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Speaker 3: This is the Last Word, the off Season Home of

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Speaker 2: Mayte, Yo night. You're here, brother, you too, likewise, welcome

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Speaker 2: to the Last Word.

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Speaker 1: Probly Friday.

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Speaker 2: Yes, great weather, great weekend. Last word right here. We're

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Speaker 2: every moment more Mayte, We're gonna dive into this Colt schedule, Yes, sir,

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty three. Also look at that trip to Germany

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Speaker 2: coming up. Sam Monson from Pro Football Focus is gonna

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Speaker 2: join us about the Colt's latest draft class. Can't wait

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Speaker 1: Vos, Monkstew Garren and Diner fright sight.

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Speaker 2: Watch your mouth.

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Speaker 1: This is a family Joe. That's German for what do

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Speaker 1: you do in your free time?

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Speaker 2: Kid, Yeah, how'd you get that done?

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Speaker 1: Four years of German and high school? Brother?

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Speaker 2: Oh kid, you're you gonna call that game in German?

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Speaker 1: That that'll take a minute. That'll take a minute for

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Speaker 2: Why did you ever tell you?

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Speaker 1: What is it? Four years of German and high school.

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Speaker 2: Been over there during October Fest. It'll be my third

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Speaker 2: trip to Germany this upcoming trip. Never been to Frankfurt though.

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Speaker 1: You've been to Germany twice already.

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Speaker 2: I saw wow, good for you everywhere, but did not

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Speaker 2: the New England Patriots on November twelfth. What's your first

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Speaker 2: takeaway when you heard that may take and dovetail into

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Speaker 2: zero primetime games the Colts. I mean, geez, be Ers's

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Speaker 1: That part's incredibly exciting. Nine home games for the Colts,

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Speaker 2: That's too you know, that's TBD down the road, probably

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Speaker 2: We're gonna let you know more. You can find out

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Speaker 2: the latest on Colts dot com and the Colts Mobile

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Speaker 2: app if you want the latest by the Colts up

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Speaker 2: upcoming schedule rather and also really quick mayte there's a

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Speaker 2: fun video out there. Yes, we're gonna give the Content department, Yes,

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Speaker 2: for them. You can check it out on Colts dot Com.

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Speaker 2: And there's been some great schedule releases all across the league.

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Speaker 2: I saw Tennessee Titans before we went to air.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm dying it was.

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Speaker 2: It was funny. Yeah, great ideas for everybody. Again, Colts

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Speaker 1: That's that's the thing. I mean. You talked about the

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Speaker 2: Colts are fired up to go to Germany. A lot

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Speaker 2: So got stiff there?

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Speaker 1: Right, thank you, Jeffrey, please to be joined tonight talking

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Speaker 1: and Pro Football Focus. Sam always appreciate the time. Let's

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Speaker 1: lead off with Anthony Richardson in Indianapolis. Now, what did

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Speaker 4: I think the Colts making that call was the call

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Speaker 4: then what are we even doing here? You know, Richardson,

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Speaker 4: And then that's where Shane Steiken comes in because they've

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Speaker 1: Everybody around here is wondering what it's gonna look like

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Speaker 1: in the season, Sam, what are some things that you

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Speaker 4: So obviously rushing is the big thing we're talking about.

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Speaker 1: tonight on ninety three five in one seven to five

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Speaker 1: of the Fan. What's your level of optimism for a

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Speaker 1: I mean you look at you Bryce Young and CJ.

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Speaker 4: I think Bryce Young will be good right away. I

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Speaker 4: Bryce Young should be good quite early. I think the

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Speaker 4: I wonder how he's going to play year one. But

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Speaker 1: Sam, what else did you make of the Colts draft

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I love the Josh Downs pick. I think that's

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Speaker 4: the other thing is just the theme of this Colt's

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Speaker 1: Last one on the Colts, Sam, before we go around

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Speaker 1: Just what's your level of optimism surrounding this Colts team.

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Speaker 1: They're sealing this season, this upcoming season with Richardson potentially

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Speaker 4: One, I think they can be solid right away. I

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Speaker 4: And that I think is going to come down to,

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Speaker 1: Sam, we saw the NFL schedule come out and all

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Speaker 4: You know, where Rogers lands on that spectrum of his

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Speaker 1: the AFC and then everybody else? I mean, is there

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Speaker 1: any falloff that might happen in Cincinnati that prevents them

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Speaker 1: from being, you know, one of those lead dogs in

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Speaker 1: the AFC this season.

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Speaker 4: I would expect them to still be right there. They

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Speaker 4: haven't lost too much from that team that I think

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Speaker 4: would affect them in any kind of material way. They've

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Speaker 4: continued to address weaknesses as well. I think the Bengals

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Speaker 4: will still be absolutely there, but the AFC's brutal. I

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Speaker 4: think the Buffalo Bills are still a live contender as

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Speaker 4: well in that truly elite category. Miami is going to

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Speaker 4: be interesting to see if they can get into that

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Speaker 4: group as well. If TUA State's healthy all year with

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Speaker 4: the additions that they've made, and that's probably where you

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Speaker 4: draw the line in terms of really elite contenders right away.

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Speaker 1: There you go. Sam Monson talking NFL and NFL Draft,

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Speaker 1: recapping what the Colts did with Anthony Richardson, lead NFL

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Speaker 1: analyst at Pro Football Focus. For you, Sam, what's the

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Speaker 1: rest of your offseason and summer look like? Do you

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Speaker 1: get any time to rest and decompress before training camps here.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we'll have some time. We got to try and

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Speaker 4: figure out what exactly that looks like. But hopefully we

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Speaker 4: can take a bit of away and recover before it

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Speaker 4: all starts again.

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Speaker 1: Indeed, it's the cycle that we love NFL football, never

461
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Speaker 1: truly going away in the offseason. The NFL schedule came

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Speaker 1: out last night, and that's why we're sitting here talking

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Speaker 1: with Sam today. Sam, good to talk to you and

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Speaker 1: good to meet you at the combine a few months

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Speaker 1: ago here in Indianapolis. Thanks again for the time here

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Speaker 1: and now, and I hope we can do it again soon.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, anytime.

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Speaker 2: Great stuff may tey you and Sam Monson. A lot

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Speaker 2: of these experts, a lot of these experts say this word,

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Speaker 2: this phrase, It was a perfect for the Colts. It's

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Speaker 2: a perfect fit for the Colts.

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Speaker 1: Agree.

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Speaker 2: See, there's a lot of talent out there. Mates say,

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Speaker 2: when before this draft went off, there's a lot of

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Speaker 2: talent and you get your guy and they say, it's

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Speaker 2: a perfect pick. Do you agree?

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Speaker 1: You know, we said it two weeks ago and then

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Speaker 1: obviously Sam just reiterated it right there. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: kind of have to go big. You have to go

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Speaker 1: bold when you're gonna be playing in the AFC for

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Speaker 1: the next five to seven years. Considering who's there and

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Speaker 1: who's not going anywhere with Joe Burrow and John Allen

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Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes.

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Speaker 2: Ye you're mentioning those names. I say, you're right, perfect pick.

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Speaker 1: So what are you going to do? You have to

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Speaker 1: have somebody to come in here. And certainly it will

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Speaker 1: never be about one guy, as Chris Ballard always says,

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Speaker 1: it's not gonna be just about the quarterback. But as

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Speaker 1: we all know, you have to have dynamic playmaking ability

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Speaker 1: at the quarterback position. And I think Jim Irsay is

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Speaker 1: exactly right when he spoke to the media during the

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Speaker 1: draft on Day three. I think gone are the days

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Speaker 1: of just exclusively pocket passing quarterbacks a lah Tom Brady

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Speaker 1: and Ben Roethlisberger and Peyton Manning. I think you have

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Speaker 1: to have that athleticism. And Anthony Richardson I think can

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Speaker 1: turn into or at least has the potential to turn

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Speaker 1: into something big. And obviously now it's about getting the

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Speaker 1: most out of him in his rookie season and allowing

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Speaker 1: him to develop and grow and feel comfortable. But yes,

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Speaker 1: perfect pick at the perfect time as you're trying to

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Speaker 1: compete with the big boys overtime in the AFC.

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Speaker 2: Don't forget you can download the weekly Colts Official podcast

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Speaker 2: This week, we talked to some NFL draft leftovers and

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Speaker 2: Forum Credit Union question of the week regarding the Colts

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Speaker 2: overseas next season in Germany. We're gonna dive into the

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Speaker 2: weekly NFL Big story, which deals with the NFL schedule

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Speaker 2: dominating all headlines because they're pouring out the red carpet

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Speaker 2: for this. If it's a holiday, the NFL is there, mate,

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Speaker 2: can't wait for this. We'll do that in a whole

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Speaker 2: lot more right here on the last Word ninety three

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Speaker 1: We are giving you all you need to know on

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Speaker 3: This is the last Words with Jeffrey Gorman and Matt

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Speaker 3: Taylor from the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio studio.

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Speaker 1: Huey Lewis hit Maker, Hitting Maker, Yeah, started off as

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Speaker 2: Right, Bro, They're a Bay Area band, Yeah, that's the success.

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Speaker 1: Started off playing the clubs.

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Speaker 2: Hearing the Rockville Hall of Famer.

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Speaker 1: They should be If they're not, I mean, just hit

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Speaker 1: absolutely have to be. In the seventies.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they. I don't think they. I don't

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Speaker 2: think they performed anymore.

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Speaker 1: I saw I saw them like in twenty fifteen at

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Speaker 1: the Palladium in Carmels.

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Speaker 2: Nice.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, good venue up there, very good.

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Speaker 2: Union Question of the Week. And I love talking about

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Speaker 2: this because we get to talk about one thing in particular,

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Speaker 1: I'll get to that. You have stories.

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Speaker 2: I can know this is the fun story. Everybody knows

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Speaker 2: about it. But I get to mention it again when

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Speaker 2: you talk about overseas games. All right, the Colts are

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Speaker 2: going to face the New England Patriots in Frankfurt, Germany.

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Speaker 2: It's established. We know what's going on there. That's going

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Speaker 2: to be happening in November twelfth, as part of the

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Speaker 2: NFL's International Series there's a lot of them, all right.

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Speaker 2: This is just the second time the Colts have been

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Speaker 2: involved in an international game in the regular season, and

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Speaker 2: the fifth time overall counting the preseason. When were the Colts'

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Speaker 2: other international experiences may take?

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Speaker 1: I can get pretty close because.

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Speaker 2: I know there's London in there recently with it. You

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Speaker 2: were over there, I remember, Yeah, I wasn't here, but

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Speaker 2: you were there. That had to have been in about twenty.

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Speaker 1: Sixty twenty sixteen in London against the Jaguars. The game

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Speaker 1: itself did not go well for the Colts, right right,

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Speaker 1: But this popped up this week in conjunction with this news.

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Speaker 1: So I think they played a preseason game in Toronto.

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Speaker 2: Yep, that's against the Bills. I was there, remember it well,

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Speaker 2: Eddie Harsh former a great keyboard player. Hadn't seen him

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Speaker 2: in ten years. I mean what I'm telling you, that's

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Speaker 2: the story from that game. I'm fucking I'm talking about

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Speaker 2: this cat because he lived in Toronto. I saw him

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Speaker 2: on the street wrote when the tour buses, the bus

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Speaker 2: I was on was going by. Yeah, and I was

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Speaker 2: just talking about the guy an hour earlier. Hadn't spoken

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Speaker 2: to him in a decade. And I see him walking

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Speaker 2: down the street. True story, he's no longer with us.

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Speaker 2: Rest in peace, Eddie Harsh. But the point is, I

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Speaker 2: remember that Buffalo and that Toronto game against the Bills

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Speaker 2: rather up there. How about this one two thousand and five.

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Speaker 2: What's funny about that one? Mate?

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Speaker 1: That that was the Tokyo.

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Speaker 2: That was the Tokyo. And that's when Edger and James

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Speaker 2: are good by the comment.

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Speaker 1: Flying flying to Tokyo to play a preseason game.

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Speaker 2: Man, it was twelve hours or something like that. It

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Speaker 2: was big ten to twelve hours. I remember it well.

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Speaker 2: But Edrin said, man when it was announced, man closest,

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Speaker 2: I'll get to Tokyo as BENNI Hanna. I ain't going.

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Speaker 2: I ain't going.

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Speaker 1: And by that time he was well established and he

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Speaker 1: the pre.

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Speaker 2: True story, right, ers got wind of that, made sure

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Speaker 2: he was going. You got to bring everybody when you're

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Speaker 2: you know, you're showing off your prize piece internationally. You

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Speaker 2: got to bring the superstars.

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Speaker 1: So he said, hey, shiny toys, right.

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Speaker 2: We are going to Tokyo. You are as well. So

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Speaker 2: that was a great comment from him. Don't forget. In

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Speaker 2: two thousand they played in Mexico City, Mate Mexico City.

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Speaker 2: And I bring that up because I heard some horror

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Speaker 2: stories back in the day about that security everywhere didn't

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Speaker 2: matter if you're a family member of the staff. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: they had security around them because things were so at

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Speaker 2: that time, they were dicey there, so they wanted to

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Speaker 2: make sure all NFL staff, personnel and families were being

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Speaker 2: taken care of. But that's it, Germany, I mean, it's

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Speaker 2: coming up. Yeah, we're gonna be talking about that one

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Speaker 1: We got it. I'm just telling you, we understand.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about the big story, obviously, It's honest. The yeah,

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Speaker 2: schedule has been released. Now we know where and what

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Speaker 2: time we're playing. We knew who we were playing for

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Speaker 2: a long time, but now we know exactly when and where.

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Speaker 2: But they also the other big story is the holidays

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Speaker 2: being dominated by the NFL. Okay, the coltch, you're going

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Speaker 2: to play near the holidays in Atlanta on Christmas afternoon.

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Speaker 2: On Christmas Eve afternoon, the colleague's also holding a Monday

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Speaker 2: night triple header mate on Christmas Day triple header. Historically,

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Speaker 2: when Christmas fall has fallen on a Monday, the NFL

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Speaker 2: has scheduled two games for the occasion, like it did

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Speaker 2: in both two thousand and six and in seventeen. However,

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Speaker 2: the league played three games on Christmas last season. It

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Speaker 2: was a big hit. It was a big hit. They're

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Speaker 2: going to do it again this season because of how

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Speaker 2: successful that was the past couple of years. What do

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Speaker 2: you think about that? It's a must on Christmas Day.

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Speaker 2: You gotta just be infiltrated with presents in football.

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is the thing. I mean, regardless of

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Speaker 1: how you feel about this, you gotta know one thing.

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Speaker 1: When NFL football is on, people will watch, people will adjust.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we had games on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during

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Speaker 1: the pandemic and people still watch. They got great ratings

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Speaker 1: because you had to adjust to move games all around.

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Speaker 1: I mean we got a Black Friday game, I mean

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Speaker 1: a reason why is because the league thinks people are

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Speaker 1: gonna watch and you'll have there's an appetite.

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Speaker 2: For You'll have three games on Christmas or on Thanksgiving obviously,

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Speaker 2: like they traditionally do. You'll have the one o'clock, you'll

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Speaker 2: have the four o'clock, then you'll have the late one.

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Speaker 2: But you said there's a couple of game. Is there

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Speaker 2: one game or two or more on Black Friday?

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Speaker 1: I think just one, just one. I think there's one

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Speaker 1: in the afternoon. So I personally don't think we need

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Speaker 1: games on Christmas. I mean, you got if it falls

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Speaker 1: on a Wednesday, Tuesday, Christmas Day falls on a Thursday,

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Speaker 1: a Saturday, a Sunday, or a Monday. The big thing

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Speaker 1: is can the NFL schedule games on a non traditional

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Speaker 1: game day. That's when we're gonna know how far the

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Speaker 1: NFL is willing to take over Christmas.

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Speaker 2: The NBA and NFL going head to head on this thing,

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Speaker 2: and NFL will always win. I mean as far as

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Speaker 2: in our lifetime, the NFL will always win. And I

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Speaker 2: know that ABC and ESPN and TNT and all that

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Speaker 2: they're gonna bring the superstars on those games and have

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Speaker 2: about five of them.

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Speaker 1: Through and they are this year. I mean, you've got

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Speaker 1: some great man Raiders at Chiefs, right, Giants, Eagles me

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Speaker 1: enough said, right there, Ravens at forty nine Ers the

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Speaker 1: night game on Christmas Night. So that's the thing. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we're all gonna be, you know, nestled in and feeling good,

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Speaker 1: warm and fuzzy with our friends and family on Christmas

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Speaker 1: Day and football it may not be front and center,

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Speaker 1: but it's certainly going to be on in the background

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Speaker 1: as wallpaper football is just is just what we do.

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Speaker 1: And with the league now having the advantageous ability to

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Speaker 1: put it on on days where they're already playing games,

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Speaker 1: you know they're going to take advantage of Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Wait, and it starts August twelfth at the Buffalo Bills

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Speaker 2: that is a preseason contest, followed by the Bears, and

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Speaker 2: at the Philadelphia Eagles. Colts will host the Bears. The

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Speaker 2: only reason I'm talking about preseason right now is My

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Speaker 2: last question before we get to track side with Kirk

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Speaker 2: Cavin and Kevin Lee is how much Anthony Richardson do

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Speaker 2: we see in the preseason?

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Speaker 1: Great question I think as of right now, really, I

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Speaker 1: mean at.

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Speaker 2: Buffalo Veterans home to Chicago at Philadelphia, Anthony Richardson, Will

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Speaker 2: he play in all three games? Mate?

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Speaker 1: Yes, I think he will.

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Speaker 2: I think you will.

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Speaker 1: I means Vets and rookies will intermixed starting on Monday,

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Speaker 1: so always, we got a long way to go before

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Speaker 1: then and now. But gut feeling is they've all said it.

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Speaker 1: Mean the only way he's gonna get better is by

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Speaker 1: playing reps, reps, reps, joint practices, preseason reps. I think

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Speaker 1: he's got to play.

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Speaker 2: Okay, before we let you go, we want to say

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Speaker 2: ah in memory of a good man and a longtime

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Speaker 2: listener of this show and a huge Colts fan who

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Speaker 2: is no longer with us. He passed away earlier this week.

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Speaker 2: Scotty Glendenning, our buddy, Troy Glendenning's older brother passed away.

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Speaker 2: Don't know from what, but it just happened a few

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Speaker 2: days ago. So our hearts and our thoughts are and

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Speaker 2: everything are with the Glendenning family. And I know there's

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Speaker 2: absolutely a lot of Colts fans out there all across

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Speaker 2: Indianapolis and the world that are suffering as well. We

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Speaker 2: just happen to know this guy personally, so just wanted

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Speaker 2: to say our hearts and all our thoughts and prayers

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Speaker 2: are with the Glendenning family. Mate. He's always fun doing

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Speaker 2: this show with you, pal.

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Speaker 1: You got it.

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Speaker 2: It's official. Now we've got we got eight's in the book.

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Speaker 2: Figure out what's going on. But big day coming up too.

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Speaker 2: There'll be a big race here. You're gonna find out

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Speaker 2: who's gonna win this sucer. Here comes track Side with

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Speaker 2: Kirk Cavin and Kevin Lee, and then after that Beyond

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Speaker 2: the Bricks with Mike Thompson and Jake Querry for Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 2: I'm Gorman right here on ninety three five, one of

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Speaker 2: seventy five