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Speaker 2: What's up? Everybody?

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Speaker 1: Welcome and move to six DJ, Bucky and our good

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Speaker 2: Crank on an NFL season debut.

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Speaker 1: We've got football coming up in mere hours days I

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Speaker 1: what I'm getting at. And we've got plenty of football

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Speaker 1: to react to, and Buck, I say we start there.

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Speaker 3: Man.

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Speaker 1: Biggest takeaway college football weekend which was rather wild. Oh,

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Speaker 1: Coach Brome got him going.

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Speaker 3: Coach Brian said that he was coming, We're coming, and man,

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Speaker 3: they came in a major way, going down to TCU

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Speaker 3: pulling off a major victory. And what I'm excited about

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Speaker 3: in watching this. Everyone to talk about Dion and how

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Speaker 2: But I'm not gonna lie.

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Speaker 3: Travis Hunter to me kind of stole the show to

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Speaker 2: Andy that's the back.

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Speaker 3: It's a game changing We've talked about it, like how

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Speaker 2: Man, I want to play on the other side of

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Speaker 3: I just wonder as Travis Hunter gets more attention a

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Speaker 3: of them start knocking on their coach's door saying, Hey,

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Speaker 3: To me, if we get that, I think it's really

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Speaker 1: You know, Block, I think it's fascinating you brought this

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Speaker 1: and does that come back. I think that's a fascinating discussion.

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Speaker 1: I also think I don't know how many people would

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Speaker 1: Every interview with Dion, he never even talked about TCU.

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Speaker 1: He didn't care about TCU. It was all about what

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Speaker 1: Look, look, Ohio State might have big plans and big dreams,

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Speaker 2: It seems like that's the formula that it's not changing now.

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Speaker 3: And before you're high end academic institutions, they weren't able

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Speaker 1: And look, we ate a lot of cupcakes in college

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Speaker 3: We love college football, but there's nothing like the National

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Speaker 4: Hey, look, guys, in the words tomorrow, the words of

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Speaker 3: to get from Josh McDaniels and the Raiders. This defense

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Speaker 1: On the AFC just one cautionary tale, one cautionary tale

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Speaker 4: terms of target And while I you know, I like

437
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Speaker 4: what Michael Pittman and Alec Pierce can eventually become and

438
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Speaker 4: hopefully they get something to figure out with the running back,

439
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Speaker 4: they're not there yet. So how does that affect Anthony

440
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Speaker 4: Richardson and then down you know in Houston. You know,

441
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Speaker 4: I look at where Bobby Slow it comes from in

442
00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,760
Speaker 4: the you know, the Kyle Shanahan tree, and you know,

443
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Speaker 4: maybe finding ways to minimize negativity from the quarterback and

444
00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:16,480
Speaker 4: you know, put him in positions to succeed and distribute

445
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Speaker 4: the football and run the football really well.

446
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Speaker 5: I know they can. They can do that with Damian Pierce.

447
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Speaker 4: I think that offensive line is better than people give

448
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Speaker 4: them credit for. Once they get tight as Howard healthy

449
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Speaker 4: and so they you know, they brought in Kendrick Green

450
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Speaker 4: to you know, steps in maybe at center to kind

451
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Speaker 4: of help fortify.

452
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Speaker 5: That thing in the middle.

453
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Speaker 4: I'm intrigued with some of the pieces that Houston has,

454
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Speaker 4: and I know they'll be better defensively with Tamiko Ryan Stech.

455
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm curious to see, you know, how Houston gets better.

456
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Speaker 1: That to me is a storyline. I don't think they

457
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Speaker 1: have enough talent to be a playoff team. This is

458
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Speaker 1: a one playoff team division.

459
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Speaker 2: It's it. It's the Jags, that's it.

460
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Speaker 1: The rest of these three teams are going to be

461
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Speaker 1: fighting out try and show that they can get better. Tennessee,

462
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Speaker 1: of all of them, seems to be a little bit

463
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Speaker 1: no man's land where you know you've got more of

464
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Speaker 1: a veteran Leyden roster. I don't think they're good enough

465
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Speaker 1: to with the elite teams in the conference, but they

466
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Speaker 1: don't really have all this young talent that gets you

467
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Speaker 1: excited about the growth as the other young teams in

468
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Speaker 1: this division. So kind of a no man's land there

469
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Speaker 1: for the Tennessee Titans. Again, we'll see the Jags and

470
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Speaker 1: that'll be it coming out of this division. All right,

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Speaker 1: let's say quick break. When we come back, let's jump

472
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Speaker 1: into the other two divisions in the AFC, including the

473
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Speaker 1: AFC North where we've got stars and the AFC East,

474
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Speaker 1: where I think it's just.

475
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Speaker 2: The one person in the entire division, Saron Rodgers. That's

476
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Speaker 2: what I was told. We'll get into that rat for

477
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Speaker 2: this PI.

478
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Speaker 1: Let's jump back into the previews here as we get

479
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Speaker 1: to the AFC North talked about the AFC South. Look,

480
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Speaker 1: that's a one playoff team division. This could be a

481
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Speaker 1: three playoff team division. You look at the Cincinnati Bengals, Ravens,

482
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Speaker 1: Steelers in Browns, it's up for grabs. I think any

483
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Speaker 1: of these four teams could actually win this division and

484
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Speaker 1: we could see multiple playoff teams emerge. It feels like

485
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Speaker 1: one of the most competitive divisions in the league. Buck

486
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Speaker 1: when you look at it. I know, Cincinnati coming off

487
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Speaker 1: a twelve and four season. Burrow looks like he's back practicing.

488
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Speaker 1: He's going to be okay, He's going to be fine.

489
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Speaker 1: But I feel like of all the divisions, this is

490
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Speaker 1: one where I say, you know what, there's not a

491
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Speaker 1: clear cut favorite, where there's a large gap, certainly not

492
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Speaker 1: a gap between one and four. I think that's the

493
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Speaker 1: smallest margin of any division in the league.

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Speaker 3: The smallest margins of Bennie in the league for sure.

495
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Speaker 3: And it's a toss up in terms of who wins

496
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Speaker 3: this division. I can stand up here to make a

497
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Speaker 3: case for each of these teams being the division winner,

498
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Speaker 3: but I'm gonna make a case right now for the

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Speaker 3: Cleveland Browns being the team to look at and the

500
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Speaker 3: team to keep an eye on. When you think about

501
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Speaker 3: their offense. Offensively, they don't have a glaring weakness. Offensive

502
00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,440
Speaker 3: line of solid got weapons on the outside. Elijah Moore

503
00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:37,720
Speaker 3: is someone that you want to keep an eye on.

504
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Speaker 3: They're doing some unique and creative things with him in

505
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,240
Speaker 3: and out of the backfield as a hybrid player. We

506
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Speaker 3: know that Mary Cooper is a number one running back.

507
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Speaker 3: Nick Chubb can get it done at a high level. Defensively,

508
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Speaker 3: I think they may have the best pass rushing combo

509
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Speaker 3: of anybody in the league.

510
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Speaker 2: Was a Darius Smith and Miles Garrett.

511
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Speaker 3: And then what Jim Schwartz is going to do with

512
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Speaker 3: those guys is going to make life easy on the secondary.

513
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Speaker 3: The thing that everything hinges on for the Browns is

514
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Speaker 3: how well does Deshaun Watson play in year two? Un

515
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Speaker 3: the Kevin Stefanski. Can't he find his rhythm? Can he

516
00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,480
Speaker 3: settle in? Can he be the quarterback that we saw

517
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Speaker 3: in Houston? If he's anything close to the quarterback that

518
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:16,639
Speaker 3: we saw in Houston, we need to play it at

519
00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:18,600
Speaker 3: a top five level for a team that was a

520
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:21,600
Speaker 3: bad team. The Cleveland Browns are a team that we're

521
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Speaker 3: going to talk about entering the tournament and being a

522
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Speaker 3: dangerous team when.

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Speaker 2: They get there.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I would agree with you.

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Speaker 4: It really hinges on the development of Deshaun Watson within

526
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Speaker 4: the framework of this offense and perhaps the flexibility a

527
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Speaker 4: Kevin Stefanski as a play caller and as an offensive

528
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Speaker 4: you know, game planner to figure out, you know, how

529
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Speaker 4: do I best put how do we get the most

530
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Speaker 4: out of Deshaun Watson. You know, if that's going back

531
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Speaker 4: to what they did in Houston to where he was

532
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Speaker 4: really thriving, then great. But the thing that intrigues me

533
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Speaker 4: about this division, and I'll clue you. I did my

534
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Speaker 4: first fantasy draft a couple of days ago, and there

535
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Speaker 4: were two guys that I had to leave my fantasy

536
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Speaker 4: draft with. And those two guys were Zay Flowers in

537
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:05,879
Speaker 4: George Pickens. The hype and excitement surrounding those two were,

538
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:10,160
Speaker 4: I mean on level ten. Right in this training camp

539
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Speaker 4: and in this preseason, I was in Baltimore listening to

540
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Speaker 4: coaches talk about Zay Flowers, Like the more the more

541
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Speaker 4: people I talked to in Baltimore. It was like, all right,

542
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 4: it's Mark Andrews and Zay Flowers. Like, yeah, this team

543
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,760
Speaker 4: has Odell Beckham junior, remember, but it's still Mark Andrews

544
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Speaker 4: and say Flowers. That's not to disrespect OBJ. I think

545
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Speaker 4: you'd be great in this offense, you know, in the

546
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Speaker 4: way that they're kind of redoing things here. And as

547
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,680
Speaker 4: long as Lamar Jackson stays healthy. Man, I just think

548
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:38,159
Speaker 4: that that Flowers gives them an extreme explosive element all

549
00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:39,919
Speaker 4: over the field, not just a slack guy you can

550
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Speaker 4: go out on the perimeter too. I think he moves

551
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Speaker 4: around all over the place and then frees up some

552
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Speaker 4: stuff from Mark Andrews as well. So I'm really excited

553
00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:49,120
Speaker 4: about that part. And then George Pickens. Man, you saw

554
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:51,000
Speaker 4: it come on a little bit with Kenny Pickett last

555
00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:52,760
Speaker 4: year at the end of the season and in the

556
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,120
Speaker 4: preseason and in training camp, and Hankins was a highlight reel.

557
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,280
Speaker 4: And so I wanted to make sure I had those

558
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Speaker 4: two guys because those two guys who are going to

559
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Speaker 4: keep me tuned into this division all year long.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I actually ended up with both of them in my

562
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Speaker 1: fantasy team, but I won't waste everybody's time talking about

563
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Speaker 1: my fantasy team.

564
00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,160
Speaker 2: Ast just did. But I do.

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Speaker 1: I am very bullish on those two players. Come on, really,

566
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Speaker 1: we're really we're talking.

567
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Speaker 5: About let's just give us some context review on.

568
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Speaker 2: A big preview episode here. No, but I do, I

569
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Speaker 2: do like that. My concern. I'll give you my concern

570
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:23,159
Speaker 2: real quick. With the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: My concern is, this is like a team full of

572
00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 1: a basketball team of six foot ten guys that want

573
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Speaker 1: to shoot threes. Like to me, like, let's not forget

574
00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:33,280
Speaker 1: who you are and what you're all about. It's physicality,

575
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Speaker 1: it's line of scrimmage, being able to run the football.

576
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Speaker 1: And now they have all these receivers. They've never had

577
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,879
Speaker 1: this many guys, which is Look, it's a good thing.

578
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,040
Speaker 1: It's going to take some pressure off.

579
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Speaker 2: The run game.

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Speaker 1: Mar's gonna have more options. But I hope they still,

581
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Speaker 1: you know, remember their identity, who they are, their roots.

582
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Speaker 1: We talked about Pittsburgh real quick. I've been bullish on

583
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,720
Speaker 1: them the whole offseason after going out there to training camp.

584
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Speaker 1: That's a group that knows who they are. And one

585
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Speaker 1: of the most pivotal players for them is going to

586
00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 1: be a rookie and Darnell Washington, it's their tied end

587
00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,240
Speaker 1: out of Georgia. It's not going to be what he

588
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,679
Speaker 1: does in the passing game. Don't look for his impact

589
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 1: in the box score. You're going to see his impact

590
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,359
Speaker 1: what he does not only the run game, which we

591
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: know he can maul people, but when you have to

592
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Speaker 1: face some of the elite ends in the league. Think

593
00:25:11,560 --> 00:25:13,680
Speaker 1: about inside that division, just the guys that they'll be

594
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Speaker 1: up against, the guys like Miles Garrett. You're going to

595
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Speaker 1: see Trey Hendrickson. He's going to be able to stay

596
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 1: in and help a little bit, and it's going to

597
00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,399
Speaker 1: be like playing with a six offensive lineman help neutralize

598
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Speaker 1: some of that pass rush. So that to me is

599
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,800
Speaker 1: a very pivotal rookie. I think this division is wide open.

600
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Speaker 1: I think he can go anyway. I do think the

601
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,159
Speaker 1: Bengals are a little bit the favorite just because of

602
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Speaker 1: Burrow and what he's accomplished and who he is and

603
00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 1: what he is. But coming off injury, you know, to me,

604
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 1: looks it's close. It's going to be a dog fight

605
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,120
Speaker 1: in this division all the way down to the very end. Now,

606
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Speaker 1: the division that's got the most headlines, guys throughout the

607
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:49,679
Speaker 1: whole offseason, and rightfully so is a division in the

608
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Speaker 1: AFC East, and the headlines have come from the team

609
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: there at the bottom of the list with the seven

610
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Speaker 1: to ten record of New York Jets Hard Knocks, Aaron Rodgers.

611
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Speaker 1: All the attention in the world, all the hype in

612
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Speaker 1: the world, but Rhett, you know, when I look at it,

613
00:26:03,280 --> 00:26:06,680
Speaker 1: people can get upset about it, but it's justified the

614
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,760
Speaker 1: attention they've got. They have a top five defense, they

615
00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,080
Speaker 1: have a four time MVP quarterback. Now with an offensive line,

616
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Speaker 1: if they can stay healthy, I think is good enough

617
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Speaker 1: with their front five, I think they're easily the answer

618
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Speaker 1: to who is.

619
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Speaker 2: The most improved team in the NFL.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I look, I would agree, and I think you're

621
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 4: right on. With the offensive line, You're You're good enough

622
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Speaker 4: because of scheme and of Aaron Rodgers's experience and ability

623
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Speaker 4: to get the ball out quickly, and because of Garrett

624
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,959
Speaker 4: Wilson's ability to get open to generate separation quickly, and

625
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Speaker 4: because you know Aaron and Garrett, as we've seen throughout

626
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Speaker 4: Hard Knocks and throughout you know, the entire training camp

627
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Speaker 4: in preseason. They've got a great chemistry together, a great

628
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Speaker 4: willingness to work together to figure things out after each rep,

629
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Speaker 4: after each play. Really enjoyed kind of watching that develop,

630
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Speaker 4: you know, these last couple of weeks.

631
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Speaker 5: So I'm excited by that.

632
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Speaker 4: And then they gave us that little teaser right in

633
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Speaker 4: the one preseason you know game that they had and

634
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Speaker 4: you know, the little back shoulder in the end zone

635
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:05,320
Speaker 4: that stuff Man Rogers to Garrett Wilson and company is

636
00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 4: going to be great. And then I just I'm really

637
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,080
Speaker 4: curious to see what the run game looks like at

638
00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:12,439
Speaker 4: a couple of different destinations, like not just in New

639
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:16,080
Speaker 4: York with the share between Breise Hall and with Dalvin Cook,

640
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 4: but also in Buffalo, Like are we finally going to

641
00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 4: see James Cook? Are we going to see Damien Harris

642
00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 4: start to take some of the load Bucky off Josh Allen?

643
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,200
Speaker 4: And will that then allow Josh Allen and Stefan Diggs.

644
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Speaker 2: To get back to doing what we saw them do

645
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,200
Speaker 2: two years ago?

646
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Speaker 4: And which would you know, by my book, where the

647
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,480
Speaker 4: best quarterback wide receiver duo and football? Because last year

648
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:38,880
Speaker 4: it just felt like sometimes they just weren't quite there

649
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 4: in terms of connection and being on the same page.

650
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 4: I feel like they can get back there and maybe

651
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 4: some of that run game that they've tried now to

652
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 4: kind of put a little bit more emphasis on in

653
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 4: Buffalo can help do that a little bit. So that's

654
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Speaker 4: kind of where I'm curious if Buffalo really wants to get.

655
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 5: To a fourth straight AFC East Division title there, Buck, Yeah.

656
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 3: You talked about Buffalo. Can they get back and can

657
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:02,360
Speaker 3: they continue to dominate? It looks like they've stepped back,

658
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:04,399
Speaker 3: They've come back to the pack that essin notice it

659
00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 3: be better. You think about what the New England Patriots

660
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,720
Speaker 3: have done in terms of just the coaching staff with

661
00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,760
Speaker 3: Bill O'Brien coming over, their better team. The Miami Dolphins

662
00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,879
Speaker 3: are better on paper. So I worry about the Buffalo

663
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,280
Speaker 3: Bills kind of, you know, being out talented when it

664
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,520
Speaker 3: comes to what they have, what they can try it

665
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 3: out and put out there. I know Josh Allen is terrific.

666
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,960
Speaker 3: He's a superhero. He can put the team.

667
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:28,320
Speaker 2: On his back.

668
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 3: But the more they put it all on him, the

669
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:33,240
Speaker 3: more I worry about this team being able to compete.

670
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,439
Speaker 3: So let's talk about the team, the Miami Dolphins, the

671
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 3: speed that they have and how offensively they're going to

672
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:43,040
Speaker 3: challenge everybody in this division to a tag of aaloa

673
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 3: being able to really hand it off to a four

674
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 3: x one track team that is Olympic caliber with Jalen

675
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:50,960
Speaker 3: Waller and Tyreek Hill on the perimeter. Then you have

676
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:54,720
Speaker 3: Raheem Munster and Jeff Wilson in the backfield and their

677
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 3: ability to be able to run the football. And so

678
00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,000
Speaker 3: this team offensively can give every problems. But the reason

679
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 3: why they may jump to the front of the pack

680
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 3: vic Fangio and what he can do defensively. We know

681
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 3: Fangio is the master of keeping the ball in front,

682
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,680
Speaker 3: being able to really confound and confuse quarterbacks with I

683
00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:16,200
Speaker 3: would say simplistic schemes, but it really is going to

684
00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 3: test all of these quarterbacks in this division. The Dolphins

685
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 3: are sitting pretty This division is wide open, and so

686
00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 3: it'd be interesting to see.

687
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 2: It'd be fun to see how this plays out.

688
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you think about the Dolphins and what

689
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 1: they're gonna do. Look, we know the speed is there.

690
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 1: They got to they gotta come up with a different pitch.

691
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 1: They got to run the ball. And to me, that's

692
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 1: gonna come down to moster and we'll see a chain

693
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 1: getting the mix a little bit as a rookie. They've

694
00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:42,160
Speaker 1: got the track stars to get in the mix, try

695
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,800
Speaker 1: and get that run game. Going to me the Patriots,

696
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,080
Speaker 1: This is my takeaway from the Patriots. As we were

697
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 1: kind of getting ready for this, I'm looking over the

698
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 1: rosters and Okay, what are the things get you excited?

699
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,360
Speaker 2: What are your concerns? And my concern with the Patriots

700
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 2: is I don't know what jerseys they put for sale

701
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:57,880
Speaker 2: in the gift shop.

702
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,960
Speaker 1: Like you look around Division and you see these star

703
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 1: players everywhere, and I'm like, wait a second, are they

704
00:30:04,360 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: selling Are they selling Kendrick Bourne jerseys in the in

705
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 1: the gift shop in New England?

706
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 3: Like?

707
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,360
Speaker 2: Are we like like that?

708
00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:14,000
Speaker 1: They don't have nearly the star power that these other

709
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: teams have. Now, what they have is the greatest coach

710
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: of all time and and identity is a physical, physical

711
00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: football team on both sides of the line of scrimmage.

712
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,080
Speaker 2: And to me, that's always provided a higher floor.

713
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,800
Speaker 1: They've had the ceiling because they've had enough star players,

714
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: maybe not as many as everybody else, but they had

715
00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 1: them at the right positions, obviously namely quarterback.

716
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 2: They don't have that anymore. So I still feel like

717
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 2: the floor is high. I know, I don't see this team,

718
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 2: you know, win a fewer than seven games, But I

719
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 2: don't think the ceiling is very high with this team.

720
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 1: So to me, this is a seven to eight win team.

721
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 1: I think they're a middle you know, maybe they finished

722
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 1: second or third in this division. I don't think they

723
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:55,680
Speaker 1: have nearly enough juice to overtake what's they're going to

724
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,800
Speaker 1: be up against in this division on a weekly basis.

725
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 1: So I don't know where you are, RT, But what

726
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 1: now you tell me what jersey you selling in that

727
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:03,360
Speaker 1: gift shop?

728
00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:07,840
Speaker 4: I mean it's look on offense, It's it's Fromondre Stevenson, right,

729
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 4: I mean like he's he's that. That's kind of what

730
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 4: we're talking about here in the run game. And it

731
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 4: feels like, you know, when Bill O'Brien was there before,

732
00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,400
Speaker 4: you know that that's been their identity, you know, in

733
00:31:18,760 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 4: years past. I don't think Randy Moss is out there,

734
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 4: you know, I don't think Julian Edelman's out there. You know,

735
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 4: Wes Welker certainly isn't. So you know, what are you

736
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 4: going to be able to do with a little bit

737
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 4: of a hodgepodge there? And you hope Hunter Henry can

738
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,360
Speaker 4: get back into the game plan. You know, you're a

739
00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 4: little bit based on the amount of you know, resources

740
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 4: that they expended at that position a couple of years ago.

741
00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 4: Obviously Johnny Smith has gone but and and look, you

742
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,480
Speaker 4: just hope that there's more competency right between Bill O'Brien

743
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 4: and Mac Jones. And I think that's what we saw

744
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 4: this preseason. Is it enough to carry them to you know,

745
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:53,360
Speaker 4: relevancy in this division or into the postseason.

746
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 5: I'm not sold on that yet.

747
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it's tough.

748
00:31:57,360 --> 00:32:00,160
Speaker 3: I do like the addition of you know, Zeke and

749
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,200
Speaker 3: over trying to really give them a big one two

750
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,320
Speaker 3: punch in the backfield. But that's kind of nineteen eighties football,

751
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 3: and you wonder will they be able to play that

752
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 3: way and have success. Mac Jones is kind of operating

753
00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 3: without a backup right now. I know Matt Carrell was

754
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 3: picked up, but there's just too many question marks, like

755
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 3: five six days before you play your first game. I

756
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 3: have a lot of concerns about the pages and the

757
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:24,120
Speaker 3: one thing that we never used to question in the

758
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 3: past that they were always going to be.

759
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,360
Speaker 2: A dowed in, button up bunch. But after seeing last

760
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 2: year's Debaca debacle.

761
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,760
Speaker 3: I do wonder if they're paying enough attention to detail

762
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 3: when it comes to putting together a ross that can

763
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 3: compete at a high level.

764
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, it's going to be intriguing division. Obviously. The

765
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 2: Jets bring the intrigue in that first game against the

766
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills.

767
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 1: Hey, that might be a game where we learned quite

768
00:32:45,280 --> 00:32:47,320
Speaker 1: a bit about what this division is going to look like.

769
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 1: All right, that was a fun one as we marched

770
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 1: our way through the AFC. It's going to be a

771
00:32:52,200 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 1: loaded division. It's division of quarterbacks. You just look at

772
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 1: all these guys, all the talent at that position in

773
00:32:57,800 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: this conference. We've never seen anything like it. So it

774
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: is going to be a fun division. Can't wait for

775
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 1: this thing to get kicked off. The Kansas City Chiefs

776
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 1: are gonna get this thing going. We'll keep an eye

777
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 1: on the a FC throughout the entire year, but I'm

778
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,000
Speaker 1: telling you this is gonna be a fun one.

779
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,080
Speaker 2: All right. We will be back tomorrow.

780
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: We've knocked out the a FC, Tomorrow will tackle the

781
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: NFC right here on.

782
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 2: Move the sticks,