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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Favorites, presented by Drafts Kings. The crown

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Speaker 1: is yours. We are an Action Network podcast. I'm Brandon Kravitz,

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Speaker 1: your host, back at it with the first lady of

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Speaker 1: the pod, Miss Kendri Middleton. I'm sure that stats hound

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Speaker 1: Evan Abrams will be making an appearance.

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Speaker 2: Swooping in as well.

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Speaker 1: Spring has sprung, Baseball season is being played, abs is awesome,

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Speaker 1: tournaments about to wrap up. Kendra, how's the men's and

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Speaker 1: women's bracket looking to this point?

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Speaker 3: My brackets are both shit.

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Speaker 4: They are like in the seventieth percentile, and I'm never

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Speaker 4: betting on basketball again. I've the college basketball This season

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Speaker 4: has wiped the floor with me and I'm ready for

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Speaker 4: it to be over. I'm actually not having fun at

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Speaker 4: all anymore. It has taken all of the joy out

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Speaker 4: of this for me. I know that people are probably

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Speaker 4: so tired of me about the tournament, but I just

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Speaker 4: for once am nothing fun. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Well, you know you stay pretty composed during the NFL season,

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Speaker 1: but that at least in the one the year that

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Speaker 1: we've worked together has gone well for you. This is

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Speaker 1: you looking somewhat composed, but honest with yourself. That this

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Speaker 1: just might not be your bag, although next year, I

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Speaker 1: guarantee you will gas yourself up because the open of

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Speaker 1: the NCAA Tournament is as exciting as it gets. I

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Speaker 1: djen out, everybody does, and then you know, depending on

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Speaker 1: how it goes, it is, how you maneuver through the

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Speaker 1: Sweet sixteen and the Elite eight, I think you'll be

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Speaker 1: back next year.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I think that I just need to leave it on

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Speaker 4: the pedestal that it is and enjoy it for what

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Speaker 4: it is instead of gambling on it. I think I

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Speaker 4: just need to be a consumer, and that's my way

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Speaker 4: to enjoy it and have fun, because then I don't care.

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Speaker 4: Like when you have money wrapped up in things, it

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Speaker 4: makes it so much more miserable when it doesn't go

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Speaker 4: your way. And I just think the college basketball is

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Speaker 4: not for me as far as it's gambling.

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Speaker 1: Well, I don't want to take this and then turn

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Speaker 1: it into a humble brag. But I do have Illinois

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Speaker 1: national championship on the men's side, So even though a

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Speaker 1: lot of people are looking at Arizona, Michigan is the

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Speaker 1: de facto championship game. We are hoping for a free

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Speaker 1: pizza dinner for the Favorites crew if Illinois can get

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Speaker 1: themselves into the championship game and win pizza for everybody.

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Speaker 4: Okay, can I are you pro or anti pineapple on pizza?

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Speaker 1: I'm not anti pineapple on pizza, but I wouldn't ever

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Speaker 1: order it on purpose. Like if I was at an

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Speaker 1: event and they said, hey, we have pineapple pizza, throw

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Speaker 1: it on the plate.

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Speaker 2: No issue.

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Speaker 1: But I'm never going to step up to the counter

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Speaker 1: and ask for the pineapple to be on my pizza.

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Speaker 4: Okay, fair, I like it with halapinos, halapenos and just pineapples, fine,

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Speaker 4: but if you throw some like bacon or ham on there,

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Speaker 4: I'm purposefully ordering that, even though my first choice will

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Speaker 4: forever and always be Buffalo Chicken.

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Speaker 1: Evan swoop in. Where do you land on the pineapple

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Speaker 1: on the pizza?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you did it exactly right. You should never order it,

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Speaker 5: but if it's there, it's fine.

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Speaker 6: And jalapenos and ham or bacon, the mixture between the

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Speaker 6: three is what makes it special.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's a pretty elite combo. All right.

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Speaker 1: We got some news to get to and today our

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Speaker 1: special feature on today's episode, Kendrick and I have come

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Speaker 1: up with our five teams that have to absolutely nail

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Speaker 1: the draft in a month, so we each have our

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Speaker 1: own five. I don't even think there's overlap on our lists.

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Speaker 3: Is I think that yours is.

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Speaker 4: We went in completely different directions and I can't wait

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Speaker 4: for Evan to roast us both. But I am so

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Speaker 4: confused by your definition of needing to nail a draft.

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Speaker 2: And uh, and.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I'm getting mid NFL season vine that

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Speaker 1: my choices make no sense to the gallery.

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Speaker 3: Did you put the falcons on you.

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Speaker 2: With it?

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Speaker 1: But part of the reason why I like them to

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Speaker 4: But okay, So, I I feel like I'm so negative lately.

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Speaker 4: I need to get my spark back or something. I

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Speaker 4: don't know what's going on. I'm very just want.

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Speaker 2: To be Portugal. If that doesn't do, but I don't

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I think I need to block politics from my Twitter

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Speaker 4: timeline Anyways, live action movies big thing right now, Moana

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Speaker 4: live Action coming out, We're getting another Incredibles, We're getting like.

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Speaker 3: Toy Story eleven.

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Speaker 4: Are you in or out on these franchises? Going so

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Speaker 3: What are your thoughts on live action?

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Speaker 4: And if you were a cartoon character from a movie,

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Speaker 2: Oh man, this is loaded.

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Speaker 1: I think this is a layered conversation because it is

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Speaker 1: Toy Story hasn't missed yet. They really haven't totally missed.

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Speaker 1: There are some that are better than others. And I

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Speaker 1: now rewatched all of these movies. They have four Toy Stories.

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Speaker 1: They're all bangers. The third one is kind of iffy,

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Speaker 4: It's like the they've been saying that for like thirty years.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna say goodbye to the toys again or something.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be good. I guarantee it is going to

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Speaker 1: live action stuff needs to end. Nobody asked for this.

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Speaker 1: It's never good, never, never as charming as the original.

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Speaker 1: The the sequels, in the three peats that we're getting

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Speaker 2: It is just this obsession.

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Speaker 1: With cashing in on the IP for all of these brands,

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Speaker 1: And then my answer would be shaggy because the idea

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Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, I wouldn't have that's a good clock. Do

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Speaker 4: I agree with your live action take. I think we

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Speaker 4: need newer movies. After three, you gotta cut it off,

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Speaker 3: A toy story.

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Speaker 2: Five.

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Speaker 3: However, I would be mort from Madagascar?

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Speaker 2: Which one is that?

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Speaker 3: More is like do you know King Julian?

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Speaker 2: Is either like the muskrat? Yeah? Yeah, okay. I could

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Speaker 1: Is there like a reason behind it? Because I was

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Speaker 1: Those would be mean you get the side character market

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Speaker 1: cornered right now, let's get to our main dish. Rarely

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Speaker 1: do we get the winner of the Super Bowl on

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Speaker 1: hard knocks. In fact, it hasn't happened since two thousand

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Speaker 1: so some things have gotten better in the streaming world,

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Speaker 1: but the Seahawks are going to be featured on NFL

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Speaker 1: Hard Knocks. Is there any interest for you in seeing that?

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Speaker 1: least the first few episodes. It kind of ramps me

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Speaker 1: is fascinating that we're going to see a team fresh

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Speaker 4: I didn't watch last season, but I've seen every all

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Speaker 4: the other seasons. I think that they've just kind of

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Speaker 4: I think it's fine. I don't really have any feelings

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Speaker 1: Rarely do we see the team that's on Hard Knocks

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Speaker 2: I think they are there this year. Yeah they do.

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Speaker 1: They do the preseason one and then they do the

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Speaker 1: mid season. Yeah, nobody watches. I don't know anybody that

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Speaker 1: watches the mid season Hard Knocks, Like you're in the

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Speaker 2: Who has time for that? I have time in August.

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Speaker 2: I don't have time in October.

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Speaker 3: No, I don't have time, which is probably lucky for

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Speaker 2: So it might work out for them in that regard.

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Speaker 1: But does this ding your confidence at all in Seattle

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Speaker 1: that they're gonna be hawk eyed like this pun intended?

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Speaker 4: I just think I don't really have a ton of

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Speaker 4: won the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: You didn't have to play, you know.

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Speaker 3: For like eight months of work.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, rightfully so, because most of them suck at their job. Like,

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Speaker 1: For the show of it, and this is part of

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Speaker 4: Well, they're getting paid for blowing games, so I don't

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Speaker 3: I want to raise.

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Speaker 4: But when you suck at your job, you don't go

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Speaker 4: Guys are sucking at your job, and either you just

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Speaker 3: Which one is it? You got to pick aside?

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Speaker 4: Do you want to get paid because you're good at

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Speaker 2: You're right, you have been negative.

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Speaker 3: I know what is wrong with me. I think it's

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Speaker 1: So I looked back the fail Mary, which was the

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Speaker 6: That's definitely an easier request than when I got in

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Speaker 5: So I appreciate that person who bing me, but yeah,

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Speaker 6: Obviously this has a larger impact overall, but we will see.

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Speaker 5: How this goes. We're still need deep in March madness.

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Speaker 6: But I would honestly assume that there would be like

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Speaker 1: I would agree with that. Yeah, you don't need to

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Speaker 3: I need to go back to smoking weed.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we're just I'm just trying to support the

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I don't know.

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Speaker 4: Would you rather have refs who like call the game properly?

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Speaker 1: I think officials are good. I think the officials are fine.

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Speaker 3: The officiating this year was good.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how to judge it, like I'm not

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Speaker 2: It's a hard job to do. Everything's so judgment based.

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Speaker 3: Cravats is paying referees.

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Speaker 1: You know, I had I had a winning year, so

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Speaker 3: Wait wait, wait, wait, wait wait, I have.

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Speaker 4: One more comment on all of this that I put

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Speaker 2: Oh, from the owners meetings? I did not.

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Speaker 4: Liam Cohen and Robert Sala could not be further apart

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Speaker 4: funniest thing to come out of these meetings so far,

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Speaker 4: You need to look at this picture because it's so

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Speaker 2: But he's not as far away as he could be.

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Speaker 1: Nick Sirianni and Liam Cohen are kind of the bookends

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Speaker 2: You'll take a look at it so good.

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Speaker 4: Sorry I could be the most cut you off, but

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Speaker 3: To see that.

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Speaker 1: I think that's another one we table for later in

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Speaker 1: the offseason. The most drama filled division in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: Write that down. AFC South early lead in that. So

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with Donovan Mitchell.

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Speaker 1: to get in on the action now. NFL Draft starts

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Speaker 1: on April twenty third in Pittsburgh, PA Vegas. As the

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Speaker 1: top pick, They'll be taking Fernando Mendoza unless Dani Rolovski

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Speaker 1: takes over their draft room. The Dolphins, the Browns, the Cowboys, Chiefs,

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Speaker 1: and Jets are the only teams with multiple first round picks.

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Speaker 1: It's a deep draft, not very top heavy. This is

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Speaker 1: not going to go down as one of the world's

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Speaker 1: best drafts. This is a roster building draft, Kendra. So

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Speaker 1: if you need edge rushers, if you need defensive linemen,

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Speaker 1: if you need linebackers, offensive lineman, this is a very

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Speaker 1: meat and potatoes draft that we're looking at in April.

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Speaker 3: I need to know.

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Speaker 4: I need to know your thought process here because we

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Speaker 4: were on opposite ends of the spectrum. I went with

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Speaker 4: needing to nail the draft means you need production right

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Speaker 4: now to put you over the hump, which means I

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Speaker 4: went with teams who are likely kind of riding that

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Speaker 4: edge of boom or bust with Super Bowl at the top.

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Speaker 3: End of mine. And now I'm looking at yours, and

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Speaker 3: I just don't I don't.

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Speaker 4: Think that you need to nail a draft when everything

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Speaker 4: just got blown up, Like I think that you get

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Speaker 4: a little bit of leniency.

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Speaker 1: So there were a couple of ways that there was

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Speaker 1: not one clean criteria. There are different teams on my

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Speaker 1: list that meet different standards of what I'm looking for,

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Speaker 1: But the general idea is you have what you're talking about,

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Speaker 1: you're gonna have teams that you think a draft can

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Speaker 1: push them over the top. I think that that is

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Speaker 1: one of the aspect that you can look for in

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Speaker 1: needing to nail a draft. Another is you have a

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Speaker 1: lot of picks, So this is your chance to rebuild

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Speaker 1: your team with the bevy of picks that you have.

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Speaker 1: You'll never guess who made my list that fits that criteria.

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Speaker 1: And then you have teams that are getting old and

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Speaker 1: decrepit and they have to get better fast, fresher, faster, younger.

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Speaker 1: And there are a couple of teams that meet that criteria.

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Speaker 1: And there's another that spent way too much money in

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Speaker 1: free agency last year that needs to get back to

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Speaker 1: the industry standard, which is building your team through the

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Speaker 1: NFL draft. So those were my that's my spider web

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Speaker 1: of thoughts.

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Speaker 4: Well, Evan just dropped in the chat that he disagrees

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Speaker 4: with both of us.

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Speaker 3: So, Evan, what do you think that this means, what

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Speaker 3: does this mean to you?

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Speaker 6: I kind of thought that Kravitz it means a little

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Speaker 6: It was a little bit closer than I thought it was.

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Speaker 6: But I think it's more about draft capital, Like how

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Speaker 6: much of you invested in the draft kind of dictates

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Speaker 6: how important the draft is to you.

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Speaker 1: But because you also look at it the other way,

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Speaker 1: where you because you have some teams that are not

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Speaker 1: working with a lot of picks, like Seattle has like

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Speaker 1: four picks in this draft.

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Speaker 2: Sure so, and those teams aren't on my list.

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Speaker 1: But I'm just sort of thinking all of this through

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Speaker 1: before we hand out our teams that if you have

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Speaker 1: fewer picks, it's even more important for you to nail

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Speaker 1: the draft because you're taking less bites at the apple.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it probably depends on how you acquired

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Speaker 6: the picks for that situation. Would be a different way

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Speaker 6: of looking at it if you look at the lists

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Speaker 6: that people have, like in terms of your draft capital

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Speaker 6: or cumulative draft capital by team, like the Broncos, the Falcons,

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Speaker 6: the Packers, the Colts, and the Seahawks are your bottom

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Speaker 6: five teams, So those would be the people with like

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Speaker 6: the fewest draft capital of that group. I feel like

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Speaker 6: the Colts might be the lowest in terms of like

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Speaker 6: power rating, So you could say this draft is very

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Speaker 6: important to the Colts, who are the weakest of the

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Speaker 6: teams at the and also don't have a lot of

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Speaker 6: draft capital.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go one team at a time. Here

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Speaker 1: we are gonna go. Should we go back and forth?

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Speaker 2: Five and five?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Well, okay, let's do that.

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Speaker 1: Well, who's your number five team on your list and

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Speaker 1: we'll count down to our team that needs to nail

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Speaker 1: the draft the most.

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Speaker 4: My number five is gonna be the Giants just because

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Speaker 4: of one not a rookie head coach. You got to

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Speaker 4: go out there and do the thing that you're there

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Speaker 4: to do. Make this team better too. I think you

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Speaker 4: have to nail this draft because you need to get

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Speaker 4: better right now. Jackson Dart and Camscatibo are going to

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Speaker 4: have the shortest most electric careers of all time. You

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Speaker 4: need to be better, and you need to be better

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Speaker 4: right now. And it's a division that I think is

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Speaker 4: kind of falling apart in a weird way. I expect

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Speaker 4: them to go back to the NFC East of Old,

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Speaker 4: where a different team is kind of winning that division

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Speaker 4: every single season. So I think it's important for the

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Speaker 4: Giants to nail this draft, get better right now, and

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Speaker 4: improve on defense and the offensive line. Their defensive line

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Speaker 4: was incredible, but their secondary. I think that they could

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Speaker 4: add to get Jackson Dart some protection, and I think

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Speaker 4: this team might be rolling.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I can retweet that I'm not going to have

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Speaker 1: to jump around too much. This is the only overlap

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Speaker 1: that we have. The Giants are number four on my list.

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Speaker 1: They're on the cusp of being good. So I think

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Speaker 1: that that is where you and I are in lockstep

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Speaker 1: with how we're thinking about this process. For them, having

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Speaker 1: all of those young, exciting players on offense, They've got

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Speaker 1: flashy guys on the edge of the defense, and what

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Speaker 1: do we talk about moments ago. This is a meat

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Speaker 1: and potatoes draft for a team that is going through

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Speaker 1: an organizational shift that needs to get better in the

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Speaker 1: interior of both lines. This is a perfect draft for

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Speaker 1: them specifically, and this is one where they if they

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Speaker 1: really hit.

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Speaker 2: I think it's rare that you.

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Speaker 1: Take a team draft well and then all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: it makes you a contender that's asking a lot of

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Speaker 1: rookie players. I think they are a team that could

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Speaker 1: actually fit that mold, so I'm with you. I have

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Speaker 1: the Giants at four, so well, I will skip them

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Speaker 1: when we get back to it. My number five team

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Speaker 1: is the Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 2: I would honestly have them higher on this list, but I.

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Speaker 3: Say, last of twenty six minutes, I saved.

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Speaker 1: Myself the ridicule. I mean, come on, we're doing who

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Speaker 1: needs to nail the draft most? And I wasn't gonna

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Speaker 1: put the Dolphins on this list. I'm not sure that

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Speaker 1: there's anyone that is higher than them, but I'm just

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Speaker 1: trying to stay composed here. Next year's draft is probably

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Speaker 1: the more important one for them. This just needs to

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Speaker 1: be boring vanilla interior on both sides. They have a

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Speaker 1: ton of picks, and that's the reason why they made

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Speaker 1: the list. Seven of the top one hundred picks are

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Speaker 1: gonna go to the Miami Dolphins, so they ought to

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Speaker 1: get better in key areas and they need everything except

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Speaker 1: for running back.

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Speaker 2: I will not make you comments on this. We can

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Speaker 2: move on to the next one. All right.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna go number four, the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 3: You just made it to the super Bowl. You shouldn't have.

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Speaker 4: You have a lot of holes you need some linebackers,

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Speaker 4: you need some edge rushers, you need a receiver very

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Speaker 4: much in the camp that I think the AJ.

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Speaker 3: Brown thing probably will wind up happening. But your division,

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Speaker 3: I think is getting better.

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Speaker 4: I think the Jets are gonna make a little bit

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Speaker 4: of a climb, not the Dolphins. The Bills are going

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Speaker 4: to be right there, especially if they can get Josh

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Speaker 4: Allen another weapon, They're always going to be right there.

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Speaker 4: It's just too tough of a division to cheap out

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Speaker 4: do what you usually do and sit back and rely

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Speaker 4: on coaching in a quarterback. You need to make this

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Speaker 4: team better otherwise fans are gonna go nuts. But I

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Speaker 4: just don't think that this team is as talented or

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Speaker 4: I don't want to say worthy of what they did

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Speaker 4: last season. They over accomplished with an easy schedule and

599
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Speaker 4: got lucky that the quarterback took a big jump. But

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Speaker 4: to keep the league and fans satisfied, you need to

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Speaker 4: hit this draft and you need to sign AJ Brown

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Speaker 4: or everything is just a wash and a bust.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but I mean the AJ Brown thing, you're factoring

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Speaker 1: that into needing the draft, so he's not really a

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Speaker 1: draft the ball.

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Speaker 4: No, I mean, I do think that there could be

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Speaker 4: like a package or something come through with the draft,

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Speaker 4: just because there's gonna be teams that want him. And

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Speaker 4: so if you wait until that June firm deadline, I

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Speaker 4: think that you might be kind of cutting it a

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Speaker 4: little close, and teams might be calling and offering things

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Speaker 4: that you might not be willing to give up. Because

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Speaker 4: I think for the Patriots, at least from what I'm

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Speaker 4: hearing in the discourse around here, is that it is

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Speaker 4: this year's if they are going to do anything, it's

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Speaker 4: this year's draft picks, not next year's. So that's the

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Speaker 4: reason that I think that they're pushing for the June

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Speaker 4: before the June first thing. But I just I don't know,

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Speaker 4: it's a cluster fuck. You need a receiver either way

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Speaker 4: in the draft, and.

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Speaker 1: There's a couple of good ones. There's no Aj Brown

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Speaker 1: in there. But they have eleven draft picks this.

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Speaker 3: Now lot, which is why I think it has to

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Speaker 3: be this year.

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Speaker 1: They can definitely make some moves with the picks that

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Speaker 1: they have, and well, you may laugh at the six

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Speaker 1: and the sevens out there, but I know, I'm sorry

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Speaker 1: that did that, but you put enough of those together

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Speaker 1: and teams are going to gobble that up like candy.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I think you may be onto something with

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Speaker 1: the New England Patriots. My number four was the Giants,

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Speaker 1: so I will skip that because I already told you

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Speaker 1: about that. Number three on my list is the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: No team needs a newer refresh on their identity than

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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 2: What are they?

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Speaker 1: I mean you really think about this, What is the

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Speaker 1: identity of the Steelers other than being the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 1: We think defense, we think running the football? Historically with them,

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Speaker 1: are they good at either of those things? What's the

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Speaker 1: planet quarterback old Man Rogers? Going into last year, they

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Speaker 1: the second oldest roster in the league. I don't know

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Speaker 1: where they rank right now, but they need to get younger,

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Speaker 1: They need to get faster, they need to get significantly

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Speaker 1: more exciting. They need ozembic facelift, the whole nine, just

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Speaker 1: the new look for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I just don't know if you can fix all that

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Speaker 4: in one draft, but I do agree that they need

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Speaker 4: a hit they I just don't think that they have

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Speaker 4: made the right moves the last couple of seasons to

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Speaker 4: set themselves up for success.

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Speaker 3: Outside of the draft.

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Speaker 4: My next choice is going to be the Chicago They

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Speaker 4: play in a division where teams can score points, and

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Speaker 4: they've proven that they can score points.

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Speaker 3: But they need to.

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Speaker 4: Improve on every level of the defense in the draft,

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Speaker 4: and they all need to hit for them to be

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Speaker 4: able to continue to be competitive and get the most

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Speaker 4: out of a.

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Speaker 3: Rookie contract with Caleb Williams.

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Speaker 4: So I think that they have so much to replace

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Speaker 4: on the defense, and if they can limit teams to

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Speaker 4: twenty points a game and not thirty four, I think

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Speaker 4: that they are a team to be reckoned with in

667
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:24,920
Speaker 4: that division.

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Speaker 1: They are one of those teams where you look at

669
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Speaker 1: their draft and say, if the first five picks are

670
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:33,040
Speaker 1: all defense, that's absolutely fine.

671
00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 2: Agree they need everything.

672
00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: They have two second round picks, they have their first,

673
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Speaker 1: they're picking twenty fifth overall, they've got a third, they've

674
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Speaker 1: got a fourth, so they can they can load up

675
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 1: in the draft.

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00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 2: I like that Bears.

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Speaker 1: Look, my number two team on my list is the

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Speaker 1: Washington Commanders.

679
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 2: They went heavy in free agency last year. It didn't work.

680
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 1: They went from a twelve win team with no expectations,

681
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,600
Speaker 1: which sounds a lot like the Patriots. By the way,

682
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 1: So if you're trying to predict who's gonna fall down

683
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: after what they put together last year, I will add

684
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Speaker 1: to the resident Patriot hater here on the podcast and

685
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Speaker 1: say it's obviously New England. They fit the bill of

686
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Speaker 1: where the Commanders were a year ago, twelve wins, no expectations.

687
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 1: In twenty twenty four, they push all the way to

688
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,520
Speaker 1: the conference championship game. Then they go all in in

689
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 1: free agency, thinking we have struck gold with Jaden Daniels.

690
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 1: They have a five win team with Super Bowl expectations,

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Speaker 1: and I think the lesson learned here is that it's

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Speaker 1: one that a lot of teams with cap space eventually learned.

693
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 1: The Texans have been through this the Eagles in the past,

694
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Speaker 1: remember when they put together a super team.

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00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 2: They learn this. You have to build through the.

696
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: Draft and then add a little spice in free agency.

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00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 1: It's not the other way around. They picked seventh overall

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Speaker 1: and then they don't pick again until the third round,

699
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:56,880
Speaker 1: so they have to nail their picks early because they

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00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 1: don't have a lot of them, and they went way

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Speaker 1: too in free agency last year.

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Speaker 2: So I'm going Commanders at number two.

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00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 4: Uh, next up for me is gonna be the Cincinnati Bengals.

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00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 4: They need to nail this draft or Joe Burrow is

705
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Speaker 4: going to retire.

706
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,160
Speaker 3: He's gonna pull in Andrew Luck and he's going to

707
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 3: get the fuck out of here.

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00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 4: They need offensive line so that they don't kill him again.

709
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 3: They need.

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Speaker 4: They need to replace Trey Hendrickson now, like they need

711
00:33:23,160 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 4: so many things to make Joe Burrow happy and make

712
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:29,080
Speaker 4: this team competitive once again in an easy division.

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Speaker 3: You can absolutely make.

714
00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 4: Some moves to put this team over the top if

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00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:36,280
Speaker 4: you hit in this draft and be comfy again. But

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Speaker 4: I think that if they don't hit, like we are

717
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 4: very much going to see an Andrew Luck situation and

718
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 4: just see Joe Burrow be so pissed off and walk

719
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 4: away from this game.

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Speaker 3: If they don't do anything to make him happy.

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Speaker 1: They pick tenth overall in the first round. I've seen

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Speaker 1: Delaane out of LSU the dB mock to them.

723
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Speaker 4: But a lot of people are talking about Kristin Miller,

724
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 4: the kid from Georgia.

725
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've seen there's a couple of Georgia kids in there.

726
00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:05,240
Speaker 1: And then Rubin Bain. If they wanted to attack defense

727
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: since they lost Hendrickson, not a bad look either.

728
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Speaker 2: For them.

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Speaker 1: My number one on the list, the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: I think their dynasty depends on it.

731
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Speaker 1: This is the most important draft they have had since

732
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Speaker 1: they drafted Patrick Mahomes.

733
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Speaker 2: It all hangs on this. This is the pivot point.

734
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 1: If they load up with top tier talent and have

735
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:29,000
Speaker 1: one of those drafts where three of their top four

736
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Speaker 1: picks turn into Pro Bowlers, we could be looking at

737
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: another five year run with Mahomes schooling other teams in

738
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Speaker 1: the playoffs.

739
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 2: If not, we could be down a road of further decay.

740
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,879
Speaker 1: It's a diminishing roster that is also getting very old,

741
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,000
Speaker 1: like Pittsburgh, with teams around you in your division and

742
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:50,160
Speaker 1: in your conference that are steadily improving. They've set such

743
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 1: a high bar for themselves Kendrid that this draft has

744
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: to either meet or exceed what they have done in

745
00:34:57,520 --> 00:34:59,760
Speaker 1: the past, because they've gone a couple of years now

746
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,080
Speaker 1: where they haven't nailed it. And they need those car

747
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 1: Loftus picks, those McDuffie picks, they need those. They've been

748
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,359
Speaker 1: trying to get a receiver, zaf You're worthy. They tried

749
00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,080
Speaker 1: a running back Clyde Edward Hilaire. These things are not

750
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 1: working out.

751
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 2: Rashi Rice.

752
00:35:14,760 --> 00:35:17,800
Speaker 1: They finally got one right and the guy is running

753
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 1: people over in traffic.

754
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,480
Speaker 2: So gotta get this one. If you're the Kansas City Chiefs.

755
00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 3: I think it's my number one. I'm gonna go the Bills.

756
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 4: Their windows closing and it's closing fast. They need impact

757
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 4: players on the edge, they need a linebacker, and outside

758
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 4: of those two picks, I think they could use the

759
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 4: rest to throw darts at a dartboard at wide receiver

760
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 4: and just pray that it works out at that point

761
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:43,040
Speaker 4: because this window, this might be the last year of

762
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 4: this window. Like to be honest, Drake May is just

763
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,480
Speaker 4: going to get better. The AFC is going to get

764
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 4: tougher with all of the quarterbacks are in the AFC,

765
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 4: and this division of yours isn't going to suck forever.

766
00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:54,640
Speaker 3: It can't suck forever.

767
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:56,960
Speaker 4: We watch this time and time again where these divisions

768
00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,840
Speaker 4: flip and turn around, and like I said, I expect

769
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 4: the Jets to get better. Drake May is not going anywhere,

770
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,319
Speaker 4: like I said, so they need to hit on this drop.

771
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 4: They need to make a super Bowl run, not just

772
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 4: an early exit, second round exit.

773
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 3: Whatever. You need to be in the super Bowl or

774
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 3: it's over. It's done, it's closed.

775
00:36:14,239 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 4: You cannot keep playing this game again where you have

776
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 4: the best quarterback in football and nothing to show for it.

777
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 4: They need to hit on absolutely everything this year or

778
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 4: that window is not just closed, its slampshot.

779
00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree with that.

780
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:29,439
Speaker 1: The you don't want to waste the Josh Allen years

781
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 1: with the guy that plays the physical style that he does.

782
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,240
Speaker 1: There's no guarantee that this is going to last forever.

783
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 1: Wide receiver has been in need. They tried to attack

784
00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,400
Speaker 1: it with Keon Coleman. It felt like they forced it,

785
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 1: and that's the issue that you get into and you

786
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: need a position that bad as you end up taking

787
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: a player. I don't think Keon Coleman ever should have

788
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,120
Speaker 1: been a first round pick. I think they forced it.

789
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,800
Speaker 1: And that's the problem is that you get so desperate

790
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: you take a player higher than he should go. You

791
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 1: over invest in that player, and then when it doesn't

792
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,920
Speaker 1: work out, it sets you back another couple of years.

793
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,280
Speaker 1: Buffalo is the two twenty sixth pick in the draft.

794
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: They don't have a second round pick, and they'd pick

795
00:37:03,840 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 1: again in the third round twenty seventh pick of the

796
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 1: third round, so they need to nail it. They really

797
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 1: need to nail that first round pick, otherwise roster wise,

798
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:16,400
Speaker 1: they are setting themselves back big time. So a recap

799
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,319
Speaker 1: on our top five, Kendra's top five teams that have

800
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 1: to nail the draft this year Giants at five, Patriots

801
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 1: at four, Bears at three, Bengals.

802
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,120
Speaker 2: At two, and the Bills at one.

803
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 1: My top five, I have the Dolphins cash youer tickets

804
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:35,319
Speaker 1: at five, the Giants at four, Steelers at three, Commanders

805
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,719
Speaker 1: at two, and the Chiefs as one.

806
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,240
Speaker 2: Evan, what are your thoughts, Evan?

807
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean I had the Bills, Commanders, Chiefs, and

808
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:51,040
Speaker 6: Steelers as like the definite four. Bills have no second

809
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 6: round pick, Washington has no second round pick. Casey is

810
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,959
Speaker 6: the fifth most draft capital. Pittsburgh has the eighth most,

811
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 6: but they have three thirds. I think all four of

812
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 6: those teams probably should be contending and either are very

813
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:08,680
Speaker 6: high on that list and are fading kind of like

814
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 6: Kansas City and Pittsburgh, or like have a window right

815
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 6: now with Buffalo and Washington and don't have a top

816
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 6: pick where they both don't have seconds. The other two

817
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 6: I think that you guys mentioned, which are interesting is Cincinnati,

818
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 6: but to be fair, they have a ton of picks.

819
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 6: They're just really trying to keep burrow, like you said,

820
00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 6: in Atlanta. Atlanta has the second lowest draft capital, only

821
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,200
Speaker 6: five picks, and I feel like they kind of have

822
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 6: like an opportunity here, especially with no first and in

823
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 6: that division, there's there's a chance they can do something.

824
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,040
Speaker 6: But that's kind of the way I looked at it.

825
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,280
Speaker 5: And if I have to pick between your two lists, i'd.

826
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Speaker 6: Probably say Kravitz's lists. If I remembered the ten correctly.

827
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 6: Did you have Pittsburgh, Hendrew?

828
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:52,279
Speaker 3: Now I did not.

829
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,400
Speaker 6: Yeah, So I think Pittsburgh to me's got to be

830
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:57,960
Speaker 6: in there, just because they have to keep up with

831
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:00,799
Speaker 6: the Joneses in that division and kind of keep doing

832
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:02,279
Speaker 6: what they're doing and get more talented.

833
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:04,280
Speaker 5: And they have a lot of picks in this draft.

834
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 4: So well, Gifford just dropped in the chat that he's

835
00:39:07,600 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 4: on my side, so oh, there you.

836
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:14,200
Speaker 1: Go, and that I that we completely swung and missed

837
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 1: on the Dallas Cowboys. That was definitely a consideration for me.

838
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 1: If there was a sixth option, they would have easily

839
00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:20,840
Speaker 1: been sixth.

840
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 3: You would have been Arizona.

841
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:26,200
Speaker 5: What about green Bay? No First?

842
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 4: That's why I couldn't put them on here. How do

843
00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,160
Speaker 4: you nail a draft if you don't have a first

844
00:39:31,239 --> 00:39:33,439
Speaker 4: round pick. That's why I didn't have Jacksonville on here either,

845
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 4: Like you can't. You can't nail a draft if you

846
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 4: don't have a first round pick.

847
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 1: I think you have to have a first to be

848
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,480
Speaker 1: on the list like this, And and Dallas has two

849
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,880
Speaker 1: of them, by the way, they picked twelfth and twentieth

850
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:47,920
Speaker 1: in the first round. So that is definitely Yeah. David

851
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 1: in the chat says, who doesn't need to nail the draft?

852
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:54,280
Speaker 1: Denver the Rams?

853
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, Denver in the Rams.

854
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 1: I think four picks, they're fine. They could whiff on everyone.

855
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,480
Speaker 1: They're loaded. And I would push back on Atlanta, My

856
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons. I think when you look at what makes

857
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 1: them good, it's a bunch of young players that are

858
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:10,640
Speaker 1: still cost controlled.

859
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 2: The Falcons.

860
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 5: Do the Falcons play them Dolphins this year?

861
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 3: Can we make a team trip if they do?

862
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,320
Speaker 2: I don't know what the schedules look like yet.

863
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 3: Hold on, well, we know who's playing. We know who's

864
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:25,239
Speaker 3: playing who?

865
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 4: Right, Oh my gosh, can we please have a field

866
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 4: trip if that happens? I'm so serious. Okay, so they're

867
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:35,400
Speaker 4: home games.

868
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 1: They just played the Miami.

869
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 2: All right, Well that would have.

870
00:40:45,560 --> 00:40:47,480
Speaker 3: Been such a fun field trip, you guys.

871
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,680
Speaker 1: I was gonna get the jersey where you know you

872
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: sew the two together. Hey, listen, if Illinois wins the championship,

873
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,160
Speaker 1: but we're gonna we're gonna all gonna fly together to Atlanta.

874
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:00,800
Speaker 2: We'll watch it Foulkes game together.

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00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:07,680
Speaker 1: Thank you Evan for your inputs for our producers, Gifford Gold,

876
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,720
Speaker 1: David Payne. To you Kendra for putting together a dynamic list.

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