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Speaker 1: comes in every morning. He's smiling ear to ear and

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Speaker 4: In the morning.

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Speaker 3: That's all it takes.

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Speaker 1: Oh, that's a conversation I think we will have in

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Speaker 1: just a bit. There is a ton of news to

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Speaker 1: get to because that's.

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Speaker 2: Been the theme of the week. Free agency frenzy and

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Speaker 1: I've had us covered all week long, and we welcome

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Speaker 1: into one of them right now. And Tom Pelasaro is

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Speaker 1: with us, and Tom I watched the Insiders on NFL

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Speaker 1: Network and Kyler Murray's name was discussed a whole lot.

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Speaker 1: We finally have a home. A ton of speculation about

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Speaker 1: the Vikings.

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Speaker 2: It's now done. How did this thing come together?

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Speaker 7: Yeah were Kyler Murray and his agent, Eric Burkhardt, flew

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Speaker 7: into Minnesota on Wednesday night. At that point, the plan

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Speaker 2: One logical fit.

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Speaker 7: It is now official, Kyler Murray signing a one year

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Speaker 3: Join the Vikings.

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Speaker 7: Kyler is gonna make thirty six point eight million dollars

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Speaker 7: this season, but the Cardinals are paying all but the minimum,

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Speaker 7: have tremendous value for the Vikings, who get Kyler to

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Speaker 7: come in and compete with JJ McCarthy for the starting job. Well,

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Speaker 7: the past with the likes of Sam Darnold. Murray also

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Speaker 7: critically gets a no tag clause, meaning if this season

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Speaker 7: be perhaps the top free agent on the market. First

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Speaker 7: and I just think Kyler Murray, but JJ McCarthy as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Tom, I think it's a really good point.

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Speaker 1: Another bite at the apple in terms of free agency.

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Speaker 1: But you're right step one, win the starting job and

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Speaker 2: Meanwhile, the Vikings are Murray.

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Speaker 1: They did not waste any time getting into the podium

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Speaker 5: I'm really fascinated by this situation. I think, you know,

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Speaker 2: But I think that's a good thing.

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Speaker 5: And Kyler said in that interview, you know, every year

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Speaker 5: I think it's a great thing. Obviously, Kyler saw what

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Speaker 5: He's not to say, Okay, Kyler, you're the vet, come in,

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Speaker 6: Yeah, there's no doubt about it. And you highlight some

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Speaker 6: And then Kyler as well, like you said, whether he

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Speaker 3: It's number one.

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Speaker 6: I think it's interesting that they had the no tag

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Speaker 6: And then number three, you know, the opportunity to be

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Speaker 3: So really big move. No matter who Minnesota Vikings sorry

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Speaker 3: competition between Kyler Murray and JJ McCarthy. We'll see. Think

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Speaker 3: Kyler Murray's gonna wind up winning it, but we'll see

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Speaker 3: how it plays out. Somebody's got to feed eighteen. Somebodys

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Speaker 3: I think it was one hundred and sixty targets back

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Speaker 3: sure when you come in throw it to that guy

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Speaker 3: over there. He's really good, right, Start doing it in

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Speaker 3: used to feed this guy a couple of years ago.

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Speaker 1: You tell me how do you how do you win

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Speaker 6: I think for Kyler, it starts with your work ethic,

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Speaker 6: Number two obviously it's on the field. It's going out

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Speaker 3: What is required to go and show that you are

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Speaker 6: So that's what I think Kyler is going to have

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Speaker 5: At the end of the day, though, it's you got

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Speaker 3: And you know, look, it's a team game. You know this,

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Speaker 5: And so it's not just Kyler Murray, but this is

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Speaker 2: That's just what it is.

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Speaker 5: I mean, all the success and all the failure, most

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Speaker 5: And this was a guy number one pick. He had

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Speaker 5: I'm not going to put all the blame on Kyler Murray,

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Speaker 5: You got to and he's not a guy that's shown

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Speaker 3: So is JJ McCarthy that guy.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. The Vikings are going to find out.

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Speaker 5: I wonder in twenty twenty seven if either of these

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Speaker 3: Here's what I'm eager to see. This is a really

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Speaker 3: Kevin O'Connell said, no, no, they can block that move.

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Speaker 3: they've got four really good offensive minds that are going

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Speaker 3: McCarthy's got to come along and this is it, like,

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Speaker 3: needs to be pushed, and now he's going to be

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Speaker 3: but Kyler Murray's got the potential to play well and

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Speaker 3: establish himself. As Tom Pelsero talked about not just as

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Speaker 3: a team's not going to make the same mistake again.

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Speaker 3: So I look forward to our inside training camp coverage

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Speaker 3: we'll be there in Minnesota probably a few times to

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Speaker 2: Mike, your sentiment is completely accurate.

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Speaker 1: I was actually part of that trading camp tour in

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Speaker 2: And there was some speculation. It's like, hey, what's this

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Speaker 1: Clearly health was a problem here, but the offshoot from

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Speaker 1: a news standpoint, Mike, what does this move with Kyler

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Speaker 2: More specifically, I'm thinking about Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 3: You're asking me, Yeah, Kirk Cousins. This is sort of

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Speaker 3: still fashions himself as a starter. He's going to point

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Speaker 3: to the play down the stretch, not just his play,

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Speaker 3: And the way everything looks now, it looks like all

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Speaker 3: I did say that every starting situation looks like it's filled,

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Speaker 1: Here, Mike, you talk about all these starting jobs, the

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Speaker 2: Keep in mind, I do think about what one other team.

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Speaker 1: and ESPN. We'll find out where the future stars of

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Speaker 2: Been a wild When to come it up on Good

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Speaker 2: Morning Football? How about mister Evans is.

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Speaker 1: A guy that I've been thinking about what he could

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Speaker 2: We'll discuss that when we're coming.

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Speaker 4: I'm back.

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Speaker 2: Good Morning Football.

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Speaker 1: I'm back here on Good Morning Football. Time for little

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Speaker 1: buyen or keep Trying. We got some topics that all

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: Evans actually met with reporters yesterday and talked about how

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Speaker 3: Can you just expound on that what specifically you mean

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Speaker 9: Team that always they always compete, even with the injuries

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Speaker 9: last year, I think they went thirteen and four. I

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Speaker 9: I think that I'm that piece and I'll look forward

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Speaker 1: Well, He's not wrong buying or keep trying? Jason Is

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I'm buying that all day.

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Speaker 6: You look at this offense last year, the injuries that

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Speaker 6: Don't know what happened with that situation, and you know,

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Speaker 5: got to say healthy, man, He's got to stay healthy.

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Speaker 5: The whole squad's got to stay healthy. The forty nine

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Speaker 5: Since twenty twenty four, they're pass catchers. The forty nine

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Speaker 5: Evans is not the Mike Evans of Olamese. Entering is

438
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Speaker 5: what thirteenth season? So, I mean, we want him to

439
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Speaker 5: be Brandon I you, we do. I want to see it.

440
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Speaker 5: I do, but I'm not sold on to Mike g.

441
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Speaker 3: The substation jokes, by the way, we're hilarious, right, And

442
00:19:07,028 --> 00:19:10,668
Speaker 3: it's been so busy this week. It's been so busy

443
00:19:10,708 --> 00:19:13,348
Speaker 3: this week that you know, you sometimes take this stuff

444
00:19:13,348 --> 00:19:16,028
Speaker 3: too seriously. When that kind of stuff pops up, it's

445
00:19:16,068 --> 00:19:19,668
Speaker 3: a welcome little comic relief. I guess you should say.

446
00:19:19,908 --> 00:19:22,348
Speaker 3: I am buying that he's the missing piece here. I

447
00:19:22,388 --> 00:19:25,428
Speaker 3: heard Jason say that he's what Brandon or he could

448
00:19:25,428 --> 00:19:28,028
Speaker 3: be what Brandon Ayuk was supposed to be. Look, Brandon

449
00:19:28,068 --> 00:19:32,068
Speaker 3: Ayuk had incredible physical talent, big guy, the ability to

450
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Speaker 3: be that potential extracy and was in spurts, but the

451
00:19:36,028 --> 00:19:38,988
Speaker 3: energy was off some even in the Super Bowl, Like

452
00:19:39,068 --> 00:19:40,788
Speaker 3: the energy was off and there was a little bit

453
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Speaker 3: of that that bled into the contract negotiations. I think

454
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Speaker 3: this is the overthrow here. He was open. Yeah, and

455
00:19:49,668 --> 00:19:51,988
Speaker 3: not to say that he didn't make effort, but I

456
00:19:52,068 --> 00:19:54,428
Speaker 3: just remember hearing after this game that just there was

457
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Speaker 3: a lot of angst involved Mike Evans. You guys said,

458
00:19:58,308 --> 00:20:00,948
Speaker 3: he's not a deva receiving. He's gonna wat the football though, right,

459
00:20:01,068 --> 00:20:03,348
Speaker 3: Like that's a big part of why he's in San Francisco.

460
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Speaker 3: But it's all gonna be about the professionalism that he's

461
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Speaker 3: displayed throughout his entire career. It's going to be positive,

462
00:20:09,388 --> 00:20:13,228
Speaker 3: it's going to be all toward the team goals. It's

463
00:20:13,268 --> 00:20:17,668
Speaker 3: all the collective, all towards this team getting that ring

464
00:20:17,708 --> 00:20:21,988
Speaker 3: that has just been unable to get recently and restoring

465
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Speaker 3: this franchise to the glory of the past. Mike Evans

466
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Speaker 3: a missing piece. Yeah, I'm buying that.

467
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Speaker 2: You know, Mike, you mentioned the substation deal.

468
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Speaker 1: I just want to just double check and make sure

469
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Speaker 1: because there's been a lot of injuries around this nine

470
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Speaker 1: Ers team.

471
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Speaker 2: Do you open an umbrella indoors? Do you walk under

472
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Speaker 2: the ladder?

473
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Speaker 1: I'm just curious because sometimes I'm just looking for some

474
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Speaker 1: level of explanation.

475
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Speaker 2: Is it maybe just bad luck in the bay?

476
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Speaker 3: Yeah? Sometimes I think it is just a little bit

477
00:20:46,748 --> 00:20:50,068
Speaker 3: of bad luck, and you know, because it's it's I mean,

478
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Speaker 3: I don't know. I know, I do find the theory

479
00:20:52,468 --> 00:20:53,908
Speaker 3: is fascinating. I'll put it to you that way.

480
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Speaker 1: It is fascinating, and there's a part of me that says, yeah,

481
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Speaker 1: I don't want to believe it, and I probably don't,

482
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Speaker 1: but I'm like, I don't know what else explained some

483
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Speaker 1: of the issues that they've had staying on the football field.

484
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Speaker 1: All right, move on here, because we do have some

485
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Speaker 1: Chicago Bears, at least one fan that happens to be

486
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Speaker 1: they're doing at the desk. Let's go, all right, here's

487
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Speaker 1: take a let's take a close to look right now

488
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Speaker 1: defensive moves right in free agency from a Chicago perspective.

489
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Speaker 1: Jason actually talked about this yesterday twon Brisker. This is

490
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Speaker 1: a guy who's now longer with this team, starting with

491
00:21:22,788 --> 00:21:25,628
Speaker 1: the Steelers, there are some significant losses. This team that

492
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Speaker 1: actually lost five guys, risker being in some ways maybe

493
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Speaker 1: a little bit of the headliner there. They did make

494
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Speaker 1: some additions and the Kobe Bryant one is probably one

495
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Speaker 1: that at least stands out to me.

496
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Speaker 2: But here's what Bear general manager Ryan Poles had to

497
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Speaker 2: say about the changes on that unit.

498
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Speaker 10: I think there's a common theme with the guys that

499
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Speaker 10: we brought in.

500
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Speaker 1: One.

501
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Speaker 3: We wanted to.

502
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Speaker 10: Get faster, more explosive, and I think we did that

503
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Speaker 10: in order to play the style we need to play.

504
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Speaker 10: We need to be able to close on the football

505
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Speaker 10: oft faster than what we had been doing. So that

506
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Speaker 10: was the emphasis going into it. And again watching these

507
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Speaker 10: guys take we answer that.

508
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Speaker 2: All right, So maybe there are some answers there.

509
00:22:01,188 --> 00:22:04,348
Speaker 1: I know one person who can definitely definitively answer that question.

510
00:22:04,428 --> 00:22:07,268
Speaker 2: Seth you buying or trying right now? Chicago's team?

511
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Speaker 1: Have they answered enough on the defensive side to go

512
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Speaker 1: and win this division?

513
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Speaker 2: Ah?

514
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Speaker 5: This hurts me, It hurts it pains me inside.

515
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Speaker 2: Guys.

516
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Speaker 5: I don't want to go against my squad, but I

517
00:22:18,668 --> 00:22:20,148
Speaker 5: got to keep trying on this one.

518
00:22:20,268 --> 00:22:20,988
Speaker 2: I really do.

519
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Speaker 5: Ah man Ah, that hurts. I want to believe. I

520
00:22:24,228 --> 00:22:27,468
Speaker 5: want to believe. But at the end of the day, look,

521
00:22:27,508 --> 00:22:30,348
Speaker 5: chicag was bad on defense. They were not good. They

522
00:22:30,428 --> 00:22:33,708
Speaker 5: survived off turnovers, which you know, turnovers big part of

523
00:22:33,748 --> 00:22:36,628
Speaker 5: winning football games. Absolutely win that turnover battle. That's a

524
00:22:36,668 --> 00:22:39,468
Speaker 5: good start. But they couldn't stop the run. They couldn't

525
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Speaker 5: stop the pass, and the biggest thing they weren't getting

526
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Speaker 5: any pressure on the quarterback. And one of the things

527
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Speaker 5: they have not done this offseason thus far. I mean,

528
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Speaker 5: we still got a draft coming up here in a

529
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Speaker 5: month or so. They have not addressed the issue of

530
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Speaker 5: their ability to rush the passer, especially off the edge.

531
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Speaker 5: They just they had a couple of pickups last season

532
00:22:56,428 --> 00:22:57,868
Speaker 5: that they thought were going to pan out and they

533
00:22:57,948 --> 00:23:01,508
Speaker 5: just have not. Montes Sweat is still a force when

534
00:23:01,548 --> 00:23:04,268
Speaker 5: he needs to be sometimes, but it's not as consistent

535
00:23:04,268 --> 00:23:06,668
Speaker 5: as you would like, and a lot of times it

536
00:23:06,788 --> 00:23:09,988
Speaker 5: just leaves that secondary on an island. And their linebackers. Yeah,

537
00:23:10,028 --> 00:23:13,028
Speaker 5: their linebackers were not fast enough last year. Jermaine Edmonds

538
00:23:13,308 --> 00:23:13,708
Speaker 5: was not there.

539
00:23:13,788 --> 00:23:13,988
Speaker 3: TJ.

540
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Speaker 5: Edwards is not healthy a lot of the season, and

541
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Speaker 5: so I just don't know until they I was hoping

542
00:23:19,988 --> 00:23:23,108
Speaker 5: we would add a pass rusher in Chicago to kind

543
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Speaker 5: of speed up those offenses a little bit and make

544
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Speaker 5: it a little bit easier on that secondary. But for now,

545
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Speaker 5: Mike g I hate to do it. I'm going against

546
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Speaker 5: the Bears. I got to keep trying on this one.

547
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm with you. It feels kind of not lateral, right,

548
00:23:38,268 --> 00:23:40,428
Speaker 3: And I understand what Pols is saying that we need

549
00:23:40,468 --> 00:23:44,028
Speaker 3: to close on the football, and that means not the

550
00:23:44,108 --> 00:23:47,748
Speaker 3: actual football, like not the turnovers themselves, because that's a

551
00:23:47,748 --> 00:23:50,228
Speaker 3: lot that went out the window with Kevin Byern, with

552
00:23:50,348 --> 00:23:53,588
Speaker 3: nay Shan Wright. These guys were turnover machines and creating

553
00:23:53,588 --> 00:23:57,548
Speaker 3: turnovers and really a nose for the football. Now Kobe

554
00:23:57,548 --> 00:24:00,068
Speaker 3: Bryant comes in and he had I think four interceptions

555
00:24:00,148 --> 00:24:02,068
Speaker 3: last year was the number. Like he had an ability

556
00:24:02,108 --> 00:24:05,788
Speaker 3: to make some plays on the football. But these guys

557
00:24:05,788 --> 00:24:09,508
Speaker 3: were ballhawks and doing it at key times of the

558
00:24:09,588 --> 00:24:13,308
Speaker 3: game as well. I just don't know. You're talking about

559
00:24:13,308 --> 00:24:15,788
Speaker 3: the defensive front. There weren't a lot of changes up there.

560
00:24:16,628 --> 00:24:18,988
Speaker 3: They need those guys to take another step forward here

561
00:24:19,348 --> 00:24:23,308
Speaker 3: out there as well. But also from a speed standpoint,

562
00:24:23,628 --> 00:24:25,628
Speaker 3: bringing in the guys that they brought in to make

563
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Speaker 3: sure that they're closing on the football. So the turnover

564
00:24:28,188 --> 00:24:31,268
Speaker 3: number may come down, but the impact plays whether it's

565
00:24:31,548 --> 00:24:34,828
Speaker 3: you know, tackles near the line of scrimmage or tackles

566
00:24:34,868 --> 00:24:36,828
Speaker 3: as soon as the ball is made, limiting yak and

567
00:24:36,868 --> 00:24:39,988
Speaker 3: those kinds of things. That's the mentality for Ryan Poles here.

568
00:24:40,148 --> 00:24:41,868
Speaker 3: And it's got to bear out in the stats, Like

569
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Speaker 3: when you saw the numbers that came up there with

570
00:24:43,828 --> 00:24:46,588
Speaker 3: regard to the rank, the yards that they they gave up.

571
00:24:46,788 --> 00:24:48,988
Speaker 3: You want to still create those turnovers, but you want

572
00:24:48,988 --> 00:24:50,868
Speaker 3: to chip away at some of these numbers here, which

573
00:24:50,908 --> 00:24:53,068
Speaker 3: was not Greatie, look at that. It's like we took

574
00:24:53,068 --> 00:24:54,708
Speaker 3: the ball away, Yeah, but you gave up a bunch

575
00:24:54,708 --> 00:24:57,068
Speaker 3: of yards before they made that happen. That was the

576
00:24:57,108 --> 00:24:59,188
Speaker 3: mentality last year. Yeah, I agree with you.

577
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Speaker 6: I got to keep trying here, and I get it,

578
00:25:01,348 --> 00:25:03,908
Speaker 6: you know with the takeaways, and it's awesome that you

579
00:25:03,908 --> 00:25:05,788
Speaker 6: know they're able to do that. But I mean, Kevin Bayer,

580
00:25:05,908 --> 00:25:08,748
Speaker 6: the NFL interception leader, he's not in the building anymore.

581
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Speaker 6: I'm surprised you got letting rid of Naseean Wright, who

582
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Speaker 6: was kind of one of your underdog Corners who was

583
00:25:13,588 --> 00:25:15,188
Speaker 6: having a really great year. I thought you'd be able

584
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Speaker 6: to keep him.

585
00:25:15,908 --> 00:25:16,308
Speaker 4: I get it.

586
00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:17,308
Speaker 3: You got Kobe.

587
00:25:17,028 --> 00:25:20,228
Speaker 6: Bryant, you know, a really good man de Man corner

588
00:25:20,268 --> 00:25:22,668
Speaker 6: and things of that nature, and you got faster with

589
00:25:22,708 --> 00:25:25,548
Speaker 6: Devin Bush, TJ. Edwards, you know Noah Soule. These are

590
00:25:25,668 --> 00:25:28,548
Speaker 6: run and hit style of linebackers. I get you, they're

591
00:25:28,588 --> 00:25:31,388
Speaker 6: fitting the mold of what you want, but is it

592
00:25:31,428 --> 00:25:33,668
Speaker 6: actually going to translate to winning? Is it actually gonna

593
00:25:33,828 --> 00:25:37,068
Speaker 6: translate to success? Like Seth said, you still need that

594
00:25:37,188 --> 00:25:39,748
Speaker 6: big time pass rusher, And I know they were also

595
00:25:40,028 --> 00:25:42,668
Speaker 6: a team that was in the market for a Max Crosby.

596
00:25:42,748 --> 00:25:46,548
Speaker 6: But I just I don't see the winning part of this.

597
00:25:46,668 --> 00:25:50,308
Speaker 6: I don't see this translating to great defense because he

598
00:25:50,428 --> 00:25:53,228
Speaker 6: let too many characters Jakwan Brisk or Tremaine Edmunds.

599
00:25:53,428 --> 00:25:54,188
Speaker 3: You let too many.

600
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Speaker 6: Characters that led to that success to begin.

601
00:25:55,948 --> 00:25:57,508
Speaker 2: With out of that building.

602
00:25:57,548 --> 00:25:58,628
Speaker 3: So I just don't see it.

603
00:26:00,988 --> 00:26:07,308
Speaker 5: He looks gonna cry, So you know, I just don't.

604
00:26:07,388 --> 00:26:09,468
Speaker 5: I don't like saying bad things about the Bears. I

605
00:26:09,508 --> 00:26:11,908
Speaker 5: will say, look, they can force some more three and

606
00:26:11,988 --> 00:26:15,308
Speaker 5: outs if it does pan out, and these guys do

607
00:26:15,348 --> 00:26:17,908
Speaker 5: fit the Dennis Allen style of defense. Even the turnover

608
00:26:17,948 --> 00:26:19,708
Speaker 5: and the numbers come down a little bit. You just

609
00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:22,828
Speaker 5: force a couple more punts. You know, they can get

610
00:26:22,828 --> 00:26:24,988
Speaker 5: some dubs. So maybe I'm coming around to it.

611
00:26:25,068 --> 00:26:25,468
Speaker 2: I don't know.

612
00:26:25,548 --> 00:26:27,348
Speaker 5: I'd still love to see I love to see some

613
00:26:27,348 --> 00:26:28,548
Speaker 5: more pass rush in Chicago.

614
00:26:28,548 --> 00:26:31,468
Speaker 1: I really, I'm back here on Good Morning Football USC

615
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Speaker 1: holding it's Pro day yesterday. Kyle Lemon, considered one of

616
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Speaker 1: the top receivers in the draft, was out on the

617
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Speaker 1: field doing drills.

618
00:26:38,628 --> 00:26:41,228
Speaker 2: Ran a four to four to seven unofficial forty are own.

619
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Speaker 1: Daniel Jeremiah described Lemon as a quote wide out with

620
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Speaker 1: a running back's body and a linebacker's temperament.

621
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Speaker 2: I of like that Chase the best Parry Oka.

622
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Speaker 11: I just finished Pro day gear at UNC. You are

623
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Speaker 11: four to four seven is the unofficial forty time that

624
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Speaker 11: I'm hearing. What did you think of your performance out

625
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Speaker 11: here today?

626
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Speaker 12: You know, first of all, I'm just solually, you know,

627
00:27:00,908 --> 00:27:02,868
Speaker 12: blessed to be out here, you know, just using a

628
00:27:02,868 --> 00:27:04,868
Speaker 12: God gave a time that I have you know out here,

629
00:27:05,108 --> 00:27:07,148
Speaker 12: you know, showcase what I can do from the all

630
00:27:07,188 --> 00:27:08,628
Speaker 12: you know, all the scouts and all the people out

631
00:27:08,628 --> 00:27:10,948
Speaker 12: here so you know, just truly grateful to be out here.

632
00:27:10,988 --> 00:27:13,348
Speaker 4: And then you know there's always roal for improvement.

633
00:27:13,468 --> 00:27:15,908
Speaker 11: For sure, where where do you wish you could have improved?

634
00:27:16,948 --> 00:27:19,268
Speaker 12: Run a little bit of faster, you know, a little

635
00:27:19,308 --> 00:27:21,748
Speaker 12: better rouse, you know, better catching the balls like you know,

636
00:27:22,348 --> 00:27:25,148
Speaker 12: you know, everywhere I can improve. You know, that's just

637
00:27:25,228 --> 00:27:26,508
Speaker 12: type of mentality that I always have.

638
00:27:26,908 --> 00:27:30,148
Speaker 11: All right, put on your draft analyst, hot Be Daniel Jeremiah,

639
00:27:30,388 --> 00:27:35,588
Speaker 11: take us into the draft set and evaluate mackay Lemon.

640
00:27:37,148 --> 00:27:39,428
Speaker 4: Definitely, he played real physical you know, he a dog.

641
00:27:40,148 --> 00:27:42,428
Speaker 12: We're gonna do anything to go and do anything, you know,

642
00:27:42,468 --> 00:27:45,628
Speaker 12: to help the teammates, you know, win anything the organization

643
00:27:45,708 --> 00:27:46,028
Speaker 12: the needs.

644
00:27:46,068 --> 00:27:47,668
Speaker 4: And then you know, just being a great teammate.

645
00:27:48,188 --> 00:27:50,908
Speaker 11: As we approach the NFL Draft, what's something that maybe

646
00:27:50,948 --> 00:27:53,468
Speaker 11: people still don't know about you? We've seen it all

647
00:27:53,508 --> 00:27:56,068
Speaker 11: on the field, but maybe something off the field.

648
00:27:56,268 --> 00:27:58,468
Speaker 4: M I'm just a real chill guy.

649
00:27:58,508 --> 00:28:00,868
Speaker 12: You know, I don't really do too much, you know,

650
00:28:00,988 --> 00:28:02,828
Speaker 12: just trying to be a great person and you know,

651
00:28:03,188 --> 00:28:04,268
Speaker 12: just keep my faith in the lore.

652
00:28:04,628 --> 00:28:07,388
Speaker 11: But I hear a pretty big skateboarder. Does that impacts

653
00:28:07,428 --> 00:28:08,548
Speaker 11: what you do out here on the field?

654
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Speaker 4: Maybe a little bit.

655
00:28:09,748 --> 00:28:11,068
Speaker 12: I guess you could say, you know, with a little

656
00:28:11,108 --> 00:28:13,628
Speaker 12: balance or something like that. But now that's definitely something

657
00:28:13,628 --> 00:28:14,908
Speaker 12: that I've been doing since a young kid.

658
00:28:15,468 --> 00:28:17,948
Speaker 11: And then, you know, as you enter into the NFL,

659
00:28:17,988 --> 00:28:20,708
Speaker 11: what do you if you think twenty years down the line,

660
00:28:20,748 --> 00:28:22,868
Speaker 11: what do you want your NFL career to be?

661
00:28:23,708 --> 00:28:24,108
Speaker 4: Mm hmm.

662
00:28:24,388 --> 00:28:26,508
Speaker 12: You know that's a tough question, you know, and that's

663
00:28:26,548 --> 00:28:27,828
Speaker 12: really far down the line from here.

664
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Speaker 4: You know.

665
00:28:28,028 --> 00:28:29,908
Speaker 12: I just try to do, you know, everything I could do,

666
00:28:29,948 --> 00:28:31,948
Speaker 12: you know, each day, and then you know, really don't

667
00:28:32,188 --> 00:28:34,228
Speaker 12: set to, you know, look too far ahead, you know,

668
00:28:34,348 --> 00:28:36,308
Speaker 12: just do what I can do and then just look

669
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Speaker 12: up and then hopefully, you.

670
00:28:37,148 --> 00:28:37,908
Speaker 4: Know, success is there.

671
00:28:38,108 --> 00:28:39,068
Speaker 11: Good luck, thanks so much.

672
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Speaker 12: I appreciate it.

673
00:28:40,908 --> 00:28:42,108
Speaker 2: Good stuff for Jacondin.

674
00:28:42,148 --> 00:28:44,268
Speaker 1: They are one of the premier athletes that we have

675
00:28:44,348 --> 00:28:46,468
Speaker 1: in the draft. There are numerous teams in the top

676
00:28:46,508 --> 00:28:50,668
Speaker 1: ten that could use a wide receiver like that. Titan, Saints, Brown's, Jets,

677
00:28:50,708 --> 00:28:53,588
Speaker 1: Commanders all certainly come to mind. It's gonna be really

678
00:28:53,708 --> 00:28:56,548
Speaker 1: very interesting to see where Makay's draft buzz is going

679
00:28:56,588 --> 00:28:57,988
Speaker 1: to lead us in the next couple of weeks.

680
00:28:58,028 --> 00:28:59,708
Speaker 2: Meanwhile, a whirlwind.

681
00:28:59,268 --> 00:29:02,508
Speaker 1: Week for our very own Mike Arafolo, free agency, frenzy

682
00:29:02,948 --> 00:29:05,148
Speaker 1: finally dying down. Just to bit will take a deep

683
00:29:05,188 --> 00:29:07,588
Speaker 1: dive into the week that was for Mike with our

684
00:29:07,668 --> 00:29:08,908
Speaker 1: latest segment.

685
00:29:09,028 --> 00:29:11,908
Speaker 6: Mike on the Mic, Why.

686
00:29:23,268 --> 00:29:28,268
Speaker 1: Good morning back here? Good Morning Football? Yesterday, things kind

687
00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:29,908
Speaker 1: of hit the fan just a little bit. Mike g

688
00:29:30,108 --> 00:29:32,748
Speaker 1: actually lost internet connection and we lost him in the

689
00:29:32,748 --> 00:29:33,748
Speaker 1: middle of the show.

690
00:29:33,788 --> 00:29:34,668
Speaker 2: That's never a good thing.

691
00:29:34,708 --> 00:29:36,588
Speaker 1: And we were supposed to do a segment called Mikey

692
00:29:36,708 --> 00:29:39,348
Speaker 1: on the Mic, and it quickly turned into what's Ian

693
00:29:39,428 --> 00:29:39,908
Speaker 1: been seeing?

694
00:29:40,228 --> 00:29:43,988
Speaker 2: Take a look? We got a new segment, What's Ian

695
00:29:44,708 --> 00:29:45,308
Speaker 2: been seeing?

696
00:29:45,868 --> 00:29:46,108
Speaker 3: Ian?

697
00:29:46,308 --> 00:29:46,428
Speaker 8: Uh?

698
00:29:47,148 --> 00:29:47,468
Speaker 4: You see?

699
00:29:47,548 --> 00:29:49,628
Speaker 1: Are You're not just anybody who's got your own segment?

700
00:29:49,948 --> 00:29:52,668
Speaker 2: I mean the picture was great.

701
00:29:52,868 --> 00:29:56,428
Speaker 5: Mike just fully bailing out, claiming that Internet I don't

702
00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:56,708
Speaker 5: know all this.

703
00:29:56,908 --> 00:29:57,508
Speaker 3: There's listening to.

704
00:29:57,548 --> 00:30:00,068
Speaker 5: You guys talk about, you know, the alleged.

705
00:29:59,668 --> 00:30:02,068
Speaker 2: Shenanigans with the Ravens and Max. I don't think there

706
00:30:02,068 --> 00:30:05,468
Speaker 2: are any Shenanigans. Definitely Shananigan here. That was my doing

707
00:30:05,548 --> 00:30:09,308
Speaker 2: this summer. I'll just we'll find out a little bit

708
00:30:09,388 --> 00:30:12,708
Speaker 2: later on edfild that work out this conversation his camera working.

709
00:30:12,828 --> 00:30:13,308
Speaker 3: I don't know it.

710
00:30:13,348 --> 00:30:13,948
Speaker 12: I don't maybe I.

711
00:30:13,908 --> 00:30:14,388
Speaker 3: Don't work it.

712
00:30:14,388 --> 00:30:15,948
Speaker 2: We want to work a little double duty there by

713
00:30:15,948 --> 00:30:16,868
Speaker 2: the way, you know, he's.

714
00:30:16,708 --> 00:30:18,948
Speaker 1: Got this on at home and he is stealing they

715
00:30:19,068 --> 00:30:22,508
Speaker 1: or to not have an opportunity to this fund just's.

716
00:30:22,028 --> 00:30:23,348
Speaker 2: Probably got to speed up the smoking.

717
00:30:23,428 --> 00:30:25,148
Speaker 3: So probably a little more than you wanted.

718
00:30:25,188 --> 00:30:26,868
Speaker 4: But that was crazy that.

719
00:30:26,948 --> 00:30:28,268
Speaker 2: That's exactly what we wanted.

720
00:30:28,468 --> 00:30:31,028
Speaker 5: That is exactly what we picked a fourth wall down,

721
00:30:31,828 --> 00:30:32,628
Speaker 5: trying to get some rest.

722
00:30:32,908 --> 00:30:44,068
Speaker 2: Probably not gonna happen today. Yeah, that's just cold. That

723
00:30:44,308 --> 00:30:46,388
Speaker 2: is cold, Mike. We're gonna try this one more time.

724
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Speaker 3: By the way, we're watching that the first I've seen

725
00:30:49,908 --> 00:30:51,348
Speaker 3: or heard any of that, ok, Sean.

726
00:30:52,108 --> 00:30:54,228
Speaker 1: So so the feet weren't up, So I'm going a

727
00:30:54,228 --> 00:30:55,708
Speaker 1: cigar watching us work.

728
00:30:55,748 --> 00:30:56,748
Speaker 2: Okay, Just no.

729
00:30:56,868 --> 00:31:00,828
Speaker 3: I was actually taking the time to do some clean

730
00:31:00,908 --> 00:31:02,508
Speaker 3: up and run, you know, like the stuff that I

731
00:31:02,508 --> 00:31:04,268
Speaker 3: hadn't been doing for days. This place was turning in

732
00:31:04,308 --> 00:31:06,548
Speaker 3: the big stye. They cleaned up the opposite everything like that,

733
00:31:06,708 --> 00:31:08,428
Speaker 3: and I couldn't see the show because I didn't have

734
00:31:08,468 --> 00:31:11,228
Speaker 3: my return monitor up. So it's the first I'm hearing

735
00:31:11,428 --> 00:31:13,708
Speaker 3: Ian absolutely crushed me on National TV. You can get

736
00:31:13,748 --> 00:31:14,108
Speaker 3: him back.

737
00:31:14,188 --> 00:31:16,388
Speaker 1: He absolutely did it, and I know you will so

738
00:31:16,468 --> 00:31:19,508
Speaker 1: let's we're gonna we're gonna reset here, give you an opportunity.

739
00:31:20,228 --> 00:31:23,308
Speaker 1: Mike on the bike, all right, the news, Max cras

740
00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:25,588
Speaker 1: here we go. All right, there's that animation for you back.

741
00:31:26,388 --> 00:31:28,748
Speaker 1: I mean, no, no more. I've got a better picture

742
00:31:28,788 --> 00:31:32,788
Speaker 1: than that. By the way, they do use headshots sometimes

743
00:31:32,828 --> 00:31:34,828
Speaker 1: and I'm like, man, I don't know if I like

744
00:31:34,948 --> 00:31:36,948
Speaker 1: that one, but this is what we're rolling with here,

745
00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:40,668
Speaker 1: all right, Max Crosby clearly the biggest news around.

746
00:31:40,428 --> 00:31:44,108
Speaker 2: This free agency cycle in this offseason, aside from that Mic.

747
00:31:44,428 --> 00:31:46,828
Speaker 1: The moves that that shocked you the most, which will

748
00:31:46,868 --> 00:31:47,548
Speaker 1: caught you off.

749
00:31:47,428 --> 00:31:53,188
Speaker 3: Guard, uh, Evan Neil signing with the Giants, the seventh

750
00:31:53,268 --> 00:31:56,308
Speaker 3: overall pick in the twenty twenty two draft that a

751
00:31:56,308 --> 00:31:58,548
Speaker 3: lot of folks thought was out of here because it's

752
00:31:58,588 --> 00:32:02,228
Speaker 3: been a rocky and that's probably putting it lately, a

753
00:32:02,348 --> 00:32:06,468
Speaker 3: rocky four years with the Giants. This one was broken

754
00:32:06,988 --> 00:32:11,228
Speaker 3: on X by his agency, and I had to read

755
00:32:11,268 --> 00:32:13,988
Speaker 3: the graphic about five times to make sure I had it.

756
00:32:14,068 --> 00:32:16,388
Speaker 3: I was like, well, wait, maybe maybe maybe the Jets

757
00:32:16,628 --> 00:32:18,468
Speaker 3: right like it's staying in New York, it said, and

758
00:32:18,468 --> 00:32:22,188
Speaker 3: then like smelled the Jets, and I was like wait

759
00:32:22,188 --> 00:32:23,868
Speaker 3: a second, you know, and I double checked it and

760
00:32:23,908 --> 00:32:25,948
Speaker 3: they were like, yeah, yeah, he's coming back. Yeah, Harball

761
00:32:26,828 --> 00:32:30,748
Speaker 3: wants to basically unearthed what hasn't yet to be unearthed.

762
00:32:30,748 --> 00:32:33,548
Speaker 3: All that potential went back to what he saw pre draft,

763
00:32:33,628 --> 00:32:36,868
Speaker 3: what he felt for the evaluated guys pre draft in Baltimore.

764
00:32:36,948 --> 00:32:38,588
Speaker 3: Sometimes he got him, sometimes he didn't. So he had

765
00:32:38,628 --> 00:32:40,428
Speaker 3: those evaluations and some of the stuff that he saw

766
00:32:40,468 --> 00:32:42,588
Speaker 3: on tape, and so this new coaching staff wants to

767
00:32:42,588 --> 00:32:45,028
Speaker 3: reset it. So that's the one that was just guy

768
00:32:45,148 --> 00:32:47,628
Speaker 3: was completely blown away. I cannot believe that that one occurred,

769
00:32:47,668 --> 00:32:49,228
Speaker 3: and I don't think that anybody could because again, it

770
00:32:49,228 --> 00:32:50,828
Speaker 3: didn't get out till his agency put it out.

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00:32:50,868 --> 00:32:54,668
Speaker 6: That's amazing, all right, my gen next question as an insider,

772
00:32:54,748 --> 00:32:57,588
Speaker 6: was there any news that was particularly hard for you

773
00:32:57,668 --> 00:32:59,148
Speaker 6: to get or acquire?

774
00:33:01,828 --> 00:33:01,988
Speaker 10: Uh?

775
00:33:02,748 --> 00:33:07,508
Speaker 3: Well, yeah, so I would have to be a little

776
00:33:07,548 --> 00:33:09,388
Speaker 3: bague on this one. There there is a there is

777
00:33:09,428 --> 00:33:16,828
Speaker 3: an agent at a prominent firm that I know him,

778
00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:19,028
Speaker 3: we have a relationship, but he just doesn't reply anymore,

779
00:33:19,068 --> 00:33:21,108
Speaker 3: like he's done. And it's not just me, it's just everybody.

780
00:33:21,708 --> 00:33:24,588
Speaker 3: And at some point he had a bunch of news

781
00:33:24,588 --> 00:33:27,668
Speaker 3: and at some point. I looked back at my text

782
00:33:27,708 --> 00:33:30,068
Speaker 3: thread and it was all blue, dating back to May

783
00:33:30,988 --> 00:33:33,428
Speaker 3: and so I said, well, we can have some fun

784
00:33:33,428 --> 00:33:34,988
Speaker 3: with this, or we can get angers. So he had

785
00:33:34,988 --> 00:33:37,228
Speaker 3: some fun with it, so I said it. I scrolled

786
00:33:37,268 --> 00:33:39,148
Speaker 3: through in a video and I said it to everybody

787
00:33:39,228 --> 00:33:43,228
Speaker 3: hurts by R E. M. Which if you recall the video,

788
00:33:43,828 --> 00:33:46,828
Speaker 3: you know Michael Stipe getting out of the car in

789
00:33:46,908 --> 00:33:50,868
Speaker 3: traffic and everybody else joining him. And I send it

790
00:33:50,908 --> 00:33:53,148
Speaker 3: to the rest of the agents at his firm, and

791
00:33:53,188 --> 00:33:54,708
Speaker 3: I was like, if you could, if you could send

792
00:33:54,708 --> 00:33:59,228
Speaker 3: this to blank and just will he find this funny?

793
00:33:59,228 --> 00:34:01,188
Speaker 3: They're like, yeah, he will, and maybe he has. I

794
00:34:01,188 --> 00:34:05,948
Speaker 3: don't know. I still haven't herb G, you're.

795
00:34:05,788 --> 00:34:07,668
Speaker 2: Still left on red. I love that.

796
00:34:07,948 --> 00:34:08,508
Speaker 3: I love it.

797
00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:11,268
Speaker 5: Good consistency, that's key. I liked that he didn't break

798
00:34:11,268 --> 00:34:12,948
Speaker 5: even for that rim piece.

799
00:34:14,388 --> 00:34:14,668
Speaker 2: Mike G.

800
00:34:14,948 --> 00:34:17,548
Speaker 5: What did you have a piece of news or something

801
00:34:17,548 --> 00:34:19,268
Speaker 5: that you had to sit on for a minute. Was

802
00:34:19,268 --> 00:34:21,388
Speaker 5: there any like secrets you had to keep before you

803
00:34:21,388 --> 00:34:22,108
Speaker 5: could get him out?

804
00:34:25,188 --> 00:34:25,308
Speaker 12: Uh?

805
00:34:25,628 --> 00:34:28,988
Speaker 3: This was actually before the free agent window opened up.

806
00:34:29,708 --> 00:34:34,988
Speaker 3: And I was like making sure all the eyes were

807
00:34:35,068 --> 00:34:37,588
Speaker 3: dotted and the t's were crossed and everything, and I

808
00:34:37,588 --> 00:34:41,348
Speaker 3: was like James Connor took a pay cut. He restructured

809
00:34:41,388 --> 00:34:44,748
Speaker 3: to stay in Arizona, and I, for some reason texted

810
00:34:44,788 --> 00:34:47,268
Speaker 3: Ian about it, but I never texted Tom Pelisaro about it.

811
00:34:47,268 --> 00:34:49,988
Speaker 3: I said, hey, I'm waiting to finalize this and just

812
00:34:50,028 --> 00:34:54,188
Speaker 3: make sure everything's good to do it, and friendly fire

813
00:34:54,388 --> 00:34:56,228
Speaker 3: Pelisaro got me all of a sudden, I got the

814
00:34:56,228 --> 00:34:59,628
Speaker 3: alert from his post. I was like, dude, the hell man,

815
00:34:59,748 --> 00:35:03,508
Speaker 3: I've been waiting. He's like, oh, sorry, had no idea.

816
00:35:04,388 --> 00:35:06,868
Speaker 3: So Pela Saro got me out. He scoomed to me

817
00:35:06,908 --> 00:35:09,108
Speaker 3: on something I was waiting on there and he put

818
00:35:09,108 --> 00:35:15,108
Speaker 3: it out and then actually coincidentally Tyler Algier who wound

819
00:35:15,228 --> 00:35:17,308
Speaker 3: up being the free agent signing there, and I got

820
00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:20,828
Speaker 3: word that he had agreed the terms and was told

821
00:35:20,868 --> 00:35:23,668
Speaker 3: like hold on, hold on, hold on. His agents need

822
00:35:23,708 --> 00:35:25,548
Speaker 3: to get a hold of time, like they couldn't get

823
00:35:25,548 --> 00:35:28,708
Speaker 3: a hold of him for some reason. I don't know why.

824
00:35:28,948 --> 00:35:30,148
Speaker 3: So I had to wait for that, and I'm like,

825
00:35:30,708 --> 00:35:32,628
Speaker 3: Peli Saro's gonna get me again. I know he is.

826
00:35:32,628 --> 00:35:34,308
Speaker 3: Thankfully he didn't. I was able to get that one

827
00:35:34,308 --> 00:35:36,108
Speaker 3: out there. De fight the way, Mike.

828
00:35:36,188 --> 00:35:38,468
Speaker 1: I will say this, though you did get a really

829
00:35:38,508 --> 00:35:41,028
Speaker 1: big chunk. And I know said I had prefaced all

830
00:35:41,068 --> 00:35:43,548
Speaker 1: the news around aside from Max Crosby. I was leaving

831
00:35:43,588 --> 00:35:45,988
Speaker 1: the gym and I finish up the workout and I

832
00:35:45,988 --> 00:35:47,908
Speaker 1: look at my phone and I see that the Crosby

833
00:35:47,948 --> 00:35:49,348
Speaker 1: News and I'm like, you got to be kidding me.

834
00:35:49,588 --> 00:35:51,468
Speaker 1: You guys are supposed to be done on Insider. So

835
00:35:51,468 --> 00:35:53,148
Speaker 1: I immediately pulled it up on my phone. I was like, oh,

836
00:35:53,148 --> 00:35:55,468
Speaker 1: I wonder what's happening right now. You guys went overtime

837
00:35:55,468 --> 00:35:57,468
Speaker 1: and I'm listening to you as I'm driving. I wasn't

838
00:35:57,468 --> 00:35:59,868
Speaker 1: watching two Hands on the wheel safety first, but I'm

839
00:35:59,908 --> 00:36:02,668
Speaker 1: listening and you had the news on medical.

840
00:36:03,068 --> 00:36:05,028
Speaker 2: So that was because we're all sitting here going like,

841
00:36:05,068 --> 00:36:06,108
Speaker 2: what happened? What happened?

842
00:36:06,148 --> 00:36:08,828
Speaker 1: And I, you know, I happened to hear your voice

843
00:36:08,828 --> 00:36:10,148
Speaker 1: and you got that one.

844
00:36:10,908 --> 00:36:13,188
Speaker 3: We had a pretty good feel immediately for that one.

845
00:36:13,228 --> 00:36:14,748
Speaker 3: But it was like, you want to get it locked

846
00:36:14,788 --> 00:36:17,588
Speaker 3: down from somebody involved who says, like, you know, not

847
00:36:17,708 --> 00:36:19,828
Speaker 3: for me, but yes, that's this is what happened. So

848
00:36:20,268 --> 00:36:22,828
Speaker 3: we're going through that, and and in the meantime, we

849
00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:25,988
Speaker 3: come on the air and they go right to Ian

850
00:36:26,028 --> 00:36:28,548
Speaker 3: and I thought Ian handled it wonderfully. See I'm not

851
00:36:28,548 --> 00:36:30,108
Speaker 3: getting him back. I could crush him on this one,

852
00:36:30,108 --> 00:36:33,068
Speaker 3: but I'm not kidding. I thought he said, let's be honest.

853
00:36:33,148 --> 00:36:34,988
Speaker 3: The best thing we can do here is to admit

854
00:36:35,908 --> 00:36:37,788
Speaker 3: we don't know yet, but you have to come on

855
00:36:37,788 --> 00:36:39,948
Speaker 3: the air with the news and we're working on it.

856
00:36:40,068 --> 00:36:42,428
Speaker 3: So it's it's cool to do it in real time.

857
00:36:42,708 --> 00:36:44,708
Speaker 3: You know that. That's why we do what we do.

858
00:36:44,748 --> 00:36:47,188
Speaker 3: One of those moments where you're really scrambling and you're

859
00:36:47,388 --> 00:36:49,588
Speaker 3: texting while you're on the air. Hey, I got to

860
00:36:49,588 --> 00:36:51,908
Speaker 3: take this real fast, and so that's that's that's what

861
00:36:52,028 --> 00:36:56,268
Speaker 3: gets your juice is going. That's that's our WrestleMania going.

862
00:36:56,308 --> 00:36:58,308
Speaker 3: As insider, we were all fired up for it.

863
00:36:58,388 --> 00:37:00,188
Speaker 1: By the way, we also have a memorable moment for

864
00:37:00,228 --> 00:37:01,788
Speaker 1: you because there was a lot of coverage that we

865
00:37:01,868 --> 00:37:04,748
Speaker 1: did and you were part of here on free agency.

866
00:37:06,548 --> 00:37:09,508
Speaker 2: What's the market expected to look like for.

867
00:37:09,588 --> 00:37:13,508
Speaker 7: Kirk at the moment is.

868
00:37:17,988 --> 00:37:20,028
Speaker 3: Look live TV. I love it.

869
00:37:20,228 --> 00:37:23,668
Speaker 9: Bless you gotta seeze, bless you you can.

870
00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:27,588
Speaker 3: I never get Tom. Bless him, blessed got him good.

871
00:37:27,628 --> 00:37:29,148
Speaker 2: Three days see this one.

872
00:37:29,228 --> 00:37:32,588
Speaker 7: Three days of free agency frenzy like twenty three and

873
00:37:32,628 --> 00:37:33,628
Speaker 7: a half hours.

874
00:37:33,708 --> 00:37:35,628
Speaker 3: We almost survived and then.

875
00:37:35,708 --> 00:37:40,148
Speaker 7: Like this and all this green pieces all over his desks.

876
00:37:40,428 --> 00:37:41,148
Speaker 3: He's got him.

877
00:37:41,228 --> 00:37:44,348
Speaker 7: You know this were like Suddy Batista, this were twenty twenty,

878
00:37:44,708 --> 00:37:46,748
Speaker 7: you'd have a two weeks off from the show after

879
00:37:46,828 --> 00:37:49,468
Speaker 7: doing that. They'd have to disaffect your office before you're

880
00:37:49,508 --> 00:37:50,708
Speaker 7: allowed back onto the air.

881
00:37:52,948 --> 00:37:56,988
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean so Judy quickly texted me bless you nobody.

882
00:37:57,108 --> 00:38:02,148
Speaker 3: I didn't hear bless you from anybody else. Number Two,

883
00:38:02,468 --> 00:38:05,068
Speaker 3: I'm saying I never get I never get on that

884
00:38:05,188 --> 00:38:08,508
Speaker 3: because Ian is so easy to get, Like during the

885
00:38:08,508 --> 00:38:10,028
Speaker 3: three days, if we're like, who am I? How am

886
00:38:10,068 --> 00:38:11,348
Speaker 3: I going to be able to knock him off? And

887
00:38:11,388 --> 00:38:14,228
Speaker 3: I never get tough. In fact, I think earlier that day,

888
00:38:14,828 --> 00:38:16,948
Speaker 3: if I'm not mistaken, was when Tom was doing his

889
00:38:17,388 --> 00:38:19,348
Speaker 3: you know, teams around the league are talking about the

890
00:38:19,428 --> 00:38:21,428
Speaker 3: Ravens and pulling out of the trade. He's like, and

891
00:38:21,508 --> 00:38:23,988
Speaker 3: this is dirty pool to a lot of people. And

892
00:38:24,028 --> 00:38:25,388
Speaker 3: then they came to me and I was like, never

893
00:38:25,428 --> 00:38:27,388
Speaker 3: swim in a dirty pool, Tom, That's how you fail

894
00:38:27,508 --> 00:38:31,268
Speaker 3: physical And I paused and he just didn't flinch, and

895
00:38:31,308 --> 00:38:34,108
Speaker 3: I was like, and meanwhile, Steve Smith is cackling off air,

896
00:38:35,388 --> 00:38:36,868
Speaker 3: and so I got him. I get him on the

897
00:38:36,988 --> 00:38:38,948
Speaker 3: unintentionally on a sneeze. That's the way it's got. Like.

898
00:38:38,988 --> 00:38:40,588
Speaker 3: The timing of that was just so perfect.

899
00:38:40,748 --> 00:38:41,308
Speaker 2: It was epic.

900
00:38:41,348 --> 00:38:42,628
Speaker 1: You did get me on the pool because you were

901
00:38:42,628 --> 00:38:44,388
Speaker 1: actually that was the show that that I was working

902
00:38:44,428 --> 00:38:46,788
Speaker 1: on for yougency from At the end, you did get

903
00:38:46,828 --> 00:38:49,828
Speaker 1: a big chuckle from Steve Smith, who absolutely loved it.

904
00:38:49,908 --> 00:38:51,428
Speaker 2: By the way, Reht's the late reaction.

905
00:38:51,828 --> 00:38:53,828
Speaker 1: He tried to be professional there and once he saw

906
00:38:53,908 --> 00:38:54,548
Speaker 1: Tom brad.

907
00:38:54,588 --> 00:38:57,868
Speaker 2: Whet's like, I'm all in, I'm allowed to laugh at this. Mike.

908
00:38:58,228 --> 00:39:00,468
Speaker 1: Kudos to you, by the way, all week long here

909
00:39:00,508 --> 00:39:02,628
Speaker 1: on NFL Network, just continuing to crush it along with

910
00:39:02,708 --> 00:39:06,228
Speaker 1: Art Insider's story after story after story, you guys just

911
00:39:06,268 --> 00:39:07,508
Speaker 1: continue to have its.

912
00:39:09,308 --> 00:39:12,428
Speaker 2: Apparently, get out there still love that up.

913
00:39:13,548 --> 00:39:14,588
Speaker 3: That's disgraceful.

914
00:39:16,268 --> 00:39:18,908
Speaker 1: The Lions picking up running back Isaiah Pacheca to replace

915
00:39:18,988 --> 00:39:22,668
Speaker 1: David Montgomery in Detroit in that backfield, that's a good move.

916
00:39:22,828 --> 00:39:24,348
Speaker 2: They'll pair him. What your mirror gives now.

917
00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:26,668
Speaker 1: But Checko said he had some options in that free

918
00:39:26,708 --> 00:39:29,668
Speaker 1: agency market, but after talking to Dan Campbell, he knew

919
00:39:29,708 --> 00:39:30,588
Speaker 1: he made the right choice.

920
00:39:32,228 --> 00:39:32,708
Speaker 12: Oh man.

921
00:39:32,988 --> 00:39:35,108
Speaker 2: Our first conversation, I was screaming on the phone.

922
00:39:37,348 --> 00:39:38,308
Speaker 3: I'm ready to go.

923
00:39:40,428 --> 00:39:42,708
Speaker 4: He's like, oh yeah, but check what number are you going?

924
00:39:42,788 --> 00:39:45,668
Speaker 4: You're going with right, let's go.

925
00:39:46,388 --> 00:39:50,348
Speaker 2: I'm on my way. I'm coming home. So that was the.

926
00:39:51,828 --> 00:39:54,708
Speaker 10: No drilling during the call, and I just I just

927
00:39:54,748 --> 00:39:57,828
Speaker 10: couldn't thank them enough for just, you know, thinking of me.

928
00:39:59,508 --> 00:40:01,228
Speaker 2: That feels really appropriate.

929
00:40:01,388 --> 00:40:03,588
Speaker 1: You talk to Dan Campbell, You're fired up, and I

930
00:40:03,708 --> 00:40:06,708
Speaker 1: understand that when I think about the nicknames and the

931
00:40:06,788 --> 00:40:09,948
Speaker 1: duos and the fit here, is this a good fit?

932
00:40:09,988 --> 00:40:10,508
Speaker 4: Do you like this?

933
00:40:11,148 --> 00:40:11,988
Speaker 2: It's a good fit.

934
00:40:12,228 --> 00:40:15,228
Speaker 6: I wouldn't say it's a replacement of David Montgomery because

935
00:40:15,268 --> 00:40:18,028
Speaker 6: I mean, David Montgomery is an outstanding player. I don't

936
00:40:18,028 --> 00:40:21,188
Speaker 6: think Isaiah is that. I love the energy out of him.

937
00:40:21,228 --> 00:40:23,708
Speaker 6: I think he's for sure a culture fit for this

938
00:40:23,828 --> 00:40:26,108
Speaker 6: team in terms of what Dan likes, the type of

939
00:40:26,228 --> 00:40:28,708
Speaker 6: energy this kid brings, how much he loves the game,

940
00:40:28,748 --> 00:40:31,748
Speaker 6: how hard he runs. Isaiah, but checko, he reminds me

941
00:40:31,788 --> 00:40:33,788
Speaker 6: of this one dude. There's a video on social media,

942
00:40:33,828 --> 00:40:36,348
Speaker 6: but any guy who's bartending and he's like twitching and

943
00:40:36,388 --> 00:40:38,308
Speaker 6: shaking his head mad fast to make it look like

944
00:40:38,348 --> 00:40:40,908
Speaker 6: he's mixing the drinks faster, but he's really not going

945
00:40:40,948 --> 00:40:44,468
Speaker 6: any faster. That's what Isaiah pa Checko reminds me of.

946
00:40:44,908 --> 00:40:48,108
Speaker 6: Shout out Isaiah. I like his game. Demo is gonna

947
00:40:48,108 --> 00:40:49,868
Speaker 6: be a tough loss to get over for this team.

948
00:40:50,028 --> 00:40:52,428
Speaker 6: But I think he's not a replacement. But he is

949
00:40:52,468 --> 00:40:53,828
Speaker 6: a good culture fit for this time.

950
00:40:53,908 --> 00:40:56,468
Speaker 3: Yeah, man, and that clip was great.

951
00:40:56,508 --> 00:40:56,988
Speaker 2: I love that.

952
00:40:57,108 --> 00:40:59,268
Speaker 5: I love that energy. I love this for the city

953
00:40:59,308 --> 00:41:02,708
Speaker 5: of Detroit. But the disrespect to Moni's got to stop. Man,

954
00:41:02,988 --> 00:41:05,188
Speaker 5: It's got to stop, all right. This is what happened

955
00:41:05,228 --> 00:41:08,108
Speaker 5: in Chicago when he left. Every Oh, Dave Montgomery will

956
00:41:08,148 --> 00:41:11,188
Speaker 5: just replace him. Same thing in Detroit now he goes here.

957
00:41:11,268 --> 00:41:15,908
Speaker 5: He is highly productive, highly reliable, doesn't put the ball

958
00:41:15,948 --> 00:41:19,268
Speaker 5: on the ground. He's a great player, a great teammate.

959
00:41:19,508 --> 00:41:23,668
Speaker 5: This guy rules, dude, and the Monte disrespect has got

960
00:41:23,708 --> 00:41:26,228
Speaker 5: to end. You are not going to replace this guy.

961
00:41:26,668 --> 00:41:29,628
Speaker 5: These are difficult shoes to fill. I mean, Sonic and Knuckles,

962
00:41:29,628 --> 00:41:32,468
Speaker 5: They're gonna live forever. I love that duo and I

963
00:41:32,508 --> 00:41:34,508
Speaker 5: love Pacheco and I love that vibe. But you can't

964
00:41:34,548 --> 00:41:36,948
Speaker 5: replace this man. Look at this man, he just does

965
00:41:36,988 --> 00:41:37,748
Speaker 5: the dirty work.

966
00:41:37,908 --> 00:41:38,508
Speaker 4: I love him.

967
00:41:38,548 --> 00:41:40,028
Speaker 2: No, I agree with you one hundred percent.

968
00:41:40,108 --> 00:41:42,588
Speaker 6: And I hate that he gets this power back, power

969
00:41:42,628 --> 00:41:45,068
Speaker 6: back like David Montgomery could do it all. He gonna

970
00:41:45,068 --> 00:41:47,548
Speaker 6: give you that fa too, like he can shake you

971
00:41:47,828 --> 00:41:50,788
Speaker 6: out in open space all day long. So, and he's

972
00:41:50,828 --> 00:41:53,748
Speaker 6: a great teammate. He was okay with delegating the jaw.

973
00:41:54,108 --> 00:41:55,748
Speaker 6: The big loss for the team really is.

974
00:41:57,508 --> 00:42:01,708
Speaker 3: I agree, and David Montgomery, you know, gets paid moll

975
00:42:01,828 --> 00:42:03,908
Speaker 3: right like that that was part of this whole deal.

976
00:42:05,228 --> 00:42:07,028
Speaker 3: I haven't seen that Bartender video either. I got to

977
00:42:07,028 --> 00:42:08,708
Speaker 3: see it, but that was a great enalogy, like Isaiah,

978
00:42:08,708 --> 00:42:10,508
Speaker 3: but check over his legs move and everything pump and

979
00:42:10,548 --> 00:42:14,068
Speaker 3: makes it looks like he's going faster. The numbers bring

980
00:42:14,068 --> 00:42:17,188
Speaker 3: the numbers up can at one point eight one million,

981
00:42:17,308 --> 00:42:19,308
Speaker 3: and I was like, it's such a weird number. I

982
00:42:19,348 --> 00:42:22,428
Speaker 3: noticed some folks. This is a number that a bunch

983
00:42:22,468 --> 00:42:25,388
Speaker 3: of teams are proposing to free agents right now. But

984
00:42:25,508 --> 00:42:28,548
Speaker 3: check was signed earlier. It keeps it under the compensatory

985
00:42:28,548 --> 00:42:31,268
Speaker 3: pick formula, so he doesn't count. It's like, how much

986
00:42:31,308 --> 00:42:34,748
Speaker 3: money can you get without counting towards the So Montgomery

987
00:42:34,988 --> 00:42:36,868
Speaker 3: leaving and all the guys that have left the Lions

988
00:42:36,868 --> 00:42:39,748
Speaker 3: they're hopeful that next year they get compics and that

989
00:42:39,908 --> 00:42:42,028
Speaker 3: this works into the formula. So we've got a really

990
00:42:42,068 --> 00:42:44,748
Speaker 3: good running back for under that number that won't count

991
00:42:44,788 --> 00:42:46,988
Speaker 3: towards the formula. That's why that number is what it is.

992
00:42:47,068 --> 00:42:48,548
Speaker 1: Thank you for clarifying, by the way, because when I

993
00:42:48,748 --> 00:42:52,828
Speaker 1: see that number, I was, hey, actually see figures like that.

994
00:42:53,468 --> 00:42:55,268
Speaker 1: One of the note you didn't see it on television,

995
00:42:55,268 --> 00:42:56,908
Speaker 1: but the analogy when Jason threw it.

996
00:42:56,988 --> 00:42:59,468
Speaker 2: Mike's face was absolutely classic.

997
00:43:00,108 --> 00:43:04,508
Speaker 1: Where's he going with this?