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Speaker 1: What's up everybody, hope he had a great weekend. I'm

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Speaker 1: Will Seltman, usually a good morning football headlines from NFL Network.

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Speaker 1: When Doctor Prescott was lost for the season in October

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Speaker 1: last year, some thought running back Ezekiel Elliott we have

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Speaker 1: to carry the load for the team to succeed. Well,

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Speaker 1: it didn't pan out that way. Is Eliot rushed for

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Speaker 1: a career load nine hundred and seventy nine yards in

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Speaker 1: fifteen games. Fast forward to today where Prescott is back

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Speaker 1: practicing with Dallas and he says Elliott should be back

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Speaker 1: to his dominating ways in twenty twenty one. Zeke looks great.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Zeke's in the best shape of his life,

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Speaker 1: looking fast. Obviously, everybody's seen his the clips of him

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Speaker 1: working out independently with his running back coach and his

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Speaker 1: coach is how explosive. He is excited just to have

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Speaker 1: a full year with him again and getting him healthy

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Speaker 1: throughout the whole season once again. With Zeke's healthy and

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Speaker 1: Zike's doing his thing, he's he's the best running back

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Speaker 1: in the league. So he's just exciting to see him

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Speaker 1: in the best shape of his life, for best shape

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Speaker 1: of he's been in the NFL and no, that is

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Speaker 1: going to be special for us moving forward. The Cowboys

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Speaker 1: wanted to throw the current NFC East Division champions the

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Speaker 1: Washington football team, but do we know who is going

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Speaker 1: to be their QB one when they host the LA

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Speaker 1: Chargers Week one. Many assumed veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick was brought

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Speaker 1: in as the unquestioned starter for Washington in twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: but head coach Ron Rivera says choosing a starter between

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Speaker 1: bits Taylor Heineke and Kyle Allen it will be difficult.

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good competition, it really is. I

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Speaker 1: look forward to it. I think it's going to push

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Speaker 1: our football team and make our football team better. I

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Speaker 1: just feel that, you know, going into this long we

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Speaker 1: have a proven guy there's that that has the abile

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Speaker 1: to lead us. But again, we have a guy in

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Speaker 1: Taylor that shows us that he can do it. They're

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Speaker 1: gonna compete, they're gonna push, and I'm looking forward to it. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, the Rams are excited about their new

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Speaker 1: quarterback Matthew Stafford. Head coach Sean McVay had to set

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Speaker 1: the record straight regarding his statement last week that he

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Speaker 1: was especially happy this offseason, and some took that to me.

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Speaker 1: In training Jared gop Detroit had him in a better mood,

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Speaker 1: but McBath says that's not the case at all. I

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Speaker 1: hate that I even have to say this, but I

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Speaker 1: think I made a comment earlier that was definitely taken

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Speaker 1: out of context. I am very excited. I have been

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Speaker 1: in a good mood because of the confidence I have

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Speaker 1: in this team. But by no means is that a

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Speaker 1: slight to anybody, you know, like Jared, who has done

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Speaker 1: a phenomenal job for the last four years here. I

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Speaker 1: hated that I even have to address that, but I

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Speaker 1: do think out of respect for him and all the

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Speaker 1: good things he's done, I am in a good mood.

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Speaker 1: But that doesn't mean it's not because we're working together

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Speaker 1: or because of just Stafford exclusively. There's a lot of

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Speaker 1: good things going on that I feel really good about

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Speaker 1: and I'm confident about. So don't twist my words when

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Speaker 1: I didn't say that. All right, thank you. Yesterday, the

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Speaker 1: Dolphins signing linebacker Jerome Baker to a three year, thirty

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Speaker 1: nine million dollar contract extension to quote ANFL networking saturay

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Speaker 1: Ian rapport. The pact includes twenty eight point four million

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Speaker 1: dollars in aranteed money. The twenty four year old posted

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Speaker 1: a career high seven sacks last season. Optimism abounds in

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Speaker 1: Miami is Head coach Brian Flores led the Fins to

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Speaker 1: a ten and six record in his second year at

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Speaker 1: the helm. In twenty twenty, the Dolphins are expected to

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Speaker 1: be a team on the rise. In free agency, they

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Speaker 1: gave quarterback two a Tonga Biloa, a proven, deep threatened

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Speaker 1: will four, and spent this year's first round draft pick

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Speaker 1: on whe Olt, Jail and Waddle. But to get what

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Speaker 1: they really want, Flores believes his young stars need to

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Speaker 1: step into roles they haven't filled before. We have a

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Speaker 1: good leadership on the team. I think that's something that

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Speaker 1: you're constantly trying to develop each year, especially with you know,

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Speaker 1: younger players, and I think we've got some veteran players

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Speaker 1: who provide will provide us leadership as well. And you

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Speaker 1: need it. Every team needs it. Hey, make sure to

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Speaker 1: download a brand new episode of the Around the NFL podcast,

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Speaker 1: joined Dan Hans's, Mark Sessler, Greg Rosenthal, and Erica Tampos

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Speaker 1: for all the Lanis news delivered with a touch of humor.

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Speaker 1: Well that'll do it for me, have yourself a great week,

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Speaker 1: and we'll sell. And those are your good morning football

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