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Speaker 1: Welcome into the lounge presented by DraftKings. I am here

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Speaker 1: with my guy Cliff don bro who was back from Phoenix,

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Speaker 1: Arizona and the NFL Owners meetings, stepping in for Garrett

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Speaker 1: once again. Cliff, How was it out there in Arizona.

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Speaker 1: First of all, it was busy, Um. The weather was beautiful. Um.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, it's always interesting to me to see the

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Speaker 1: whole league get together. So yeah, I mean we had

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Speaker 1: Peter Odell Beckham showing up, making him prop to visit

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Speaker 1: to the meeting. Did you meet with Odell? I did not,

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Speaker 1: mean well, I may be one on a few people

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Speaker 1: who do not, but yeah, he's walking around, Yeah, tapping

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Speaker 1: it up with everybody that that you don't see it

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Speaker 1: every league meeting. So yeah, it was interesting. It was interesting.

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Speaker 1: Did you hike up Camelback Mountain? I did not. I

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Speaker 1: did take a walk near Camelback Mountain though, Ryan, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, the weather was spectacular. That you spend

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Speaker 1: have a chance to get out, you walk out. The

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Speaker 1: weather is perfect. Um. This is the right time of

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Speaker 1: year to be an Arizona. A few months of them

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Speaker 1: now when you'll be boiling in a one hundred and

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Speaker 1: five degree temperature. No, but right now it's beautiful out there.

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Speaker 1: I remember, I think it was twenty nineteen. I hiked

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Speaker 1: up Countback Mountain at the owners meetings with John Harball

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Speaker 1: and good a good friend of his, Sean McDonough. Yes, yes,

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Speaker 1: I hiked up there with them. They were a lot

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Speaker 1: faster up that mountain than me. Did it. It was

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Speaker 1: It was fun, exactly. I got the top right, very good,

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Speaker 1: very good, exactly, didn't need any oxygen tanks, so it

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Speaker 1: was it was successful. I figured, if you want me

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Speaker 1: to come back, I better not try and do that.

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Speaker 1: So anyway, we're gonna we're gonna break down kind of

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Speaker 1: all the news that is a comer over the past

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Speaker 1: weekend from the owners meetings and obviously Lamar Jackson's trade

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Speaker 1: request or the information that he had previously submitted a

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Speaker 1: trade request, that was the biggest news. But we already

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Speaker 1: talked about that last part. So we're just gonna move

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Speaker 1: right past that. Nothing new on that front. Hasn't been

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Speaker 1: any reports of a trade partner yet, we'll see. My

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Speaker 1: My my feeling on that is that just briefly, is

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Speaker 1: that the draft is going to be the next inflection

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Speaker 1: point here, and you know, whether a team makes makes

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Speaker 1: a move for him right before the draft, or whether

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Speaker 1: they come out of the draft and don't get the

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Speaker 1: quarterback they want and or drawing a draft, it could happen,

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Speaker 1: or they don't get the quarterback that they want and

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Speaker 1: then they make the move. The Colts are obviously the

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Speaker 1: team that a lot of people are buzzing about as

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Speaker 1: the potential suitor there, maybe the leading candidate. They sit

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Speaker 1: at number four. If they don't get you know, if

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Speaker 1: they don't have strong conviction about one of the guys

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Speaker 1: or after the raft if they don't get one of

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Speaker 1: those top two guys or even the top three guys.

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Speaker 1: If somebody draft trades up into the cardinal spot at

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Speaker 1: number three and they don't get one of the top three,

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Speaker 1: that I think is the thing to watch. But I

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Speaker 1: don't know right now. There's not a whole lot of

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Speaker 1: noise on that front. And I feel like it's we're

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Speaker 1: probably not going to hear a whole lot until right

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Speaker 1: before dooring or right after the draft. That's my feeling. Well,

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Speaker 1: you could be right, but this situation has been a

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Speaker 1: little unpredictable. So yeah, who knows, who knows, that's my

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Speaker 1: feeling though, you know, that's that's the next time that

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Speaker 1: things kind of around the NFL, things get shaken up

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Speaker 1: a little bit. Oh sure, I mean the draft, as

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Speaker 1: you said that that's a key turning point. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think leading up and dooring and afterwards. Yeah, at

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Speaker 1: that point, you know, if we get through those to

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Speaker 1: and then I guess we had to have a different discussion.

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Speaker 1: But right now, yeah, I'm not venturing too much of

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Speaker 1: a guest on what's going to happen there. I just

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Speaker 1: think it's a very it's a very unique situation for sure.

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Speaker 1: For sure. Anyway, some of the more recent news this

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Speaker 1: week is about the Ravens aggressiveness and trying to find

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Speaker 1: another wide receiver, another veteran wide receiver. They already signed

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Speaker 1: Nelson Agilar, but doesn't seem like they're out of the

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Speaker 1: game and they're big fish hunt. This is this is

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Speaker 1: they're going after the trout here. Reportedly you know, met

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Speaker 1: and then there's a report today that they're still in

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Speaker 1: DeAndre Hopkins and possibly Courton Sutton, possibly trading for those

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Speaker 1: make of all that talk about the wide receiver's cliff,

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Speaker 1: you know, Eric Eric de Coza has not been shy

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Speaker 1: he said that before about you know, the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna we're gonna address that. You know, he said

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Speaker 1: it about other positions. This this is there's no secret here.

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Speaker 1: It's just a question of whether they can get one

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Speaker 1: of those big fishes you describe them. They're hard to catch.

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Speaker 1: I mean, look, look how long we've been talking, not

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Speaker 1: just us, the league has been talking about where is

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Speaker 1: Odell going? I mean, this is this is another side

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Speaker 1: back to late last season exactly. There's another side of

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Speaker 1: he carries a big contract. Uh, Kyler Murray's injured. To me, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it makes perfect sense that they're shopping him. Um, and

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Speaker 1: land DeAndre Hopkins. Just a question of who is going

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Speaker 1: some of it. The contract is in the hold up.

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Speaker 1: But the player himself, I mean, imagine DeAndre Hopkins and

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Speaker 1: he's legit playing and to me, last year when he

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Speaker 1: as we all know, everything really revolves around Lamar Jackson

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Speaker 1: of a sudden, they have all this cap space and

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Speaker 1: you could easily go get one of those guys. Now

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Speaker 1: with DeAndre Hopkins, you still have draft pick compensation. There's

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Speaker 1: been multiple reports all over the place of oh, you know,

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Speaker 1: they want a second round pick plus more. Well, they're

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Speaker 1: You know, there's been reports all over the place of

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Speaker 1: what Hopkins ultimately gets traded for. But I'm just saying

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Speaker 1: to me, the Ravens, a lot of what we've heard

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Speaker 1: according to these reports, is the contingency plans. Right, they

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Speaker 1: have talked this whole time about yes, you know, we

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Speaker 1: you have to have contingency plans, right for the possibility

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Speaker 1: And to me, that's in part what these wide receiver

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Speaker 1: you can you can certainly get DeAndre Hopkins or Odell.

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Speaker 1: You know. The report is that he wants fifteen million

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Speaker 1: unless you're taking on some massive cap hits in future years. Right.

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Speaker 1: I mean that that contract would be heavily weighted back weighted.

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Speaker 1: So to me, that's what that's what it says. And

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Speaker 1: it's a good thing that you know, some of these

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Speaker 1: Now he's supposedly coming down on that a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But all those factors with each of these guys leaving

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Speaker 1: definitely not giving Odell fifteen million. Um. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: a wide receiver. They're they're exploring every every avenue to

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Speaker 1: that approach very much. Yeah, for sure. Uh. You know

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Speaker 1: been interested in. Uh, they supposedly offered a contract to

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield. Um, so you know, we had heard some

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Speaker 1: buzz that they were in the veteran quarterback market went

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Speaker 1: week that the Ravens reportedly did make an actual formal

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Speaker 1: I have a better shot, better clear opportunity at a

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Speaker 1: Mayfield situation, Cliff Well, I mean, you know, the quarterback situation.

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Speaker 1: We've talked about Lamar, you know, Tyler Huntley also being

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Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield definitely has had an interesting career. I mean,

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Speaker 1: what two or three years ago, He's leading the Browns

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Speaker 1: just that type of injury. It appears and it's just

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00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,720
Speaker 1: not going to be for him the way it used

426
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Speaker 1: to be with that knee. Ye. Well, apparently part of

427
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: the reason that he got a scholarship offer from Delaware

428
00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:06,640
Speaker 1: was because of his long snapping ability. Right, So it's

429
00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:08,720
Speaker 1: not it's not like it's totally out of left field

430
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Speaker 1: for him. He's always kind of had He's had some

431
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 1: skills in that department. Um, yeah, I mean you just

432
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:17,679
Speaker 1: you just never know. Nick is one of those guys

433
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,000
Speaker 1: who I look at and I'm like, oh, yeah, he's

434
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,160
Speaker 1: probably good at just about every sport. You know, Like

435
00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,440
Speaker 1: you pick Nick for your kickball team, He's your first pick.

436
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:30,560
Speaker 1: Same with Sam Cook. All right, Sam's Sam's one A.

437
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,200
Speaker 1: He's your first pick. Nick, I'll take number two overall,

438
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,199
Speaker 1: I'll take Sam first. Sam's Sam will win you a

439
00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 1: cornhole tournament? Who win you a golf tournament? Who win

440
00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:41,639
Speaker 1: you anything? But Nick's in a similar vein to Sam

441
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 1: Cook in that way exactly. So I feel like if

442
00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,120
Speaker 1: Nick's mind is set on long snapping, like he could

443
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,879
Speaker 1: get a training camp invite, I don't I'm not. I

444
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:55,720
Speaker 1: think that that is certainly a possibility for him. And

445
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,719
Speaker 1: then if that happens, you never know, maybe you go

446
00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,159
Speaker 1: and you just snap really well and whatever. You you

447
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 1: got a job, you know, right right, So yeah, I

448
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 1: think it's I think it's really interesting. I wish him

449
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:08,919
Speaker 1: all the best. Good dude. Really have enjoyed, uh, you know,

450
00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:12,080
Speaker 1: working alongside and covering Nick Boyle's career, and like you said, yeah,

451
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,080
Speaker 1: I just it sucks. It sucks what happened to him,

452
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,399
Speaker 1: and I hope he can keep playing in this league.

453
00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:21,360
Speaker 1: One of the other interesting pieces of news this week

454
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:23,679
Speaker 1: came from Sashi Brown, the Ravens team president, who was

455
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:28,520
Speaker 1: about a year into his tenure. He talked about you know,

456
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,919
Speaker 1: of course Lamar and said, you know, the Ravens are

457
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:34,560
Speaker 1: committed to working out a deal with Lamar. He also

458
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,879
Speaker 1: talked about the possibility of playing overseas in twenty twenty

459
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: three for the Ravens. They are scheduled to have road

460
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:47,080
Speaker 1: games against the Titans and the Jaguars, who are both

461
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:54,280
Speaker 1: hosting opponents in London this season, Sons two possible avenues

462
00:25:54,280 --> 00:25:58,199
Speaker 1: to playing overseas there. Sashi said it's too early to know.

463
00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 1: They haven't gotten any word about whether the Ravens will

464
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Speaker 1: be playing overseas, but they haven't done so in quite

465
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 1: what was it was twenty twenty seventeen, and so they

466
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Speaker 1: might be due. They might be due. Uh what do

467
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Speaker 1: you think, Cliff, are we going to are we going

468
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 1: to gross the pond? Um? I'm gonna guess this year no,

469
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:25,480
Speaker 1: but soon. Um. I just feel yeah, as as you

470
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 1: mentioned that, you know, the the NFL has definitely gun

471
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 1: home on continuing and even ramping up it's international games. Uh,

472
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,920
Speaker 1: we've we've seen London now for years. The response in

473
00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:40,879
Speaker 1: Munich last year it was was great. So yeah, I

474
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Speaker 1: would love I would love to do the Germany trip. Yeah,

475
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 1: that and that to me as a possibility, I mean,

476
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 1: certainly if it's not in the near future, it's in

477
00:26:51,119 --> 00:26:53,959
Speaker 1: the future. I mean their teams now are just going

478
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:58,679
Speaker 1: to have to accept that you're going overseas. You know,

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00:26:59,040 --> 00:27:01,360
Speaker 1: if I'd say, you know, once sevy four or five years,

480
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,120
Speaker 1: you gotta expect to have at least one overseas trip,

481
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 1: because that's once every four to five years, then the

482
00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,120
Speaker 1: Ravens are overdo Yeah, I know, I know. So yeah,

483
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:13,240
Speaker 1: I just feel like that's that's something that's initiative. The

484
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:17,640
Speaker 1: league is definitely committed to going that way, and we'll see.

485
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, they're just waiting like the rest

486
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,280
Speaker 1: of us saw for the schedule to come out. But yeah,

487
00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,640
Speaker 1: instead of you know, there's some teams who love going over,

488
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,400
Speaker 1: some teams that talk about they don't like it that much.

489
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 1: But it doesn't matter how you feel about it. You've

490
00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,840
Speaker 1: just got to be prepared to do it. It's just

491
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:40,119
Speaker 1: like playing on Thursday night gay having games flexed. The

492
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 1: better you handle those situations, the better you'll react to them.

493
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:49,000
Speaker 1: So again, my guests would be not this year, although

494
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,480
Speaker 1: I could be wrong, but even if it's not this year,

495
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,439
Speaker 1: it's going to be soon for the Ravens. I feel

496
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 1: well the Ravens. You know, obviously their last trip to

497
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:59,639
Speaker 1: London did not end well with a thumping at the

498
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 1: hands the Jags. Uh. I mean that was just a

499
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 1: wild circumstances with the whole kneeling, the anthem kneeling and

500
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,160
Speaker 1: it just that was. It was a great trip over

501
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:12,600
Speaker 1: there before the game started, before we got to Wembley,

502
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 1: it was. It was awesome. I mean, Raven's flock, if

503
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 1: you're if you're listening over there in London, you all

504
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 1: were awesome. We did a podcast from a bar. We

505
00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: let me repeat that, Cliff. We did a pod from

506
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:33,719
Speaker 1: a pub from a pub it was awesome. Uh, I

507
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,160
Speaker 1: had I had a great time. Selfishly, I would love

508
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 1: to go back overseas. And you know, Cliff, when we're

509
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 1: doing if we're doing the travel draft, Cliff, you better

510
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: you just m you you better. You better cross every

511
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 1: finger you got, buddy, right man, You're crazy? Um yeah,

512
00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: I mean I feel like, uh, fans, for fans, it

513
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,680
Speaker 1: is a great experience. Do you know that to have

514
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: that knowing to make that trip. We know Ravens fans

515
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: travel well. Uh so that that certainly wouldn't wouldn't be

516
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,000
Speaker 1: an issue. Yeah, I'm curious to see, like if you

517
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 1: know our most Ravens fans hoping that they get one

518
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:20,920
Speaker 1: of these trips or but and then I mean, the thing,

519
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,120
Speaker 1: the thing is, I don't I don't really have a problem.

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00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: You know, the Ravens really don't want to lose a

521
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:30,040
Speaker 1: home game, right right, Like playing as as the M

522
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,680
Speaker 1: and T is awesome. M and T is awesome, home

523
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 1: field advantage is awesome. You do not want to lose

524
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 1: a home game. Playing as a road team is more palatable. Still,

525
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 1: I don't think the Ravens really want to do it,

526
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: just because of the logistical it's just a logistical headache. Uh.

527
00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,920
Speaker 1: It takes a lot to do it. It's it's a pain.

528
00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: It's a pain to go over there. Right. Um Now,

529
00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: if your numbers called, you make the best of it

530
00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 1: and you suck it up and you do it, and

531
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 1: you and whatever. You try to work out every advantage

532
00:29:56,120 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 1: that you can. I don't think really probably any team

533
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 1: loves us going over there, but you do it, you know,

534
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 1: so I agree with you that their time is gonna come.

535
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: They're gonna when it happens, you know, we'll all say like,

536
00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 1: this is exciting, this is a cool opportunity, this is

537
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,320
Speaker 1: gonna be neat. But probably the Ravens and their their

538
00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:21,440
Speaker 1: deepest uh you know feelings about this deep down inside,

539
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 1: they don't want the number to be called. Yeah, and

540
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,240
Speaker 1: it's would they take if they go or the next

541
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:28,840
Speaker 1: time they do go because it's going to happen, you know,

542
00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: would they do things any differently than the last time?

543
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 1: You know, some teams go over there, you know pretty early.

544
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,680
Speaker 1: Some teams wait till the last possible minute to goum.

545
00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 1: You got to figure all that out, just like when

546
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:42,400
Speaker 1: you have back to back West Coast games, do you

547
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,000
Speaker 1: want to stay out there, do you want to come back?

548
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 1: You know a few years ago, you know, Ravens stayed

549
00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 1: out for West Coast trip, ended up losing both games,

550
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: and their feeling was, well, we're not doing that anymore.

551
00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: Like next time, we're gonna go come back and we're

552
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: gonna go So yeah, you have to figure those things

553
00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 1: that So that's all part of the equation. But again,

554
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:08,360
Speaker 1: it's coming and everybody's going to be doing it, and

555
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 1: so you just have to embrace it, I feel, and

556
00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:14,160
Speaker 1: then try and enjoy it as much as you can

557
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:18,640
Speaker 1: and then win the game. Yep. Other news from Sashi

558
00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,600
Speaker 1: Brown is the Ravens are not gonna have one of

559
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:27,280
Speaker 1: these alternate jerseys. You know, seems like every team or

560
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 1: a bunch of teams are coming out with these you know,

561
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,160
Speaker 1: alternate jersey combos, these uniform combos, because as we all know,

562
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,400
Speaker 1: the stories that get the most clicks are about jerseys,

563
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:44,480
Speaker 1: number changes, any kind of any kind of wild jersey combination.

564
00:31:44,560 --> 00:31:46,880
Speaker 1: We know it's good for the content, great for the site.

565
00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: Ravens aren't going down that road right now. Sashi feels like, hey,

566
00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,800
Speaker 1: I like our motif, No, I like the way we look,

567
00:31:53,280 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 1: which I agree the Ravens actually do you have a

568
00:31:55,960 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 1: number of different combinations that they work into the mix.

569
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 1: But for those fans and we hear you, there's there's

570
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: a number of you that wants some kind of zeny

571
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 1: look going on, not happening this year, Sorry to break

572
00:32:11,360 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: the news. Yeah, I mean it's interesting, you know, sah.

573
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 1: You know as an NBA background too, he talked about

574
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:21,040
Speaker 1: how you know NBA teams would have how many unions

575
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 1: they have now twenty five thirty. I mean I turn

576
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:26,120
Speaker 1: I turn on an NBA game and I gotta figure

577
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:28,480
Speaker 1: out who's home, who's the home team, who's the broad

578
00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:31,440
Speaker 1: yeah's playing right now? Right? And who who? Sometimes it's

579
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: like who is that? Like the colors not even like

580
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: a color associated with that team. So he knows all

581
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: about the uniform game. But yeah, if the Ravens ever

582
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:45,360
Speaker 1: went that route, yeah, I think he could handle it.

583
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: But I just feel, yeah, he just said no that

584
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:50,960
Speaker 1: you know, that's that's not on on the horizon. But

585
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,960
Speaker 1: it is fascinating jerseys, how much people get into them,

586
00:32:55,120 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: the colors, the numbers, the combination. Yeah, it's always Oh

587
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 1: you're one of those guys, Cliff, You're a big fashion guy.

588
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 1: You're all about the jersey combos. I'm a fashion guy.

589
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: But now I'm gonna come to jersey baby, just win.

590
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:13,479
Speaker 1: I don't care what you're wearing when and now. Now

591
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 1: I'm superstitious Ryan, So you'd see me running. You'd see

592
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:22,880
Speaker 1: me running out several jerseys until we lose. I mean

593
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,560
Speaker 1: still one hit. Wait you mean but if you win

594
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 1: in the first one, we just keep rolling with that, right. Well,

595
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,920
Speaker 1: the Ravens had the mustard pants that one year, which

596
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:34,880
Speaker 1: I will say I was not you know, I did

597
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,960
Speaker 1: not think that was the best look. They lost in

598
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,200
Speaker 1: the mustard I think it was a blowout. I want

599
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,080
Speaker 1: to say, at the hands of the Seahawks or something.

600
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,800
Speaker 1: Somebody will correct me on this. Mustard pants have not

601
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: come back. No, Well to me, they shouldn't come out,

602
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:55,480
Speaker 1: but yeah, put them away. I'm I'm anna agreement with

603
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 1: that move. Right, there's one to outside outside the stadium

604
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: got burned. Weird joking. I don't actually know happen to that. Uh,

605
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 1: Speaking of jerseys. The other thing, the new rule they

606
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 1: got passed at the interest meeting this is that jersey

607
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:22,279
Speaker 1: number zero is now available. Cliff, who should wear number zero? Well,

608
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: I've saw people suggesting maybe Justin Tucker would be good zero.

609
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: I saw somebody suggests that Justin Tucker. No, you're saying no,

610
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 1: I know that's you, that that's your guy. Why do

611
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 1: you say so there's no way you could put Tucker

612
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,880
Speaker 1: in a zero jersey? Why or why not? This is weird,

613
00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:45,919
Speaker 1: that's a that's a weird kicker number. Why why? Why

614
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 1: Justin Tucker? I don't know something about Well, he's different.

615
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:53,480
Speaker 1: I read this somewhere. He's different. Um, you know he's

616
00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,880
Speaker 1: he's that tight. You know, he's renaissance guy. He it

617
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 1: would fit him if he was the first one first,

618
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,919
Speaker 1: Raven I should say to do it. I mean, yeah,

619
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:03,400
Speaker 1: I see you're not loving it. I'm like, I just

620
00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 1: thought that. I never I didn't. It didn't occur to

621
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 1: me either, But I did read that. Also obviously, you

622
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: Knowhod Bateman ward for a year in college. Um, but

623
00:35:12,600 --> 00:35:14,920
Speaker 1: then I saw he tweeted like he teased it, like

624
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,799
Speaker 1: maybe then like no, he's sticking with seven. So he's

625
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:23,040
Speaker 1: a guy who's worn it, but apparently it won't be him.

626
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 1: So who should win it? Who should wear it? Back

627
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:29,440
Speaker 1: to the original. I mean, it's harder to picture anybody's zero,

628
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 1: because I've never seen it before in the NFL. To me,

629
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 1: it should definitely be a I say, ay, it's a

630
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,600
Speaker 1: wide receiver number to me. To me, it's not a

631
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,760
Speaker 1: quarterback number. This is this is DeAndre Hopkins. Yeah, somebody

632
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 1: like that. Somebody who Yeah he's got swag. Yeah, I

633
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:57,240
Speaker 1: mean you draw yeah, o Odell ode Odell right, Odell right, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think I think it's a wide receiver number. It's

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00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:05,440
Speaker 1: hard me to see a back, even a flashy running back. Yeah,

636
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 1: it doesn't fit. But yeah, I've seen some I think

637
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,920
Speaker 1: who some behind the Jaguars already said that there. Oh

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Speaker 1: it was Um Calverley receiver. Yeah. I think it's a

639
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 1: wide receiver number. Whatever wide receiver feels comfortable that that

640
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:23,160
Speaker 1: should be there. There's their number. I think that's who

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Speaker 1: should do it. All right, here's my here's my suggestion

642
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Speaker 1: for a possibility. Here, Odafoa, all right, he had now

643
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: ninety nine is fresh. I like the ninety nine, so

644
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 1: it's not knock on that. But you know, he had

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Speaker 1: the zero sacks his last year in college at Penn State,

646
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,400
Speaker 1: which has always been like this thing that's kind of

647
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 1: hungover his head. You know, it was a huge talking

648
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: point when he was in the draft. It was kind

649
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,760
Speaker 1: of this motivating factor of like proving, you know, I'm

650
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,040
Speaker 1: I'm a legit pass rusher and I'm going to show

651
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,839
Speaker 1: you in the NFL that you know, it's all gonna

652
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: be put together. Obviously, last year, you know, wasn't the

653
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 1: season he vision, but he could still be. You know,

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00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 1: maybe you put on the zero and it's like it's

655
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:06,960
Speaker 1: like the Steve Smith. You know what, didn't he put

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Speaker 1: his age on his jersey or something like that? Right,

657
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 1: It's like, you know, it's the chip on your shoulder,

658
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 1: except it's a chip on your back. You know, So

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00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 1: what do you think, O Way? It could work? But

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00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: you know, I wish it were for him. I could

661
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,600
Speaker 1: see double zero now that would be perfect, you know,

662
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 1: with the initials, the double zero. Yeah, it's true that

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00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: I could see the Oh I mean, can you go

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00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 1: double zero? Zero? No? No, just zero? And yeah, I

665
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: was wondering if they want to let people do double

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00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:38,960
Speaker 1: it's just zero now. Then you start using but then

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Speaker 1: you have you know, oh, you still have O Way? Right,

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00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 1: you start and then then you when you write his name,

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Speaker 1: you write it with the zero instead of the oh

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00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 1: you when you write that's kind of cool. We could

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00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,840
Speaker 1: do stuff with that. Yeah, well, will everybody pass it

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00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:53,319
Speaker 1: up this year? I'm talking about the rains or if

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00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: somebody's somebody gonna take the plunge. I'm kind of curious

674
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 1: to see if that. Who's gonna if anyone takes the plunge,

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00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,360
Speaker 1: We'll see, we'll see, all right. Last note I have

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00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:09,120
Speaker 1: here Orioles baseball season. Orioles season is kicked off. We're

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Speaker 1: taping this on Friday. The Orioles are one and oh

678
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,879
Speaker 1: baby h It's always always feels like a holiday when

679
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:19,319
Speaker 1: the Orioles kick off their season, So good luck to them.

680
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:22,880
Speaker 1: I thought one thing that I thought about that that's

681
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: to kind of tie it to the Ravens, is that

682
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: the Orioles have obviously been in a long rebuild, right

683
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: like they've they tore it all up. They started over

684
00:38:33,680 --> 00:38:36,479
Speaker 1: built this great, you know, minor league system, and now

685
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:39,280
Speaker 1: are kind of reaping the rewards. Right. They have a

686
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,880
Speaker 1: really number one minor league system in the league. They

687
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:43,760
Speaker 1: have all these young towns of players in the lineup.

688
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,759
Speaker 1: M just interesting to see where they're at now. But

689
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 1: and I'm excited about it. I don't think that's the

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00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 1: road the Ravens want to go down, like they they

691
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: the Orioles just matter of fact, Lee, you know, said

692
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 1: we're we're rebuilding. Expect a lot of a number of

693
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 1: really tough seasons ahead, but bright futures, bright futures down

694
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: the line, right or The Ravens do not subscribe to that,

695
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: that way of going about business. No, uh there. Every

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00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:17,439
Speaker 1: year they want to have a shot to win it all,

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00:39:18,320 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: and it's and it's difficult to keep yourself at that

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00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:26,319
Speaker 1: level every year, and I think it's getting harder. There's

699
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 1: just so many uncertainties now. Obviously the Ravens are going

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00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 1: through that to an extreme this year, more so than

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00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: most years. But yeah, between the salary camp and you know,

702
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:43,240
Speaker 1: sometimes players wanting to change scenery and injuries to remain

703
00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: a contender of year in and year out, it's to

704
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,839
Speaker 1: me it's becoming more and more difficult. And Ravens fans

705
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:55,360
Speaker 1: have been fortunate disfranchise many many more years than not.

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00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,440
Speaker 1: Starts the season having a legitimate shot to make the playoffs,

707
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: and then once you get into playoffs, anything can happen.

708
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,560
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean that is not the Ravens approach.

709
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be your approach moving forward.

710
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: And yeah, and they deserve kudos of being able to

711
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 1: pull it off, because really, every team wants that. Every

712
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 1: team wants to have a shot to win it every year.

713
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,920
Speaker 1: But it's hard. It's hard. But what I find interesting

714
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Speaker 1: is I don't think the Ravens really you know, there's

715
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Speaker 1: a portion of Ravens fans who don't really give the

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00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 1: Ravens kudos for that. Like, there's a lot of excitement.

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00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,919
Speaker 1: I sense a lot of excitement around around Baltimore about

718
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,600
Speaker 1: the Orioles, right because they have not been very good

719
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,879
Speaker 1: for a long time and now they are good, right,

720
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:45,040
Speaker 1: And like that brings this swell of excitement and I

721
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,720
Speaker 1: love that. I think that's awesome. And heck, I'm excited

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00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:50,080
Speaker 1: about the oriol season. A lot of people are. But

723
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,800
Speaker 1: I just feel like fans who have seen the Ravens,

724
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,279
Speaker 1: you know, contend every single year but only have one

725
00:40:57,280 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 1: playoff win, you know, in the Lamar Jackson era, there

726
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 1: starts to become some kind of taking that for granted,

727
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 1: taking that consistent success for granted, and saying, well that

728
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:14,920
Speaker 1: that's not good enough, and you know, being unhappy about that,

729
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:18,359
Speaker 1: and I just I just think that that's I don't know,

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00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:22,919
Speaker 1: I think that that paradox is interesting. Well yeah, I mean, sure,

731
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: it's it's when you've gone through to drought. Sure, when

732
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 1: you come out of it and like you know, the

733
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 1: Orioles now on the upswing, it is the fact exciting,

734
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,920
Speaker 1: like like the Ravens too. Like the Ravens two thousand

735
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,880
Speaker 1: and eight season was like a super exciting season. You

736
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,240
Speaker 1: come off this two thousand and seven campaign where it's brutal,

737
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:41,960
Speaker 1: you have a new head coach, new quarterback and Joe

738
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:43,560
Speaker 1: Flacco and all of a sudden they went to the

739
00:41:43,600 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 1: AFC Championship game, Like Ravens flock was jacked up. Then.

740
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:49,400
Speaker 1: So when you kind of come out of nowhere or

741
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: you have, you go from the bottom to the top,

742
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 1: like that's as exciting as it gets. And the Ravens

743
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 1: have been near the top for a long time, and

744
00:41:56,440 --> 00:41:59,520
Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, fans feel like that's at

745
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,799
Speaker 1: this point a little less exciting, right. It's just kind

746
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:06,799
Speaker 1: of interesting, it is, But hey, I'm my advice would be, yeah,

747
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 1: don't don't take it for granted. It's I was reading

748
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 1: now what the Jets and now the team the professional

749
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:15,160
Speaker 1: sports team is going the longest now without going to

750
00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,240
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Now the Sagmento Kings gotten the NBA playoffs,

751
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: that the Jets have taken that mantle as being the

752
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,400
Speaker 1: team with the longest playoff draft. That's that's tough. I mean,

753
00:42:24,400 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: they've won Super Bowl for the Jets nineteen sixty nine.

754
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:32,840
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, hey, Ravens have two Super Bowls.

755
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,919
Speaker 1: Weren't weren't even existence then, a long way from being

756
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:38,439
Speaker 1: in existence, and they're head of the Jets in Super

757
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 1: Bowl victory. Right right, Hey, be thankful if your Ravens fanned. Yeah,

758
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 1: this franchise since the beginning, you know, it's really become

759
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 1: took them very little time to become a big player

760
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: in the NFL and and have been consistently year and

761
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 1: year out usually stayed at that level. Well, best luck

762
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:58,759
Speaker 1: to the Orioles this year. I am very excited about

763
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 1: the season, playing on being at a bunch Orioles games

764
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: and really hope they go far this year. Anyway, thank

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