WEBVTT - Hour 2 – Underdogs Win, Arch Manning Flexing, Mike Florio

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<v Speaker 1>You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox

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<v Speaker 1>Sports Radio Hour two.

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<v Speaker 2>On this Monday, Best and Worst of the weekend. Get

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<v Speaker 3>Good morning.

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<v Speaker 2>got the Lions getting four and a half against the

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<v Speaker 2>Ravens as both teams come in one in one poll question,

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<v Speaker 2>let's wrap up the first hour of their seating and

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<v Speaker 2>turner attention to hour two.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we got up there. The game that's going to

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<v Speaker 4>come back to haunt you in the NFL. Okay, your

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<v Speaker 4>four options on that are Falcons, Panthers, Broncos, Chargers, Packers,

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<v Speaker 4>Browns or Rams Eagles. Right now, Packers Browns have about

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<v Speaker 4>forty one percent of that vote, which is interesting too

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<v Speaker 4>because that might end up costing the Browns the for

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<v Speaker 4>number one overall pick.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know there's some competition there for worst team

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<v Speaker 2>in football? Yeah, you know, I mean the Saints are there,

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<v Speaker 2>Titans are there, Brown's are there, Pauli.

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<v Speaker 3>The current draft order is.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm so glad you asked. I went to tankathon dot com.

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<v Speaker 5>There's a lot of teams in the mix, a bunch

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<v Speaker 5>of oher and three teams. So based off strength of schedule,

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<v Speaker 5>the draft today would be Jets, Saints, Titans, Dolphins, Giants.

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<v Speaker 2>Speaking of the Giants, when do you ease Jackson Dart

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<v Speaker 2>into the starting lineup?

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<v Speaker 3>Can you ease him in?

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<v Speaker 2>You host the Chargers coming up, and then you go

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<v Speaker 2>to New Orleans, then you have the Eagles, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you're at Denver. So there's no easing in unless you

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<v Speaker 2>ease him in at New Orleans. If that's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be the case, and it probably will be because Russ

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<v Speaker 2>had some throws last night where things that make you

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<v Speaker 2>go hmmm. The Bengals situation, the Bengals make a move

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<v Speaker 2>for Kirk Cousins after what we've seen from Jake Browning

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<v Speaker 2>the last two weeks. They've got Denver, they've got Detroit,

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<v Speaker 2>they've got the Packers, They've got the Steelers. So these

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<v Speaker 2>are four teams that they're probably not going maybe they

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<v Speaker 2>win one of those games, But do you make a

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<v Speaker 2>move for Kirk Cousins Because Jake Glazer, I think had

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<v Speaker 2>an update on Joe Burrow that best case scenario, he

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<v Speaker 2>would be back by the end of the regular season,

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<v Speaker 2>best case, but I think you probably have to look

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<v Speaker 2>at the playoffs and they're not going to be in

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. So that's why if this is just a

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<v Speaker 2>lost season, if Jake Browning continues to throw it to

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<v Speaker 2>the opposition like he did yesterday with Minnesota. Now, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not surprised Minnesota's defense teed off on him because that's

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<v Speaker 2>what Minnesota and Brian Flores they are known to do,

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<v Speaker 2>and they certainly took it. You know, they didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>to lean on Carson Wentz for anything, just like go

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<v Speaker 2>out there and play the position.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't do anything stupid.

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<v Speaker 2>But but Jake Browning, they went after him and made

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<v Speaker 2>him pay. All right, pull question for hour two seedon.

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<v Speaker 3>What's it going to be?

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<v Speaker 4>I think right now we're looking at win of the weekend.

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<v Speaker 4>You're Indiana Hoosiers, Chargers, Bears, Panthers, others neither neither.

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<v Speaker 3>Well are we looking at the Browns? Is a great win?

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<v Speaker 6>I mean they're not included in it.

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<v Speaker 3>Are they happy they won that game?

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<v Speaker 6>In some respects?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, But you know the overall front office game plan.

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<v Speaker 3>Do they want to win those games? Marvin?

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<v Speaker 7>The players are happy, oh yeah, yeah yeah, the front

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<v Speaker 7>office is furious.

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<v Speaker 8>We're supposed to get Arch and Nick Saban Arch.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah and Nick Saban. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Arch had a really good game against sam Houston State. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that'll quiet his critics. That's right, Yeah, that's right. He

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<v Speaker 2>scores a four yard touchdown run and you would have thought,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I've seen backup dancers with Jalo who have

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<v Speaker 2>less enthusiasm than he did.

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<v Speaker 3>He was he was going crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm thinking, you just scored on Sam Houston State,

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<v Speaker 2>not Ohio State. And it's staring down the defensive back

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<v Speaker 2>and running along the sidelines. I think after the game

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<v Speaker 2>he did say his mom was going to be upset

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<v Speaker 2>with him. Now, I don't know how that's not taunting.

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<v Speaker 2>They called it swag. I go, that's not swag. That's taunting.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>See, well it's that taunting when your last name is

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<v Speaker 4>Manning and you play for Texas. For sure, those are

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<v Speaker 4>two a little just wink at that. Don't worry about it.

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<v Speaker 3>You know what, don't you do? Horns down?

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<v Speaker 4>That's fifteen uhy?

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<v Speaker 6>I hate that.

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<v Speaker 4>I feel like though if there was a fella who

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<v Speaker 4>kind of needed a moment this, maybe let some stress out.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe it was arch Manning in that in that instant,

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<v Speaker 4>I understand it, but it's still Sam Houston.

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<v Speaker 9>It is.

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<v Speaker 6>It's lame.

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<v Speaker 4>I get it, but he has been under fire a

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<v Speaker 4>little bit, and I bet that felt pretty good.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, Marvin, just to repeat with seat and said, man,

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<v Speaker 7>you run somebody over and it doesn't matter who it is.

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<v Speaker 7>You get in the end zone. You're pumped up, no

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<v Speaker 7>matter who you're playing against. You're not looking at the

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<v Speaker 7>uniform you're looking at you got into the end zone. Hey,

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<v Speaker 7>big run. I don't agree with it. They called it swag.

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<v Speaker 7>I was like, that's not that's not gold hunting. Yes, ton, because.

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<v Speaker 10>That's how you gonna take that critics. Look what I

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<v Speaker 10>did dot dot dot against sam Houston State. You have

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<v Speaker 10>to got to put in the end of that sense.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Paulie, the entire state of sam Houston is upset.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure, damn it.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh Texas next week at Florida, then they host Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 5>h October eleventh.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, still time to right the ship. Okay, Okay, So

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<v Speaker 2>we got football coming up tonight. We talked about the Eagles,

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<v Speaker 2>the Rams. That felt like that was one and a

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<v Speaker 2>half Losses Chargers over the Broncos, quietly winning three consecutive

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<v Speaker 2>divisional games. The Packers, you know, that's one of those

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<v Speaker 2>where you keep a team in it and then you

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<v Speaker 2>pay the price. That's all that was. You got to

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<v Speaker 2>put them away and a bad throw by Jordan Love

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<v Speaker 2>and then you know, the Browns were like, all right,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're not gonna win it, then we'll win it.

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<v Speaker 3>Here we go. Bucks over the Jets.

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<v Speaker 2>Even so, Paulie sends a text, so they block a kick,

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<v Speaker 2>they scored touchdown, and all of a sudden, the Jets

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<v Speaker 2>are going to win this game. And then Paulie goes,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I love Baker in the Bucks, but I'm

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<v Speaker 2>rooting for the Jets. And then I knew as soon

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<v Speaker 2>as he sent it that they were going to lose.

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, I just Baker's gonna go down the field,

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<v Speaker 2>They're gonna kick it, and then they're gonna win the game.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly what happened the Titans. That is not a pretty picture. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't know what to expect from them, but I

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<v Speaker 2>expect a little more than that. The Falcons as well,

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<v Speaker 2>that was shocking that you lose, and you lose thirty

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<v Speaker 2>to nothing to the Panthers.

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<v Speaker 3>It's almost impossible to get shut out. I mean it's

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<v Speaker 3>field goals are so easy. But I'm thinking you didn't score, yes, Marvin.

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<v Speaker 7>Especially with that team. They're not like the Titans. The

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<v Speaker 7>Titans are bad and born. I got Bijeon, Kyle Pitts,

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<v Speaker 7>Drake London. I can't get close to kick.

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<v Speaker 10>A field goal, yes, Ud and the Falcons were one

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<v Speaker 10>of those teams that people were kind of falling in

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<v Speaker 10>love with in the preseason, like Denver, Atlanta Tos.

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<v Speaker 8>Certain teams are like watch out for these guys. This year, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Watch a lot of the Bears and the Cowboys, and

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<v Speaker 2>I kept thinking, Okay, this guy got sacked sixty eight

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<v Speaker 2>times last year and they're not even putting a hand

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<v Speaker 2>on him. They didn't sack Caleb Williams once, and then

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<v Speaker 2>you pay those defensive backs Bland and Digs and every

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<v Speaker 2>time Caleb wanted to throw deep, they were able to

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<v Speaker 2>throw deep. They hit him once, but they didn't have

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<v Speaker 2>any sacks. And I mean, I expect the Bears to

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<v Speaker 2>be aggressive on offense, good on offense. I didn't think

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<v Speaker 2>that their defense would be that bad because Dallas did. Dallas,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, was able to do what they wanted to do.

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<v Speaker 2>Dak just had a couple of interceptions there. But I

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<v Speaker 2>still came away from that game going I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea if the Bears are a six

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<v Speaker 2>win team or a nine win team. Same with Dallas,

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea when you're watching them, and they

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<v Speaker 2>could have used a pass rusher in that game.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, it does.

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<v Speaker 5>Feel like Dallas has to score thirty five a game

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<v Speaker 5>to be in any game and can't afford even you know,

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<v Speaker 5>running ceedee Lamb. It's a dangerous play as but you

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<v Speaker 5>lose him in the first first quarter, it's really over

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<v Speaker 5>because you need a shootout.

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<v Speaker 2>A couple of phone calls in here, Best and Words

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<v Speaker 2>to the weekend. Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk has

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<v Speaker 2>a new book out. His latest novel, Big Sheield. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a tale of gambling, the mob, and a pro football

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<v Speaker 2>league that Mike says is definitely definitely not the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>unless you want it to be. We'll have Mike joining

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<v Speaker 2>us coming up. Dan and Ohio leads us off second hour,

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<v Speaker 2>Best and Worst of the Weekend.

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<v Speaker 11>Dan Hey just here to represent Qualcom.

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<v Speaker 12>I'm kidding.

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<v Speaker 11>Two best of the weekend. Just got my five month

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<v Speaker 11>chip for sobriety, inspired partly by Seaton. And the second

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<v Speaker 11>best was the first hour window or the one o'clock

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<v Speaker 11>window of the games. That was just phenomenal. Worst of

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<v Speaker 11>the weekend, well at least my Steelers one, but it

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<v Speaker 11>took five turnovers to get that done.

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<v Speaker 6>Man.

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<v Speaker 11>Also, those Browns uniforms were just correndous.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree because I love the original Cleveland Browns uniforms.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't have to do anything different fancy. But Seaton

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<v Speaker 2>was an outlier. He's he was all in on the

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<v Speaker 2>Brown's uniforms there.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I think they look good.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I like them.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought I was watching the Falcons when I first

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<v Speaker 2>looked at them, and they're kind of and they looked dark,

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<v Speaker 2>they almost look black. And then you had the orange

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<v Speaker 2>uniform jerseys.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, seton that is one of those is it is

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<v Speaker 4>it dark brown or is it black kind of things?

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<v Speaker 6>To me, it looks it looks brown. Muh, And I

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<v Speaker 6>like that.

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<v Speaker 2>But they have great uniforms they don't need. Cleveland Brown's

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<v Speaker 2>uniform is sort of like Penn State. You know, some

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<v Speaker 2>of these other places where you don't have to do anything,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to change anything.

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<v Speaker 8>There.

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<v Speaker 2>Tampa couldn't lose yesterday with those uniforms like they you

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<v Speaker 2>look too good, you can't lose.

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<v Speaker 3>I would wear that to the met ball and the

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<v Speaker 3>gala like that.

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<v Speaker 2>I would if I was Baker Mayfield and they were

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<v Speaker 2>gonna invite me, I'd just wear my uniform and just say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>how about this?

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<v Speaker 3>Who were you wearing?

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<v Speaker 8>Creamsicle?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Gus in La, Hi, Gus, what's on your mind today?

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<v Speaker 13>Good morning, mister Patricks. Hope you and the boys had

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<v Speaker 13>a great weekend. Hey man, what a weekend for sports.

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<v Speaker 13>I'm telling that. I mean, like just like you know,

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<v Speaker 13>my previous guy just said that one o'clock window was phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 3>Great, loved it my.

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<v Speaker 13>Steelers, hey man, wins to winning. The offense forgot to

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<v Speaker 13>get on the bus. The defense brought the game. Hey,

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<v Speaker 13>I'll take a win to win. At least. I'm out

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<v Speaker 13>a ram Center Pakistan today, so I could go with

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<v Speaker 13>the best of the weekend be in the NFL and

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<v Speaker 13>my Trojan's winning. But let's go back to Friday night.

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<v Speaker 13>Clayton Edward kershot with the curtain call you know, I

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<v Speaker 13>find it me personally to be very privileged whenever you're

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<v Speaker 13>able to be in the window of a generational talent,

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<v Speaker 13>to see the beginning, the inception of it, and all

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<v Speaker 13>the way to the end. And that's what I've been

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<v Speaker 13>able to watch with Clayton Kersh all the entire time

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<v Speaker 13>and fraid to finally come to an end on Friday

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<v Speaker 13>night with something to be behold of. Loved it. It

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<v Speaker 13>was great. Not a dry eye in the house. Awesome.

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<v Speaker 13>I'm a lucky at Dodger fanis morning. You boys have a.

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<v Speaker 3>Great week, all right, Gus, Thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm fortunate that having been in this business for

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<v Speaker 2>forty years that you see somebody starting their career and

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<v Speaker 2>that could be in college, and then I've been around

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<v Speaker 2>for all of these careers start to finish and very lucky.

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<v Speaker 2>And Clayton Kershaw go out with a strikeout regular season

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<v Speaker 2>at home. Then he brought his kids out. They dug

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<v Speaker 2>up the pitchers mound and took the rubber with them.

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<v Speaker 2>They had like an axe out there, pick axe out there,

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<v Speaker 2>hammered away and taking that out of there.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's see Keith and Chico, welcome back.

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<v Speaker 14>Keith, Hey, good morning, guys, I got a couple of

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<v Speaker 14>bests of the weekend and the worst. The Indiana Hoosiers

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<v Speaker 14>football team putting up six on a ranked Illinois team

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<v Speaker 14>was pretty impressive, and the other being.

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<v Speaker 15>Texas Tech football getting their win over Utah. Seeing the

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<v Speaker 15>Red Raiders being relevant again brings me back to the

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<v Speaker 15>Mike Leach days over at Texas Tech. Worst of the

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<v Speaker 15>weekend what happened to the Falcons and Michael Pennix? A

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<v Speaker 15>shutout against the Panthers is not a good look for them.

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<v Speaker 14>Dan have a great day, guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, got benched. But I wonder if you're the Falcons,

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<v Speaker 2>you got to be all in with Michael Pennix. But

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<v Speaker 2>if the Bengals call, would you trade him? And it

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<v Speaker 2>probably all asked Mike Florio about that because there's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>there's money involved in that and who's going to pick

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<v Speaker 2>up what part of that salary? There?

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<v Speaker 3>Zach and Knoxville. Hi, Zach, what's on your mind today?

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<v Speaker 16>Heydp, thanks for taking my call? Best of the two

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<v Speaker 16>best of the weekend. Best was going viral on the

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<v Speaker 16>DP Show Friday with my Name's Question? And another best

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<v Speaker 16>of the weekend. Since I had a grandfather who loved

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<v Speaker 16>what he hates. Anytime Clemson stumbles and looks like cheeks,

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<v Speaker 16>then yeah, that is something I'm all on board with.

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<v Speaker 16>And Lewis Ritick was talking about how Bill Belichick and

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<v Speaker 16>Dion you know, are both using the portal and it's

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<v Speaker 16>not working to their favor. But I would argue that

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<v Speaker 16>Clemson is where those two programs are trying to get

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<v Speaker 16>to and because of that, Clemson should be able to

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<v Speaker 16>use the portal to its advantage based off of their

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<v Speaker 16>national championship credit, pedigree and the resources that they have.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I agree with you, Zach. You know this isn't

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<v Speaker 2>an overhaul with Clemson. Clemson should be able to pick

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<v Speaker 2>and choose. Now, maybe you get seven to ten players,

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<v Speaker 2>but make sure you don't miss on those guys. North

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina they got seventy players. Dion had a similar turnover there.

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<v Speaker 2>That's really hard to say. All right, now, let's get

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<v Speaker 2>together limited practice time and go out there and be

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<v Speaker 2>good right away. Clemson's in a different position. There are

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<v Speaker 2>certain teams Alabama, you know, it's just different. You pick

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<v Speaker 2>and choose who you want they want to come play

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<v Speaker 2>for you. You have to decide if you want them

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<v Speaker 2>to play for you, this isn't an overhaul, but this

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<v Speaker 2>is making sure. But Lewis Ridick, who did the game,

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<v Speaker 2>said this was really about the team not being prepared

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<v Speaker 2>to play like that's on the coach. Syracuse was ready

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<v Speaker 2>to play Clemson. According to Lewis Ritick, who was there

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<v Speaker 2>on the call. He said, they just didn't seem like

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<v Speaker 2>they were ready to play. And this following a press

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<v Speaker 2>conference where you had Dabosweeney calling out the media for,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, questioning his resume. I thought that they were

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<v Speaker 2>going to come out and it was going to be

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<v Speaker 2>one of those, you know, fifty to seventeen type games,

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<v Speaker 2>and it didn't go well, didn't go as scripted. Even

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<v Speaker 2>North Carolina I'm watching that. Ah man, it's not a

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<v Speaker 2>good situation. Who's North Carolina got next? They got Florida

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<v Speaker 2>State next.

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<v Speaker 3>They got a tough.

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<v Speaker 2>Game I think coming up next? Oh, Clemson. Doesn't North

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<v Speaker 2>Carolina play Clemson?

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<v Speaker 3>I think that's do we have that? Yeah? Two weeks?

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<v Speaker 2>All two weeks? Oh great, so you get to simmer

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<v Speaker 2>with embarrassment. Are both teams off for two weeks?

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<v Speaker 9>Yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my gosh. Well, Belichick's girlfriend look great with her

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<v Speaker 2>knee high boots on on the sidelines there in a

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<v Speaker 2>mini skirt. In a million years, if you say, hey, Belichick,

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna be on the sidelines and his girlfriend's going

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<v Speaker 2>to be there in a miniskirt and knee high boots.

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<v Speaker 2>I go, uh and what alternate universe? Yes, Todd, it's

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<v Speaker 2>in Chapel Hill at.

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<v Speaker 10>Least October fourth, So maybe a little home field advantage

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<v Speaker 10>or does that never really exist?

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<v Speaker 2>But that could be even worse if you get, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>rough up at home. All right, let me take a break.

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<v Speaker 2>on Football Night in America. His latest novel once again.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a novel called Big Shield. It's a tale of gambling,

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<v Speaker 2>the mob, and pro football league that is definitely not

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL. The e book is available on Amazon for

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<v Speaker 2>only ninety nine cents. Have you heard from the NFL

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<v Speaker 2>at all about this book that's not supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>based on the NFL?

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<v Speaker 18>Not yet?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, not yet?

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<v Speaker 18>And I think their approach will be just ignore it

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<v Speaker 18>and hope it goes away, and let's not make this

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<v Speaker 18>into a thing. As you were doing the read though,

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<v Speaker 18>it struck me because we don't have an audio book yet,

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<v Speaker 18>and I think that people would expect me to do

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<v Speaker 18>it despite the very annoying voice that I possessed. Would

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<v Speaker 18>you like it? Could we work something out? Would you

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<v Speaker 18>like to do the audio book?

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<v Speaker 3>I think that would How many pages?

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<v Speaker 18>It's four hundred people? No, no, no, how about are

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<v Speaker 18>you going to do a chapter?

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<v Speaker 3>How about I do a chapter?

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<v Speaker 18>We do a chapter, and we make that the sample

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<v Speaker 18>and then we do the bait and switch, so they

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<v Speaker 18>think it's your voice and then when they get it,

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<v Speaker 18>they're like, oh, no, it's him.

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<v Speaker 2>I've done it before, and it's a lot of work.

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<v Speaker 2>I had to do it in segments where I'd come

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<v Speaker 2>in for a day and do three hours, and then

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<v Speaker 2>wait five days and come in and do it, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>because it really it's tough on your voice to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to do that.

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<v Speaker 18>My agent's been negotiating deals for me to do the

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<v Speaker 18>audio version of my three prior novels, and this went in.

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<v Speaker 18>In theory it sounds good, but no, yeah, in practice,

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<v Speaker 18>it's probably going to be an all day thing, frustrating, annoying.

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<v Speaker 18>You got to get it just right. Oh I got

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<v Speaker 18>a word wrong. I go back and do that again.

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<v Speaker 18>So yeah, Fritzie, Well, the offers open if you want

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<v Speaker 18>to do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Fritzie just said that he volunteered. Okay, yet he'd

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<v Speaker 2>be happy to do that when.

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<v Speaker 8>We come back. Chapter three.

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<v Speaker 18>This is the.

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<v Speaker 8>Sealed on Amazon.

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<v Speaker 2>I little Kevin Harland there, all right. You wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 2>able to keep up that energy.

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<v Speaker 8>Definitely not.

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<v Speaker 2>No, okay, you talk about gambling and I'm watching the

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<v Speaker 2>Eagles Rams game.

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<v Speaker 18>I know exactly where you're going, Jordan Davis. And here's

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<v Speaker 18>the reality. This is the direct result of the NFL

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<v Speaker 18>going from hating and shunning anything to do with gambling

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<v Speaker 18>to jumping right in bed and loading the pockets. They're

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<v Speaker 18>the guy in the you know the old game show

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<v Speaker 18>where you go into the booth where the money's flying everywhere.

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<v Speaker 18>They're just grabbing as many dollars as they can while

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<v Speaker 18>it's there. But yeah, we're all aware now of the

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<v Speaker 18>points spread, We're all aware of the ramifications and how

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<v Speaker 18>many millions of dollars changed hands because Jordan Davis decided

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<v Speaker 18>to do not the smart thing. The smart thing. The

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<v Speaker 18>game's over, just fall down. You got to win because

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<v Speaker 18>in theory, somebody comes up from behind. Does the don

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<v Speaker 18>beebe to leon, Let the ball goes out, the rams

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<v Speaker 18>take the other way. The smart thing to do is

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<v Speaker 18>go down. He runs it in for a touchdown, the

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<v Speaker 18>Eagles cover. Oh, and it was perfectly legitimate. But when

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<v Speaker 18>you open Pandora's box, this is the kind of stuff

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<v Speaker 18>that flies out and people are aware of this. So

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<v Speaker 18>it's just part of the stuff the NFL needs to

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<v Speaker 18>be concerned about. And sometimes I wonder Dan, Are they

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<v Speaker 18>as concerned as they should be?

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<v Speaker 2>What change though with Roger Goodell? Because everybody was against

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<v Speaker 2>gambling and then all of a sudden something changed.

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<v Speaker 18>Well, they were holding the rope as tightly as they

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<v Speaker 18>could against gambling when difference states were trying to challenge

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<v Speaker 18>the federal law from nineteen ninety two that basically said

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<v Speaker 18>no states other than the states that currently have it

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<v Speaker 18>Nevada can have sports wagering, and that became different levels

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<v Speaker 18>and types of legal challenges until New Jersey finally won.

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<v Speaker 18>But back in the days when the NFL was actively

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<v Speaker 18>fighting it, that's when the commissioner would say, for example,

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<v Speaker 18>when I'm paraphrasing, but if legalized gambling is widespread, normal

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<v Speaker 18>incidents of the game will be suspected to have been

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<v Speaker 18>influenced by other things, like, you know, whether it's a

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<v Speaker 18>bad call or a guy not going down, when basic

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<v Speaker 18>football expectations would be you've won the game, go down.

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<v Speaker 18>But the normal incidents of the game become fodder for

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<v Speaker 18>the fixes in and once they recognized, I believe how

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<v Speaker 18>much money could be made. And the one thing that

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<v Speaker 18>never gets talked about is the fact that owners are

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<v Speaker 18>allowed to separately own up to five percent of a

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<v Speaker 18>company that operates a sports book. And they won't tell

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<v Speaker 18>you who owns what, but they're allowed to be the

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<v Speaker 18>house too. They don't just have the sponsorships with all

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<v Speaker 18>the major sports books. The owners individually can own up

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<v Speaker 18>to five percent of companies that operate sports books. That's

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<v Speaker 18>where the money is. So it's always followed the money.

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<v Speaker 18>And I'm not I'm a capitalist. I'm not saying it's wrong,

0:23:18.000 --> 0:23:20.520
<v Speaker 18>but that's what happened. They realized, you know what, we've

0:23:20.560 --> 0:23:22.480
<v Speaker 18>hated this, we fought against it. If it's going to

0:23:22.520 --> 0:23:25.040
<v Speaker 18>be inevitable, let's turn it into a revenue stream. And

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<v Speaker 18>they've turned it into a massive revenue stream.

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<v Speaker 2>I hear and I read conflicting reports on the Toushbush.

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<v Speaker 2>Is it going to survive? Like it'll survive this season,

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<v Speaker 2>but then next season? And I thought when Dean Blandino

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<v Speaker 2>live during a broadcast said I give up. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how to officiate this play, and I thought, that's

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<v Speaker 2>the out for the NFL because the safety numbers aren't there.

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<v Speaker 2>This is about we can't call this. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>how you can't call somebody when the guards move on

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<v Speaker 2>the Eagles offensive line that's easy to call, spotting the

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<v Speaker 2>football is still a challenge on that play.

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<v Speaker 3>Is it back next year?

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<v Speaker 18>I think right now the wind is blowing in the

0:24:10.440 --> 0:24:13.080
<v Speaker 18>direction that it won't be and the moment, I believe

0:24:13.119 --> 0:24:15.560
<v Speaker 18>based on everything I've seen, everything I've heard, and just

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<v Speaker 18>my own kind of like what's really going on here

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<v Speaker 18>in the NFC Championship when Frankie Louvou of the Commanders

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<v Speaker 18>repeatedly jumped offside to the point where the referee threatened

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<v Speaker 18>the Eagles with what would are the Commanders? Excuse me?

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<v Speaker 18>With what would be called a palpably unfair act, and

0:24:32.200 --> 0:24:34.480
<v Speaker 18>we're just going to give the Eagles the touchdown. That's

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<v Speaker 18>never happened, for it's in the rule book, but it's

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<v Speaker 18>never happened. I think the commissioner watching that game, and

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<v Speaker 18>I'm assuming it was him, because he's got the power

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<v Speaker 18>to make these dominoes fall if he wants. I think

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<v Speaker 18>he saw that and he said, we can't have this.

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<v Speaker 18>We just can't have this. So it was that week

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<v Speaker 18>Mike Pereira was appearing somewhere and said that that moment

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<v Speaker 18>could be basically the death noell of the tush push.

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<v Speaker 18>It's like, wait, a minute, Wait a minute, the effort

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<v Speaker 18>to stop it, because the to stop it goes to

0:25:02.240 --> 0:25:04.120
<v Speaker 18>those extremes. They're just going to get rid of the play.

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<v Speaker 18>But then we saw what happened, and it's been one

0:25:05.960 --> 0:25:08.280
<v Speaker 18>straw man after another. Oh, it's a safety risk. The

0:25:08.359 --> 0:25:11.000
<v Speaker 18>data doesn't back it up. Well, it doesn't look like football.

0:25:11.040 --> 0:25:13.600
<v Speaker 18>Well what the hell does that mean? And now Dan,

0:25:13.680 --> 0:25:15.919
<v Speaker 18>I think you've hit on it. It's going to be

0:25:16.119 --> 0:25:18.680
<v Speaker 18>we just can't officiate it. We just can't officiate it.

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<v Speaker 18>And I was told yesterday, Look, it's an extremely difficult

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<v Speaker 18>played to officiate. And this is what the membership voted for.

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<v Speaker 18>And I think that's the attitude of the league office.

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<v Speaker 18>I think the league office generally like to get rid

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<v Speaker 18>of it. They were two votes short, sixty eight percent

0:25:33.119 --> 0:25:35.040
<v Speaker 18>of the team's voted to get rid of it, to

0:25:35.240 --> 0:25:38.080
<v Speaker 18>vote short to get the seventy five percent. And I

0:25:38.080 --> 0:25:39.800
<v Speaker 18>think once the season ends there's going to be some

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<v Speaker 18>arm twisting to get from twenty two to ten to

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<v Speaker 18>twenty four to eight and get rid of it.

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<v Speaker 3>But the Eagles are still going to be successful.

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<v Speaker 18>It's still going to run a quarterback sneak that you

0:25:48.600 --> 0:25:51.000
<v Speaker 18>can't stop. And the guards are still going to leave early.

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<v Speaker 18>But there's just something about that play being the symbol

0:25:55.080 --> 0:25:58.000
<v Speaker 18>and the thing. And you're right, it's not going to

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<v Speaker 18>change the effectiveness of having a quarterback who can squad

0:26:01.920 --> 0:26:02.720
<v Speaker 18>five hundred pounds.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that their success rate prior to this

0:26:06.080 --> 0:26:09.200
<v Speaker 2>rule or using the tush push was very similar to

0:26:09.200 --> 0:26:12.679
<v Speaker 2>what their success rate is with it. And it's because

0:26:12.720 --> 0:26:15.960
<v Speaker 2>you have a quarterback that is unlike any other quarterback.

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<v Speaker 18>I'm trying to get you, get trying to get you

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<v Speaker 18>sued with me. How about that? Oh no, I'll represent

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<v Speaker 18>us all for free.

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<v Speaker 3>Really?

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<v Speaker 18>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you against the NFL.

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<v Speaker 18>Yeah, that'd be a book on its own. So, I mean,

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<v Speaker 18>I saw the Billy Joel documentary, which was just awesome.

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<v Speaker 18>And when the Catholic Church tried to push back against

0:26:51.600 --> 0:26:54.680
<v Speaker 18>only the good Die Young, the end result was him

0:26:54.720 --> 0:26:57.639
<v Speaker 18>sending a letter to the archdiocese saying Can you please

0:26:57.680 --> 0:26:58.960
<v Speaker 18>do that for all my songs?

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<v Speaker 2>He got a whole lot of publicity there. I'm trying

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<v Speaker 2>to figure out if three weeks is long enough three

0:27:07.760 --> 0:27:10.360
<v Speaker 2>games to figure out a team, figure out who these

0:27:10.400 --> 0:27:13.320
<v Speaker 2>teams are? Is there how many teams do you not

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<v Speaker 2>have a handle on.

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<v Speaker 18>I think it's difficult to figure out all of them

0:27:17.160 --> 0:27:19.439
<v Speaker 18>because the one thing that we know will happen, there

0:27:19.480 --> 0:27:22.320
<v Speaker 18>will be injuries. And how do you deal with the injury.

0:27:22.520 --> 0:27:24.760
<v Speaker 18>Is the next man up going to be good enough

0:27:24.800 --> 0:27:27.240
<v Speaker 18>to keep things rolling? Can you weather the storm until

0:27:27.240 --> 0:27:29.960
<v Speaker 18>the key player comes back? And we know that happens

0:27:30.000 --> 0:27:33.040
<v Speaker 18>every year. But I think we kind of have an idea.

0:27:33.119 --> 0:27:36.360
<v Speaker 18>We've already had an idea. The eight teams that legitimately

0:27:36.359 --> 0:27:38.840
<v Speaker 18>have a chance. Do they fall off due to injury?

0:27:39.000 --> 0:27:41.520
<v Speaker 18>The Bengals have I don't know that they were in

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<v Speaker 18>the eight, maybe they were in the ten or the twelve.

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<v Speaker 18>But we know the good teams, we know the bad teams.

0:27:47.200 --> 0:27:49.520
<v Speaker 18>It's in between. Is there a team that is just

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<v Speaker 18>going to catch lightning in a bottle? Is something going

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<v Speaker 18>to happen? Are they going to get better on the fly?

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<v Speaker 18>Teams always change from week one to week eighteen it's

0:27:57.720 --> 0:27:59.560
<v Speaker 18>such a long season. They're gonna get better, they're gonna

0:27:59.560 --> 0:28:01.240
<v Speaker 18>get worse, and it could be that one of these

0:28:01.240 --> 0:28:03.320
<v Speaker 18>teams in the middle of the pack. And I think

0:28:03.320 --> 0:28:05.400
<v Speaker 18>back to the Patriots the year they won their first

0:28:05.400 --> 0:28:07.840
<v Speaker 18>Super Bowl. They were like five and five, ten games in.

0:28:08.240 --> 0:28:10.240
<v Speaker 18>It can break one way or the other. We see

0:28:10.240 --> 0:28:13.639
<v Speaker 18>that happen. But right now we know the best, we

0:28:13.760 --> 0:28:16.600
<v Speaker 18>know the worst, and then there's this cluster of we

0:28:16.680 --> 0:28:18.240
<v Speaker 18>don't know and we'll find out.

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<v Speaker 2>I thought about this yesterday watching games and what's going

0:28:22.880 --> 0:28:25.800
<v Speaker 2>on with the Clippers with Kawhi Leonard and Steve Balmer.

0:28:26.840 --> 0:28:31.680
<v Speaker 2>What would prevent owners from doing side deals and circumventing

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<v Speaker 2>the salary cap in any sport.

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<v Speaker 18>I think if you're smart, you can get away with it.

0:28:35.960 --> 0:28:37.720
<v Speaker 18>You can always get away with finding a way to

0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:41.640
<v Speaker 18>funnel money to somebody. After Pablo Toure reported on what

0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:45.680
<v Speaker 18>was going on with the Clippers, allegedly someone reach asked me.

0:28:45.680 --> 0:28:47.840
<v Speaker 18>He said, you know what, there was a team twenty

0:28:47.920 --> 0:28:51.560
<v Speaker 18>years ago that had a separate in house video production

0:28:51.760 --> 0:28:56.920
<v Speaker 18>company and they would use that to pay players who

0:28:56.960 --> 0:29:00.600
<v Speaker 18>weren't on the team to keep them from going to

0:29:00.680 --> 0:29:02.960
<v Speaker 18>play for other teams and it was a great little

0:29:02.960 --> 0:29:05.160
<v Speaker 18>way to have a side roster that you's stashed and

0:29:05.200 --> 0:29:08.720
<v Speaker 18>everybody was properly compensated, so they weren't looking for other jobs.

0:29:08.880 --> 0:29:11.520
<v Speaker 18>But you had these extra guys and how many it was,

0:29:12.000 --> 0:29:15.000
<v Speaker 18>But that's what they did, and the sense I got

0:29:15.200 --> 0:29:17.040
<v Speaker 18>is that they weren't the only team. Now I don't

0:29:17.040 --> 0:29:21.240
<v Speaker 18>believe that's currently happening still, but how hard would it wait?

0:29:21.680 --> 0:29:24.080
<v Speaker 2>Why wouldn't you think that would be happening in any

0:29:24.120 --> 0:29:25.400
<v Speaker 2>sport if you're.

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<v Speaker 18>Smart and if you're discreet, and if you can trust

0:29:28.560 --> 0:29:30.760
<v Speaker 18>the people that you're giving the money to. I think

0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:34.080
<v Speaker 18>that's the key, though, because it's one thing for a

0:29:34.120 --> 0:29:36.600
<v Speaker 18>guy to keep his mouth shut while he's being paid

0:29:36.600 --> 0:29:39.400
<v Speaker 18>by you. But I'd think if this was something widespread

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<v Speaker 18>over the past thirty years of the salary cap, if

0:29:41.560 --> 0:29:43.640
<v Speaker 18>there was something like that, I'd like to think someone

0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:44.640
<v Speaker 18>would have spilled the beans.

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<v Speaker 8>By now.

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<v Speaker 18>Somebody would be pissed off about how it all ended.

0:29:48.000 --> 0:29:50.040
<v Speaker 18>I didn't get that last check, or you owe me

0:29:50.040 --> 0:29:52.280
<v Speaker 18>a little bit more, or you know, guy just is

0:29:52.320 --> 0:29:53.840
<v Speaker 18>out one night and he has a couple of pops

0:29:53.880 --> 0:29:56.880
<v Speaker 18>and he decides to say something to a reporter. I'm

0:29:56.920 --> 0:29:59.520
<v Speaker 18>surprised we haven't heard more about it because I think

0:29:59.560 --> 0:30:02.720
<v Speaker 18>it's NICI to assume. And Pablo had a great take

0:30:02.840 --> 0:30:05.360
<v Speaker 18>last week about Steve Balmer. You know, these really rich

0:30:05.400 --> 0:30:09.760
<v Speaker 18>guys can buy anything and everything they want except that championship,

0:30:09.920 --> 0:30:12.080
<v Speaker 18>and it's got to drive them crazy. So what do

0:30:12.120 --> 0:30:14.080
<v Speaker 18>they have? They have money. Let's find a way to

0:30:14.120 --> 0:30:16.479
<v Speaker 18>throw more of the money at this thing that we

0:30:16.560 --> 0:30:17.120
<v Speaker 18>can't buy.

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<v Speaker 2>Tom Brady did the Bears game yesterday with the Cowboys,

0:30:21.640 --> 0:30:24.040
<v Speaker 2>and then his Raiders are going to be playing the

0:30:24.080 --> 0:30:27.640
<v Speaker 2>Bears coming up. The conflict of interest is sort of

0:30:28.280 --> 0:30:31.520
<v Speaker 2>lingering there and probably going to heat up a little

0:30:31.520 --> 0:30:34.680
<v Speaker 2>bit more next week. How do you see this end

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<v Speaker 2>or does it end in a different way it was.

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<v Speaker 18>It was hiding in plain sight for all of us

0:30:40.600 --> 0:30:44.000
<v Speaker 18>to see for over a year. But it just shows

0:30:44.040 --> 0:30:48.160
<v Speaker 18>you the power of actually seeing something because the moment

0:30:48.360 --> 0:30:51.160
<v Speaker 18>we saw the incredible shrinking Tom Brady because as soon

0:30:51.200 --> 0:30:53.040
<v Speaker 18>as he realized he was on screen, he hit that

0:30:53.080 --> 0:30:55.680
<v Speaker 18>button and down that seat went because he knew he

0:30:55.760 --> 0:30:58.320
<v Speaker 18>knew this isn't going to end well. Because that woke

0:30:58.400 --> 0:31:01.240
<v Speaker 18>everyone up to what we already should have known existed.

0:31:01.440 --> 0:31:04.680
<v Speaker 18>You can't reconcile his two jobs. I think what's gonna

0:31:04.720 --> 0:31:07.000
<v Speaker 18>happen because the NFL doesn't want to admit we never

0:31:07.040 --> 0:31:10.040
<v Speaker 18>should have allowed him to pick both lanes. We should

0:31:10.080 --> 0:31:12.160
<v Speaker 18>have told him when we did the vote last October

0:31:12.200 --> 0:31:14.640
<v Speaker 18>on allowing him into the club, you got to pick

0:31:14.680 --> 0:31:16.840
<v Speaker 18>one or the other. You can't do both. I think

0:31:16.840 --> 0:31:18.800
<v Speaker 18>what will happen. It'll be like the Tush push. If

0:31:18.840 --> 0:31:23.120
<v Speaker 18>the Raiders ever become really, really good, that's when there's

0:31:23.160 --> 0:31:26.479
<v Speaker 18>gonna be this ground swell. This can't continue. Tom Brady

0:31:26.480 --> 0:31:28.920
<v Speaker 18>can't continue to be at these games and gather this information.

0:31:29.040 --> 0:31:31.000
<v Speaker 18>Dan the one point that gets lost in all this,

0:31:31.040 --> 0:31:32.720
<v Speaker 18>because there's been a lot of talk about, well, how

0:31:32.800 --> 0:31:35.000
<v Speaker 18>much do you really get from a production meeting? The

0:31:35.040 --> 0:31:39.680
<v Speaker 18>real value is being on the field before the game,

0:31:39.960 --> 0:31:42.600
<v Speaker 18>when you can hobknob, when people are gonna come, they

0:31:42.680 --> 0:31:45.160
<v Speaker 18>want to talk to you, They're gonna come tell you

0:31:45.320 --> 0:31:47.680
<v Speaker 18>things they shouldn't tell you. You can see what a

0:31:47.720 --> 0:31:50.560
<v Speaker 18>player looks like. He looks different on TV than he

0:31:50.600 --> 0:31:53.400
<v Speaker 18>looks on the field. And so it's not just getting

0:31:53.440 --> 0:31:57.520
<v Speaker 18>ready to face the Bears. It's which free agents from

0:31:57.560 --> 0:32:00.760
<v Speaker 18>this team, what I maybe like to sign, Which assistant

0:32:00.800 --> 0:32:03.880
<v Speaker 18>coaches are the ones who are really really the ones.

0:32:03.960 --> 0:32:05.840
<v Speaker 18>You know, the media has an idea of who the

0:32:06.480 --> 0:32:08.760
<v Speaker 18>ones who are up and coming should be, But I'm

0:32:08.800 --> 0:32:11.239
<v Speaker 18>in a position to find out who's really making this

0:32:11.320 --> 0:32:14.440
<v Speaker 18>team go. He's in an incredible situation that no other

0:32:14.520 --> 0:32:17.360
<v Speaker 18>owner is in to gather information that can be used.

0:32:17.400 --> 0:32:19.600
<v Speaker 18>And Antonio Pierce, the former coach of the Raiders, he

0:32:19.640 --> 0:32:21.640
<v Speaker 18>said it all last week. He told Adam Shine, I

0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:24.800
<v Speaker 18>know that it's useful because he gave me that information

0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:25.520
<v Speaker 18>last year.

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<v Speaker 3>How does Kirk Cousins get traded, Well.

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<v Speaker 18>There's going to have to be a serious season ending

0:32:31.280 --> 0:32:33.200
<v Speaker 18>injury for a team that doesn't want to go next

0:32:33.280 --> 0:32:36.080
<v Speaker 18>man up, and the Bengals for now are next man up.

0:32:36.080 --> 0:32:38.280
<v Speaker 18>And look, the Bengals aren't going to want to give

0:32:38.360 --> 0:32:41.640
<v Speaker 18>up draft picks because those are cheap young players. They're

0:32:41.640 --> 0:32:43.320
<v Speaker 18>not going to want to pay Kirk Cousins. And the

0:32:43.320 --> 0:32:45.959
<v Speaker 18>Falcons are going to want whoever takes on Kirk Cousins

0:32:46.000 --> 0:32:48.080
<v Speaker 18>to pick up a major chunk of his twenty seven

0:32:48.080 --> 0:32:50.600
<v Speaker 18>and a half million dollar guaranteed salary this year. But

0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:52.920
<v Speaker 18>it's going to have to line up just right, and

0:32:53.000 --> 0:32:54.680
<v Speaker 18>I don't know that it will. I think the one

0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:57.080
<v Speaker 18>place could be Minnesota because that's the easiest place to

0:32:57.080 --> 0:33:00.360
<v Speaker 18>pop him back in if, for example, JJ McCarthy back

0:33:00.400 --> 0:33:02.840
<v Speaker 18>and gets injured again and it's a longer term injury

0:33:02.960 --> 0:33:05.280
<v Speaker 18>and they feel like they can salvage the season and

0:33:05.320 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 18>they don't want to ride with Carson Wentz, who who

0:33:08.120 --> 0:33:11.280
<v Speaker 18>looked okay yesterday. He wasn't horrible. He didn't throw a

0:33:11.360 --> 0:33:13.960
<v Speaker 18>left handed interception in his own end zone. So that's progress.

0:33:14.400 --> 0:33:18.080
<v Speaker 18>So it's gonna be something where it's gotta fall just right.

0:33:18.360 --> 0:33:20.480
<v Speaker 18>And it could be that the Falcons decide at some

0:33:20.560 --> 0:33:23.120
<v Speaker 18>point this year that we're not going to trade him

0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:27.440
<v Speaker 18>because we're gonna put Michael Pennix on the bench like

0:33:27.520 --> 0:33:30.080
<v Speaker 18>the Panthers did last year with Bryce Young and let

0:33:30.200 --> 0:33:32.320
<v Speaker 18>him take a step back and regroup because yesterday was

0:33:32.400 --> 0:33:34.120
<v Speaker 18>rough for Penis and the Falcons.

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<v Speaker 3>Your favorite part of the book is what well.

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<v Speaker 18>The book is told from the perspective of the three

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<v Speaker 18>main characters, and the first draft of the book it

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<v Speaker 18>unfolded in a somewhat different way with a different main character.

0:33:50.520 --> 0:33:52.920
<v Speaker 18>I decided it's a long story, so keep it simple.

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<v Speaker 18>That part got carved out and I put a new

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<v Speaker 18>part in with a new main character who's like the

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<v Speaker 18>mob figure, who's the guy who gathers the professional athletes,

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<v Speaker 18>because it's not just a professional football player in the

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<v Speaker 18>league that isn't the NFL. It's a professional basketball player

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<v Speaker 18>in the league that isn't the NBA, and a professional

0:34:09.440 --> 0:34:11.920
<v Speaker 18>baseball player in the league that isn't the MLB. But

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<v Speaker 18>he's the he's the guy that makes this thing go.

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<v Speaker 18>And he was the most fun to write, the most

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<v Speaker 18>fun to revise and edit, because when you get a

0:34:19.320 --> 0:34:21.160
<v Speaker 18>book that you got to read it twenty times, it's like,

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<v Speaker 18>I really don't want to read this again, But every

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<v Speaker 18>time I'd read Johnny Motts is the name of the character.

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<v Speaker 18>Any Johnny Mott's chapter was just fun because he's he's

0:34:29.080 --> 0:34:34.480
<v Speaker 18>he's malicious, but he's stupid, but he's smart, and he's

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<v Speaker 18>also got a conscience, and it's this complex character that

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<v Speaker 18>is just a lot of fun because he thinks like

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<v Speaker 18>a mobster, he talks like a mobster, and that's just

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<v Speaker 18>always fun to read and and just kind of envision

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<v Speaker 18>what that guy's like.

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<v Speaker 3>Did you ever have any dealings with the mob when

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<v Speaker 3>you were gambling?

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<v Speaker 18>I never gambled. I never gambled. My dad was a

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<v Speaker 18>bookie though Okay, my dad was a bookie and he

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<v Speaker 18>was connected to the crew in the town where I

0:34:57.200 --> 0:34:59.279
<v Speaker 18>grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia, and the first two

0:34:59.360 --> 0:35:02.719
<v Speaker 18>novels I did are based on inspired by I don't

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<v Speaker 18>want to say based on I want to say inspired

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<v Speaker 18>by I don't think any of them are left but

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<v Speaker 18>just in case. But he was a bookie connected to

0:35:09.760 --> 0:35:12.239
<v Speaker 18>that crew, and so I knew a lot of the

0:35:12.280 --> 0:35:15.600
<v Speaker 18>people who when I grew up and was able to

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<v Speaker 18>like google names and see what they had done or

0:35:19.040 --> 0:35:22.719
<v Speaker 18>allegedly had done, it was like, oh, almost said a

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<v Speaker 18>word I shouldn't say, but it was like, man, like,

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<v Speaker 18>you know, those are some bad dudes. And my dad

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<v Speaker 18>was on the periphery of it because he was just basically,

0:35:28.880 --> 0:35:31.160
<v Speaker 18>he was a compulsive gambler who realized it's better to

0:35:31.200 --> 0:35:33.759
<v Speaker 18>be the house, so he became a bookie. But he

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<v Speaker 18>was just the gambling side of it. And I'm not

0:35:36.200 --> 0:35:38.160
<v Speaker 18>condoning it or excusing it. That was the way provided

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<v Speaker 18>for his family. I was a kid. There was nothing

0:35:39.719 --> 0:35:41.360
<v Speaker 18>I could do about it, and my mom did a

0:35:41.360 --> 0:35:44.080
<v Speaker 18>great job of keeping those worlds separate, but there was

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<v Speaker 18>enough overlap where Yeah, I picked up a lot how

0:35:47.640 --> 0:35:50.440
<v Speaker 18>they talk, how they act, just the vibe that they have.

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<v Speaker 18>That I was around a lot of guys like that,

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<v Speaker 18>and I was oblivious to the fact that, you know,

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<v Speaker 18>they they were capable of doing some pretty bad stuff.

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<v Speaker 3>The book is called Big Shield.

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<v Speaker 2>It's the tale of gambling the mob in a pro

0:36:04.680 --> 0:36:07.319
<v Speaker 2>football league that is not the NFL. Once again, it

0:36:07.400 --> 0:36:10.000
<v Speaker 2>is not. The book available on Amazon for only ninety

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<v Speaker 2>nine cents.

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<v Speaker 18>Do you read books? No, you have all these books

0:36:13.160 --> 0:36:15.279
<v Speaker 18>and you don't read them. It's a library here, by

0:36:15.320 --> 0:36:18.799
<v Speaker 18>the way, I haven't been to this location. Congratulations, because

0:36:18.840 --> 0:36:22.160
<v Speaker 18>this is incredible. The last place was great, but this

0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:25.280
<v Speaker 18>is like the last place on steroids. I mean it's huge,

0:36:25.400 --> 0:36:28.360
<v Speaker 18>and it's open, and you got so much stuff and

0:36:28.400 --> 0:36:31.000
<v Speaker 18>it's all. You could wander around here for like three

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<v Speaker 18>hours and not see everything. It really is incredible.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Mike. Great to see you. Great to see you,

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<v Speaker 3>Mike Floria.

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<v Speaker 2>When we come back, we will give you our best

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<v Speaker 2>and worst of the weekend after this.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's go around the horn and Todd I'll start with

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<v Speaker 2>you best and worst of the weekend.

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<v Speaker 10>Best of the weekend in Houston on Saday, the Big

0:36:59.719 --> 0:37:03.120
<v Speaker 10>Dump Cowroly goes deep against the ms AL West rival Astros.

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<v Speaker 10>His fifty seventh of the year passes Ken Griffey Junior

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<v Speaker 10>for the most single season home runs ever by a

0:37:08.200 --> 0:37:09.000
<v Speaker 10>Seattle Mariner.

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<v Speaker 8>Then he goes ahead and hits his fifty eighth yesterday.

0:37:11.280 --> 0:37:13.400
<v Speaker 10>EMS lead the division now by three games, won fourteen

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<v Speaker 10>of the last fifteen games. Worst also on Saturday, not

0:37:16.480 --> 0:37:18.960
<v Speaker 10>taking anything away from QS, but Clemson losing at home

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<v Speaker 10>in Death Valley.

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<v Speaker 8>They're one in three for the first time under Dabbo Seaton.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm gonna go double best this weekend. My super bestess

0:37:28.840 --> 0:37:33.279
<v Speaker 4>of the weekend. Isaiah Rodgers an absolute defensive explosion for

0:37:33.360 --> 0:37:37.040
<v Speaker 4>the Vikings. He returned an interception for eighty seven yards

0:37:37.040 --> 0:37:39.640
<v Speaker 4>in a touchdown, then added another sixty six yard fumble

0:37:39.680 --> 0:37:43.200
<v Speaker 4>return for another and had and caused another two fumbles.

0:37:43.560 --> 0:37:46.000
<v Speaker 4>That's he's the first player I mean, it's a perfect

0:37:46.200 --> 0:37:48.759
<v Speaker 4>defensive performance. I think as you could get as a

0:37:48.800 --> 0:37:50.960
<v Speaker 4>fantasy player. I don't think you could be rated any higher.

0:37:51.000 --> 0:37:52.600
<v Speaker 4>He's the first player to ever do that in a

0:37:52.640 --> 0:37:56.399
<v Speaker 4>single game, of Vikings being the Bengals forty eight ten.

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<v Speaker 4>My other best of the weekend Syracuse on the road

0:37:58.800 --> 0:38:00.640
<v Speaker 4>taking down Clemson thirty five twenty one.

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<v Speaker 6>Davian Kerr with the pick to seal the deal.

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<v Speaker 4>I like that all of a sudden, Almost every week

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<v Speaker 4>now we're talking about Syracuse something happening with that team.

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<v Speaker 6>It's kind of fun. See.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, they had to run their sprints after they beat you.

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<v Speaker 2>Kon Yeah, Marvin beston Worst to the weekend.

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<v Speaker 7>Best of the weekend, also from the Vikings, Jordan Mason.

0:38:20.680 --> 0:38:24.320
<v Speaker 7>That guy always shows up when it's time to sixteen

0:38:24.320 --> 0:38:28.000
<v Speaker 7>carries one hundred and sixteen yards, two touchdowns. Worse of

0:38:28.000 --> 0:38:30.480
<v Speaker 7>the weekend the Tigers. I don't know what's going on

0:38:30.560 --> 0:38:32.680
<v Speaker 7>if they lost sixth straight, including Guineas sweat by the

0:38:32.680 --> 0:38:33.800
<v Speaker 7>Braves this past weekend.

0:38:34.120 --> 0:38:36.839
<v Speaker 5>Pauli bestin worst coming off the bench for Texas Tech

0:38:36.880 --> 0:38:40.440
<v Speaker 5>Will Hammond thirteen of sixteen, two touchdowns to spark their

0:38:40.440 --> 0:38:42.800
<v Speaker 5>offense in a thirty four to ten win over.

0:38:42.680 --> 0:38:43.239
<v Speaker 6>The utah U.

0:38:43.320 --> 0:38:45.880
<v Speaker 5>It's that's huge for Texas Tech and they're four to

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<v Speaker 5>zero and then even better, Fernando Mendoza, the quarterback of

0:38:49.719 --> 0:38:53.200
<v Speaker 5>Indiana twenty one of twenty three, two sixty seven and

0:38:53.280 --> 0:38:56.560
<v Speaker 5>five touchdowns. He really played perfect. And this guy, he's

0:38:56.600 --> 0:38:58.480
<v Speaker 5>gonna be scalding hot draft time.

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<v Speaker 13>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I remember Kirk Kurbst preseason and Herbie pointed out how

0:39:03.080 --> 0:39:07.400
<v Speaker 2>good this kid was. And I saw him play and

0:39:07.440 --> 0:39:12.080
<v Speaker 2>he didn't have great numbers. And then the last couple

0:39:12.160 --> 0:39:15.279
<v Speaker 2>of games, I think he's had ten touchdowns, no interceptions.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Pauling, Yeah, he's a transfer from Cal. He was pretty

0:39:18.040 --> 0:39:19.600
<v Speaker 5>good last year, but he is lighting it up.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't Cal just get shut out this last weekend? Adam

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<v Speaker 2>in Illinois, Hi, Adam, best and worst through the weekend.

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<v Speaker 12>Hey, good morning, DP guys. I hope you had a

0:39:30.640 --> 0:39:33.520
<v Speaker 12>great weekend. Well, that's the work is the weekend is

0:39:33.600 --> 0:39:36.439
<v Speaker 12>obviously for me. The Rams choking in the fourth quarter.

0:39:36.520 --> 0:39:41.000
<v Speaker 12>How do you give up two blocks kicks? That's uncalled for.

0:39:41.040 --> 0:39:44.000
<v Speaker 12>It's crazy. I've never seen that before. And then best

0:39:44.040 --> 0:39:47.360
<v Speaker 12>of the weekend Clayton Gershaw going out in style in

0:39:47.560 --> 0:39:51.200
<v Speaker 12>LA getting the win with the Dodgers, and the Dodgers

0:39:51.239 --> 0:39:54.160
<v Speaker 12>now thirteen straight seasons in the postseason.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you guys, Adam, are you jogging?

0:39:56.800 --> 0:39:57.680
<v Speaker 12>I'm actually walking?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I am, oh okay, yeah, all right, Well thank

0:40:00.880 --> 0:40:05.520
<v Speaker 2>you be careful. Sounded like he was on a treadmill.

0:40:05.840 --> 0:40:10.680
<v Speaker 2>Nathan and san Antonio. Hi, Nate, Hey Dan, thanks for

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<v Speaker 2>taking my call.

0:40:12.520 --> 0:40:15.719
<v Speaker 9>My best and worst is in your Florio just kind

0:40:15.719 --> 0:40:19.160
<v Speaker 9>of touched on it the test push. My eyes have

0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:24.000
<v Speaker 9>been open. Then I previously believed if you can't stop it,

0:40:24.120 --> 0:40:28.160
<v Speaker 9>that's your problem. But after watching that play this weekend

0:40:28.480 --> 0:40:33.319
<v Speaker 9>where Hurtz had two or three efforts on getting that

0:40:33.400 --> 0:40:38.400
<v Speaker 9>first down before they finally whistled the play dead after

0:40:38.520 --> 0:40:42.200
<v Speaker 9>the defender had stripped the ball from him. Then they

0:40:42.239 --> 0:40:44.879
<v Speaker 9>decided the play was over. It had gotten the first down.

0:40:45.320 --> 0:40:47.799
<v Speaker 9>That's that of my eye. Then this play is impossible

0:40:47.880 --> 0:40:50.880
<v Speaker 9>to officiate, and yeah, they need to get rid of it.

0:40:50.880 --> 0:40:51.680
<v Speaker 9>If I'm done with it.

0:40:51.880 --> 0:40:54.399
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you can't see the ball carrier. He just kind

0:40:54.400 --> 0:40:57.719
<v Speaker 2>of disappears, and then you're like, uh, I don't know.

0:40:57.760 --> 0:41:01.960
<v Speaker 2>I guess you've got first down. Not sure. I do

0:41:02.000 --> 0:41:06.000
<v Speaker 2>think that is the emphasis here to get rid of

0:41:06.040 --> 0:41:09.000
<v Speaker 2>the play is you can't officiate it. It would help

0:41:09.040 --> 0:41:12.920
<v Speaker 2>if they actually officiated the play and called when the

0:41:12.960 --> 0:41:14.200
<v Speaker 2>offensive line jumps.

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<v Speaker 7>Yes, Marvin, if you're the NFL, are you hoping that

0:41:17.120 --> 0:41:20.000
<v Speaker 7>the Eagles don't win the Super Bowl? So you know what,

0:41:20.560 --> 0:41:22.720
<v Speaker 7>it won't look like we're out to get you guys.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, because Dean Blandino said that he thinks that

0:41:28.920 --> 0:41:31.000
<v Speaker 2>the owners didn't want to take it away because then

0:41:31.040 --> 0:41:32.200
<v Speaker 2>it looked like sour graves.

0:41:32.200 --> 0:41:34.399
<v Speaker 3>We couldn't stop you guys. You guys won a Super Bowl.

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<v Speaker 2>More phone calls coming up on this Monday, best and

0:41:37.320 --> 0:41:39.600
<v Speaker 2>worst of the weekend. My thanks again to Mike Florio

0:41:39.719 --> 0:41:43.000
<v Speaker 2>for stopping by. Steve Young will join us in twenty

0:41:43.000 --> 0:41:43.960
<v Speaker 2>five minutes from now.