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Speaker 1: What's up everyone, Welcome to playmakers, Welcome back, I should say,

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Speaker 1: I'm Haley Elwood. It's officially Week one, and we better

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Speaker 1: to help kick off Week one than Chargers radio sideline

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Speaker 1: reporter Shannon Farren. Shannon, how's it going? We made it?

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Speaker 1: We made it. I'm so excited for this season, Haley.

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Speaker 1: It's so great to be back out there. You don't

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Speaker 1: even realize how much the fans bring a game to

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Speaker 1: life until you hear the roar of the crowd coming

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Speaker 1: out of that tunnel. So definitely excited for the season.

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Speaker 1: It's so by. I know we're gonna talk some Chargers

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one football, but I do kind of want

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Speaker 1: to rewind back to twenty twenty because for those who

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Speaker 1: might not know someone in your role, twenty twenty was

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Speaker 1: just so so different. But the good news is just

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Speaker 1: these last few weeks you were out there, back on

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Speaker 1: the literal sidelines, not in the moat for the preseason.

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Speaker 1: How good did it feel to get back out there

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Speaker 1: in the field. It felt great. You know, last season

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Speaker 1: was just eerie with like I said, the guys coming

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Speaker 1: out of the tunnel and all you could hear was

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Speaker 1: the applause. On the sideline. I wasn't allowed to be

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Speaker 1: on the sideline. So sideline reporting was very difficult, as

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Speaker 1: you can imagine, because it's all about the sites and

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Speaker 1: what you hear and the feel of the team and

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Speaker 1: the energy and who's talking to who and what position

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Speaker 1: groups are getting at the worst from their coaches, and

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Speaker 1: how it's all playing out. And I was kind of

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Speaker 1: walk and forth along that first row, but it was

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Speaker 1: really hard to hear anything any of the conversations, get

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Speaker 1: a feel what was going on. If there was an injury,

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Speaker 1: it was hard to have eyes on exactly what part

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Speaker 1: it was. And so it's just great being that close

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Speaker 1: who is listening on the radio what exactly you can

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Speaker 1: see there with the guys on the sideline. Yeah. I

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Speaker 1: remember I listened to a podcast last year that Aaron

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Speaker 1: Andrews did and she talked about how, because it was

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Speaker 1: the same for TV sideline reporters, they were in that

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Speaker 1: when she first got the news, but she was still

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Speaker 1: in the arena. But it's just so different. What did

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Speaker 1: the field. Yeah, I think it was just hearing those conversations,

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Speaker 1: you know, when you had a vocal quarterback like Philip Rivers.

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Speaker 1: You know, because that's the last season I was down

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Speaker 1: there for. You could hear who he was going and

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Speaker 1: chewing out, you know, whether it was Keenan or a Mists. Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: and the fans as well. You know. Last year what

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Speaker 1: changed was I would just have storylines going into the game,

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Speaker 1: things that had happened in practice, different questions with position players,

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Speaker 1: storylines during the game set of things that I'm seeing

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Speaker 1: the way the job was. So I'm glad to be

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Speaker 1: able to give people more information and content this season.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about those fans. I know you mentioned just

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Speaker 1: how much you missed them last year. I think we

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Speaker 1: nothing really exciting going on to rev anyone up, all

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Speaker 1: of us, even I can't imagine what it was like

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Speaker 1: it back. Absolutely. All right, let's get into Justin Herbert

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Speaker 1: a little bit because you just mentioned him. Just what

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Speaker 1: never he's unflappable, and that's what you look for in

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Speaker 1: need in the huddle, right. I mean, there's this great

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Speaker 1: And it's that kind of cool, that kind of calm

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Speaker 1: that's what leadership is. And I think that that's an

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Speaker 1: an exciting year two. What do you really expect from

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Speaker 1: Herbert in this season? MVP? I mean, I think he's

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Speaker 1: This is going to be an explosive offense. He's going

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Speaker 1: would be kind of disappointing. We'll take that. Now. One

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Speaker 1: group that will help him hopefully get there is this

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Speaker 1: But what did you really make of some of those

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Speaker 1: particular on the off season. It's been quite floris, shall

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Speaker 1: was good to see Brian back at practice this week

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Speaker 1: And Corey Lindsley like he I was talking to him

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Speaker 1: his development as well. I mean, I think you can

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Speaker 1: just like a calm, kind of steady leader. Doesn't get

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Speaker 1: He has the same demeanor out there, unflappable. So when

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Speaker 1: Just how it great is it going to be to

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Speaker 1: so exciting to us too, you know, just to see

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Speaker 1: it is so funny when you mentioned Joey, because they

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Speaker 1: but he's a really smart guy, and the energy that

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Speaker 1: he brings and the intensity, it's only leading to more expectations.

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Speaker 1: That respect that we're talking about, it really comes from

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Speaker 1: And it was the juxtaposition of him and Pete Carroll

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Speaker 1: give it to Pete Carroll. But seeing Staley run the

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Speaker 1: but here it is Week one. Sunday officially kicks off

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Speaker 1: the first game of the season against the Washington football team.

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Speaker 1: Let's use that E word. What are you expecting out

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Speaker 1: to be a great match up there. I think that

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Speaker 1: maybe we have a little couple bumps. You know, nobody

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Speaker 1: Chargers go twelve and four this season. Hey, right, it's

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Speaker 1: really good about this. Thirteen and four, Yeah, that's the

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Speaker 1: thirteen and four is that a division division winning record

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Speaker 1: see as we go. We're excited again. It all starts

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Speaker 1: this week's ann And thank you so much for coming on.

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Speaker 1: Have fun out there in Washington. I know you're going

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Speaker 1: to be out there, really enjoy it. Maybe get some

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Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Hannon, Take care, Haley,