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Speaker 1: and your family had a blessed Christmas. And uh, this

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Speaker 1: really enjoyed it as always. But we'll come back next

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Speaker 1: week for a year and review. First off, the Jets

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Speaker 1: just a tough week. Got all the way around. Todd

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Speaker 1: He had gall stones, gall bladder problems, um, you name it,

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Speaker 1: National Football League. But Bryce Petty makes a start, his

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Speaker 1: How bad do you feel for a kid like Bryce

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Speaker 1: It's also a tough situation for the Jets because, um,

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Speaker 1: But the following week against the Dolphins, he responded early

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Speaker 1: Alabama the number one seed against the University of Washington,

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Speaker 1: I really don't know, Eric, I mean I think that

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Speaker 1: so anything happens out there and seterday, I will not

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Speaker 1: be surprised at all. Chat Happy New Year's to you

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Speaker 1: and of course your family as well. Many blessings, and

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Speaker 1: we'll talk next year as we reviewed the two thousand

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Speaker 1: sixteen season. Okay, Eric, thank you, Happy New Year.