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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody? Welcome to move the six d J.

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Speaker 1: Bucky back with you. As we head towards a Week

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Speaker 1: all the play place stuff. Yeah, no, no doubt. We

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Speaker 1: that game where he showed his ability to hang in

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Speaker 1: there and make big time throws, the touch throws. He's

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Speaker 1: got a natural feel for touching the ball up down

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Speaker 1: the field. Um, just a real, real nice feel on

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Speaker 1: layer throws, which you either have that feel that you don't.

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Speaker 1: He's got it. And then the timing, to me, r

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Speaker 1: pos can be a big part of what they're doing.

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Speaker 1: He's got real good feel on that rhythm timing. He's

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Speaker 1: good with his ball handling. Those are the things you're

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Speaker 1: gonna build this offense around. They're not good up front

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Speaker 1: right now, and he's gonna have some some hiccups because

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Speaker 1: of that. He's gonna get a lot of pressure, which

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Speaker 1: is probably gonna lead to some turnovers. But you're right.

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Speaker 1: Those three picks last year, two of them hit his

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Speaker 1: receivers in the hands, they didn't finish, and the third

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Speaker 1: ones that hail Mary throw that one out. So all

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Speaker 1: in all, I thought I had to be encourage what

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Speaker 1: you saw there with Kenny Pickett last week. What do

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Speaker 1: you expect this week going up against Sean McDermott and

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills defense. The tough of time, it's up

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Speaker 1: time pay. The Bustle Bills defense is outstanding. It's outstanding

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Speaker 1: because it's a team defense that doesn't necessarily rely on

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Speaker 1: the start to make the plays. They have star caliber players,

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Speaker 1: but this is a defense that's very discipline. They pay

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Speaker 1: very close attention to detail, and they will make the

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Speaker 1: game money for the quarterback because there could be a

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Speaker 1: spot where they're supposed to be and they're going to

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Speaker 1: dare the quarterback to show the discipline to take the

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Speaker 1: checkdown when the checkdown is there, as opposed to forcing

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Speaker 1: end up the field, because if you're forced the ball

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Speaker 1: up the field against this defense, they're gonna take it away.

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Speaker 1: So this would be a challenge for Kenny Pickett. Can

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Speaker 1: he execute the play be find the second and third

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Speaker 1: option in every concept and get the ball to dim

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Speaker 1: when the defense wins on those vertical routes. Yeah, I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna say, get the ball out, get the ball up quick,

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Speaker 1: and then use your legs, get on the move a

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Speaker 1: little bit. Don't don't settle in that pocket. Against this group.

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Speaker 1: They got a deep pass rushing arsenal they can throw you.

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Speaker 1: Don't make that a sitting duck back there with Kenny Pickett,

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Speaker 1: continue with these r pos you mentioned, take those checkdowns,

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Speaker 1: don't don't get greedy, don't push the ball vertically if

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Speaker 1: it's not there. You get some opportunities to take them,

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Speaker 1: But to me, it's about getting the ball out of

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Speaker 1: your hand as quick as you can this week because

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Speaker 1: they're they're guys blocking are not as good as the

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Speaker 1: guys that are rushing them. This week, it's it's a mismatch,

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Speaker 1: So we'll see how they how they hold it together.

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Speaker 1: I mentioned Buck, We're gonna talk about a college game

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Speaker 1: that maybe people weren't focusing on. We're gonna go ahead

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Speaker 1: and focus on it. Though. We've got James Madison j

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Speaker 1: m U against Arkansas State, and that is going to

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Speaker 1: be on NFL Network. It's gonna be seven Eastern only

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Speaker 1: on NFL Network in JMU. Unfortunately, I got a chance

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Speaker 1: to see them a little bit this year working against

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Speaker 1: my Mountaineers at app State. Buck. They they got us,

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Speaker 1: they got us, and they got us behind their quarterback

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Speaker 1: and Todd Santhio. He's got eleven touchdowns, he's got one pick,

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Speaker 1: he's got a couple of rushing touchdowns. I do play

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Speaker 1: in a college fantasy league, believe it or not, and

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Speaker 1: this guy is my He's my quarterback. So I'm even

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Speaker 1: I think I even hate him against my Alma monter.

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Speaker 1: That's gonna break some kind of role. I think, oh wow, yeah,

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Speaker 1: that that that does, that violates the coach. You never

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Speaker 1: supposed to play your fantasy team players against your team

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Speaker 1: one that you have an affinity before. You can't do that.

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Speaker 1: That they goes the football guys wouldn't reward you for that.

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Speaker 1: So maybe that's why j M you were able to win.

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Speaker 1: You can't do that. But this look, this kid is

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Speaker 1: outstanding and this is an outstanding program. When you look

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Speaker 1: at JMU and where they've been the last few years,

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Speaker 1: they're always in the conversation, always in the hunt, and

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Speaker 1: so I am not surprised. We've seen pros come out

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Speaker 1: of this program. He might be the next duke to

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Speaker 1: have an opportunity to go to the National Football League. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and as it is, you know where we are in

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Speaker 1: college football right now. This is uh, this is third

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Speaker 1: stop Colorado State Temple UM thirty nine games between those

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Speaker 1: two schools and doing a nice job there. As you mentioned,

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Speaker 1: with one of the one of the more underrated programs

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Speaker 1: in college football, James Madison's always won. Whatever level they've

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Speaker 1: been at, they've won, They've been consistent. Not a surprised

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Speaker 1: to see them step up to Division one and UM

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Speaker 1: and get role on there. So be on the lookout

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Speaker 1: for that game is gonna be seven pm Eastern only

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Speaker 1: on NFL Network. Well, look, if you're gonna be on

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Speaker 1: the lookout for that, make sure you're paying attention to

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Speaker 1: You give me in DJ on the radio calls DJ

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Speaker 1: for the charges, because how about that? You like that?

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Speaker 1: And that's a that's a fantastic that's a fantastic about that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's fantastic. Bring us home, Buck, bring us home. I

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Speaker 1: don't land the plane. I'm gonna bring you home, DJ,

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Speaker 1: I don't. I don't have anything else to do because

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Speaker 1: I'm just gonna peruse my NFL Plus at because I

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Speaker 1: don't have any baseball to watch for like another week

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Speaker 1: or so, so I'm just gonna try to see what

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Speaker 1: I can find to entertain me into the Dodgers play

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Speaker 1: because they're in the winter circles so they don't get

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Speaker 1: a chance to play right now. But next week you

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Speaker 1: guys will be able to hear, but get excited about

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers and whoever's remaining. When it comes to it,

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Speaker 1: I've got that stupid Meet the Mets song stuck in

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Speaker 1: my head right now with my Padres going out to

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Speaker 1: New York to play the Mets. So we'll see what happens.

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Speaker 1: But Man, Dodgers. If we get Dodgers, Padres, this will

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Speaker 1: be the third move the Sticks classic of the year.

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Speaker 1: I'm owing two and two. So yeah, I don't like that. Well,

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Speaker 1: I don't like that. I would. I'm gonna be honest,

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Speaker 1: I would. I would much rather see my man come

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Speaker 1: out with the killer music coming out the bullep in uh,

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Speaker 1: the Little American. I like that. Yeah. Whatever whatever that

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Speaker 1: is that they're they're playing, I like it. I dig it.

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Speaker 1: Do I want whatever my man's name is, I want that.

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Speaker 1: What's his name, DJ? What's his name? I think it's Trump.

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Speaker 1: What's my guy's name? Oh, Edwin Diaz is the closer.

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Speaker 1: Edwin d as the closer. Yeah, yeah, I want to

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Speaker 1: see that. I want to see him, like hope, But

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Speaker 1: I hope I don't hear that stupid song. If I

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Speaker 1: hear that stupid song, my potteries are gonna be out.

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Speaker 1: So I hope I don't hear that thing all week.

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Speaker 1: Come on, you got the best team money can buy.

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Speaker 1: We're talking about oh man, stop, just land a plane, buck,

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Speaker 1: just end my misery. Thanks for listening to move the

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