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<v Speaker 2>Welcome in What driving Nick Great? Episode two twenty two,

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<v Speaker 2>Demons is Back, Philippony and Parkins are gone. By the way,

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<v Speaker 2>if you miss Friday's episode, Uh the First and pod

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<v Speaker 2>Crew it's a podcast you should subscribe to. We're in

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<v Speaker 2>for de Monse. We also promoted my buddy Danny's book

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<v Speaker 2>Pipeline the Pros, So if you guys want to check

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<v Speaker 2>out that episode all those details, that would be good. Also,

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<v Speaker 2>as you can probably see right here, I've got what

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<v Speaker 2>appears to be a broken hand. It's actually not a

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<v Speaker 2>broken hand. It is a broken arm. This the you

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<v Speaker 2>know I don't. I don't think I have brittle bones

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<v Speaker 2>per se. But this left side of my body has.

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<v Speaker 2>I have broken this hand, I have broken this arm,

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<v Speaker 2>I have broken this collarbone twice. And I have two

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<v Speaker 2>skull fractures, both on the left side of my head

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<v Speaker 2>that part. Where are the skull fractures? I'm not sure,

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<v Speaker 2>but I just feel better blaming the left side of

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<v Speaker 2>my body. But I'll be fine. It's no problem.

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<v Speaker 3>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't want Demands to be the only person who

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<v Speaker 2>has to wear a plastic device in order to shower.

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<v Speaker 2>I felt like that would be feel I'd feel badly

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<v Speaker 2>for him in that regard. So I got your back there, pal, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>So that is something. So he's got a torn achilles,

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a broken arm. Where the most injured but

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<v Speaker 2>best sports podcast out there, or we were the best

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<v Speaker 2>sports podcast out there. And I will explain or discuss

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<v Speaker 2>that in the moment, but first I must get to

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<v Speaker 2>what missed the cut, because here's what is not on

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<v Speaker 2>today's show. Not on today's show. Chris Middleton returns and

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<v Speaker 2>Kate Middleton allegedly returns, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelcey opening

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<v Speaker 2>a steakhouse in Kansas City. That is exciting. I will

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<v Speaker 2>be there for the opening. And I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>you guys saw the news yesterday, but Lebron James and

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<v Speaker 2>JJ Reddick are launching a pod. It actually launched today.

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<v Speaker 2>So this demands before we get to the NFL news.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember last week how the producers were trying to cajole me,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to convince me, trying to bait me into continuing

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<v Speaker 2>an alleged feud with JJ Reddick, And I was like, nah, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna do that. I feel like that could

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<v Speaker 2>be bad news for me. It's not something that I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do. Well, did I know that he had

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<v Speaker 2>a pod project coming with Lebron James. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>that I knew that, but I know that you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I have made it clear that I don't love when

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<v Speaker 2>JJ goes on first take and says this show is

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<v Speaker 2>dumb because my just feelings on it where then just

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<v Speaker 2>don't go on the show. But the stuff JJ does,

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<v Speaker 2>like calling games or actually breaking down you know, film

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<v Speaker 2>or x'es and o's for an audience that wanted, he's

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<v Speaker 2>great at that. And now it seems like this pod

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<v Speaker 2>with Lebron is going to be a lot of that,

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<v Speaker 2>and so that that'll be outstanding. And I'm also glad

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<v Speaker 2>that I didn't, you know, further inflame an alleged media beef.

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<v Speaker 2>But demanse, where are we starting with today?

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<v Speaker 3>So we're starting with Justin Fields.

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<v Speaker 4>They obvious, the Steelers obviously got Russell Wilson, and then

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<v Speaker 4>I guess a week later or so got Justin Fields.

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<v Speaker 4>Have always been super high on Justin Fields. Love that athleticism,

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<v Speaker 4>but it seems that they couldn't get anything for him.

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<v Speaker 4>They I think they got a late round three pick

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<v Speaker 4>for him. And another story, No, not even day three.

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<v Speaker 4>Round three could turn into a four go ahead. I

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<v Speaker 4>apologize even worse. So you've always been super low on

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<v Speaker 4>Justin Fields? Who do you think is wrong on Justin Fields?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it? Is it the fans or is it the league?

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<v Speaker 2>So I don't know, Listen, I so this is a

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<v Speaker 2>somewhat complicated answer. So I don't know that I have

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<v Speaker 2>been low on Justin Fields. I know that there was

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<v Speaker 2>speculation last year before the season, man, could Justin Fields

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<v Speaker 2>be the NFL MVP this year? And I thought, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not going to happen. However, I also understand the

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<v Speaker 2>allure of Justin Fields, the size, the weight, the four speed,

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<v Speaker 2>and as I discussed on first things first yesterday, he

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<v Speaker 2>has had just enough stretches of not good play, as

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<v Speaker 2>I hold my hand up like mister Claw and Inspector

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<v Speaker 2>Gadget of not just good play, but exceptional play, that

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, man, and he's young enough in there, because

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<v Speaker 2>he was young when he came into the league. Justin

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<v Speaker 2>Fields just last week turned twenty five, so he's young enough.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you're like, man, do you remember And I'll

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<v Speaker 2>give you the exact games the stretch in twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>two when he just seemed indefensible. He had a stretch

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<v Speaker 2>in twenty twenty two where the Lion scored twenty nine

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<v Speaker 2>against Dallas. He had two hundred and ten total yards,

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<v Speaker 2>not that many, I understand, two touchdowns, no turnovers. I'm sorry,

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<v Speaker 2>three touchdowns, no turnovers. The very next week he ran

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<v Speaker 2>for one eighty, had four total touchdowns. The very next

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<v Speaker 2>week he ran for one fifty, had four total touchdowns.

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<v Speaker 2>So in that three game stretch, the Lion scored twenty nine,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty two and thirty. He had a one toh eight rating.

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<v Speaker 2>He threw seven touchdowns. He ran for four touchdowns, and

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<v Speaker 2>he ran for one hundred and thirty yards per game.

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<v Speaker 2>You're like, man, feels like there's something there on a

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<v Speaker 2>terrible Bears team. Then last year, right before he got hurt,

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<v Speaker 2>weeks four and five, he had a two game stretch

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<v Speaker 2>where he threw for three thirty five and four touchdowns

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<v Speaker 2>and then threw for two eighty and four touchdowns. So

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<v Speaker 2>he had a two game stretch with more than six

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<v Speaker 2>hundred yards passing, a one to thirty rating, eight touchdowns,

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<v Speaker 2>one pick the lion or I'm sorry the I might

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<v Speaker 2>have said liones earlier. The Bears, you know, averaged thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five points per game in those two games, and you're like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like there is a lot of upside here.

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<v Speaker 2>So that is what people fall in love with. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously the NFL has not fallen in love with it,

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<v Speaker 2>given the fact that he was able to be had

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<v Speaker 2>for a sixth round pick that can turn into at

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<v Speaker 2>best a fourth round pick. Now, part of that is

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<v Speaker 2>inexplicable to me in this regard. The Minnesota Vikings just

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<v Speaker 2>said Sam Darnold ten million bucks to come play quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>for US ten million. Justin's gonna make three point two.

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<v Speaker 2>The Raiders just said Gardner Minshew twenty five million for

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<v Speaker 2>two years, come play quarterback for US. That doesn't makes

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<v Speaker 2>sense to me, Okay, I would rather take the shot

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<v Speaker 2>on Justin Fields. I do understand though, why teams are

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<v Speaker 2>afraid of the lack of consistency and so does the

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<v Speaker 2>trade market always make sense? Does it make a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of sense that trade laks.

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<v Speaker 3>Like it's the Bears.

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<v Speaker 4>I think that with a lot of other teams it'd

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<v Speaker 4>be a different look.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think that's why the Bears, right, So I

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<v Speaker 2>think Demonsey, that's why the Bears tried to do him

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<v Speaker 2>a somewhat of a solid and send him to a

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<v Speaker 2>place he might actually be able to start. So I

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<v Speaker 2>know they're saying Russ is the starter, and I bet

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<v Speaker 2>Russ will be the Week one starter, but I highly

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<v Speaker 2>doubt Russ is the Week eight starter. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>that now I do not buy at all that the

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<v Speaker 2>Bears were offered a second or a third round pick

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<v Speaker 2>for him and instead to do him a solid they

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<v Speaker 2>try him for a sixth I do buy that they

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<v Speaker 2>were maybe offered a fifth round pick by a team

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<v Speaker 2>that he wouldn't like. Let's as a for instance, I

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<v Speaker 2>use this example on TV S or I use it again.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just say we know the Bills wanted to back

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<v Speaker 2>up quarterback because they try they signed Mitch Trubisky in

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<v Speaker 2>free agency. Let's say the Bills called up Chicago and said,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll give you a fifth round pick for Justin Fields.

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<v Speaker 2>Do I think that the Bears might have said, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what, send him in to Buffalo where he has

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<v Speaker 2>no chance of ever playing. We're gonna and are you

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<v Speaker 2>as opposed to sending him to Pittsburgh where he could

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<v Speaker 2>actually compete. Yeah, we will take a slightly worse return

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<v Speaker 2>in that regard. But if someone had offered a second

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<v Speaker 2>or a third, the Bears I believe would have taken it. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe someone offered a second or a third months ago

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<v Speaker 2>and the Bears waited because they thought they could get

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<v Speaker 2>better and they overestimated the market. But here is the

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<v Speaker 2>the reason the Bears would feel an obligation to do

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<v Speaker 2>right by Fields is here was kind of his timeline

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<v Speaker 2>demonse year one, Justin you're not gonna start, You're not

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<v Speaker 2>gonna play. Andy Dalton's the guy take a year mahomes

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<v Speaker 2>path to learn from the veteran Justin Bields is starting

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<v Speaker 2>by week three, so they throw him into the fire.

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<v Speaker 2>Year two, we are the Bears intentionally wanted to be

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<v Speaker 2>the worst team in the league. Took all they traded

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<v Speaker 2>away Roquan Smith, they tore it all down, took all

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<v Speaker 2>their dead cap in one lump because they were trying

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<v Speaker 2>to rebuild, which I understand. But he did not have

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<v Speaker 2>an NFL team around him. Year three is where he

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<v Speaker 2>has the least. They did trade for DJ Moore, they

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<v Speaker 2>did get him the right tackle you know in the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>They they did add some pieces, but that's also where

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<v Speaker 2>you saw some lashes, so I don't think they necessarily

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<v Speaker 2>did right by him. I also don't think he's by

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<v Speaker 2>any means proven that he's even a good NFL plasition right.

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<v Speaker 2>What he has proven, demonse is if it were to

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<v Speaker 2>click in for him, he has an incredibly high ceiling,

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<v Speaker 2>but the league's pretty clearly said we value a higher

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<v Speaker 2>floor rather than the potential upside of a high ceiling.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think he's gonna end up being the Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>starting quarterback. I think that Russell start in the beginning

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<v Speaker 2>of the year. Russ will be Russ and then Fields

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<v Speaker 2>will take over all right, let's go on to Caleb.

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<v Speaker 3>Go ahead. Yeah, So obviously, now that the Bears have

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<v Speaker 3>traded away.

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<v Speaker 4>Justin Fields, it's all but obvious that just I mean

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<v Speaker 4>Caleb Williams is going to be the starting quarterback and

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<v Speaker 4>the first pick of the draft this year.

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<v Speaker 3>Yep.

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<v Speaker 4>So if he averages just two hundred and twenty six

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<v Speaker 4>yards a game, he will have the highest quarterback passing

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<v Speaker 4>every of any Bears quarterback ever? Are you willing to

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<v Speaker 4>say that he will be the greatest Chicago Chicago Bear

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<v Speaker 4>quarterback of all time?

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<v Speaker 3>Right now?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, if we say all times, Sid Luckman seventy years

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<v Speaker 2>ago was a great Luckman. But if we're talking Super

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<v Speaker 2>Bowl era, who does Caleb have to beat to be

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<v Speaker 2>the best Bears quarterback of the Super Bowl era? The

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<v Speaker 2>answer is Jay Cutler. So yes, I'm willing to say

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<v Speaker 2>Caleb's going to be the best quarterback they've had in

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<v Speaker 2>the Super Bowl era. The Bears have never had Demanse

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<v Speaker 2>a four thousand yard passer. They have never had someone

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<v Speaker 2>throw for thirty touchdowns. Daniels asking me, will he be

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<v Speaker 2>will after year one he already be the greatest Bears

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<v Speaker 2>quarterback ever?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think. I don't know if that's really possible

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<v Speaker 2>to because Cutler was fine a Jim McMahon, I guess

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<v Speaker 2>the quarterback when they won a super Bowl. Rex Grossman

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<v Speaker 2>took him to a super Bowl. Like, he's not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>do those things in year one. I do think that

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna be a playoff team. Think about it like this, Demonse.

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<v Speaker 2>The Bears won seven games last year. Yeah, if you

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<v Speaker 2>get the right guy as the number one pick of

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<v Speaker 2>the draft at quarterback, don't we normally anticipate that guy's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna be worth three or four wins, that you're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go from being two and fifteen to six and eleven

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<v Speaker 2>something like that. But the Bears won seven games last year.

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<v Speaker 2>They're drafting with Carolina's pick, and so he doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to have the year CJ. Stroud had. CJ. Stroud was

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<v Speaker 2>worth like eight more wins. He doesn't have to do

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<v Speaker 2>that for this Bears team, a Bears team that it

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<v Speaker 2>should be noted after they added Montese Sweat, they had

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<v Speaker 2>a top ten defense and they went five to four.

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<v Speaker 2>They have DJ Moore, they traded for Keenan Allen. They

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<v Speaker 2>added DeAndre Swift with the ninth pick of the draft.

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<v Speaker 2>They are either gonna be able to add Roma Dunsay,

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<v Speaker 2>the number three receiver, Brock Bowers, the best tight end

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<v Speaker 2>in a couple drafts, or the second best offensive linemen

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<v Speaker 2>on their board after Joe Alt, or the best or

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<v Speaker 2>second best defensive player in this draft. Because here is

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<v Speaker 2>a weird thing about this draft that we'll talk about

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<v Speaker 2>more as we get closer to draft season. If people

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<v Speaker 2>are correct that four quarterbacks are gonna go in the

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<v Speaker 2>top ten. All right, so you've got Caleb Drake Jaden

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<v Speaker 2>and everyone loves JJ McCarthy. Now people think they might

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<v Speaker 2>go one through four and certainly be in the top ten.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's four top ten picks at quarterback. Obviously, Marvin

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<v Speaker 2>Harrison Junior and Malik Neighbors are going to go in

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<v Speaker 2>the top ten. That's two receivers. Joe Alt, the franchise

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<v Speaker 2>left tackle for the uh he was with the Notre

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<v Speaker 2>Dame last year, he's going to go in the top ten.

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<v Speaker 2>So now we're at seven. People think Roma Doonza is

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<v Speaker 2>likely to go in the top ten and Brock Bowers

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<v Speaker 2>the tight end might so here and that's with only

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<v Speaker 2>one offensive lineman. So here's why I mention.

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<v Speaker 3>All of that.

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<v Speaker 2>A team picking tenth, which right now is the Jets,

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<v Speaker 2>and they probably wouldn't do this, but just follow me.

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<v Speaker 2>You might be able to get the single best defensive

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<v Speaker 2>player in the entire draft with the ninth, tenth, eleventh

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<v Speaker 2>pick of the draft. It's a very unique situation. If

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<v Speaker 2>you want defense, you might be able to get the

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<v Speaker 2>best defensive player in the whole draft. You know, at

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<v Speaker 2>pick you might be able to get the second best

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<v Speaker 2>defensive player in the draft that picked twelve. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>a unique spot because it's such a wide receiver, tackle

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<v Speaker 2>and quarterback heavy draft. All right, Let's go to.

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<v Speaker 4>The Cowboys' focused All right, So the Cowboys have lost

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<v Speaker 4>a lot of key pieces this offseason and they've added nothing.

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<v Speaker 4>You've always been super high on the Cowboys and think

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<v Speaker 4>that they're going to be Super Bowl contenders next year,

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<v Speaker 4>I assume, but they seem to have like how are

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<v Speaker 4>they in any different position than the Bills are right now?

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm glad you bring up the Bills, because the

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<v Speaker 2>Bills lost their entire starting second secondary Leonard Floyd. There's

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<v Speaker 2>number two wide receiver. The Cowboys cut Michael Gallup and

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<v Speaker 2>lost be oddish Drrence Armstrong, and we can say they

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<v Speaker 2>lost Tyron Smith, but they planned to lose time Smith.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why they drafted Tyler Smith in the first round

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<v Speaker 2>to take over for him a couple of years ago.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm not going to act as if the Cowboys

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<v Speaker 2>have had a brilliant offseason. But let's talk about other

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<v Speaker 2>teams in their general vicinity, teams that were playoff teams

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<v Speaker 2>but didn't make the Super Bowl, and the offseasons they had.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think the Bills had a worse offseason. The Dolphins,

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<v Speaker 2>who lost their best defensive player, their second best front

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<v Speaker 2>seven defensive player, who lost a right guard for one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred million dollars he left to go to Carolina. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the Dolphins had a worse offseason. Go over to

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<v Speaker 2>the NFC the Rams. I like the Rams a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>The best player on their whole team retired, will get

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<v Speaker 2>to him in a moment. I think that's a worse offseason.

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<v Speaker 2>The Eagles have a glaring need of how awful their

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<v Speaker 2>pass defense was and their overall defense was last year.

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<v Speaker 2>They addressed it by signing a running back. So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't think the Cowboys had a great offseason, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think that they had kind of a what I would

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<v Speaker 2>call median offseason, meaning they didn't add much, but they

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<v Speaker 2>also didn't lose that much. Yes, some teams added a lot,

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<v Speaker 2>typically the teams that added a lot are bad teams,

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<v Speaker 2>and some teams lost a ton. Typically those are teams

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<v Speaker 2>like the Buffalo or Miami that took their shot and missed.

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<v Speaker 2>And here's the one other thing I'll say about Dallas.

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<v Speaker 2>People that are at this point rightfully skeptical about the Cowboys,

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<v Speaker 2>it's because they don't trust McCarthy and Dak in the

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<v Speaker 2>playoffs totally understand that what off season move could they

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<v Speaker 2>have made that would have made those people be like, now,

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<v Speaker 2>I trust McCarthy and Dak in the playoffs structure? No,

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<v Speaker 2>So he opened up five million dollars of cap space

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<v Speaker 2>for him so they could have a little more free

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<v Speaker 2>agency flexibility. Now, if you want to crush I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 2>fine with folks wanting to crush the Cowboys. I would

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<v Speaker 2>just say wait on that, because your opportunity to crush

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<v Speaker 2>the Cowboys is gonna come in the next couple months

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<v Speaker 2>when Dak Prescott gets a three year, ninety five percent

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<v Speaker 2>guaranteed one hundred and eighty million dollar contract extension paying

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<v Speaker 2>him sixty million a year. That's when the Cowboys should

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<v Speaker 2>be susceptible to criticism, and folks might be like, oh

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<v Speaker 2>my god, Nick, that's a crazy contract for Dak. It is,

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<v Speaker 2>but we live in a world where Kirk Cousins, who

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<v Speaker 2>is in the exact same tier as Dak Prescott, can

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<v Speaker 2>be five years older than Dak, pop his achilles and

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<v Speaker 2>get because he hit free agency the same amount per

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<v Speaker 2>year as Patrick Mahomes gets forty five million bucks with

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<v Speaker 2>one hundred million guaranteed, and if they if Dak were

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<v Speaker 2>to not sign an extension, he hits unrestricted free agency.

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<v Speaker 3>So he's got the Cowboys.

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<v Speaker 4>I think Kirk Cousins do better with the Cowboys than

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<v Speaker 4>Dak would do with the with the Vikings.

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<v Speaker 2>Well maybe, but here's the thing that I will say

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<v Speaker 2>about that. The entire Kirk Cousins criticism is lack of

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<v Speaker 2>big game and playoff success. Kirk Cousins won one playoffs

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<v Speaker 2>game ever, and well, no, I mean that's also Dak's

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<v Speaker 2>criticism is lack of big game and playoff success. My

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<v Speaker 2>point is their numbers are very similar and their critique

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<v Speaker 2>is very similar, and Kirk is five years older and

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<v Speaker 2>coming off a blown or four years older and coming

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<v Speaker 2>off of blown achilles, and he's still got a great deal.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why the Cowboys are so nervous about the idea

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<v Speaker 2>of Dak hitting free agency and he's gonna get this

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<v Speaker 2>massive new contract. But the Cowboys have to sign Micah

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<v Speaker 2>Parsons to what will be the rich defensive player contract ever.

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<v Speaker 2>They have to sign Ceedee Lamb, so what it will

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<v Speaker 2>be one of the four or three richest wide receiver

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<v Speaker 2>contracts ever, and they have to extend Dak. That's why

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<v Speaker 2>you can say they put themselves in a bad position.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm not gonna kill him for not spending huge

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<v Speaker 2>in free agency on Derrick Henry or Saquan or those

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<v Speaker 2>types of guys when I don't think that would substantially

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<v Speaker 2>change their destiny, so to speak.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, next, All right, Aaron Donald's retired after ten

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<v Speaker 4>years of terrorizing quarterbacks, so he's out of the league now.

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<v Speaker 4>I actually saw a funny clip of him for the

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<v Speaker 4>first time of him pressing Geno Smith and him screaming,

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<v Speaker 4>oh my god, like a.

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<v Speaker 3>Little oh yeah, yeah, there is.

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<v Speaker 4>But now that he's gone, could you see Chris Jones

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<v Speaker 4>reclaiming that throne as the most dominant defender.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, listen, I think Chris Jones was better than Aaron

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<v Speaker 2>Donald last year, and as great as Aaron Donald was,

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<v Speaker 2>I think that Chris Jones had already I think taken

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<v Speaker 2>as of the last two years, because Donald was injured

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<v Speaker 2>to somewhat two years ago, and then last year as

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<v Speaker 2>the best d tackle in the NFL now most dominant defender.

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<v Speaker 2>TJ Watt and Miles Garrett have something to say about that.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do want to put Aaron Donald's career into context,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, So and let me pull up this list

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<v Speaker 2>it PROS Football Reference. I just want to get the

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<v Speaker 2>exact list, right. I had it the other day here, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>got it. Aaron Donald, his final year at Pitt Demonse,

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<v Speaker 2>won every collegiate award an NFL a college defensive player

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<v Speaker 2>can win other than the Heisman. He then walks into

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<v Speaker 2>the league and his first year wins Defensive Rookie of

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<v Speaker 2>the Year and is a Pro Bowler. He then plays

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<v Speaker 2>nine more seasons. In those nine seasons, he is first

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<v Speaker 2>team All Pro eight times. The one time he wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>was when he got hurt. He won Defensive Player of

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<v Speaker 2>the year. Three of those nine seasons he came in

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<v Speaker 2>the top five for Defensive Player of the Year voting

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<v Speaker 2>four other times, so seven of his nine seasons post

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<v Speaker 2>rookie year, he either was named best defensive player of

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<v Speaker 2>any position in the league or you know, came in

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<v Speaker 2>top five in the voting. Seven of those nine years.

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<v Speaker 2>He also was the best player on a team that

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<v Speaker 2>lost to Super Bowl but held the Patriots to thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>points in the loss. He then was the best player

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<v Speaker 2>on a team that won a Super Bowl and on

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<v Speaker 2>the final play of that Super Bowl hit Joe Burrow

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<v Speaker 2>to win them their championship. What does eight first Team

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<v Speaker 2>All Pro It means you were on this list of

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<v Speaker 2>guys in the Super Bowl era. Jerry Rice has ten,

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<v Speaker 2>Anthony Munos has nine, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Bruce Smith,

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<v Speaker 2>and Aaron Donald have eight. That is the complete list

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<v Speaker 2>of the most active first team All pros are not

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<v Speaker 2>active all time first team All pros. If you are

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<v Speaker 2>making a mount rushmore of defensive players in the NFL,

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<v Speaker 2>it is Lawrence Taylor, Reggie White, Dion Sanders, and Aaron Donald.

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<v Speaker 2>He was that type of player that dominant of a

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<v Speaker 2>player and was an unbelievable postseason performer and packed as

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<v Speaker 2>much into a ten year career as one could possibly imagine.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, for the context on having eight First Team

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<v Speaker 2>All Pros in ten years, I mentioned those other guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry Rice has ten First Team All Pros he played

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<v Speaker 2>he played twenty years. Okay, so Anthony Munos has nine

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<v Speaker 2>First Team All Pros he played I want to get

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<v Speaker 2>this right. Thirteen years pretty unbelievable by him. Reggie White

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<v Speaker 2>has eight First Team All Pros he played fifteen years.

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<v Speaker 2>Lawrence Taylor also didn't play for incredibly long. He has

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<v Speaker 2>eight first Team All Pros he played for thirteen years.

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<v Speaker 2>And Bruce Smith has eight first Team All Pros he

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<v Speaker 2>played for nineteen years. Aaron Donald did it in eight.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I was gonna ask the average career span, so

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<v Speaker 3>he had a shorter one and still got there.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I mean, compared to that, I think ten years

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<v Speaker 2>is ten years is a great NFL career. Most Hall

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<v Speaker 2>of Fame players play longer. But he never really fell

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<v Speaker 2>off like last year. At worst. At worst, he was

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<v Speaker 2>the third best d tackle in football, and a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of people would argue he was the best. And so

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<v Speaker 2>he's an all time legend and one of the only

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<v Speaker 2>players ever that is impossible to overrate. All right, quick

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<v Speaker 2>break right back, talk a little hoops, and play a

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<v Speaker 2>game of Nick Stradamis What's right? All right, welcome back

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<v Speaker 2>in What's Driving the Great Episode two twenty two. Before

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<v Speaker 2>we get to Nick stra Damas, there's a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>NBA questions about last night and about moving forward. You've

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<v Speaker 2>got for me to Monsey, So go ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so last night the two crazy dunks. First we

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<v Speaker 3>got Anthony Edwards or Jalen Johnson did have you? Did

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<v Speaker 3>you see them last night?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I did, so they were showing you the Anthony

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<v Speaker 2>Edwards and then the Jalen Johnson really putting Austin Reeves

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<v Speaker 2>in a spot.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So I want to be very clear here, Jalen Johnson's

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<v Speaker 2>dunk was awesome and it's a brutal spot for Austin Reeves.

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<v Speaker 2>It is not in the same stratosphere as Anthony Edwards

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<v Speaker 2>is dunk. Anthony Edwards is Dunk is one of the

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<v Speaker 2>best dunks of the last decade. And Anthony Edwards now

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<v Speaker 2>in the last week Demons has the block of the

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<v Speaker 2>year and the dunk of the year. Yeah, and he

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, his raw, primal athleticism is at this point

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<v Speaker 2>maybe unmatched by anybody in the league. He is so

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<v Speaker 2>much much fun man.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, now he's he's a star.

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<v Speaker 4>The Jalen Johnson that was the first points of the

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<v Speaker 4>game though, that was crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean yeah, and it's a brutal again, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>brutal It was also the highlight of the night for

0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:15.280
<v Speaker 2>the Hawks, but it was. It's a brutal spot for

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<v Speaker 2>Austin Reeves. But in my opinion, it is not in

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<v Speaker 2>the same stratosphere as I mentioned as the Anthony Edwards sunk.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, next, all right, so you said Luca has

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<v Speaker 4>a chance to be a top offensive player of all time, Well,

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<v Speaker 4>Wimby is arguably already the best defensive player in basketball

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<v Speaker 4>on a year or in his first year.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, since night they were gonna.

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<v Speaker 4>Face off, who do you see having a lasting impact

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<v Speaker 4>on the NBA when it's all said and done.

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<v Speaker 2>The bigger impact. I mean, I'm gonna stick. I'm gonna

0:28:48.280 --> 0:28:56.800
<v Speaker 2>stick with Luca, but I I will say Wimby has

0:28:57.040 --> 0:29:03.000
<v Speaker 2>exceeded my expectations. Wimby does there. Wimby does have a

0:29:03.040 --> 0:29:07.239
<v Speaker 2>case for defensive Player of the Year. This year, And

0:29:07.320 --> 0:29:12.440
<v Speaker 2>I said, if you remember that early on that I

0:29:12.520 --> 0:29:16.320
<v Speaker 2>thought he would instantly be an excellent defender, but that

0:29:16.440 --> 0:29:22.000
<v Speaker 2>he would struggle offensively as a rookie. He hasn't. He's

0:29:22.000 --> 0:29:26.160
<v Speaker 2>averaging twenty one points a game on forty seven percent

0:29:26.160 --> 0:29:28.560
<v Speaker 2>from the field and thirty three percent from three. Like,

0:29:28.640 --> 0:29:31.959
<v Speaker 2>that's fine, that's more than fine, eighty percent from the

0:29:31.960 --> 0:29:35.800
<v Speaker 2>foul line, and he's leading the league in blocks by

0:29:35.840 --> 0:29:42.120
<v Speaker 2>a mile. He has been and his impact defensively, Demons

0:29:42.760 --> 0:29:46.280
<v Speaker 2>is understated by the numbers because of the number of

0:29:46.360 --> 0:29:51.080
<v Speaker 2>shots people don't take because of you know, kind of fear.

0:29:50.880 --> 0:29:51.760
<v Speaker 3>Of him impacting.

0:29:52.000 --> 0:29:56.480
<v Speaker 4>UNA ask saw that he already has more blocks than

0:29:56.520 --> 0:29:59.120
<v Speaker 4>eighty four percent of NBA players.

0:30:00.160 --> 0:30:03.680
<v Speaker 2>You mean for his career. Okay, well that's yeah, I

0:30:03.680 --> 0:30:07.680
<v Speaker 2>mean that's a mean, that's that sounds impressive, But then

0:30:07.720 --> 0:30:09.560
<v Speaker 2>you realize Demond's.

0:30:09.120 --> 0:30:11.480
<v Speaker 4>A back and there's a certain amount of people play

0:30:11.520 --> 0:30:13.320
<v Speaker 4>in the games. A lot of those players are on

0:30:13.360 --> 0:30:14.600
<v Speaker 4>the bench, not even on the court.

0:30:15.000 --> 0:30:17.720
<v Speaker 2>I get it right, exactly the but no, I mean,

0:30:17.840 --> 0:30:22.520
<v Speaker 2>he's the I couldn't vote him Defensive Player of the

0:30:22.640 --> 0:30:29.040
<v Speaker 2>Year this year because his his it's the Spurs are

0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:32.720
<v Speaker 2>not a great defensive team. And it's not so much

0:30:32.760 --> 0:30:34.840
<v Speaker 2>about their win loss record as much as it is

0:30:34.880 --> 0:30:37.560
<v Speaker 2>if you're gonna be Defensive Player of the Year, I

0:30:37.640 --> 0:30:40.120
<v Speaker 2>need your team to at least be a good defense.

0:30:40.720 --> 0:30:45.120
<v Speaker 2>And Rudy Gobert, as much as my criticisms as I've

0:30:45.160 --> 0:30:49.840
<v Speaker 2>had of Gobert, Rudy Gobert, he is the anchor of

0:30:50.040 --> 0:30:53.160
<v Speaker 2>far and away the best defense in basketball. And so

0:30:53.280 --> 0:30:55.960
<v Speaker 2>I think this is Gobert's award, and he'll it'll be

0:30:56.000 --> 0:30:58.080
<v Speaker 2>the fourth time he's won it, which I think will

0:30:58.080 --> 0:31:01.400
<v Speaker 2>tie him with Ben Wallace and to kim Beck. So

0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:05.360
<v Speaker 2>shout out to Gobar in that regard. But Wimby is

0:31:05.400 --> 0:31:10.280
<v Speaker 2>having a phenomenal year. I don't think we should understate

0:31:10.520 --> 0:31:14.600
<v Speaker 2>the year Lucas having. I mean, Luca is quietly if

0:31:14.600 --> 0:31:19.440
<v Speaker 2>such a thing exists, averaging thirty four points, nine rebounds,

0:31:19.480 --> 0:31:24.800
<v Speaker 2>ten assists on fifty percent from the field. So he is.

0:31:25.000 --> 0:31:31.200
<v Speaker 2>His ability to dominate the game offensively right now is

0:31:31.320 --> 0:31:34.600
<v Speaker 2>matched by all really no one other than Jokic, and

0:31:34.720 --> 0:31:39.280
<v Speaker 2>Jokic does it in a different way Luca. To me,

0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:44.480
<v Speaker 2>Luca's a better bet for durability. An offense is more

0:31:44.560 --> 0:31:51.600
<v Speaker 2>valuable than defense. But Wimby is. Wimby is having as

0:31:51.680 --> 0:31:57.160
<v Speaker 2>impressive of a rookie season as any player in the

0:31:57.200 --> 0:32:00.160
<v Speaker 2>last fifteen years.

0:32:00.320 --> 0:32:04.800
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you said offense is more valuable than defense, But like, yeah,

0:32:04.840 --> 0:32:07.840
<v Speaker 4>Wimby also it's not like he played he's not decent

0:32:07.880 --> 0:32:08.640
<v Speaker 4>at offense as well.

0:32:08.720 --> 0:32:10.800
<v Speaker 3>Right when you tie it in, don't.

0:32:10.760 --> 0:32:13.160
<v Speaker 2>No, that's a no. You're one hundred correct on that.

0:32:13.520 --> 0:32:17.680
<v Speaker 2>He's not Ben Wallace. He is right now looking like

0:32:17.760 --> 0:32:21.720
<v Speaker 2>he's going to be an excellent offensive player as well. Uh.

0:32:22.480 --> 0:32:24.320
<v Speaker 2>And so maybe I think a lot of people right

0:32:24.360 --> 0:32:27.800
<v Speaker 2>now would say he's a better bet than Luca. I

0:32:27.960 --> 0:32:31.520
<v Speaker 2>will not say that yet, in part because we have

0:32:31.600 --> 0:32:35.120
<v Speaker 2>also seen Luca be one of the most deadly and

0:32:35.280 --> 0:32:39.520
<v Speaker 2>consistent playoff performers of his era. The guy's thirty three

0:32:39.560 --> 0:32:43.680
<v Speaker 2>to nine to eight averages for his playoff career, and

0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:48.280
<v Speaker 2>he's been the underdog in every series he's ever played

0:32:48.280 --> 0:32:51.400
<v Speaker 2>in the postseason, every single one. The MAVs have been

0:32:51.440 --> 0:32:54.480
<v Speaker 2>the underdog his first year in the playoffs against the Clippers,

0:32:54.600 --> 0:32:56.920
<v Speaker 2>his second year in the playoffs against the Clippers, and

0:32:56.960 --> 0:32:59.000
<v Speaker 2>then his third year in the playoffs. They're the underdog

0:32:59.040 --> 0:33:02.320
<v Speaker 2>against the Jazz than the underdog against the Suns, the

0:33:02.320 --> 0:33:04.920
<v Speaker 2>one seed in the underdog against the Warriors. All right,

0:33:04.960 --> 0:33:06.840
<v Speaker 2>time for Nick Straramis.

0:33:06.960 --> 0:33:12.320
<v Speaker 4>As the prophecy foretold, he hath returned. Some call him

0:33:12.360 --> 0:33:15.480
<v Speaker 4>the third eye of third lungs. Others call him the

0:33:15.520 --> 0:33:18.480
<v Speaker 4>Messiah of the money line. Call him what you will.

0:33:18.880 --> 0:33:22.440
<v Speaker 4>We call them Nixtra Damis, the Southsayer of sports.

0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:27.040
<v Speaker 2>All right, a star, I mean that was really well done.

0:33:27.160 --> 0:33:29.479
<v Speaker 3>I like that. I think you had to work myself up.

0:33:30.160 --> 0:33:32.800
<v Speaker 4>Since the All Star break, the referees have been been

0:33:32.880 --> 0:33:36.520
<v Speaker 4>letting players play. The tea leaves are saying a ticki

0:33:36.600 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 4>tack fouls, fouls, famine is coming, Nick sure damis or

0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:44.640
<v Speaker 4>mysterious forces trying to influence how the NBA is officiating.

0:33:48.200 --> 0:33:54.120
<v Speaker 2>I mean, no, it's not mysterious, uh them, it's very obvious.

0:33:54.240 --> 0:33:56.800
<v Speaker 3>It's awesome that it's great.

0:33:57.000 --> 0:34:01.320
<v Speaker 2>And anyone complaining about this, like why would they change

0:34:01.360 --> 0:34:05.640
<v Speaker 2>it mid season? Because it was awful, because it was

0:34:06.080 --> 0:34:12.440
<v Speaker 2>a bad product because guys would kind of diagonally meander

0:34:12.520 --> 0:34:15.120
<v Speaker 2>into the lane and then just throw their bodies up

0:34:15.560 --> 0:34:19.560
<v Speaker 2>and get a foul call. And now they are they

0:34:19.640 --> 0:34:23.759
<v Speaker 2>fixed it. I mean Ethan Strauss has written a few

0:34:23.840 --> 0:34:28.680
<v Speaker 2>articles about this, and the data is in. In January,

0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:34.560
<v Speaker 2>the average over under for an NBA game was two

0:34:34.640 --> 0:34:39.439
<v Speaker 2>hundred and thirty two points. Yesterday, like set Vegas, over

0:34:39.520 --> 0:34:44.279
<v Speaker 2>under was set at two thirty two. Yesterday's games the

0:34:44.480 --> 0:34:49.120
<v Speaker 2>average over under was two hundred and eighteen points, a

0:34:49.440 --> 0:34:54.520
<v Speaker 2>fourteen point drop in a couple months because the NBA

0:34:54.719 --> 0:34:58.359
<v Speaker 2>the refs started letting people defend. Again, it's better for

0:34:58.680 --> 0:35:02.640
<v Speaker 2>the sport, it's more fair. And so I've got no So,

0:35:02.680 --> 0:35:06.000
<v Speaker 2>I don't think they're trying to put their finger on

0:35:06.040 --> 0:35:09.560
<v Speaker 2>the scale of who wins. I do think they are

0:35:09.600 --> 0:35:12.200
<v Speaker 2>trying to put their finger on the scale of making

0:35:12.239 --> 0:35:17.279
<v Speaker 2>sure their game is watchable. And it was that when

0:35:17.360 --> 0:35:22.600
<v Speaker 2>we had that month where guys would score sixty and

0:35:22.680 --> 0:35:26.080
<v Speaker 2>people weren't that surprised by it, we knew we had

0:35:26.120 --> 0:35:27.160
<v Speaker 2>lost the plot a bit.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, next, all right, the play in may include

0:35:30.800 --> 0:35:34.879
<v Speaker 4>the Lakers, Warriors, Sons, Mavericks, Heat and seventy six ers.

0:35:34.960 --> 0:35:38.520
<v Speaker 3>It's crazy. You've read the Tarrytt cards and no once

0:35:38.560 --> 0:35:38.719
<v Speaker 3>in the.

0:35:38.800 --> 0:35:43.480
<v Speaker 2>Playoffs, anybody hold on terror that that word is Tarot cards.

0:35:43.760 --> 0:35:47.760
<v Speaker 2>Those are those cards. Your mom is no, your mom's

0:35:47.760 --> 0:35:51.320
<v Speaker 2>somewhat into uh where I shouldn't say she's somewhat into,

0:35:51.360 --> 0:35:54.240
<v Speaker 2>but she doesn't dismiss them the way I think some would.

0:35:54.000 --> 0:35:57.160
<v Speaker 4>Where like oh my god with an extra R. Usually

0:35:57.200 --> 0:35:58.640
<v Speaker 4>is taro. I'm so confused.

0:35:58.760 --> 0:36:00.919
<v Speaker 2>I don't even know what works it is. I've never

0:36:01.000 --> 0:36:03.719
<v Speaker 2>heard of that. I know of the word carrot, but

0:36:04.200 --> 0:36:06.640
<v Speaker 2>no the tea. The second T is silent. I've never

0:36:06.719 --> 0:36:11.120
<v Speaker 2>heard tarott. Maybe are you thinking turret like a turret gun?

0:36:11.440 --> 0:36:12.760
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but doesn't matter.

0:36:13.239 --> 0:36:13.839
<v Speaker 3>Uh.

0:36:14.040 --> 0:36:17.240
<v Speaker 2>Tarot cards are the cards that like you like someone

0:36:17.640 --> 0:36:21.560
<v Speaker 2>you know. A psychic pulls them and it's like, oh no, you.

0:36:21.560 --> 0:36:24.399
<v Speaker 3>Got really sad. I thinking that it was?

0:36:25.280 --> 0:36:28.520
<v Speaker 2>So what have I said on Real Quick Demanse? What

0:36:28.680 --> 0:36:31.279
<v Speaker 2>have I? I've said this on the show before and

0:36:31.360 --> 0:36:34.600
<v Speaker 2>I will say it again. I learned this from Dragonfly

0:36:34.760 --> 0:36:41.400
<v Speaker 2>Jones and on Twitter, and he is correct. People mispronouncing

0:36:41.480 --> 0:36:47.440
<v Speaker 2>words should not be mucked because it means they learned

0:36:47.480 --> 0:36:51.359
<v Speaker 2>the word by reading it rather than hearing it. If

0:36:51.400 --> 0:36:54.040
<v Speaker 2>you if you if the first time you learn a

0:36:54.080 --> 0:36:56.719
<v Speaker 2>word is because you read it in a book or

0:36:56.760 --> 0:36:59.560
<v Speaker 2>you've read it before, you just pronounced it. However, it's

0:36:59.760 --> 0:37:03.040
<v Speaker 2>how where your brain says it. If you're just you know,

0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:06.600
<v Speaker 2>mimicking what you've heard other people say, So I act

0:37:06.640 --> 0:37:08.719
<v Speaker 2>I've got your back on that. But now back to

0:37:08.719 --> 0:37:10.960
<v Speaker 2>the question about the tarot cards, because we've got a

0:37:11.120 --> 0:37:14.600
<v Speaker 2>bit of a sidebar there. You were asking me about

0:37:14.680 --> 0:37:17.160
<v Speaker 2>which teams they could see going on a playoff run.

0:37:17.719 --> 0:37:20.320
<v Speaker 4>Exactly, all these kind of scary teams are going to

0:37:20.360 --> 0:37:23.680
<v Speaker 4>be in the play in and they could all be sneaky, dangerous.

0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:26.120
<v Speaker 3>But nick s drums, which play in team do you

0:37:26.160 --> 0:37:27.600
<v Speaker 3>foresee going on a run?

0:37:28.680 --> 0:37:30.600
<v Speaker 2>All right, so let's start in the East. I think

0:37:30.680 --> 0:37:34.400
<v Speaker 2>Philly and Miami are totally safe in that even if

0:37:34.440 --> 0:37:37.120
<v Speaker 2>they both end up in the play in, I trust

0:37:37.160 --> 0:37:40.840
<v Speaker 2>those teams' abilities to navigate the play in. They'd have

0:37:40.920 --> 0:37:45.600
<v Speaker 2>to deal with Chicago, Atlanta, Indiana who's falling apart, Orlando,

0:37:45.719 --> 0:37:48.799
<v Speaker 2>which maybe could fall down but probably won't. I think

0:37:48.800 --> 0:37:52.160
<v Speaker 2>those teams will be fine. And listen, you guys know

0:37:52.200 --> 0:37:56.840
<v Speaker 2>how much respect I have for the Heat and Philly.

0:37:57.040 --> 0:37:59.719
<v Speaker 2>If Embiid's gonna come back two weeks before the playoffs,

0:38:00.160 --> 0:38:04.759
<v Speaker 2>maybe you know, super glass half full. The hope is

0:38:04.800 --> 0:38:07.640
<v Speaker 2>that he actually has more in the tank for the

0:38:07.680 --> 0:38:10.040
<v Speaker 2>playoffs because he had this you know, month plus off

0:38:11.120 --> 0:38:18.440
<v Speaker 2>the West is a very different story. Okay, the West

0:38:18.760 --> 0:38:25.120
<v Speaker 2>you have right now, you could argue, so, who's the

0:38:25.160 --> 0:38:31.120
<v Speaker 2>best player in the Western Conference. It's Nikoli Jokich obviously, right. Okay,

0:38:32.480 --> 0:38:34.880
<v Speaker 2>if you want to say the second best player in

0:38:34.920 --> 0:38:38.360
<v Speaker 2>the conference is Shay fine, I don't know that I

0:38:38.520 --> 0:38:41.400
<v Speaker 2>totally buy that, but he's got a very strong argument

0:38:42.239 --> 0:38:48.720
<v Speaker 2>after that, in some order or another. You have Luca,

0:38:49.640 --> 0:38:55.200
<v Speaker 2>you have bron you have Steph, you have Kevin Durant,

0:38:55.760 --> 0:38:59.920
<v Speaker 2>you have Devin Booker, you have Kyrie, you have Anthony Davis.

0:39:00.480 --> 0:39:05.600
<v Speaker 2>And mixed in with them are Kawhi and Anthony Edwards. Right,

0:39:06.320 --> 0:39:12.600
<v Speaker 2>So seven of the nine players basically three through eleven

0:39:12.640 --> 0:39:17.880
<v Speaker 2>in the West are in the play in bracket. Yeah,

0:39:17.920 --> 0:39:24.280
<v Speaker 2>and unless the Kings fall down, there at least two

0:39:24.320 --> 0:39:29.399
<v Speaker 2>of them are going home before the playoffs start. The

0:39:29.400 --> 0:39:33.040
<v Speaker 2>team that I believe the least in is Golden State.

0:39:33.920 --> 0:39:38.239
<v Speaker 2>The team I believe the next least in is Phoenix.

0:39:39.040 --> 0:39:43.440
<v Speaker 2>But if right now the nine to ten is Lakers

0:39:43.480 --> 0:39:49.160
<v Speaker 2>Golden State, so you know one of them is guaranteed

0:39:49.160 --> 0:39:52.879
<v Speaker 2>to go home, maybe both of them eventually. And so

0:39:54.160 --> 0:39:57.480
<v Speaker 2>a couple of years back, right, a couple of years back,

0:39:57.600 --> 0:40:02.000
<v Speaker 2>the Lakers Warriors were the seven. The Lakers beat him

0:40:02.000 --> 0:40:03.920
<v Speaker 2>when Lebron hit that three when he got.

0:40:03.760 --> 0:40:05.000
<v Speaker 3>Picked in the eye.

0:40:05.160 --> 0:40:08.000
<v Speaker 2>And then the next round, the next play in game,

0:40:08.880 --> 0:40:12.399
<v Speaker 2>the Warriors played the Grizzlies, and the Grizzlies beat them

0:40:12.440 --> 0:40:14.520
<v Speaker 2>and sent them home. And that was kind of like

0:40:14.560 --> 0:40:18.520
<v Speaker 2>the Grizzlies and Jaws coming out, if I'm being honest,

0:40:18.920 --> 0:40:23.719
<v Speaker 2>the NBA probably would really like if New Orleans and

0:40:23.840 --> 0:40:28.240
<v Speaker 2>Sacramento fell apart. Now New Orleans was, Zion's playing really

0:40:28.280 --> 0:40:30.719
<v Speaker 2>well lately, so it's not likely, and they've got a

0:40:30.719 --> 0:40:34.280
<v Speaker 2>big lead on the field. Uh. And I like Fox

0:40:34.320 --> 0:40:37.120
<v Speaker 2>and I like Zion, But I think the NBA will

0:40:37.160 --> 0:40:44.560
<v Speaker 2>be bummed if either Steph, lebron kd or Luca if

0:40:44.719 --> 0:40:48.719
<v Speaker 2>two of the four are not in the actual postseason.

0:40:49.600 --> 0:40:52.920
<v Speaker 2>All right, do we've got one more? Yeah, let's go.

0:40:53.600 --> 0:40:55.120
<v Speaker 2>Let's let's let's.

0:40:55.040 --> 0:40:59.680
<v Speaker 4>Keep its Domisdamas may have predicted the Great Fire of

0:40:59.719 --> 0:41:03.240
<v Speaker 4>Lon and the Atomic Age, but you predicted some equally

0:41:03.320 --> 0:41:07.760
<v Speaker 4>devastating disasters like the Chargers playoff collapse to the Prints

0:41:07.800 --> 0:41:12.280
<v Speaker 4>in the Saints cap situation. Truly horrifying events. Nick Sir Damas,

0:41:12.440 --> 0:41:16.120
<v Speaker 4>which team's early playoff demise do you predict?

0:41:16.360 --> 0:41:18.600
<v Speaker 3>All right, do.

0:41:18.600 --> 0:41:20.600
<v Speaker 2>You have a guess here? It seemed like you were

0:41:20.600 --> 0:41:21.640
<v Speaker 2>gonna say something.

0:41:21.520 --> 0:41:25.719
<v Speaker 3>But I'd say the Chargers. I mean, oh no, no, no, they're.

0:41:28.719 --> 0:41:33.439
<v Speaker 2>They're talking about the NBA. You're fine, Are you gonna?

0:41:33.480 --> 0:41:34.719
<v Speaker 3>Are you gonna say the Celtics.

0:41:35.800 --> 0:41:38.640
<v Speaker 2>No, I don't think they would be early. I'm talking

0:41:38.719 --> 0:41:44.879
<v Speaker 2>round one upset. I think obviously the Clippers are ripe

0:41:44.920 --> 0:41:53.040
<v Speaker 2>for an upset obviously always, and I I could see

0:41:53.160 --> 0:41:59.200
<v Speaker 2>okay S getting sent home, particularly if they draw the

0:41:59.280 --> 0:42:04.120
<v Speaker 2>Lakers in the Lakers have owned them and the size

0:42:04.160 --> 0:42:08.840
<v Speaker 2>and length of the Lakers has given them real trouble. So, Okac,

0:42:09.040 --> 0:42:12.440
<v Speaker 2>who's the one seed right now? And Shay has been unbelievable,

0:42:12.440 --> 0:42:15.520
<v Speaker 2>and I like Jalen Williams, and Chet's been really good.

0:42:16.120 --> 0:42:19.960
<v Speaker 2>I could see that going sideways on them. And so

0:42:20.239 --> 0:42:23.080
<v Speaker 2>if I don't think there would be massive upsets out east,

0:42:24.400 --> 0:42:28.320
<v Speaker 2>So those are the ones that I that I would imagine.

0:42:28.320 --> 0:42:30.360
<v Speaker 2>All right, let's do this. Let's take a quick break

0:42:30.640 --> 0:42:33.000
<v Speaker 2>and then do a tiny bit of March madness. We'll

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<v Speaker 2>do that next quick break right back?

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<v Speaker 3>What's right?

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<v Speaker 2>All right? Welcome back in What's Driving the Great? Episode two,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two. Not gonna be able to do listener questions

0:42:47.400 --> 0:42:50.960
<v Speaker 2>today because this show, if you're watching it, spoiler alert,

0:42:51.040 --> 0:42:53.799
<v Speaker 2>it's not live the way our shows normally are. We

0:42:53.920 --> 0:42:56.359
<v Speaker 2>recorded it about an hour ago and now you're seeing it.

0:42:56.600 --> 0:42:58.840
<v Speaker 2>So to Monsey, let's ask a couple of March Madness

0:42:58.920 --> 0:42:59.960
<v Speaker 2>questions then get out of here.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:43:01.000 --> 0:43:03.520
<v Speaker 4>So maybe for the first time ever, the women's n

0:43:03.560 --> 0:43:07.239
<v Speaker 4>CUAA Tournament is getting more notoriety than the men's. So

0:43:07.360 --> 0:43:10.959
<v Speaker 4>obviously Caitlin Clark and those big stars over there, better

0:43:11.000 --> 0:43:14.959
<v Speaker 4>teams and more exciting storylines. I'm sorry, Dix Thomas, which

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<v Speaker 4>tournament do you fortel being better?

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<v Speaker 2>The answer is the women's tournament. I mean, the women's

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<v Speaker 2>tournament has stars. You've got South Carolina Don Staley, the

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<v Speaker 2>coach is a star, their massive favorites. They also are

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<v Speaker 2>kind of villains at this point. LSU with Angel Reese

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<v Speaker 2>obviously the biggest star in all of college sports. IOW

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<v Speaker 2>with Caitlin Clark. You then usc Juju Watkins, who is

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<v Speaker 2>darn it, it's turnament.

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<v Speaker 3>I've seen some clips are no.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, but you need next year. You

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<v Speaker 2>need to go to a game next year. I'll get you.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't imagine they're that expensive. I'll get you good

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<v Speaker 2>seats to a USC win men's game. I want you

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<v Speaker 2>to go see Juju and so just in college basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>on the men's side, it's just no stars. And so

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<v Speaker 2>listen the men's tournament. I'll be very clear here, the

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<v Speaker 2>early rounds the men's tournament will be better. It will

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<v Speaker 2>be a higher level of play because the women's game

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<v Speaker 2>is not yet deep enough for there to be those

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<v Speaker 2>shocking upsets. The best teams in the early rounds of

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<v Speaker 2>the women's NCAA tournament are really gonna dominate the lower seats.

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<v Speaker 2>But the men's tournament, this, you know, this coming weekend

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<v Speaker 2>is going to be phenomenal. But once we get to

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<v Speaker 2>the sweet sixteen, I'm way more interested, way more interested

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<v Speaker 2>on the women's side of things.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, Next, March Madness is days away, and everybody's

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<v Speaker 4>busy making braggets except for you. Are you you afraid

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<v Speaker 4>that the non believers will win if your so saying

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<v Speaker 4>powers failed to produce a perfect bracket. Mike stradamis, do

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<v Speaker 4>you see a March Madness bracket in your future?

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<v Speaker 2>Probably not. I'll be honest with you. I just I

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<v Speaker 2>am not locked in to the men's college basketball game,

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<v Speaker 2>and so I and I'm not gonna gamble on it.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm just not that you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>I could fill one out, just say I filled one out,

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<v Speaker 2>but my heart wouldn't be in it. I'm too busy

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<v Speaker 2>sending mock drafts to Brett Beach, which you guys can

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<v Speaker 2>laugh at me about, but I literally am doing that

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<v Speaker 2>on a weekly basis.

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<v Speaker 3>I am.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm still like, I still spend at least ten minutes

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<v Speaker 2>a day when I'm scrolling Twitter, I come across some

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<v Speaker 2>random Chief super Bowl highlight and I just watch it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just still in the after goal of the Super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 2>plus prepping for the NBA playoffs, and I'm just being

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<v Speaker 2>transparent more intrigued by the women's tournament this year. I've

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<v Speaker 2>watched more women's college ball this year than men's college basketball,

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<v Speaker 2>and so yeah, I'll be a party pooper is the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong word, but I just I understand how much people

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<v Speaker 2>love it, and I love watching the tournament. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not gonna act like I have strong, you know, feelings

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<v Speaker 2>or intuition on it when I don't. All right, great job, demand,

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<v Speaker 2>great job, everybody appreciate all the hard work everyone did

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