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Speaker 1: And so John Harba did talk about how they're gonna

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Speaker 1: have to manage that. You know, there's I think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be maybe more better and off days. That can

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Speaker 1: mean maybe, I don't know, if it's shorter practices, less

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Speaker 1: intense practices, particularly the early part of things reps um.

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Speaker 1: You know, in the preseason games like the Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame game, for example, the starters aren't gonna suit up

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Speaker 1: for that at all, you know, like those you're gonna

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Speaker 1: do those kinds of things which the Ravens honestly have

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Speaker 1: really in game action we're talking games, they've played their

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Speaker 1: starters kind of less. Yeah, um, and they've protected them

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Speaker 1: pretty well in game action. So, but practice injuries happen.

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Speaker 1: You've seen just every single year, those guys that get

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Speaker 1: hurt and miss an entire season, right, I mean obviously

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Speaker 1: you can't put these guys in bubble rep right, Like

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Speaker 1: you're saying, more practice equals more chances for injuries. Well,

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Speaker 1: but more practice also means more opportunity to get good

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Speaker 1: at your craft, right, So it's an obvious positive, and

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Speaker 1: you can't put them in bowl rap. You know, you

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Speaker 1: gotta play the game to get good at the game.

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Speaker 1: So it's it really is a double edged sword. And

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Speaker 1: you know, I think that that is something that the

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Speaker 1: Ravens and Coach Harball thought a lot about and have

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Speaker 1: taken steps to try to minimize injury along with Steve

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Speaker 1: Saunders and the whole recovery staff and all that stuff. Um,

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Speaker 1: and they've you know, we do a lot of knocking

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Speaker 1: on wood and um not gonna have done a pretty

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Speaker 1: good job of that because the Ravens haven't had the

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Speaker 1: injuries that they have in the in years past. Uh,

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Speaker 1: we just gotta hope that continues. Yeah. And then the

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Speaker 1: other part of it, too is that the Ravens are

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Speaker 1: practicing with other teams, which there's joint practices. They have two.

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Speaker 1: If you guys don't know this, they have two joint practices.

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Speaker 1: The first is with the Rams here leading up to

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Speaker 1: that game, uh, after the Hall of Fame game. Right

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Speaker 1: after the Hall of Fame game, Los Angeles Rams are

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Speaker 1: coming out here. It's gonna be the key to leave

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Speaker 1: Michael Crabtree showdown. That's gonna take center stage and stepping

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Speaker 1: between them, I'm not I'm gonna leave you as the

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Speaker 1: dummy to get in there in the middle. I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: get back guy. I gotta guy. That guy always gets punched. Yeah. Um,

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Speaker 1: so you know you have that. And then right after that,

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Speaker 1: you've got the Colts where the Ravens are gonna gout

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Speaker 1: Indianapolis and they are going to have time with Colts.

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Speaker 1: So two joint practices, which the Ravens. I don't think

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Speaker 1: I've ever done, Um, certainly not since I've been here,

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Speaker 1: which you know, even one is kind of rare. More

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Speaker 1: teams have done one, but two this is unheard of.

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Speaker 1: So um, that is an interesting dynamic. I think it's

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Speaker 1: good because it's such a long training camp, you know,

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Speaker 1: like you break it up and these guys get tired

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Speaker 1: of hitting each other. But I think you do have

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Speaker 1: to worry about in these joint practices things getting too chippy,

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Speaker 1: guys protecting each other, like when you're in at least

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Speaker 1: when you're in practice with your own teammates, guys sort

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Speaker 1: of no, we are on the same team. We're on

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Speaker 1: the same team. I'm not gonna take any cheap shots.

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Speaker 1: You know, we're in this together. It's stinks hitting each

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Speaker 1: other every single day for the entire hot summer, but

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Speaker 1: at least we're in it together. When you bring another

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Speaker 1: team into the mix, you just need to make sure

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Speaker 1: that those teams kind of share that same dynamic. And

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Speaker 1: a lot of these guys are battling for Joe jobs, right,

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Speaker 1: so they're they're gonna bring it. You know, They're out

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Speaker 1: to prove something, and I think when you have an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to prove something against another team, sometimes you can

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Speaker 1: get a little over zealous and that leads issues. But

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Speaker 1: you know, I expect everything to be good. Every time

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Speaker 1: the Ravens have had joint practices previously. You know, there's

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Speaker 1: always the Century Guard with the first flight gonna be

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Speaker 1: all this stuff, you know, and they've always done a

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Speaker 1: good job. Like I honestly can't think of a big brujaja.

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Speaker 1: I mean with there was not a sa there's nothing. Now.

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Speaker 1: The Eagles started getting a little bit chippy with some guys,

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Speaker 1: but not much at all. Uh, you know the forty niners.

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Speaker 1: I think the harbors were unlock on that way snuffing

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Speaker 1: that out. Um, So it will be interesting and obviously

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Speaker 1: the crab tree to keep the leave thing will be

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Speaker 1: something to keeping. Yeah, and if nothing else, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be some a good few days of content, both those

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Speaker 1: practices for sure, for sure. So Garrett, well we'll end

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Speaker 1: it with this. Everybody always wants to know, all right,

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Speaker 1: who's hidden jam all that stuff? Who's your under the

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Speaker 1: radar player to watch at Raven's treating kid. Well, i'll start.

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Speaker 1: I'll give you a couple. The first one is a

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Speaker 1: guy that people got to know last year but I

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Speaker 1: think is an ascending player is Willie Henry Um. He

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Speaker 1: last year during the offseason program, he was working as

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Speaker 1: a starter. He was working on that starting defensive line

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Speaker 1: I think he showed last year he's got those flashes

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Speaker 1: of he could be a nice player in the past

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Speaker 1: rush department. I think he's got teaming journagin type potential

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Speaker 1: in terms of being kind of a quick twitch guy,

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Speaker 1: has the ability to get after the quarterback. So I

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Speaker 1: think that he is definitely somebody that is on the rise. UH,

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Speaker 1: and I like what what he can bring to the mix.

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Speaker 1: And then offensively, I mean I mentioned him earlier. I

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Speaker 1: don't know if he's necessarily under under the radar, but

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Speaker 1: I think Jordan last day is definitely you know, like,

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Speaker 1: is he somebody that can become He told you he

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Speaker 1: said that he can be sorry, right, Um, I want

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Speaker 1: to see what he can do. Yeah, I'll go. Since

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Speaker 1: you gave two, I'll give two. I guess with the

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Speaker 1: pressure on, I'll go with Kenneth Dixon. I like that

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Speaker 1: one under the radar player to watch. I think he's

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Speaker 1: always had the talent. Last year, this is your third

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Speaker 1: right year, Picky, kenn Kenneth Dixon is bordering on James

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Speaker 1: hurst Man crush levels for me. Um. I just think

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Speaker 1: he's a really talented player. And I think that last

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Speaker 1: year in UH summer practices, it was clear who the

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Speaker 1: best running back was over Terence West. This is you know,

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Speaker 1: before Collins came Alex Collins. So kenn Dixon, I think

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Speaker 1: it was gonna take that certain job last year and

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Speaker 1: before his injury and and that was really unfortunate. But

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Speaker 1: he's back. I think he looks good. You know, he's

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Speaker 1: still getting in his best tip top shape, I think.

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Speaker 1: But uh, he's somebody to keep an eye on because

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Speaker 1: I think he's going to that number two running back

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Speaker 1: spot is important. And and Buck Allen played well last

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Speaker 1: year too. I'm not taking anything away from Buck. I

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Speaker 1: thought he played well. So that's gonna be the competition

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Speaker 1: there between Kenneth Dixon and Buck Allen is really good

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Speaker 1: for the number two spot. And the other wide receiver

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Speaker 1: that outpoint too is Tim White. Yeah, we mentioned him.

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Speaker 1: I think that you know, he's gonna be on that

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Speaker 1: bubble him as a returner. He was exciting guy last

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Speaker 1: year as a returner and the wider c e uh,

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Speaker 1: he's flashed some so far already this summer. I think

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Speaker 1: that he'll be It'll be interesting to see if he

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Speaker 1: can pick up where he left off. Taking you one

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Speaker 1: more about if everyone's under the right or Joe Flaco. No,

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Speaker 1: I think you'll agree with this one. Chuck Clark. Oh,

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Speaker 1: you know I like Chuck too. Yeah, Chuck Clark. Uh

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Speaker 1: but six round pick, six round pick last year pretty

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Speaker 1: much only played special teams, was used sparingly on defense.

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Speaker 1: Late in the season, he was much more involved defensively. Now,

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Speaker 1: Anthony Levine did not participate at all during the offseason

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Speaker 1: program because he was coming back from a foot issue.

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Speaker 1: Uh So, when Lavine's back, you would think that maybe

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Speaker 1: he takes some of the snaps. But Chuck Clark, the

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Speaker 1: Ravens like him, and he played well on special really

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Speaker 1: well on special teams, and he when you play well

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Speaker 1: on special teams, you earn more reps defensively, and he's

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Speaker 1: done that. Yeah, I would agree with him. You know,

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Speaker 1: I feel like I said I wouldn't. I would not

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Speaker 1: be stunned if Chuck Clark starts a game this year. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it wouldn't be stunned. Yeah, um, it'll be. He's he's

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Speaker 1: another under the radar guy. I think you want to

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Speaker 1: throw out any Morgan six or seven other under the

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Speaker 1: radar guys watch under the radar reporters here we go.

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Speaker 1: Uh No, so I think it's gonna be a fun

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Speaker 1: training camp. Uh, it's gonna be a long training camp.

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Speaker 1: You better get your sun screen out, get a little tan.

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Speaker 1: Not really, you're still pretty pasty. I layer out the

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Speaker 1: sun screen when I'm on vacation. Get the hat ready

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Speaker 1: to get you gotta get your stupid goofy floppy. I'm

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Speaker 1: definitely gonna have the floppy hat out there. That's definitely

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Speaker 1: gonna have out there. Yeah. So we'll be out there

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Speaker 1: and we'll be bringing you tons of good coverage. At

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Speaker 1: least we hope it will be good. We think you'll

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Speaker 1: enjoy it, yeah, uh, And and interviews and all that stuff,

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Speaker 1: so make sure you keep it locked right here. And

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Speaker 1: as always, you can email us at the lounge at

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Speaker 1: Ravens dot NFL dot net. And we also want you

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Speaker 1: guys to know that July twenty one, that's the free

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Speaker 1: open practice at m T Bake Sad and we get

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Speaker 1: started at six pm. So if you weren't one of

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Speaker 1: the lucky people that register to come out here to

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Speaker 1: watch practice, you can still see the team for free

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Speaker 1: in training camp again Saturday, July. Funny. First, we have

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Speaker 1: to see you guys there and we're excited about having

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Speaker 1: you call the practice h our loyal allowance listeners, say hi.

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Speaker 1: You know we maybe we can't chop it up for

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Speaker 1: fifty minutes. We gotta do our chops. But what would

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Speaker 1: love to to meet you all and shake your hands,

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Speaker 1: so please. You know we loved it during fans You

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Speaker 1: know I feel great. Yeah, make sure you track us down.

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Speaker 1: We'd love to meet you. But but that said, we'll

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Speaker 1: be back with you next week with another edition of Allowns.

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