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Speaker 1: Hey, this is Ryan Fitzpatrick and you are listening to

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Speaker 1: the e A Podcast with Eric Allen. Take it away.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's bring in Chad Pattyson. Okay. Todd Bowles

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Speaker 1: made an announcement chet on Monday after the Jets by week,

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Speaker 1: like he said he would, he was gonna evaluate how

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Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick was feeling dealing with that knee sprain, left

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Speaker 1: of Bryce Petty against the l A. Rams is the

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Speaker 1: Jets manufacturer just one touchdown. We're able to move the

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Speaker 1: ball at times, but it's a point scoring league in

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Speaker 1: the Jets lost. So Todd came out on Monday and said,

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Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick will leave my starter against the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 1: What was your immediate reaction. I have no problem with

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Speaker 1: that decision at all, Eric, And the reason that I

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Speaker 1: don't is that, um, you don't sacrifice the overall performance

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Speaker 1: has put in just for the sake of the the

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Speaker 1: development of one guy, especially when the guy that you're

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Speaker 1: saying is the starter this week holds a franchise record

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Speaker 1: in touchdown in a season, has played well at times,

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Speaker 1: has been inconsistent this year, there's no question about it.

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Speaker 1: But this isn't like, uh, you know this, Ryan Fitzpatrick

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Speaker 1: can't get the job done. And so from coach Bowl's perspective,

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Speaker 1: he's trying to generate some positivity in the locker room.

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Speaker 1: How do you do that by playing good, solid football

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Speaker 1: and winning games? And how do you do that You

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Speaker 1: play the best player to give you the best chance

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Speaker 1: to win the game. And so right now he's saying

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Speaker 1: that Ryan Fitzpatrick gives them the best opportunity to win

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Speaker 1: a game because the development piece of it, um, in

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Speaker 1: my opinion, is something that's talked about way too much. Yes,

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Speaker 1: you have to develop players, Yes there's a time and

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Speaker 1: place for that, but you have to be judicious in

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Speaker 1: development of one guy. No uh fits Tye. Bowls are clear.

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Speaker 1: I said that in order for somebody to jump ahead

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Speaker 1: in Bryce Patty's case, what did you see from him

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Speaker 1: against the l A Rams that you liked and maybe

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Speaker 1: of the things that I liked. His deep ball to

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Speaker 1: Roddy Anderson is fantastic. That was called on the left

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Speaker 1: The ninety nine yard drive, uh to begin the game

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Speaker 1: There were some times where it looked like he was

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Speaker 1: some positives there, but I don't think there was enough

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Speaker 1: making the easy throws. One thing I learned as a

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Speaker 1: the ones that for all intents and purposes are a completion,

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Speaker 1: whether it be checked downs or guys that are just

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Speaker 1: It's not like college where you get those opportunities back

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Speaker 1: every once in a while, he didn't trust his footwork

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Speaker 1: which that's going to happen as as a young quarterback.

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Speaker 1: I understand that. But right now, in the situation that

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Speaker 1: with good football play and winning football games. And to me,

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Speaker 1: you can't just sacrifice that just because you're saying you're

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Speaker 1: that it was not a losing performance. It wasn't. Was

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Speaker 1: it a winning performance. No, it wasn't that either. Um

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Speaker 1: it's actually very It's predicated on um specific footwork and

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Speaker 1: think that you're stunning the growth or development of Bryce

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Speaker 1: Petty by him watching um Ryan's Fitzpatrick work, and and

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Speaker 1: young quarterback in some respects, Do you think this is

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Speaker 1: a courageous decision, Maybe that's a wrong choice. Awards about

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Speaker 1: know you played here. I always echo that every time

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Speaker 1: I think it's a courageous decision because it's going against

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Speaker 1: That's why he's playing this week. If you get mathematically

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Speaker 1: So is there ever a time here, say the Jets

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Speaker 1: think you can just line up um and play one

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Speaker 1: front or one coverage against somebody like Brady and the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: Once they get a beat on what you're doing, you

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Speaker 1: will be exposed because there's always weaknesses in every front,

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Speaker 1: in every coverage. It's just a matter do you have

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Speaker 1: the right place called at the right time, and can

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Speaker 1: you make those adjustice to get to those weaknesses. And

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Speaker 1: so against the Patriots, you you have to be It's

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Speaker 1: similar to how they approached things. They approach things that

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Speaker 1: are very game plan specific. They don't want to be

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Speaker 1: pigeonholed into one style of offense or one style of

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Speaker 1: defense as an organization and team, and I think when

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Speaker 1: you play them, certainly want to explore your strength and

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Speaker 1: managing weaknesses and put your players in the best positions

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Speaker 1: to be possible. But you've also got to work UM

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Speaker 1: in a system where you can be multiple and you're

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Speaker 1: giving different looks, You're giving different um coverages and making

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Speaker 1: sure that it's not the same thing. All right, Saturday,

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Speaker 1: Ohio State Michigan, who you got in that onehigh state? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you think obviously on paper evenly matched. Is it because

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Speaker 1: they're playing at home or is it because Michigan is

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Speaker 1: dealing with some quarterback problems. I think it has to

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Speaker 1: do with the quarterback issue, and it looks to me

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Speaker 1: like that, you know, Ohio State, even though they've won

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Speaker 1: some close games, they're playing just a little bit better

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Speaker 1: as a team compared to Michigan right now, just in

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Speaker 1: that in that swing of things where they are in

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Speaker 1: the season. Washington Washington State at the Apple Cup, Well,

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Speaker 1: that's a tough one because I expected Washington State to

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Speaker 1: do better this past week. Um, but going to Pullman

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Speaker 1: is extremely difficult. Um, I'm gonna say Washington. Okay. So

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Speaker 1: if Washington wins that game, they probably just need one

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Speaker 1: more and they'd be in the final four. Do you think, yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: I knew they're packed twelve champs with one one loss.

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Speaker 1: I think that they would be the fourth seed. Okay,

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Speaker 1: all right, And how about my my alma mater here,

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Speaker 1: the Florida Gators who upset Alis you on the road

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Speaker 1: last week. They're going into tall I asked you to

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Speaker 1: play Florida State. Wow, this is a toss up. Oh

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Speaker 1: my goodness. Um, I know, right, but that was very

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Speaker 1: impressive on what they did uh in Baton Rouge to

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Speaker 1: be able to do that in face um let ad

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Speaker 1: heir steves faced with all the injuries that they have. Uh,

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Speaker 1: part of me says go with the Gators because they

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Speaker 1: play extremely good defense. They're tough and you've got that

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Speaker 1: freshman quarterbacks, a sort of State that has had some

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Speaker 1: ups and downs. Then the other part says they're banged

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Speaker 1: up and trying to go into Tallahassee against an offense

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Speaker 1: that's a little bit more efficient and better than l

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Speaker 1: issues offense. I'm gonna go for State. Oh the seminars

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Speaker 1: at home, and last college pick of this week is

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Speaker 1: there Ball Old Alabama and Auburn. Can anybody stop this

482
00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 1: runaway train that Nick Sabans got going on right now?

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00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:35,640
Speaker 1: Yes it can be stopped, Oh, no question about that.

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00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:39,200
Speaker 1: But will it be stopped is the bigger issue, and

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Speaker 1: I don't think that will not this week? Okay? And

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00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,920
Speaker 1: then Thanksgiving special here? Uh, who are the top three

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Speaker 1: teams in the National Football League? As we turned to

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Speaker 1: post Thanksgiving football Chad, because you know it, uh, the

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Speaker 1: grizzly veterans of this league always say, don't start talking

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Speaker 1: about who's good, and we're separating themselves until after Thanksgiving.

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Speaker 1: So give me the top three teams in football. As

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Speaker 1: we turned the page here, I will say, um, I

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Speaker 1: will go Patriots one, the Cowboys too, and I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: say the Raiders three. Wow. Wow, Seattle not in Champenny

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Speaker 1: to top three, and he's got the Raiders in the

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Speaker 1: top three. That's something else. They're definitely making, uh their

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00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:41,560
Speaker 1: voices heard here, and it could be a three A three, okay, okay,

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Speaker 1: we'll watch that. And I know, I know how you

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Speaker 1: feel about that ground attack and every quarterback loved an

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00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: offensive line and a great running back and Dallas got

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Speaker 1: something going special here right now, I'd have to get

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Speaker 1: and I just look at that. When I said the

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Speaker 1: Patriots ahead of the Cowboys. The reason I do is

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Speaker 1: that if they played head to head, I just think

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Speaker 1: it would be that the Patriots would have the advantage.

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Speaker 1: But you know, certainly without them playing the head to head,

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Speaker 1: is be very easy to put the Cowboys one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'd have to go Patriots one, Seattle to Dallas three,

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Speaker 1: and then I put the Raiders up there at four.

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Speaker 1: Maybe right now, I'm not willing. I've been impressed with

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Speaker 1: their car, I really have. I think he's uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: done extremely well. I think Jack del Rio has done

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Speaker 1: a really good job of providing stability and continuity and

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Speaker 1: consistency within that organization. And you can see it. And

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Speaker 1: because he looks like you know, I've always known coach

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Speaker 1: del Rio to be a coach, especially defensively. You know,

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00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 1: they the scheme is simple, but they're really good at

518
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: and allows their athletes to really take advantage of what

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Speaker 1: they're doing. And so I think that whole mindset is

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00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 1: across the board with that team, is that they are

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00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: really creating consistent to see continoony. But he was still

522
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:05,400
Speaker 1: allows all of their extremely talented players to come to

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Speaker 1: forefront and make place for him. I know you hate

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Speaker 1: this word, but car has some real natural armed talent.

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00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 1: He makes them throws sometimes where it seems like he's

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Speaker 1: just winging it, but he has a great faith in

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Speaker 1: that arm. And I know he's a tremendous passer and

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Speaker 1: he is a bright kid. We talked to him down

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Speaker 1: in Mobile, Alabama senior ball a couple of years ago,

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Speaker 1: and that's one thing that stood out about Cars that

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Speaker 1: he was mature beyond his years. Yeah, I've been impressed

532
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Speaker 1: and he's done a really good job. Nice win yesterday,

533
00:30:40,320 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 1: had some great comeback wins throughout the season and some

534
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,680
Speaker 1: distal circumstances. Um he's really just he's willing and dealing him.

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Speaker 1: He is in his wheelhouse right now and in a

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Speaker 1: really good spot at the quarterback Chad Pennington's favorite Thanksgiving food, Oh,

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Speaker 1: favorite Thanksgiving food. Um, well, I'm I'm looking at the

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Speaker 1: total plate and I'm envisioning my plate. And it's got turkey,

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00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: it's got my potatoes, it's got dressing, it's got a

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00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:15,320
Speaker 1: role on it, and all of it has gravy on top.

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Speaker 1: Everything on the plate has gravy on it. The gravy

542
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 1: is what makes it. Of course, this guy comes to

543
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and he's got to identify not

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00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: only the mic linebacker, what he's calling out protections. You

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00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:32,240
Speaker 1: gotta see everything, and that's how you even approach Thanksgiving dinner.

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Speaker 1: Good catch it up, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

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Speaker 1: Thank you,