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Speaker 1: Around the NFL Podcast Day Today. Welcome to another edition

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Speaker 1: of the Around the NFL Podcast. My name is Dan Hands,

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Speaker 1: I can't even do the that's the morning after the

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Speaker 1: much better year than Eric Ebron, even with Eric Ebron's touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: And Karim Jackson from the Texans should be in over

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Speaker 1: Jalen Ramsey. Well, there were some good surprises. The Brady

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Speaker 1: one seemed obvious, but yeah, I like those other ones.

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Speaker 1: The good thing is at least twenty to thirty of

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Speaker 1: these players will opt out of this game, so you're

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Speaker 1: probably gonna see all the players you just named in

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Speaker 1: some form unless they also opt out once there named

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Speaker 1: is alternate. I do wish we could come up with

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Speaker 1: a different way to categorize that. I think you should

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Speaker 1: only get credit for the Pro Bowl if you're on

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Speaker 1: this initial list, like in terms of and I also

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Speaker 1: wish you could not divide it by conference because you

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Speaker 1: get situations like Christian McCaffrey and Alvin Camary didn't make

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Speaker 1: the Pro Bowl and yet and I was like, oh wow,

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Speaker 1: that's too bad. What snubs. But no, they weren't snubbs

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Speaker 1: because they're behind Gurley, se Quon Barkley, and Ezekiel And

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Speaker 1: I'm not really I don't think they're way behind them.

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Speaker 1: But I'm not going to argue like crazy for those guys.

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Speaker 1: But then you look at the a f C. And

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Speaker 1: as great as you know, Philip Lindsay is uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: I would certainly take those two guys over him, and

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Speaker 1: even even James Connor and Melvin Gordon. So I put it.

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Speaker 1: I put them all in over any of these. But

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Speaker 1: your boy Layton Vanderesh did not make it. Is that

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Speaker 1: are you? Does that keeping you up at night? Now?

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Speaker 1: He shouldn't enough, he only played half the season. Most

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Speaker 1: snubs issues are like people that would want the Pro

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Speaker 1: Bowl roster to balloon to seven to eight hundred people,

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Speaker 1: and there's sometimes a rookie tax, and he'll probably make

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Speaker 1: it next. Jarwin James got the free safety not which

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Speaker 1: I think was says a lot as Akie. My boy

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Speaker 1: Jamal Adams made the Pro Bowl. It's and and people

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Speaker 1: that one biggest snub obviously is even though I love

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Speaker 1: it because it's a jet, Jason Myers made the team

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Speaker 1: over Justin Tucker. Come on, let's calm down. Who does

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Speaker 1: on the field because part of it is narrative and

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Speaker 1: Justin Tucker missed a huge extra point that essentially ruined

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Speaker 1: his season in the eyes of people, but otherwise it's

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Speaker 1: been just as great as ever. But that's life. Um.

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Speaker 1: The All Pro Team, uh, just for I don't know

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Speaker 1: out there, does not break it up by conference and

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Speaker 1: is voted on by writers, UH and reporters. The Pro

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Speaker 1: Bowl team is selected by it's one third each three

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Speaker 1: UH three three groups. There's UH fans which only came

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Speaker 1: into existence ten or twenty years ago, players and coaches,

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Speaker 1: and when it's time to vote for the Hall of Fame,

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Speaker 1: the voters consider All pros much more than Pro Bowls, right,

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Speaker 1: And that's the very top of the league too, because

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Speaker 1: you know, the only you know, one tight end makes

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Speaker 1: it as a first team or only you know to

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Speaker 1: make it at all. In terms of second team, it's harder,

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Speaker 1: it's exclusive. I think your boy Jamal Adams is going

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Speaker 1: to be first team All Pro. I think I think

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Speaker 1: West should uh West is All Pro Team, which he

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Speaker 1: has now been doing on NFL dot Com for five years.

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Speaker 1: That should be taken into consideration by the Hall of

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Speaker 1: Fame voters. I'm serious. Why not better than the pros? Real?

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Speaker 1: It's like, that's a good document. What are you gonna do? That's,

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Speaker 1: by the way, in four arguments from us in four

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Speaker 1: years on the job. That's Mike mcagnet's first All Pro.

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Speaker 1: So if that's great, they'll have a whole field of

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Speaker 1: All Pro players in about a hundred years the long

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Speaker 1: snapper by the y know people are up at night.

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Speaker 1: It will be to be named by the coach at

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Speaker 1: a future date. Okay, good case your pro bowl pools

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Speaker 1: all business today and I like it. You're a guy

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Speaker 1: that's You've come here to deliver content and information and

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Speaker 1: analysis about professional football and then you gone and I

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Speaker 1: respect it. You got the eye of the tiger. It's

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Speaker 1: like an angry tiger. Like not an angry tiger, but

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Speaker 1: bit and I would just want to kill my prey

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Speaker 1: and go take a nap in a cave so junk

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Speaker 1: where the tigers sleep. And you're wearing like a Steve

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Speaker 1: Jobs like kind of uh roll up sweater and it's

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Speaker 1: kind of like Jobs like a few days before the

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Speaker 1: big product launch. And he's not taking any now he's

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Speaker 1: sleeping in the office. Put it down, and he's not

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Speaker 1: too happy about how some departments are performing. He's like,

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Speaker 1: if if this, if this show is going to go

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Speaker 1: the way I need this show when we a lot

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Speaker 1: our next product, I need you guys to raise your

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Speaker 1: game to where I'm at exactly. He wants other people

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Speaker 1: to be at his level and this narrative. Steve Jobs

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Speaker 1: I don't think it was quite three, not quite, But

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Speaker 1: was it? You guys were still? You guys are still.

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Speaker 1: I don't think she was there at the end. She

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Speaker 1: was busy too, but that's a different conversation. West on

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Speaker 1: the Tuesday Twitter Show, I thought it was well put,

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Speaker 1: as it so often is with us. I think you

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Speaker 1: were breaking down our Monday night football game between the

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Speaker 1: Saints and Panthers and a game that didn't go how

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Speaker 1: a lot of us expected it to go, and that

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Speaker 1: has kind of been emblematic of what's been happening in

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Speaker 1: the NFL since about Thanksgiving. So to set up our

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Speaker 1: segment here, can you kind of go through that again? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think that Thanksgiving to Christmas gauntlet we just went

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Speaker 1: through or are currently going through. It really even the

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Speaker 1: playing field for January, it got rid of the teams.

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Speaker 1: As Greg said, the aura of invincive invincibility surrounding the Saints,

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Speaker 1: Rams and Chiefs is gone. Um, so I think they're all.

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Speaker 1: You know, if this truly does, if the season truly

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Speaker 1: does start at Thanksgiving, the teams we thought were unbeatable

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Speaker 1: aren't really unbeatable at all? Alright, nice set up there,

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Speaker 1: Uh so hence the segment. Nothing seems certain anymore ellipses.

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Speaker 1: But I'm still certain about this. This all capitalized, Mark,

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Speaker 1: I mean, this is almost like a philosophical segment about

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Speaker 1: you know, certainty in life? What is certain? Pretty deep question,

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Speaker 1: I mean for today's show. After that, a little heavy,

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Speaker 1: a little heavy to our best stick to this football

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Speaker 1: mark you Okay, I am certain. I am deadly certain

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Speaker 1: about this that the Seahawks will in very ably meet

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Speaker 1: Dallas in the playoffs, and Seattle's coaching staff, as I

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Speaker 1: will not be surprised by one bit by this will

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Speaker 1: out scheme out coach an outduel a Dallas coaching staff

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Speaker 1: that will be totally overwhelmed and probably lose at home.

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Speaker 1: So you're going all the way into and predicting the

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Speaker 1: outcome a playoff game that has not even been scheduled.

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Speaker 1: It does seem that it's pretty locked in that they're

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Speaker 1: gonna play each other barring a massive mailtown. And if

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Speaker 1: one of them were just totally maltown, no one's gonna

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Speaker 1: remember that. I said this, I'm not doubting you, which

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Speaker 1: had a really good season with prognostication really good. It's

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Speaker 1: a little week it's it's a little bit better than

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Speaker 1: really good. It's been Hall of Fame were But I

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Speaker 1: will know that that Falcon super Bowl title is coming

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Speaker 1: outside of that right around that one. I don't they

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Speaker 1: who are they playing against the Steelers? That's stuff. Um,

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Speaker 1: but you've done a nice job better than my Giants

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Speaker 1: super Bowl win from last year, a little bit better. Um,

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Speaker 1: So it could happen, and it still feels like it

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Speaker 1: might happen. But the Cowboys and the Seahawks coming off

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Speaker 1: bad losses, what this is for me is total trust

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Speaker 1: that Pete Carroll will enter the postseason realms as one

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Speaker 1: of the league's better coaches, and the Dallas Cowboys do

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Speaker 1: not have that at head coach. I love that, And

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Speaker 1: you're right because if you look at the seats schedule,

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Speaker 1: they have the Cardinals in Week seventeen. I most likely

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Speaker 1: that's all they're gonna need is to get that win. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And the odds are that they would still have the

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Speaker 1: fifth seed and that Cardinals team is going to be

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Speaker 1: the ultimate dead team walking heading to Seattle in in

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Speaker 1: Week seven. Sometimes I feel like Cowboys coaching stuff, and

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Speaker 1: Jason Garrett is like a convenient punching bag. Like when

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Speaker 1: things are going wrong or they're coming off a loss,

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Speaker 1: people just talk about how bad Garrett is. But then

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Speaker 1: when they win five games a row, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 1: there's no credit given to Jason Garrett his coaching. I

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Speaker 1: think that's fine. I agree with that strategy of credit.

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Speaker 1: I think they've held them back. Okay, what about Christopher

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Speaker 1: Short That defense has impressed me this year. And I

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Speaker 1: actually think the cowboy are a better team than the Seahawks.

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Speaker 1: They may be a better team. I just trust Seattle's

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Speaker 1: coaching staff overall. And by the way, I could be

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Speaker 1: totally wrong. This is just the sense that I feel

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Speaker 1: certain it would be in Dallas, correct. I don't care

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Speaker 1: where it is. I think it's it's even more it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be even more impressive when it is in Dallas.

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Speaker 1: You sound certain. I'm very certain. I am certain that

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Speaker 1: the Saints are the best team in football in the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl favorites. Interesting commentary, West, You just said that

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Speaker 1: the gauntlet is really even out the playing field, and

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Speaker 1: yet you still believe, you're certain, in fact, that the

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Speaker 1: Saints are heads and shoulders above the rest. Why well,

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Speaker 1: several reasons, But all of these struggles in which they've

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Speaker 1: won two out of three, happened on the road, and they,

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Speaker 1: as always are much better in their dome, which they

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Speaker 1: will be playing And if all goes well until next

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Speaker 1: September at least, I mean, they don't have they don't

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Speaker 1: have to go outside of New Orleans the rest of

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Speaker 1: the way. They've done the work to create that path,

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Speaker 1: right and in theory, they could lose it to the Rams,

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Speaker 1: but it is very unlikely, especially when when all they

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Speaker 1: need is a win over Even if they lost to

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Speaker 1: the Steelers somehow, they all they'll need is a win

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Speaker 1: over the Panthers and Tyler Heineke. Furthermore, the Bears are

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Speaker 1: the only defense in the league that is better than

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Speaker 1: the Saints right now, I believe, and their offense is

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Speaker 1: way too talented to stay in this more grass. They

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Speaker 1: will be getting toront Armstead back at some point and

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Speaker 1: that should help an offensive line that has not played

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Speaker 1: as well lately. Right I that was gonna be one

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Speaker 1: of mine. So I'm just gonna jump in just in

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Speaker 1: terms of I'm certain this is the best Saints defense

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Speaker 1: I've seen they're They're definitely better than the Super Bowl team,

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Speaker 1: which was a playmaking group but really relied on turnovers.

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Speaker 1: This is the best Saints defense I've seen. And it's

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Speaker 1: funny how when offensive lineman get hurt, it's like that's

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Speaker 1: never mentioned as much as if a wide receiver, running

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Speaker 1: back is that. Don't know, toront I'm starting might be

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Speaker 1: the best left tackle in football. Max Sunger got hurt

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Speaker 1: in in the last week's game too. Those are two

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Speaker 1: Pro bowlers. Those are maybe two All pros uh this year,

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Speaker 1: and you take them out of the mix and they're

641
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Speaker 1: not going to be as good. But when when I'm

642
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Speaker 1: certain that the Saints have the best defense I've ever

643
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Speaker 1: seen them have, I think West is right that the

644
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Speaker 1: offense will figure it out and they don't have to

645
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Speaker 1: be as good as they were. And the offense is,

646
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Speaker 1: no doubt going through a little bit of a funk

647
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Speaker 1: right now. But you guys are right, Like with the Rams,

648
00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 1: for instance, another team that's going through some things right now.

649
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Speaker 1: I'm a little worried about the Rams. That's triggered losses

650
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Speaker 1: for them, Yeah, because they don't have a defense that

651
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Speaker 1: is performed at the level of the Saints. So the

652
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Speaker 1: Saints the is kind of covering. It's like, what's that

653
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Speaker 1: old thing West, I'm sure you had it hanging in

654
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Speaker 1: your house and your Catholic household across well, no, not across,

655
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Speaker 1: but I don't know what they across. The old thing

656
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Speaker 1: with the footsteps, and it's like Jesus, when I needed

657
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Speaker 1: to do the most, there was only one set of footsteps,

658
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Speaker 1: saying is like, Bro, I was carrying you, Bro straight up,

659
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Speaker 1: because I was carrying you the whole time. I was

660
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Speaker 1: carrying you the whole time. That's when there was only

661
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Speaker 1: one step. I don't remember what I was talking about.

662
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:55,440
Speaker 1: It's so caught up the defense, the offense, the way

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Speaker 1: that Jesus would carry someone when they're in trouble. We

664
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Speaker 1: didn't we didn't have this in our house. This is shocking,

665
00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:03,880
Speaker 1: Like we've talked about this before. So this dude he's

666
00:34:03,920 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: talking about to explain to Greg what Easter was yesterday.

667
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Speaker 1: So now I knew what it was. I was just

668
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Speaker 1: I was confirming it because we were there was very

669
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Speaker 1: we were talking about the the upcoming sequel to Passion

670
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Speaker 1: of the Christ, Passion of Christ Resurrection, and I said, well,

671
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Speaker 1: that's Easter, right, you know that that was just no.

672
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Speaker 1: This dude, he has these footsteps in the sand that

673
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Speaker 1: document his life as I recall, and then at the

674
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Speaker 1: part where his life is really bad, it looks as

675
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Speaker 1: if there's only one set of footsteps and Jesus had

676
00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 1: abandoned him in his time of need. But Jesus had

677
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Speaker 1: actually been carrying it. It was Jesus footsteps. That's the

678
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Speaker 1: big reveal of the m Night's Jamalan bubble reveal. It

679
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Speaker 1: was it's a very, it's a it is definitely a

680
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Speaker 1: wall hanging thing, and it always has the sea and

681
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: just one one pair of footprints. And so there's a

682
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:50,839
Speaker 1: lot of drama. Maybe this this god has just left

683
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:55,480
Speaker 1: you nowhere, but instead he has not according to theogy,

684
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 1: like can you can people study that and like see

685
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Speaker 1: how fast they're like because to me, Jesus to have

686
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:04,320
Speaker 1: some quick feet, like short area quickness, like he's two

687
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Speaker 1: thousand years old, but he can carry people quick quick twitch,

688
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 1: no doubt. Where were we? Oh yeah, Saints defense good,

689
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:19,879
Speaker 1: Rams defense not as good. So Saints carrying their point

690
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 1: has been they have out of bands is so not

691
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Speaker 1: business like. I mean, I've I belie myself more than anyone,

692
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Speaker 1: but al Right, here's what I'm certain of. And whatever, Greg,

693
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Speaker 1: you're gonna oh, you're so predictable. Whatever, I am certain

694
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: Tom Brady is not Tom Brady anymore. I'm certain the

695
00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: hashtag gradual decline is now fully back on, and this

696
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 1: time it's working. This time it's not gonna be uh

697
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,520
Speaker 1: confetti raining down on Tommy boy and his friends in

698
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Speaker 1: the first weekend in February because that's Steelers game. And

699
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,800
Speaker 1: and Wes, you've mentioned it for weeks now that he's

700
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 1: not quite the same guy um that he was in

701
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 1: his m v P level, when he was at his

702
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:06,800
Speaker 1: m VP level as recently his last season. But now,

703
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Speaker 1: for the first time ever, I can honestly say because

704
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 1: I really did. Obviously was rooting for the Steelers UM

705
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,840
Speaker 1: last week because I don't like the Patriots. I had

706
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 1: locked up the Steelers, and for the first time I

707
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: felt okay. When Brady had the ball at the end,

708
00:36:20,239 --> 00:36:21,520
Speaker 1: I was like, I don't know if he's pulling the

709
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: rabbit out of his had he almost did, but he

710
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 1: didn't quite do it. There was a report out actually today,

711
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Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw this, Greg, by NFL

712
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:33,799
Speaker 1: media's own Mike Giardi Uh, that he was speculating that

713
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,839
Speaker 1: there is a knee injury that Brady is now dealing with.

714
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: He has a tear or a partial tear in his

715
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Speaker 1: m c L and his lower half has been off

716
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Speaker 1: dating back to Tennessee. And not to pile on on

717
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Speaker 1: on the old Bill Belichick, but after that disastrous decision

718
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Speaker 1: with Gronk and the Miami miracle. Uh, the belief is

719
00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,720
Speaker 1: that that injury occurred on one of those silly trick

720
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Speaker 1: plays that they sent Brady out as a wide receiver

721
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Speaker 1: and he caught a pass and injureduced me on that

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00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 1: playback in week Yeah. Yeah, they people have been talking.

723
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,800
Speaker 1: Greg Bard has been writing about this since that happened.

724
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: He believes Brady has been playing through an injury. I mean,

725
00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: Brady has been on the injury report, he's he's been

726
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: limited in some practices, So I think there's something to that.

727
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Speaker 1: I do think though the finger pointing at Brady last

728
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:24,359
Speaker 1: week's felt off. You're right and everything. You're saying that

729
00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 1: he's not the at the same level. But to me,

730
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:30,040
Speaker 1: Brady wasn't the problem in that game. Gronk is a

731
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,960
Speaker 1: bigger problem. Receivers that can't get open against press coverage

732
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,720
Speaker 1: are a bigger problem. A pass rush that doesn't exist

733
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 1: unless they blitz is a bigger problem. I think Brady

734
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:40,720
Speaker 1: is good enough to win with a with a strong

735
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Speaker 1: Patriots team around him, and I don't know if they

736
00:37:43,320 --> 00:37:46,880
Speaker 1: have there right now. Daniel Aremiah said he's never you know,

737
00:37:46,920 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 1: he watched the tape on Gronk, and he said, George Phant,

738
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Speaker 1: the Seahawks offensive lineman who caught a pass last week,

739
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 1: is moving better than Gronk right now. I mean, it

740
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:58,239
Speaker 1: looked like Gronk's feet were stapled to the ground on

741
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: a couple of those classes that he couldn't change directions.

742
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Speaker 1: And he certainly seems to be playing through some level

743
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 1: of injury. And he's not the same. And Edelman is

744
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 1: absolutely playing through a foot injury right now. And so

745
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 1: it's kind of what happens to teams. You you get

746
00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: an older team, and Brady is one of those of

747
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: those people that is getting old, and he's like the

748
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Speaker 1: least of my concerns that I really mean, compared to

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Speaker 1: the rest of the team. There's also another reality that

750
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Speaker 1: would not surprise me, where this somewhat broken down team

751
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Speaker 1: wins two playoff games and winds up right back in

752
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 1: the ANFC Championship again. Because what let's say that today,

753
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:34,440
Speaker 1: if if it went in today, they play the Ravens,

754
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:36,959
Speaker 1: they can beat the Ravens. I think they're getting picked

755
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,879
Speaker 1: off before they the title game this year. It would

756
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 1: be a fresh, nice change. I mean, I I've come

757
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 1: around a great team, I agree, but I'm not sure who.

758
00:38:46,600 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 1: I think the Chiefs and the Chargers and in the

759
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: Steelers are probably better teams on balance, but it's not.

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Speaker 1: And it's like West said, I don't think any of

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00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,839
Speaker 1: them are invincible. So I have come around to your

762
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 1: guys point though, that the home field matters, the buy

763
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 1: really matters, and so I think a week off uh

764
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Speaker 1: and then a home game in the divisional round. If

765
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,040
Speaker 1: the Texans would lose this week and the Patriots could

766
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: win out, could could give them a much better chance

767
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:11,840
Speaker 1: winning two road games and three in a row. For

768
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,399
Speaker 1: this team with no break, that that would be tough.

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Speaker 1: You know what bothers me the most about Tom Brady

770
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Speaker 1: right now? He's no longer fun to watch. M hmm.

771
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 1: It's really annoying to watch him bail in the pockets

772
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Speaker 1: so often. How about that throat a quarterrel Patterson a

773
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago. Really that whole game and every

774
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Speaker 1: quarterback makes those throws. I mean, that's that's all you're

775
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 1: getting out of Tom Brady. You're not getting the feeling

776
00:39:33,239 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 1: of invincibility when he has the ball with a minute

777
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 1: on the clock and eight yards to go. Like, I

778
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 1: don't think it's automatic that Brady's gonna score anymore. It's

779
00:39:40,040 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 1: no longer that fun to watch him in a two

780
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: minute if you look at how they have to manufacture offense,

781
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 1: they have to do not just trick plays, but especially

782
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,760
Speaker 1: with the tempo in which they're awesome, And I wouldn't

783
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 1: put them past coming up with a great game plan

784
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: in the playoffs that you know tempo in terms of

785
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: quick snapping teams and slowing it down and speeding it up,

786
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,000
Speaker 1: and like teams aren't ready for them, but that's kind

787
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:02,280
Speaker 1: of like because their players can't beat the other teams players.

788
00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 1: I just wonder if this is the last few games

789
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Speaker 1: we have a Tom Brady, because does he does he

790
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 1: does he want to come back? There's a lot of

791
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:11,480
Speaker 1: family stuff where it's like do they want him to

792
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: play again? And if he if he's self aware and

793
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 1: noticing his own body not responding the same way. Do

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00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: you come back and do He doesn't. He doesn't want

795
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 1: to get hit you. No, no no, nobody wants to get

796
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,120
Speaker 1: hit But you can hear any it's passing that test

797
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,799
Speaker 1: I mentioned in the newsroom on Sunday. It was same

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00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 1: thing with late period Peyton Manning, late period Dan Marino,

799
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: and when the Passtars closes in you could actually almost

800
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:38,359
Speaker 1: hear them going that's a slow pass rush. I mean

801
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,360
Speaker 1: he has been. He's been trying to avoid hits for

802
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 1: a long time. It has accelerated though. I do think

803
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,880
Speaker 1: Gronk is much more likely to retire at the end

804
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,600
Speaker 1: of the season, if you had to guess, than Brady.

805
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: But I'm probably a rare Patriots fan that I don't

806
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:55,840
Speaker 1: want to see a gradual decline with Brady. I agree.

807
00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 1: I would rather have him retire and just whatever, you know,

808
00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 1: figure it out. Then then they have to watch him

809
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 1: have a Manning or Marino like late career, because he

810
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 1: hasn't had that yet. I don't count this season as that.

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Speaker 1: That's too depressing. He's a Pro bowler this year, maybe

812
00:41:10,120 --> 00:41:11,879
Speaker 1: he shouldn't be. That doesn't mean anything. He's a top

813
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Speaker 1: ten quarterback this year and that does mean something. I

814
00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:15,920
Speaker 1: don't want to see the decline if he retires after

815
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Speaker 1: this year, the Garoppolo situation goes. It's just a terrible,

816
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:23,160
Speaker 1: terrible trade what already was, You're not You're still handing

817
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: the reins over to Brian Hoyer. But if they would

818
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: have known that he only had when they the decision

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Speaker 1: to trade a year and a half left of his career,

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00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,640
Speaker 1: there was no way they would have done that trade.

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Speaker 1: So they were expecting him to go deeper into the group.

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00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 1: And maybe he still will. He probably will, but we'll see.

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Speaker 1: The first great old quarterback was y A Tittle. There's

824
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Speaker 1: this famous picture of him on the ground on his

825
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 1: knees with blood coming off his ball, and he got

826
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Speaker 1: injured on that play and was never the same again.

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Speaker 1: And here's the quote. He said, it made me one

828
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: thing I never was. It made me gunshy for the

829
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 1: first time in my life. I didn't want to get

830
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Speaker 1: hit because I couldn't get up. He it is worth point.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's forty one. He might be one of,

832
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,839
Speaker 1: if not the best forty one year old quarterbacks. Ever,

833
00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: that's the thing, it's like, what do you do? What

834
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:10,640
Speaker 1: do we expect? He is, so it's like, what what

835
00:42:10,680 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 1: can you do? Yes, he is? He know, I guess

836
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Speaker 1: the difference is now he's showing signs of mortality, which

837
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 1: he was even last year. It was like, oh my god,

838
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 1: this guy is gonna be great for Yeah, but it

839
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Speaker 1: wouldn't It shouldn't surprise anyone as great as he's been

840
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Speaker 1: if just when he's showing signs of mortality he goes

841
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Speaker 1: and you know, defies expectations and leads a long playoff front.

842
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Speaker 1: Probably will all right, that's it. Hey, um, still in

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Speaker 1: I haven't done this in a while, so why not

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Speaker 1: check in with the iTunes reviews because you know one

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Speaker 1: of the It's very hard in um in the podcast

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Speaker 1: industry to determine where you fit in in terms because

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Speaker 1: there's not like a it's not like television ratings with

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Speaker 1: the Nielsen ratings. It's not like everyone knows what we

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Speaker 1: get in terms of numbers. But one thing I did,

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Speaker 1: and some we know we're better than those others. Some

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Speaker 1: industry research tells me that's sound much. I don't know

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Speaker 1: about doubt that just are better. Drop me in. You're

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Speaker 1: asking for it. Okay, I got you. But uh, some

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Speaker 1: people industry say, well, it's hard to deal with metrics.

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Speaker 1: But if you go to a podcast iTunes reviews and

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Speaker 1: you see how many ratings they have, how many reviews

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Speaker 1: they have, that's an indicator of o show's popularity. So

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Speaker 1: help us out. Go to iTunes. Support the around the

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Speaker 1: NFL podcast because we love you and we love doing this,

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Speaker 1: and it makes sense if we're calling out for people

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Speaker 1: to UM to leave reviews, we should read some of

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Speaker 1: the reviews. So this segment is called iTunes reviews. All right,

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Speaker 1: This from Jared ninety one hilarious and informative. Five Stars.

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Speaker 1: This is the pod to get all the news from

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Speaker 1: the league and laugh at the camaraderie the four guys share.

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00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:48,280
Speaker 1: They are true friends and it shows in their podcasting style.

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Speaker 1: I haven't missed an episode in two years. Segment over

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Speaker 1: very nice. How about this? Give yourself a treat? Five Stars.

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Speaker 1: Give yourself a treat and listen to these guys while

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Speaker 1: avoiding any images of them. Listen long enough that you

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Speaker 1: did well, it's not gonna go where you think it's good.

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Speaker 1: Listen long enough that you develop a mental image and

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Speaker 1: then have it blown out of the water by how

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Speaker 1: they actually look. I did this by accident, and I

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Speaker 1: wish you the same. Happiness. Gave me feel happiness because

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Speaker 1: where I think, I don't know, I don't think. I

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Speaker 1: didn't take that as a positive. I feel like I

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Speaker 1: look like how I sound. Maybe you guys are different

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Speaker 1: that what is this? UM can you lower that just

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Speaker 1: a little bit long night, frank Uh, listen to that

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Speaker 1: as I'm gonna die. But take this apart, take it off,

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Speaker 1: make it go away. This is like the Tampa Bay

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Speaker 1: Buccaneers uniforms of music. This from j D S six

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Speaker 1: six mostly man, two stars. What if you like morning zoo,

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Speaker 1: frat boys, snark style sports talk, this show is for you.

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Speaker 1: Not all a lot of thoughtful commentary, way to write.

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Speaker 1: Idiot goes on in the show. They like their sound

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Speaker 1: buttons and talking over each other on a regular basis.

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Speaker 1: Frat boys. Has anybody in this room been in a

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Speaker 1: fratern No? I was actually drags. The frat boy room

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Speaker 1: full of zeros two stars, two stars, Yet we get

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Speaker 1: we're zeros? Who are these people? How do they have

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Speaker 1: jobs talking about football? Mark? You can answer that one Um,

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Speaker 1: it's probably somewhat of a upset that we do. I

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Speaker 1: thought you would defend us. But the cable news that

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00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,520
Speaker 1: seems fair, the Cable News of football podcast one star.

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Speaker 1: Why why are you picking out because the average is

913
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Speaker 1: very high? Are we an average of five stars? Be

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Speaker 1: humbled and to refocus to come back? That's something on

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Speaker 1: to help. But a bunch of talking heads vomiting their

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Speaker 1: week to week sticks you want a good one? Do

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Speaker 1: you want a lot provoking one? Yes? That makes you think?

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Speaker 1: All right about that? That helps. Good criticism should help

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Speaker 1: us see ourselves in a new light. Best Football Podcast,

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Speaker 1: No Question by Chuck Boris five stars. As a diehard

921
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Speaker 1: football fan, I've always dabbled in football podcast I've tried many,

922
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Speaker 1: have gone away from all of them except this one.

923
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Speaker 1: It's been a mainstay for going on nearly five years,

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Speaker 1: one of the few podcasts I look forward to listening

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Speaker 1: to every time a new episode comes out. Don't go anywhere, guys,

926
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Speaker 1: the football world needs you. And with that, Greg would

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Speaker 1: like to make an announcement about his future. Yeah, this

928
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Speaker 1: is tough for me because we have been here for

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Speaker 1: five years. Um, but this w t a courts of

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Speaker 1: thunder job that I've been offered to follow Naomi Osaka

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Speaker 1: it's too good to pass up? I love you guys,

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Speaker 1: but it's been fun, So this is it's not good

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Speaker 1: for us, But um, I know that you've put a

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Speaker 1: lot of thought into it and this has been a

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Speaker 1: you know, a passion that now is bubbled up for

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Speaker 1: you and you have to my My family is leaving

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Speaker 1: me because i have to take a paid decrease and

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna be traveling for forty weeks a year since

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Speaker 1: on blogspot. But it's all worth it, um, it's all

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Speaker 1: worth it to watch those ladies play in Lynn's Luxemburg.

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Speaker 1: There you go, So Greg Greg is uh no, Greg's

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Speaker 1: not going anywhere. He's locked in. Don't you put me

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Speaker 1: on this out there? Um? Real quick? Two more mark

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Speaker 1: the exception one star? What a majority of meatheads cavalierly

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Speaker 1: ranking animal flash watch a few YouTube videos ding Dong's

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Speaker 1: need to meet so that was a meat vegetarian or

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Speaker 1: see okay? And then um, just to even out the scales.

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Speaker 1: The stories about random people are just a waste of time,

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Speaker 1: Rhonda Fontaine, I don't know who that is or how

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Speaker 1: it was relevant to anything. Find me and I will

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Speaker 1: courts of thunder love it. I love it, all right.

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Speaker 1: I mean we might need to edit that out because

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Speaker 1: it's evidence. Yeah, there'll be plenty of evidence by the

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Speaker 1: time I'm done. All right, Interesting, what a happy holiday

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Speaker 1: section of the podcast that was. We'll be back tomorrow earlier.

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Speaker 1: The show go up earlier than usual because why well

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Speaker 1: there's no Thursday night football for the first time in

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Speaker 1: a couple of months, right am I? Right? Yeah, you're right,

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Speaker 1: and that that's good because they're the football is coming

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Speaker 1: a little earlier in terms of some games. Were previewing

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Speaker 1: the Saturday games exactly. So we're gonna go through all

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Speaker 1: the week six team games. Uh so, uh, stay tuned

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Speaker 1: for that tomorrow. Uh, let's get out of here. This

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Speaker 1: is everybody okay, by the way, everybody feeling okay good?

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Speaker 1: I feel great, alright, professional job guys, Stan hands a

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Speaker 1: signing out for Guide stormed the mail Man, the old

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Speaker 1: Boss diet til Thursday. Like something the Brams would do, though,

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Speaker 1: is just like, well they've got the Cardinals and the

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Speaker 1: fresh off the wire pro but sorry, I'm not in

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Speaker 1: a suit.