speaker 11: She's really devoted to her family. But I think that

597
00:26:36,868 --> 00:26:39,708
Speaker 11: the organization is certainly in good hands with these three women.

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Speaker 10: They have grown up with it, they have grown up.

599
00:26:42,748 --> 00:26:45,068
Speaker 10: But I cannot tell you the void that's.

600
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Speaker 11: Going to be there inlace. Jim walked through the locker room.

601
00:26:49,268 --> 00:26:53,388
Speaker 11: The relationship that he had with players and coaches, even

602
00:26:53,428 --> 00:26:56,068
Speaker 11: the number of fired coaches that were at his memorial

603
00:26:56,268 --> 00:27:00,628
Speaker 11: was amazing. And I talked with Edgrin James, who calls him,

604
00:27:00,668 --> 00:27:03,228
Speaker 11: you know, the big Man, and he said he literally

605
00:27:03,268 --> 00:27:05,428
Speaker 11: when we hear this a lot, but with edge, it

606
00:27:05,468 --> 00:27:06,028
Speaker 11: was really true.

607
00:27:06,188 --> 00:27:08,428
Speaker 10: He said he treated me like a son.

608
00:27:08,788 --> 00:27:12,428
Speaker 11: He said, I never had someone who I learned so

609
00:27:12,588 --> 00:27:15,308
Speaker 11: much from every single time I was out with him.

610
00:27:15,348 --> 00:27:18,668
Speaker 11: So the amount that Jim Orsay will be missed as

611
00:27:18,708 --> 00:27:23,668
Speaker 11: a person, more so than just a football owner, is

612
00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:24,908
Speaker 11: really going to be immense.

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Speaker 8: I mean, some of these owners, Andrea, when you think

614
00:27:27,668 --> 00:27:29,668
Speaker 8: about it, they're so magnetic. I mean, I think of

615
00:27:29,788 --> 00:27:33,068
Speaker 8: Jerry Jones in Dallas, and yes, he's got a succession

616
00:27:33,068 --> 00:27:35,708
Speaker 8: plan in terms of his kids, but you have to wonder,

617
00:27:35,828 --> 00:27:37,108
Speaker 8: you know, as much as the kids grew up with

618
00:27:37,148 --> 00:27:38,908
Speaker 8: the family and they don't want to let their father down,

619
00:27:39,508 --> 00:27:41,908
Speaker 8: these guys changed the face of the game, and it

620
00:27:42,028 --> 00:27:44,108
Speaker 8: was so important to them when they built this. I

621
00:27:44,108 --> 00:27:46,428
Speaker 8: mean this was their blood, sweat and tears. These guys

622
00:27:46,428 --> 00:27:49,708
Speaker 8: will tell you how they leverage towelses and mortgages to.

623
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Speaker 4: Get to these places.

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Speaker 8: You just have to wonder how that passion translates to

625
00:27:53,548 --> 00:27:55,348
Speaker 8: the second generation. You and I could talk about this

626
00:27:55,388 --> 00:27:57,468
Speaker 8: all day, but I do want to get with you

627
00:27:57,588 --> 00:28:00,908
Speaker 8: on Dion Sanders when he got drafted in nineteen eighty nine,

628
00:28:00,908 --> 00:28:04,188
Speaker 8: and I've got an iconic image of you here. This

629
00:28:04,268 --> 00:28:06,028
Speaker 8: is I think you told me one of your first

630
00:28:06,148 --> 00:28:10,108
Speaker 8: live shots. I bring it up because Shadoor is in

631
00:28:10,148 --> 00:28:12,788
Speaker 8: the league now and I was covering this. I was

632
00:28:12,828 --> 00:28:16,588
Speaker 8: in New Orleans expecting possibly the Saints to victim, although

633
00:28:16,628 --> 00:28:17,908
Speaker 8: I think a lot of us knew they were going

634
00:28:17,948 --> 00:28:21,028
Speaker 8: Tyler shuck, but there was a lot of chatter about

635
00:28:21,068 --> 00:28:22,908
Speaker 8: him sliding. I think a lot of us were shocked

636
00:28:22,908 --> 00:28:25,828
Speaker 8: he's split as far as he did. But the issue

637
00:28:25,868 --> 00:28:28,628
Speaker 8: was teams didn't want to deal with Dion.

638
00:28:28,468 --> 00:28:29,988
Speaker 3: Talking in the media.

639
00:28:30,068 --> 00:28:31,828
Speaker 4: I think it was less of that, Andrea.

640
00:28:31,868 --> 00:28:34,188
Speaker 8: The more people I talked to, it was they didn't

641
00:28:34,188 --> 00:28:38,628
Speaker 8: get a meaningful throwing session with Shadoor he obviously didn't

642
00:28:38,708 --> 00:28:40,508
Speaker 8: showcase a lot of his talents and things like the

643
00:28:40,548 --> 00:28:42,668
Speaker 8: East West Shrine game when they went to campus. A

644
00:28:42,668 --> 00:28:44,308
Speaker 8: lot of the scouts like to go and ask these

645
00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:45,788
Speaker 8: guys how much are they studying?

646
00:28:45,788 --> 00:28:46,548
Speaker 4: What are they like in the.

647
00:28:46,468 --> 00:28:50,388
Speaker 8: Classrooms, and they were maybe concerned they weren't getting complete answers.

648
00:28:50,868 --> 00:28:53,708
Speaker 8: But you know, Dion, you've talked to him. What do

649
00:28:53,748 --> 00:28:55,868
Speaker 8: you make of some of the stuff that I've heard,

650
00:28:55,908 --> 00:28:58,068
Speaker 8: some of the stuff that you've seen out there reported?

651
00:28:58,868 --> 00:29:01,828
Speaker 8: Was it as simple of us, we just don't want

652
00:29:01,908 --> 00:29:04,948
Speaker 8: him because we think Dion is going to serve convince

653
00:29:05,308 --> 00:29:07,308
Speaker 8: what we're trying to do here in the organization, or

654
00:29:07,348 --> 00:29:08,308
Speaker 8: is there something else to this?

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00:29:09,148 --> 00:29:15,548
Speaker 11: Well, Jane, I think that it's the very very simple answer.

656
00:29:15,748 --> 00:29:17,188
Speaker 10: Is not a newsflesh.

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Speaker 11: Dion will be Dion in other words, what you're getting

658
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Speaker 11: looking ahead and the amount of involvement that he may

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Speaker 11: have with his son. I hate to quote another former

660
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Speaker 11: head coach, Bill Belichick, but it is what it is.

661
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Speaker 11: And with Dion, obviously we know he's the only head

662
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Speaker 11: coach Shudur has ever had.

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Speaker 10: At any level.

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Speaker 11: Certainly, Dion pointed out that he's had that Shaudur has

665
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Speaker 11: had multiple offensive coordinators, but right now shouldur if he's

666
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Speaker 11: going to rise from the fifth round pick status in

667
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Speaker 11: a very crowded quarterback room in Cleveland, he needs to

668
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Speaker 11: focus on himself.

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Speaker 10: Brought out all the noise, which may.

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Speaker 11: Include his dad, and that may not go over great

671
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Speaker 11: with his dad. But at some point, I think the

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Speaker 11: closest comp that I have is Archie Manning and Eli.

673
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Speaker 11: Obviously we know that Archie, you know, is very involved

674
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Speaker 11: in Eli's drafting process, but once Eli ended up in

675
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Speaker 11: New York, you didn't hear from Archie. Now it's a

676
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Speaker 11: little bit different because Archie didn't coach Eli the way

677
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Speaker 11: Dion did. But at some point you gotta let the

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Speaker 11: kid get out on his own. Make the problem, you know,

679
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Speaker 11: make make the mistakes he's going to make. You can

680
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Speaker 11: watch the film and you can You're still going to

681
00:30:34,348 --> 00:30:36,988
Speaker 11: post on Instagram. He's already. Dean's already done that, even

682
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Speaker 11: after just a few phone sessions that we're seeing here.

683
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Speaker 11: But at this point, and the other thing you have

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Speaker 11: to remember is that Dion and Bill Musgrave, who was

685
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Speaker 11: the Browns quarterback coach, were teammates on the nineteen ninety

686
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Speaker 11: four forty nine Ers Super Bowl championship team, so they

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Speaker 11: have Maybe you know Dion is gonna be dming and

688
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Speaker 11: texting Musgrave about certain things. But in my opinion, Dion,

689
00:31:03,108 --> 00:31:05,828
Speaker 11: do what's best for your kid Ruben on his own.

690
00:31:06,428 --> 00:31:09,668
Speaker 11: Don't make things more difficult for him, for Kevin Stefanski

691
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Speaker 11: and for the new offense court endor Tommy Reese in Cleveland.

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Speaker 2: The bright side of all of that, Andrea, is that Dion,

693
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Speaker 2: more than anybody else, knows that it's a business. And specifically,

694
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Speaker 2: when the ball gets kicked off and they are playing

695
00:31:20,628 --> 00:31:23,708
Speaker 2: between the white lines, that Shador will be shown what

696
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Speaker 2: the NFL is all about.

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Speaker 3: And Dion knows this.

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Speaker 2: So to your point about letting him go out there

699
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Speaker 2: and prove himself in play, you would hope that his

700
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Speaker 2: own father could understand. Le Son, you got to get

701
00:31:31,908 --> 00:31:33,748
Speaker 2: out there and blaze your own trail, which is what

702
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Speaker 2: we are hoping for Shudeur Sanders, wherever that may be.

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Speaker 3: Andrew Kramer, everybody, thank you so much for coming on the.

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Speaker 12: Start of a new era.

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Speaker 10: In Green Bay, Aaron.

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Speaker 12: Rodgers takes over a quarterback for Brett Farm his first

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Speaker 12: NFL touchdown.

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Speaker 13: The Green Bay Packers are world tampions Number.

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Speaker 11: One quarterback Wilds chatting MVP ut doctor Holiver Karon Rodgers has.

710
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Speaker 8: Done it up yet?

711
00:32:00,508 --> 00:32:04,188
Speaker 5: All right, The New York Jets have agreed to terms

712
00:32:04,628 --> 00:32:06,988
Speaker 5: on a trade for Aaron Rodgers.

713
00:32:07,268 --> 00:32:09,068
Speaker 6: Not here to be a savior of any kind.

714
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Speaker 2: I'm just here to be the best quarterback I could beat.

715
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Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers puts it right in his hands.

716
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Speaker 5: That's a check touchdown, Aren Rogers, it's a Jet touchdown.

717
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Speaker 3: Rogers looking for five hundred, He's got it.

718
00:32:24,828 --> 00:32:28,868
Speaker 4: To Tyler Conkline, breaking news. The four time NFL MVP

719
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Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers is really going to don the black d goal.

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Speaker 4: Good morning football.

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Speaker 2: Let's address the elephant in the room. Aaron Rodgers going

722
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Speaker 2: to the Pittsburgh Dealers. He signed a one year He's

723
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Speaker 2: going to sign a one year deal. He sounds like

724
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Speaker 2: he's gonna rive over the weekend and go to OTAs

725
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Speaker 2: next week.

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Speaker 3: Cool.

727
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Speaker 2: There must be some other headlines that we have to

728
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Speaker 2: empty the notebook on. We've got James Later Madelenburg to

729
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Speaker 2: Mehra Brown here as well. Patriots giants all over the league, Dallas, Dallas, Texas.

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Speaker 12: Girl.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you got it all covered, but you're not going

732
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Speaker 3: to take us there.

733
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Speaker 2: I'm not going, Okay, that's a tease. Everybody are here

734
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Speaker 2: and that's what we call it.

735
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Speaker 3: Madeline.

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Speaker 2: You are at the Giants facility yesterday. You have a

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Speaker 2: slew of quarterbacks, you have a head coach and a

738
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Speaker 2: GM that are just fighting for their lives making decisions.

739
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Speaker 2: But take us to what's going on on the defensive

740
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Speaker 2: side of the ball. What's happening, absolutely, Jamie.

741
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Speaker 9: I mean, we've all heard the adage defense wins championships,

742
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Speaker 9: right that is evidenced by the way that the Eagles

743
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Speaker 9: won the Super Bowl this year in the pressure and

744
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Speaker 9: I talked to defensive coordinator Shane Bowen yesterday and he said, yeah,

745
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Speaker 9: you know.

746
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Speaker 4: It's kind of obviously there is a shift.

747
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Speaker 9: You look at the numbers in the run game that

748
00:33:40,788 --> 00:33:43,428
Speaker 9: are causing for this adjustment. You're not just looking for

749
00:33:43,468 --> 00:33:45,548
Speaker 9: pressure off the edge, You're looking for pressure.

750
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Speaker 4: Up the middle.

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Speaker 9: And while the Giants talk has been a lot about

752
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Speaker 9: the quarterbacks this offseason, the defense has really been a

753
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Speaker 9: point of emphasis.

754
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Speaker 4: Not only in free agency.

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Speaker 9: They signed Pulse in the Devo Javon Holland in the

756
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Speaker 9: draft they get a dual carter at three, Darius Alexander,

757
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Speaker 9: and they're really prioritizing the defensive side of the ball,

758
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Speaker 9: and they're.

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Speaker 4: Doing so in a pretty unique way.

760
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Speaker 9: Defensive coordinator Shane Bowen has a new take on what

761
00:34:10,028 --> 00:34:12,908
Speaker 9: we all know as you know, a turnover chain. This

762
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Speaker 9: is a turnover chest. It is a treasured chest, okay,

763
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Speaker 9: And it is inspired by Shane Bowen's sons T ball team,

764
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Speaker 9: the Pirates. So a young Pirate T ball team has

765
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Speaker 9: planted this idea in Bowen's mind and.

766
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Speaker 4: He said, hey, listen, you get what you emphasize and.

767
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Speaker 9: Somehow you know the violent attacking style to steal possessions

768
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Speaker 9: the Piracy. It's working for them, right. We saw Trey

769
00:34:39,788 --> 00:34:42,228
Speaker 9: Hawkins dunking the ball in though. Essentially, when you get

770
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Speaker 9: a takeaway on the defensive side of.

771
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Speaker 4: The ball, you put the ball in the treasured chest.

772
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Speaker 4: And this is an important point of emphasis.

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Speaker 9: I mean, the Giants right near the bottom of the

774
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Speaker 9: league with only fifteen takeaways in twenty twenty four, they

775
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Speaker 9: had a minus eight turnover differential, So definitely a point

776
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Speaker 9: of emphasis for this team, and it seems like a

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Speaker 9: fun way to go about it.

778
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Speaker 1: One guy I would hope to see dunking the ball

779
00:35:03,268 --> 00:35:07,068
Speaker 1: in that treasure chest is have dual Carter numbers. I

780
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Speaker 1: know that the pads are not one yet, Madeline, but

781
00:35:09,748 --> 00:35:11,228
Speaker 1: what have you liked from him so far?

782
00:35:11,308 --> 00:35:13,308
Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, he has been so much fun to watch.

783
00:35:13,348 --> 00:35:15,348
Speaker 9: And like you mentioned, the pads aren't on, so we're

784
00:35:15,348 --> 00:35:17,708
Speaker 9: not quite fully engaged in.

785
00:35:17,668 --> 00:35:18,868
Speaker 4: The maximum capacity.

786
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Speaker 9: I mean, you know, they're going on seven on seven

787
00:35:20,668 --> 00:35:21,908
Speaker 9: for the most part, so not a.

788
00:35:21,788 --> 00:35:24,708
Speaker 4: Lot of pass rush out there. But he is a great.

789
00:35:24,508 --> 00:35:26,068
Speaker 9: Young man and he's going to be a really a

790
00:35:26,188 --> 00:35:27,748
Speaker 9: special talent to watch in this league.

791
00:35:27,828 --> 00:35:30,468
Speaker 8: You know, the more I hear about the sons of

792
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Speaker 8: the guys like Joe Shane and the influence staff, are

793
00:35:33,908 --> 00:35:37,748
Speaker 8: these guys actually paid employees or they just consultants at.

794
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Speaker 3: The interns youth interns.

795
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Speaker 14: Listen, you know what the family business, it's all here

796
00:35:45,148 --> 00:35:48,548
Speaker 14: for it. Plus Joe Shane's Joe Shane's son, He's got

797
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Speaker 14: a hose that is a young quarterback to watch in

798
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Speaker 14: the future.

799
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Speaker 4: His son and also Chris Nee's son.

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Speaker 9: Both of these guys New Jersey high school prospects to

801
00:35:57,708 --> 00:35:58,268
Speaker 9: keep an eye on.

802
00:35:58,428 --> 00:35:59,828
Speaker 2: Just let me know when one of those guys starts

803
00:35:59,828 --> 00:36:02,668
Speaker 2: wearing a pyrapatcher, right, you get back to me at Madeline, Jean,

804
00:36:02,788 --> 00:36:05,908
Speaker 2: You're not going to Oh my gosh, you're not going

805
00:36:05,948 --> 00:36:07,708
Speaker 2: to the Cowboys. Where else do you take us? When

806
00:36:07,708 --> 00:36:08,788
Speaker 2: you look at the league.

807
00:36:08,588 --> 00:36:10,708
Speaker 3: Right now, I'm looking at the Indianapolis Colts.

808
00:36:10,708 --> 00:36:13,388
Speaker 8: I think sometimes we overlook some of these teams that

809
00:36:13,428 --> 00:36:15,828
Speaker 8: are in some of the smaller markets, so to speak.

810
00:36:16,188 --> 00:36:18,908
Speaker 8: We just caught when that Anthony Richardson is dealing with

811
00:36:18,988 --> 00:36:19,788
Speaker 8: a shoulder issue.

812
00:36:19,908 --> 00:36:21,148
Speaker 4: Yeah, I reached out some folks there.

813
00:36:21,228 --> 00:36:24,668
Speaker 8: They said that they are reevaluating that issue and that

814
00:36:24,708 --> 00:36:27,548
Speaker 8: we should have some more details on that on Monday.

815
00:36:28,028 --> 00:36:31,348
Speaker 8: But I find myself hurting for you Colts fans. I

816
00:36:31,388 --> 00:36:34,708
Speaker 8: was percolating on this, how many different quarterbacks have they

817
00:36:34,748 --> 00:36:37,068
Speaker 8: had since twenty fifteen, going all the way back to

818
00:36:37,108 --> 00:36:38,668
Speaker 8: when Andrew Lutt got hurt?

819
00:36:38,948 --> 00:36:41,188
Speaker 2: Got a CBS say, tell you guys a little.

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Speaker 8: Bit, Yes, the CBS c Let's go through the names. Oh,

821
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Speaker 8: Matt Hasselback, Josh Freeman, Scott Tolzine, Jakobe Brisette, Brian Hoyer,

822
00:36:51,348 --> 00:36:55,748
Speaker 8: Philip Rivers, Carson Wentz, Matt Ryan, sam Ellinger, Gardon, Minshew

823
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Speaker 8: a Gardener, rather Nick Foles and Joe Flacco. So what

824
00:37:00,108 --> 00:37:03,428
Speaker 8: do they do with Anthony Richardson's shoulder issue is a problem.

825
00:37:03,828 --> 00:37:05,308
Speaker 4: I do have some good news.

826
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Speaker 3: I don't know if this is good news.

827
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Speaker 8: For some people, especially if you're keeping an eye on

828
00:37:09,828 --> 00:37:11,428
Speaker 8: the giants, But Daniel.

829
00:37:11,188 --> 00:37:12,548
Speaker 4: Jones is looking good, folks.

830
00:37:12,628 --> 00:37:15,468
Speaker 8: Yeah, they said that he has been accurate. This is

831
00:37:15,508 --> 00:37:17,388
Speaker 8: the first time that he'll actually.

832
00:37:16,988 --> 00:37:19,908
Speaker 4: Have a weapon, more than one weapon.

833
00:37:20,588 --> 00:37:23,228
Speaker 8: So keep an eye on this Daniel Jones development.

834
00:37:23,268 --> 00:37:24,908
Speaker 3: I think that's what's going to get really interesting. I

835
00:37:24,988 --> 00:37:26,428
Speaker 3: got I got mad lied.

836
00:37:26,228 --> 00:37:31,148
Speaker 8: Over here nodding or on the Daniel Jones in Indianapolis.

837
00:37:31,428 --> 00:37:32,628
Speaker 4: I think it's going to be great.

838
00:37:33,268 --> 00:37:35,748
Speaker 9: But it is interesting that you bring up Andrew Luck

839
00:37:35,828 --> 00:37:39,348
Speaker 9: because in eighty six career games, Andrew Luck was sacked

840
00:37:39,348 --> 00:37:41,868
Speaker 9: one hundred and seventy four times, which caused him to

841
00:37:42,348 --> 00:37:46,148
Speaker 9: choose to retire early to protect himself. Now Daniel Jones

842
00:37:46,188 --> 00:37:49,548
Speaker 9: has played seventy career games and he has been sacked

843
00:37:49,628 --> 00:37:51,228
Speaker 9: two hundred eight times.

844
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Speaker 4: So got it back to keep him around a little bit.

845
00:37:54,508 --> 00:37:55,548
Speaker 3: Yeah, Well we've seen Ellie.

846
00:37:55,548 --> 00:37:57,348
Speaker 2: If history can repeat itself, at least in the New

847
00:37:57,428 --> 00:38:00,828
Speaker 2: York market, maybe the maybe Danieljon's gonna have like the

848
00:38:00,868 --> 00:38:01,988
Speaker 2: Sam dam Darnacks.

849
00:38:02,108 --> 00:38:04,188
Speaker 8: Yea, you know they are change of scenery.

850
00:38:04,428 --> 00:38:06,388
Speaker 3: Yeah, bring some optimism to New England.

851
00:38:06,428 --> 00:38:08,588
Speaker 2: Do you have a second year quarterback that's trying to

852
00:38:08,588 --> 00:38:10,308
Speaker 2: make a name for himself and not and avoid the

853
00:38:10,388 --> 00:38:11,148
Speaker 2: sophomore slump?

854
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, Drake May. I cannot wait to see what he

855
00:38:15,308 --> 00:38:17,308
Speaker 1: does in his second year. You know, your second year

856
00:38:17,348 --> 00:38:19,628
Speaker 1: in the NFL is a huge one. It's either a

857
00:38:19,628 --> 00:38:22,588
Speaker 1: slump or a jump. And when I look at Drake May,

858
00:38:22,668 --> 00:38:23,548
Speaker 1: I think he has.

859
00:38:23,468 --> 00:38:25,228
Speaker 7: All the tools to have a jump this year.

860
00:38:25,268 --> 00:38:28,668
Speaker 1: He's got Josh McDaniels, who I watched help Mac Jones

861
00:38:28,708 --> 00:38:32,028
Speaker 1: and his rookie season to complete sixty seven percent of

862
00:38:32,068 --> 00:38:35,108
Speaker 1: his passes. He was second in votes for Offensive Rookie

863
00:38:35,188 --> 00:38:38,468
Speaker 1: of the Year. He had thirty eight hundred passing yards.

864
00:38:38,468 --> 00:38:41,108
Speaker 7: So why can't he do that with Drake May this year?

865
00:38:41,428 --> 00:38:43,588
Speaker 7: Why can't he There's no proof that he can't. And

866
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Speaker 7: especially when you.

867
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Speaker 1: Look at this team, most of them, you build your team,

868
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Speaker 1: then you add your quarterback. The Patriots did it the

869
00:38:49,628 --> 00:38:52,148
Speaker 1: other way around. They got their quarterback last year and

870
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Speaker 1: then they built around him. They got their wide receiver

871
00:38:54,988 --> 00:38:57,708
Speaker 1: one in Stefan Diggs. They got their first round pick

872
00:38:57,788 --> 00:39:00,468
Speaker 1: Will Campbell to help strengthen the offensive line, and then

873
00:39:00,548 --> 00:39:01,548
Speaker 1: Josh McDaniels.

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Speaker 7: He's going to be the blueprint for.

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00:39:03,068 --> 00:39:06,388
Speaker 1: This jump for us to help those mechanics, to help

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Speaker 1: his footwork, to help his huddle presence, and to make

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Speaker 1: this a productive offense for the New England Patriots this year.

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Speaker 1: So I'm voting second year jump for Drake May.

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, you know.

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Speaker 2: Jade and I are like whispering over here about there's

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Speaker 2: an invisible thread. Yes, the thread that weaves throughout the

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Speaker 2: NFL Madealie. Can you confirm Jacoby Brissette was he on

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Speaker 2: the fifty three man roster for the New York Giants

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Speaker 2: at some point see in the building.

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Speaker 9: I want to say so yes, because so there have

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Speaker 9: been so many players on the fifty three in the

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Speaker 9: last ten.

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Speaker 3: Years present, I'm like they all again.

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Speaker 8: They also remember we had Josh McDaniels who almost went

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Speaker 8: to Indianapolis backed out at the last minute, so there

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Speaker 8: was some synergy here.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely well, Mike Rabel hopes to get Drake May back

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Speaker 2: on the right track.

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Speaker 12: I am absolutely pumped about this.

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Speaker 13: I mean, obviously super Bowl champions, no doubt in my mind.

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Speaker 12: I love the move. He is going to either get

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Speaker 12: you ten eleven wins and gives you a shot at

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Speaker 12: finally winning a playoff game, or he's not going to

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Speaker 12: be healthy, he's going to be distracted and the thing's

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Speaker 12: just going to implode and then you get a high

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Speaker 12: draft pick.

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Speaker 13: My take on Aaron Rodgers here is I love it.

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Speaker 13: I love it because it's going to bring so much

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Speaker 13: drama into the season. Steve made a good point, it's

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Speaker 13: going to take some heat off with Tomlin, but at

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Speaker 13: the end of the day, I mean, it's going to

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Speaker 13: bring so much drama. He's going to shoot it straight.

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Speaker 13: Steelers fans aren't going to like what he's going to

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Speaker 13: have to say sometimes, but you know, he's been around

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Speaker 13: the league enough. He knows what wins and what doesn't.

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Speaker 13: And I think this might be what the Steelers and.

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Speaker 2: Heat gotta pay homage to the voice of the fans sometimes,

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Speaker 2: and the Steelers are allowed. Today and yesterday, when the

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Speaker 2: news came out that Aaron Rodgers is going to commit

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Speaker 2: to a one year deal with Pittsburgh Steelers, we're going

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Speaker 2: to play what's the word fill in the blank, Samara.

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00:40:48,788 --> 00:40:50,748
Speaker 2: Steelers fans should feel.

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Speaker 3: Blank about their new quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I don't have a word. I have an emoji. This

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Speaker 1: is supposed to be a prayer. Hands emoji answered prayer.

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Speaker 1: They're so happy they're waving their terrible.

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Speaker 7: Towels right now.

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Speaker 1: Because let's be real, Macey Rudolph thrown a dk metcalf

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Speaker 1: didn't move the needle.

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Speaker 4: This will I really thought that was pe.

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Speaker 3: Mine is anti clematic.

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Speaker 8: This was gonna happen, but one it wasn't the most

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Speaker 8: important story yesterday. That for me, being a political science junkie.

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Speaker 10: I was all in on e Lawn and Trump.

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Speaker 8: So sorry Aaron's two others all trying to steal the headlines,

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Speaker 8: got the spotlight stolen yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Busy news day.

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Speaker 9: I'm busy the yinzer appreciation. We know Aaron Rodgers is

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Speaker 9: good friends with Pat McAfee from Pittsburgh, but also he

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Speaker 9: spent a lot of time playing with head coach Mike

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Speaker 9: McCarthy McCarthy from Pittsburgh. In twenty fifteen, Rogers admitted, hey,

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Speaker 9: he couldn't understand McCarthy's play call because of his accent.

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Speaker 9: So just remember tight end Darnell Washington Darneld Washington. Cam

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Speaker 9: Hayward is not just seven time pro bowler, but he's

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Speaker 9: son of Arnhead Ironhead no arnhead, Hayward and you know

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Speaker 9: steal a nation's gonna rock with you.

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Speaker 4: Just add renegade to the playlist.

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Speaker 2: Rogers Okay, an emoji, a three word answer and anticlimactic

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Speaker 2: which I believe has a hyphen in it dies when

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Speaker 2: it has When GMFB, when we say fill in the blank,

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Speaker 2: what's the word?

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Speaker 4: I said?

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Speaker 3: Singular word?

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Speaker 2: Okay, no emoji, no threeword answer. We're gonna free fresh again.

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Speaker 2: We hold this beautiful object, inanimate object, near and dear

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Speaker 2: to our hearts. The whiteboard is sacred and uh that

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Speaker 2: was a breaking of the segment in all time classic

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Speaker 2: good GMFB, come on, curves

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Speaker 7: Up Twitter a little bit