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Speaker 3: Balance the the thought of, you know what, maybe is

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Speaker 2: Come back to the giants.

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Speaker 3: Did you ever waver with that that, you know what,

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Speaker 4: Like I said, I mean, I think free agency, that's

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Speaker 4: And you know, obviously, after I got done waiting them all,

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Speaker 5: Thank you, Dan Duggan, Hey, theres and you know, you

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Speaker 5: can't repeat as a good guy winners, So hopefully that doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Change your opinion.

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Speaker 5: I'm just curious. Obviously you're coming back to the team

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Speaker 5: And now that you are, you know back, are you

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Speaker 4: I'll just tell him. Look, we got a lot of

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Speaker 4: And we got two great tackles, so you're safe. Our

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Speaker 5: It, Hot Leonard Hey Sligh, what would it?

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Speaker 3: You find yourself as a pitchman. I know you made

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think because you know, when you're when you're

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Speaker 3: Thanks said, sure, we'll take four more.

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Speaker 2: Patty Trina, Hey, Darius, welcome back.

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Speaker 4: Thank you, nice to be back.

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Speaker 1: start talking about legacy. You could actually be like second

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Speaker 1: to a Moni tumor in Giants' receiving yards with three

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Speaker 1: of your you know, standard seasons. Have you thought about

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Speaker 1: that at all? Did you think of at all about

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Speaker 4: Yeah, honestly, I hadn't thought of it, but somebody sent

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Speaker 4: it to me and it almost didn't even read right

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Speaker 4: I didn't realized you know, it's actually, you know, something

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Speaker 4: that was that attainable. You know, I felt like Amni

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Speaker 4: Tumor's numbers was like way over there and feel it,

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Speaker 4: mean it's definitely some then you know that'd be cool.

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Speaker 4: You know, I think anybody wants to end their career

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Speaker 4: and feel like they left an impact on wherever they

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Speaker 4: for my my next three years, you know, I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: And then you answered Aaron, you answered Russell Wilson. So

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Speaker 1: I'll ask Aaron Rodgers, what about the thought of playing

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I personally, you know, I think Aaron

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Speaker 4: So I have a ton of respect for him, and

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Speaker 4: you know, I know whatever, Obviously, everybody loves to in

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Speaker 4: this league, you know, once you get a little older,

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Speaker 4: they all it happens to everybody and they're like, oh,

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Speaker 4: think Aaron Rodgers has shown that he can still spin it.

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Speaker 4: And you know, obviously, like I said, I think we

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Speaker 4: if we get them, you know, I would love to

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Speaker 4: a chance to play with a Hall of Fame all

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Speaker 4: definitely definitely not a blessing that I you know, under

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Speaker 2: Thanks Darius Evan Barnes.

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Speaker 7: Here's how's it going, man?

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Speaker 4: Good? Are you good?

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Speaker 2: Good? Just about the contract?

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Speaker 7: Obviously you know pass issues, you know the issues as

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Speaker 7: far as you know, the pay cut and you not

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Speaker 7: playing in workouts I believe last year. Just what does

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Speaker 7: something that's not going to be a concern for you, going.

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Speaker 4: Forward means a lot, seeing how I spent six years

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Speaker 4: you know, it definitely means a lot. You know, honestly,

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Speaker 4: the family. No, I have an organization. You know, my

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Speaker 4: you know, over this over the past four to five years.

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Speaker 4: And you know, obviously, you know, the more money I make,

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Speaker 4: on my head, you know, we just doubled our ability

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Speaker 4: I think anybody in my situation or anybody even if

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Speaker 4: as far as the money aspect goes, you know, that's

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Speaker 4: the that's kind of the biggest thing. Obviously, you know,

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Speaker 2: Thanks last one, Tom Rock Darius.

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Speaker 6: Well, we all know the numbers from last year, the rankings,

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Speaker 2: This is a team that brought that.

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Speaker 6: It's brought back most of its offensive coaching staff in

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Speaker 4: I think I think the fact that we still we

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Speaker 4: And a lot of times, you know, oftentimes there's too

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Speaker 4: So you know, if you find yourself in the situations

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