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Speaker 1: welcome into the Kevin Stefanski Show. All along the University

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Speaker 1: you and Gerard for the first time and over a month.

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Speaker 1: It's a happy show. It is a show coming off

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Speaker 1: of a victory thirty two to thirteen on national television

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Speaker 1: Monday Night Football. There were still things to clean up,

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Speaker 1: but you would certainly say this was the Browns most

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Speaker 1: they went out and absolutely dominated a Bengals team that

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Speaker 1: The Browns now go to four and oh against Joe Burrow.

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Speaker 1: for this Browns team, you have now held the Ravens

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Speaker 1: What has changed from your perspective, Well, the amazing thing

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Speaker 1: just some Kevin Stefanski um stresses takeaways getting the ball

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Speaker 1: back to our offense. All right, now, I know that

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Speaker 1: you were touched down there, but upon watching it, where

431
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Speaker 1: was everybody saying you should have taken that one to

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Speaker 1: the house. Yes, yes, everybody, everybody was and I should

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Speaker 1: I should have taken it to the house. Um, I

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Speaker 1: had mouths of blocking in front of me. It's rare

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Speaker 1: when you get um a lot of players blocking for you.

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Speaker 1: And I appreciate the defense for Black for me because

437
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Speaker 1: it definitely was a lot of people blocking for me.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I definitely should took that into the house.

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Speaker 1: All right, when you go back in the sess kind

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Speaker 1: of the game overall, you know, going into it, you

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Speaker 1: knew Denzel wasn't gonna play, and we knew Greg was

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Speaker 1: banged up, and we don't know if he was gonna

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Speaker 1: play every snap, but the warrior he is, he went

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Speaker 1: out there and did it anyway. Greedy came in sick

445
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Speaker 1: under the weather, so you knew you were gonna get

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Speaker 1: some opportunities. You didn't know if it was gonna be

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Speaker 1: inside or outside. How were you prepared for that as

448
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Speaker 1: soon as you got on the field, an immediate impact. Yeah,

449
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Speaker 1: that that's actually very tough because I'm going into the

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Speaker 1: um going into the week. Um, I was all inside.

451
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Speaker 1: I was studying heavy inside inside, and they want to

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Speaker 1: be study heavy at at the slot, and then um,

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Speaker 1: Greg went down, so um during he didn't even practice,

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Speaker 1: so I was the backup nigas I was going mostly

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Speaker 1: inside and Greedy, Um he didn't practice. He had an illness.

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Speaker 1: So then I end up going inside and outside. But

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Speaker 1: going into the game, we didn't know if Greg was

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Speaker 1: gonna go yet, so like literally my main focus on

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Speaker 1: the slot and we get to the game and I'm

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Speaker 1: playing all outside, So that was a bit of a

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Speaker 1: different adjustment. But I kind of knew what they were

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Speaker 1: gonna do with the outside receiver. Boy, knowing what they

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Speaker 1: were gonna do with the inside receiver, And that's good,

464
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Speaker 1: and that's the preparation you put in. That's the belief

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Speaker 1: your coaches having you. What a coach Howard and coach

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Speaker 1: Lynch to tell you after this one, Um, they just

467
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Speaker 1: appreciated me always staying ready. I'm always being ready, Uh,

468
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Speaker 1: accepting coaching and um just kind of being ready for

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Speaker 1: my number from when my numbers called, because um, they

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Speaker 1: know I'm gonna go out there, step up to the plate. Um,

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Speaker 1: not gonna have any slack, and I'm gonna play my

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Speaker 1: best ball that I can. Did they tease you a

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Speaker 1: little bit that maybe you could have had two picks

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Speaker 1: in this one on that cover too. Yeah, yes, they

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Speaker 1: most definitely did. And uh yeah, I get to you.

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Speaker 1: I tease myself because man, that that would have been big.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, Man, I really wish I came up

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Speaker 1: with that one. But it signed to the next one

479
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Speaker 1: right on the next one. You got one that's good.

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Speaker 1: Defensively though the last two weeks, you guys have put

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Speaker 1: together pretty good performances against good offenses in Baltimore. This

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Speaker 1: one against the Angles. Has anything changed towards it Just

483
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Speaker 1: a matter simply if guys are doing their jobs and

484
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Speaker 1: and all of a sudden things are kind of going

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Speaker 1: our way. UM, I have to give Life some kudos.

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Speaker 1: Joe Woods, Um, he's been called been calling a pretty

487
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Speaker 1: good game. We've been going over a pretty good game plan. Um,

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Speaker 1: a good mixture of things um here and there and

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Speaker 1: then um obviously like just everybody buying in. Everybody been

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Speaker 1: bought in. Some also defense constress like a hund percent committed.

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Speaker 1: So I feel like, um, we're we're all bought in, uh,

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Speaker 1: and we're trying to get in the right direction and

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Speaker 1: know Baltimore to this week, it's just good stepping stones.

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Speaker 1: No doubt great stepping stones. And you guys on the

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Speaker 1: back end especially have really stepped up your play the

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Speaker 1: last couple of weeks. You know, what was it like

497
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Speaker 1: having John Johnson with the Green got out there this week?

498
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Speaker 1: It changed now to have him calling the plays. It

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Speaker 1: felt like everybody was really on the same page in

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Speaker 1: this one. Um Uh, it felt very good for John

501
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Speaker 1: Johnson had the green dot. Uh. I know he did

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Speaker 1: that in l A. So that's something he's very accustomed to.

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Speaker 1: And um, just just comes smooth and everything. Uh, he's relaxed.

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Speaker 1: He he knows how to get the call all. He

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Speaker 1: kind of understand Joe Woods a little more. So it's

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Speaker 1: a it's always pretty good. All right. It's Greg Newsome,

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Speaker 1: your official pr agent. I would say that we don't

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Speaker 1: have any contract agreements anything like that, but under the

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Speaker 1: table us he probably in my pr ag Yeah, on

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Speaker 1: the way in here before I interviewed, he's already like

511
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Speaker 1: telling me what you gotta talk to you about all

512
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Speaker 1: the things, all the messaging that we need to promote

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Speaker 1: the A. J. Green brand. But listen, we don't want

514
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Speaker 1: you going anywhere else. You we gotta keep you here

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Speaker 1: with the Browns. Yeah, most definitely. Um, it took a

516
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Speaker 1: chance on me, um coming out to drafts and as

517
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Speaker 1: undrafted free agent, and um, I appreciate the opportunity here. Um,

518
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Speaker 1: I love being here. And uh, like I said, appreciate

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Speaker 1: a b and Stefanski and just just want to keep

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Speaker 1: going for this organization. I remember asking you if you

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Speaker 1: had a chip on your shoulder after we signed you

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Speaker 1: an undraft the preciation and he said, no, I have

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Speaker 1: a boulder on my shoulder. You always knew you could

524
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Speaker 1: play in this league. Every time you get on the field,

525
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Speaker 1: you make plays, You're always ready, and it's just great

526
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Speaker 1: to see you have the success whenever your numbers called

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Speaker 1: because it helps this football team. Yeah, most definitely, um

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Speaker 1: coming out like I said, Yeah, I just wasn't a chip,

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Speaker 1: it was it was a voter because Um, it's just

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Speaker 1: like the thing like like like why didn't they take

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Speaker 1: me or why don't this thing? So it's just like

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Speaker 1: just kind of just proving it to myself and I'm

533
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Speaker 1: proving it to the people out there who's watching the

534
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Speaker 1: game who might not know much of a J. Grehen,

535
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Speaker 1: but when I'm still on that field, they know he's

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Speaker 1: a complete ball. Right. Look at number thirty eight A J. Green.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for the time, congrats on the pick and looking

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Speaker 1: for more. Got you appreciate you. Nice talking to you,

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Speaker 1: and we'll be back with more of the Kevin Stefanski Show,

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Speaker 1: all along the University Hospitals Cleveland Brown's Radio Network. Hey, Hey,

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Speaker 1: this is a a war. This is David Joku and

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Speaker 1: your listening to the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: University Hospitals is your hometown medical team and official healthcare

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Speaker 1: provider of the Cleveland Browns. Welcome back to the Kevin

545
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Speaker 1: Sefanski Show. All along the University Hospitals Cleveland Browns Radio Network.

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Speaker 1: Nathan Zagura and Gerard Cherry with you, folks. Next time

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Speaker 1: you head out to the Browns game, be sure to

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Speaker 1: stop by the free Twisted Tetailgate pregame party prior to

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Speaker 1: every home game. Twisted Tetailgate is located on the west

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Speaker 1: prior to kickoff and is open to fans with a

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Speaker 1: ticket to the game. All right, John we're gonna do

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Speaker 1: kind of a State of the Browns right now. We're

556
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Speaker 1: gonna start on the offense. And if I would have

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Speaker 1: told you, Gerard, that at the halfway point of this season,

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns, led by Jacoby Bursett, would be the

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Speaker 1: number six total offense averaging three the hundred and eighty

560
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Speaker 1: five point eight yards per game, trailing only Buffalo, Kansas City, Philly,

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Speaker 1: and then to surprises, Detroit and New Orleans, and that

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Speaker 1: the Browns would be the number seven scoring offense in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, actually tied for number six, scoring twenty five

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Speaker 1: points a game, trailing on the Kansas City playoffs, Buffalo playoffs, Philly, undefeated,

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Speaker 1: Seattle looking like they're gonna win that NFC West, which

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Speaker 1: is wild and then the Ravens and the Falcons. Falcons

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Speaker 1: leading their division. Every team above us is either leading

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Speaker 1: their division or is playoff bound. Playoff bound, you would

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Speaker 1: have said what I would have said, We must be

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Speaker 1: somewhere on the range of six and two, seven and one,

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Speaker 1: five and three for sure, definitely not four and four

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Speaker 1: or three and five. Because what was the biggest concern

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Speaker 1: going into the season, how is this offense going to respond?

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Speaker 1: And perform with Jacoby Brisset under center. Could it be

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Speaker 1: enough exactly? And we've found out that in most cases,

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Speaker 1: in the majority of the games, has been more than enough.

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Speaker 1: More than enough indeed, Uh, anybody other than Nick Chubb,

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Speaker 1: the NFL's leading rusher, he's got, you know, leading league

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Speaker 1: in rushing ten touchdowns, leads the league as well, anybody

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Speaker 1: else who you would throw your hat in four offensive

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Speaker 1: m v P. I would have to throw Coop's name

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Speaker 1: in there. Granted, minds that interception that he threw. He

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Speaker 1: has been phenomenal at the receiver position. He's just given

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Speaker 1: us consistency that we've lacked in some cases and the

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Speaker 1: ability to make right plays at the right time. In

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Speaker 1: the hands are so trustworthy. When when have you seen

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Speaker 1: him drop a pass? It's a rare currns. So his

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Speaker 1: presence on the football field and what it represents far

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Speaker 1: as the Brown's m v P, he could be in

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Speaker 1: the conversation argument, but by a landslide, would be Nick

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Speaker 1: Chubb and Nick Chubby, as I said, leading the league

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Speaker 1: and rushing and in rushing touchdowns. Amari Cooper, by the way,

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Speaker 1: five d and fifty three yards tied for tenth in

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Speaker 1: the league in receiving yards, and his five receiving touchdowns

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Speaker 1: on the season tied for fourth, behind only Kelsey Digs

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Speaker 1: and Jamaar Chase. He's tied with Davante Adams, Cooper, cup

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Speaker 1: Mark Andrews, A. J. Brown, and Jalen Waddle. So Amari

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Speaker 1: Cooper has been phenomenal. You know the other name that

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Speaker 1: you could say, certainly David and Joeku prior to his injury,

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Speaker 1: was top five in the league among tight ends and

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Speaker 1: both receptions and receiving yards. He had been great for

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Speaker 1: the Browns as well. Biggest surprise for you offensively through

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Speaker 1: eight games doesn't have a question because I'm torn because

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Speaker 1: the easy answer is Jacobe percent. I did not see

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Speaker 1: this level play. But I'm gonna actually show the offensive

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Speaker 1: lines some love. Did you see this? Did you see

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Speaker 1: this dominator not been dominating play that he's putting out

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Speaker 1: there on a regular basis, And I'm and I think

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Speaker 1: he's starting to go notice not unnoticed, no, but a

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Speaker 1: national pundits that they're starting to see that, Hey, Callahan

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Speaker 1: is a truth. As an old line coach, we knew

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Speaker 1: that already. But that guy who's playing center for the Browns,

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Speaker 1: he is dominating at the point of attack. Ethan Post

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Speaker 1: is the number two graded center in the NFL according

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Speaker 1: to Pro Football. No, you're not making it up. He

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Speaker 1: has been sensational. And then it helps right next to him,

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Speaker 1: you have the number one guard in the NFL, Joel

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Speaker 1: Betonio oh Wyatt Teller he is the number three guard.

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Speaker 1: And how about this, yelled the fro hole is the

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Speaker 1: number twenty guard on the se But still don't mean

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Speaker 1: you'd be the best guard on a team in there's

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Speaker 1: thirty two of them. So we got three guards in

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Speaker 1: the top twenty are center right in the middle is

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Speaker 1: number two. Just incredible and that line right now. Thought

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Speaker 1: James Hudson was brilliant early in the season without Jack Conklin,

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Speaker 1: biggest surprise for me would be probably I'd have to

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Speaker 1: say there's two one good, one bad. On the good side,

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Speaker 1: it's been the performance of Donovan People's jones, just the

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Speaker 1: consistency fifty or more yards and six of the eight games,

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Speaker 1: he's really developed into a nice number two option for

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. And I think that is something that

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Speaker 1: you always hoped that's what he would become for you,

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Speaker 1: and and he has done that. And I think that

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Speaker 1: is that's been a pleasant surprise. On the maybe not

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Speaker 1: so pleasant surprise list for me would be the lack

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Speaker 1: of production at the wide receiver position by anybody not

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Speaker 1: named Amari Cooper or Donovan People's Jones. And I think

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Speaker 1: that that is something you know, coming in the year,

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Speaker 1: we had heard so much about Anthony Schwartz and the

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Speaker 1: role that he would play for this football team that

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Speaker 1: has not materialized. He has not caught a pass since

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Speaker 1: Week one. David Bell, your third round pick, two catches

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Speaker 1: last week over twenty five yards. He's your third leading

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Speaker 1: receiver amongst wide receivers. He has a hundred yards in

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Speaker 1: eight games. Yeah, and that is problem, mcken say, at

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Speaker 1: least and you want more production on those guys, especially

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Speaker 1: with David being being down because he's been prolific and

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Speaker 1: how he's played tight end, but going to this once

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Speaker 1: but the biggest area for improvement in his final nine games, Nathan,

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Speaker 1: I have to say, we need better play from our

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Speaker 1: left tackle. Jed Wills just has to figure out a

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Speaker 1: way in which he doesn't have that timely hold a

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Speaker 1: penalty that stalls a drive and you don't want to

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Speaker 1: call a guy out in particular, But but each week

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Speaker 1: it seems like he's getting hit with that not to

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Speaker 1: his credit, is not four or five times a game,

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Speaker 1: but it seems to be that that one or two

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Speaker 1: times a game in key situations where our margin for

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Speaker 1: error is so low that it happens at the worst

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Speaker 1: times it could possibly occur. So I would say, just

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Speaker 1: from a blocking standpoint, it's really not much I can

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Speaker 1: harper one because you covered with the receivers. That's the

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Speaker 1: other issue. And maybe getting more production out of someone

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Speaker 1: other than in joke with the tightest by gain Harrison

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Speaker 1: more involved and that would help the cause as Will. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: for Jet, it's just really kind of been an up

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Speaker 1: and down season. He's had a stretch where he was

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Speaker 1: really really good and then he's had some games where

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Speaker 1: he has struggled. And you mentioned the penalties. Amongst all

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Speaker 1: tackles in the NFL, his six penalties are tied for

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Speaker 1: the fifth most in the league. So and they've been

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Speaker 1: they have been drive stallers, drive killers. They seem to

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Speaker 1: come at very inopportunity times. I would say, you know,

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Speaker 1: getting more consistency out of Jet Will is good. Somebody

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Speaker 1: to emerge as a fourth option in the passing game

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Speaker 1: behind Cooper and a Joco and Donovan People's jones. And

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Speaker 1: then the biggest one for me is we gotta stop

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Speaker 1: turning the football over five straight games. We have turned

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Speaker 1: the football over five straight games. We still have not

680
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Speaker 1: lost when we have not turned the football over this year,

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Speaker 1: but now we have turned it over in five straight

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Speaker 1: games multiple times in two of the last three. We

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Speaker 1: gotta take care of the football, Drave you. We certainly do,

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Speaker 1: because that's one thing you cannot afford to be careless

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Speaker 1: with and think about the opponents were about to play.

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Speaker 1: You cannot give them extra opportunities on the football field.

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Speaker 1: When you take on the Dolphins, the last thing you

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Speaker 1: want to do is give treat Hill and to another

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Speaker 1: crack at it by turning the football over. And obviously

690
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Speaker 1: when we face the Bills, Alan will take it up

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Speaker 1: and down the football fool. And the lasting you wanna

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Speaker 1: do once again is give them the momentum, give them

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Speaker 1: the opportunities, because those touches and those opportunities are precious.

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Speaker 1: And it's just really simply taking care of the football

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Speaker 1: Jacoby's issues. That's simply taking care of the football, not

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Speaker 1: forcing things. But I didn't see something with Jacoby that

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Speaker 1: encouraged me. That runned he had for the touchdown, it's

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Speaker 1: so reminded me of and then and there. He should

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Speaker 1: have rent it there too, but he opted for the past,

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Speaker 1: and I was so happy that he was definitive about it. No,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna run this in because that's the better decision

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00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 1: right there. Sometimes you simply can't pass it. You have

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Speaker 1: the abilities scramble around and go off schedule, take advantage

704
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Speaker 1: of it, use those legs, use that power and score.

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Speaker 1: So that was encouraging, and I think for him that's

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Speaker 1: another confidence builder as well, no doubt. All right, let's

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Speaker 1: go to the defensive side. Miles Garrett the number one

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Speaker 1: graded player in the NFL at Pro Football Focus. I'll

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Speaker 1: just leave it right that he's obviously the defensive m

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Speaker 1: v P through eight games. Who would be right, who

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Speaker 1: would be your m v P if it was not

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Speaker 1: Miles Garrett, M j Emerson. I'm naming the rookie. I

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00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:30,240
Speaker 1: think he's been consistent, He's made a huge place throughout

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Speaker 1: the course of the season, and he's where he needs

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Speaker 1: to be. You rarely say to him, why aren't you

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00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 1: in the right place for your run? Fits yes, says

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00:32:36,920 --> 00:32:38,720
Speaker 1: he give up passes, but when he gives up passes

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Speaker 1: in which they catch it like the picking the situation,

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Speaker 1: that's the ones in a lifetime type of a catch.

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Speaker 1: But like you just said, Nathan, he's right there and

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Speaker 1: his confidence doesn't wane, and he's out there being physical

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Speaker 1: as well, making tackles, getting involved, doing the extra things

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Speaker 1: and just making timely plays. And we're talking about a rookie.

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Speaker 1: So for me, it's m j Emerson. He is the

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Speaker 1: number eleven coverage corner in the NFL according to Pro

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Speaker 1: Football Focus, the top on our team. Gregg Knewsom not

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Speaker 1: far behind him. I would it's funny he only played

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Speaker 1: so much, but I'm gonna give it to Anthony Walker Jr.

729
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Speaker 1: Just because of how good he was when he was

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Speaker 1: there and how clear it was when he was not playing.

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Speaker 1: I think hopefully in the corner there, but right that

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Speaker 1: means that you're quite valuable there. Biggest surprise to you

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Speaker 1: on the defense, I was it could be good or bad,

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Speaker 1: and I that's probably my direction. Yeah, I would say

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Speaker 1: the biggest surprise for me on the defense would have

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Speaker 1: to be the mistakes that we were making. With with

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Speaker 1: this being our what third year in this system, so

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Speaker 1: that definitely everybody back, like everybody on the back seven

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Speaker 1: is back. So for us to get a week eight

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Speaker 1: in order to start actually seeing his defense play the

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Speaker 1: way it's capable plain was is and has been surprising

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Speaker 1: to me. Yeah, it took six weeks again kind of

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Speaker 1: like last year. Those last two games I think have

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00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 1: been phenomenal, the Ravens game as well as this one.

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Speaker 1: But yet to me, it's just the breakdowns and the

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Speaker 1: fact that here we are knowing that going if we

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Speaker 1: went back to over the final eight games year, if

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Speaker 1: the Browns often scored exactly twenty points again just to zero,

749
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,040
Speaker 1: we would have won the a f C North and

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Speaker 1: gone to the playoffs. We're scoring what I say games,

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00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,040
Speaker 1: we're number seven in the league and scoring tied for six.

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Speaker 1: I would have just it's surprised to me is that

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00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: our defensive that hasn't been good enough. With the way

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Speaker 1: that our defense has played, that shocked me. The big

755
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,040
Speaker 1: stair improvement I think is again just keep it clean,

756
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: do your jobs out there. That's what we gotta do. Uh. Finally,

757
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:37,400
Speaker 1: special teams right now? Uh kind of overall assessment and

758
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 1: has there been a bigger injury this year, you know,

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00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,279
Speaker 1: certainly not for this group, but maybe even on the team.

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Speaker 1: Then losing to came Grant, which is basically that's in

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Speaker 1: training camp because what we've found is that we actually

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Speaker 1: guys that do it by committee, and that's one of

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Speaker 1: those situations, not like the running back room where you

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Speaker 1: want guys to do by committee. You want to have

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Speaker 1: one guy dedicated getting the job done with the return game,

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Speaker 1: and then you want to have your core specially teams

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00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 1: players who are starting to come along. But again, you

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Speaker 1: look at the issues from a blocking standpoint. Multiple weeks

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Speaker 1: in which we've had a block kick, well, we've given

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Speaker 1: up a big return. So every week it seems to

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00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:12,359
Speaker 1: be something that's taking place on special teams that needs

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00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:14,319
Speaker 1: to be shared up and cleaned up. And you have

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Speaker 1: to do that because that third phase is very important.

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00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,720
Speaker 1: You can lose football games if you don't play sound

775
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: old special teams we have. I think that you can

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00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: absolutely link a couple of our losses this year directly

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Speaker 1: to special team shortcomes. Out'd say especially played a huge

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Speaker 1: role in the game against Baltimore and against the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: two games that we lost that we said our quarterback

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00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 1: out played you know m v P level performers. I

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00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: think they've got to get it going. For Kate, you know,

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00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 1: just he's got to get that ball elevated a little

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00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:43,640
Speaker 1: more there, and I think he'll do that. He's clearly

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00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:45,239
Speaker 1: got the leg I mean, the fifty five yard at

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00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:46,919
Speaker 1: the end of the first half last week was good.

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00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,880
Speaker 1: From a hundred, there was just a bomb right down

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Speaker 1: the middle. All right, that's the state of the Browns.

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Speaker 1: When we come back. We're gonna go around the league

789
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Speaker 1: a very busy trade deadline, not so much for the Browns.

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00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: And if you're married, you know the dangers of watching

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00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:05,400
Speaker 1: football without getting other important stuff done around the house first.

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Speaker 1: The same is true with gambling. Not paying your bills

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Speaker 1: you're the trade deadline. It was fun. Lots of deals

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Speaker 1: happening at the trade deadline. Let's break down what happened

812
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:09,840
Speaker 1: earlier this week. The best deal, the biggest head scratcher,

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Speaker 1: the best value trade. The Ravens got the Roquan Smith,

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Speaker 1: the linebacker from the Bears. The Bears got Chase Claypool

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Speaker 1: from the Steelers for a second round pick, their second

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Speaker 1: round pick. The Jags acquired Calvin Ridley from the Falcons

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Speaker 1: for some future picks and potentially could change depending on

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Speaker 1: what he does. They're including if he signs a contract

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Speaker 1: to stay with the Jags. The Dolphins acquired Bradley Chubb

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Speaker 1: from the Broncos. Yuck. The Vikings acquired T. J. Hockenson

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Speaker 1: from the Lions, and obviously, going back a week ago,

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Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey to San Francisco, where only did in his

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Speaker 1: first full game was throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown,

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Speaker 1: and run for a touchdown, something that hadn't happened in

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Speaker 1: the league since Ladanian Tomlinson back in two thousand and five.

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Speaker 1: All Right, which deal do you like the most or

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Speaker 1: which couple deals jump out at you as being really

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Speaker 1: really good based on production? What's gonna take place with

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Speaker 1: having Christian McCaffrey in the same huddle cows and you

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Speaker 1: gotta love that, especially when they get Deebo Samuels and

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Speaker 1: Kills on the full football field at the same time.

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Speaker 1: Who are you gonna stop? Who are gonna double team? Matchup?

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Speaker 1: Mistakes will take place of course the football field with

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Speaker 1: those guys being out there, So you love what that represents.

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Speaker 1: And then also have to say smart moving apart of

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Speaker 1: the Dolphins, if you're gonna get to the playoffs, you

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Speaker 1: have to go through the Bills. You're gonna need someone

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Speaker 1: to get after who Josh Allen. That's what Raley Chubb represents.

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Speaker 1: So I think that was a very stutent move and

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00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 1: smart one on their part as well. You can also

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00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: get some props to what the Ravens did as well,

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00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,640
Speaker 1: ensuring up their defense, because they're thinking the same thing

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00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:37,839
Speaker 1: to the defense travels and wins championships. It most certainly does.

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Speaker 1: I like that one. I'll tell you what I think.

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Speaker 1: You know, Calvin Ridley Kelvin really was an elite player

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00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 1: when he last played, which was a long time ago.

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Speaker 1: But for a team, you're not giving up a ton

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Speaker 1: if he ends up being good. I think the worst

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Speaker 1: it gets to from their future. Second, if they decided

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Speaker 1: to sign to a long term contracts when she was

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00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,760
Speaker 1: really good for you. You need a number one receiver

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00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 1: for or your young star quarterback in Trevor Lawrence, and

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Speaker 1: so now you get Calibrati. I like that move a lot.

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Speaker 1: Chubb to the Dolphins, they're going for it. I like that.

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Speaker 1: That's fun. Ro Quan Smith to the Ravens obviously, that's good.

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Speaker 1: I thought the overpay for Chase Claypol was massive. I'm

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Speaker 1: still trying to figure it out. But my theory on it,

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Speaker 1: Nathan deals with more of the idea that they're just

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Speaker 1: enamored with Notre Dame players because that's basically Notre Dame's backyard,

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Speaker 1: even though it's based in Indiana. But a majority of

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Speaker 1: the pins in Chicago support him in that region of

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Speaker 1: the country. That's the only thing I can do to rationalize.

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Speaker 1: Because he's been underproductive, So why would you make that

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Speaker 1: a second round draft pick? Think about that for a

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Speaker 1: guy who they were visibly shopping and say they didn't

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Speaker 1: want part of their culture because they didn't like his antics, right,

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Speaker 1: and he was a distraction behind the scenes, and quite frankly,

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Speaker 1: wasn't that productive on the field after his rookie season.

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Speaker 1: And he's a big, vertical, contested catch guy. I mean,

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Speaker 1: will he help justin fields. Yes. What I don't understand

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Speaker 1: is maybe their need for immediate help, Like you probably

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Speaker 1: could have drafted a receiver in the second round next

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Speaker 1: year that would have been just as good as Chase Claypool,

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Speaker 1: maybe even better, and had him for four years under

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Speaker 1: contract as supposed to one and a half of Claypool.

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Speaker 1: It was that I think that was a strange move.

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Speaker 1: This one kind of goes under the radar. T J. Hockenson.

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Speaker 1: This is a great move by the Vikings. I don't

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Speaker 1: know why the lines are getting rid of him iviously.

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Speaker 1: They don't want to pay him what he's gonna cost.

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Speaker 1: But he's having a career year and now he goes

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Speaker 1: into a system where they get the ball the tight end,

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Speaker 1: very similar to our system. Jefferson, Feeling Hockenson, Dalvin Cook.

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Speaker 1: The Vikings are legit exactly in the part that really

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Speaker 1: is a hit scratches. Why would you trade within your

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Speaker 1: own vice in your division? That makes that never makes

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Speaker 1: sense to me. You have the power team to be

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Speaker 1: better than you. I don't get that, but it is

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Speaker 1: what it is. It is. You're right. It is an

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Speaker 1: interesting phenomenon, as we've talked about very much so, but

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Speaker 1: as you said, it is what it is. It'll be

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Speaker 1: fun to see him. You know, that's gonna matter to

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Speaker 1: him when he plays them twice a year. All right,

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Speaker 1: when we come back. Final thoughts here, wrapping it up,

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Speaker 1: you get to address the football team, tell him what

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Speaker 1: do you want to give them the advice going into

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Speaker 1: this bye week, and then they come out with a

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Speaker 1: showdown against a very good Miami Dolphins team. Well, first

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Speaker 1: of all, the NFL gods rewarded you with the middle

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Speaker 1: of the year by You can ask for a better

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Speaker 1: situation you wanted in weeks seven, eight, and nine, best

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Speaker 1: time to have it. With that being said, you do

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Speaker 1: not want to put yourself in a situation in which

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Speaker 1: you need a bye from the bye and what what

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Speaker 1: I mean by that is, you don't want to wear

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Speaker 1: yourself out partying. You don't want to wear yourself out

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Speaker 1: going on long flights and trips around the world, though

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Speaker 1: you have the means to do just that and tire

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Speaker 1: yourself out. You're still in the midst of a football season,

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Speaker 1: and you just showed on Monday night that you're for

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Speaker 1: real football team when you all are operating with this

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Speaker 1: idea called complimentary football. So meditate on that, think about that,

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Speaker 1: enjoy some of your time off. But but all means

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Speaker 1: get some rest. Because I've seen him before, Nathan, where

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Speaker 1: you go on these bye weeks and your partying like

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Speaker 1: this ninette prints and next thing you know, you have

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Speaker 1: no gas left and taking it takes you about three

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Speaker 1: or four weeks to recover from the fact that you

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Speaker 1: did so much during the bye week and you didn't

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Speaker 1: take advantage of opportunity to get some rest, to study

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Speaker 1: more and still be a student of the game and

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Speaker 1: a professional. How important is it to maintain your conditioning

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Speaker 1: even this can you lose it like you can lose it.

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Speaker 1: You won't completely lose it because it'll come right back

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Speaker 1: to you, but you'll be rusty, you'll be fortigued. If

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Speaker 1: you really think you can go four or five days

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Speaker 1: about doing anything. Now, if you're hurt, that's one thing,

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Speaker 1: But even then elliptical machine bike, you have to do something.

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Speaker 1: And even for a mental standpoint, do not check out

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Speaker 1: for five days. You have to stay in your playbook.

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Speaker 1: You have to stay watching film. He actually an opportunity

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Speaker 1: for you to get a jump. You can study Turek

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Speaker 1: Hill and company for two weeks now if you're on

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Speaker 1: defense and know everything he does from a route running standpoint,

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Speaker 1: and have such an advantage. So that's how you take

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Speaker 1: advantage of the situation as opposed scene at the time

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Speaker 1: to do absolutely nothing. Well, listen, I had to be

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Speaker 1: all four watching as much Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle

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Speaker 1: as you can because Tyreek Hill right now is running

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Speaker 1: away with the receiving yardage lead in the National Football League.

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Speaker 1: All right, that will do it for us here tonight.

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Speaker 1: Want to thank you all for joining us, of course,

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Speaker 1: for our producer Meredith Kane and executive producer Jason Gibbs,

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Speaker 1: for Gerad Cherry. I am Nathan Zigura, thanking you for

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