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Speaker 1: partnership with iHeartRadio Football. Welcome to Good Morning Football, So

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Speaker 1: happy to be with you here. We are live in

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Speaker 1: New York City. It is Wednesday, March fifteenth. I'm Sarah

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Speaker 1: Walsh alongside Kyle Brand, Jason mccordy, James Palmer, who carries

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Speaker 1: important details. Yeah, twenty twenty three league year, an NFL

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Speaker 1: And we had like under six hours until teams can

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Speaker 1: Let's start with some legitimately big news from yesterday. The

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Speaker 1: The question is, what is the level of frenzy if

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Speaker 1: What do you got? Yeah, fascinat situation that has developed

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Speaker 1: Bears out of tight end. That's okay. When you pop

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Speaker 1: up that list, Lavante David on that list, and again

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Speaker 1: this sort of just hits home for me long time buccaneer.

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Speaker 1: The Buccaneers and Jason Lake talked about it recently. They

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Speaker 1: would love for him to finish his career as a buccaneer.

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Speaker 1: It really happens that way, right. Lavante has talked about

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Speaker 1: how much Derek Brooks means to him and what he

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Speaker 1: has done with that organization. You got to see this

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Speaker 1: guy be there that entire time. I don't know if

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Speaker 1: they can get it done. Light said, look, it takes

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Speaker 1: two to make that work, right. Because he's out there,

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Speaker 1: he can obviously drawn interest. There's been some conversations about

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Speaker 1: I think maybe him potentially going to the Bills. I

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Speaker 1: would love to see Lavontae finish his career as a buccaneer.

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Speaker 1: I don't know how likely that is to happen. I

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Speaker 1: feel like there's there's a good shot, but I would

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Speaker 1: love for that to happen. And I'll just throw one

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Speaker 1: other buccaneer conversation out there that we've talked about this week,

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Speaker 1: not on that free agent list, but Baker Mayfield. There's

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Speaker 1: been to talk about Baker Mayfield with the Bucks. They

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Speaker 1: don't have anybody but Kyle Trask on that roster. I

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Speaker 1: would love for Baker Mayfield to come in there and

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Speaker 1: make things real interesting in Tampa. Do you find it interesting?

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Speaker 1: None of us brought up Bobby Wagner. I just thought

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Speaker 1: about it. Look at Bobby, and there was some some

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Speaker 1: linebackers got paid on the first day. And I think

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Speaker 1: Bobby Wagner can still play, and I think he can

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Speaker 1: still really help a team. His landing spot is going

449
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Speaker 1: to be one I got my eye on because he's

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Speaker 1: Lavante like in leading defenses and guy's rally around these

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Speaker 1: and by the way, and that conversation of guys still

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Speaker 1: being able to play Lavante quietly because the Bucks didn't

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Speaker 1: have a good year, had an amazing year last year

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Speaker 1: when you look at his statistics, and so there was

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Speaker 1: this idea of like, oh, he's definitely obviously later on

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Speaker 1: in his career, but I mean, he was incredibly productive

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Speaker 1: last year. And I'm not sure how much people are

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Speaker 1: sort of aware of that, given where the Bucks were

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Speaker 1: not a season ago. It is time now to get

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Speaker 1: out to Will Selva also incredibly productive places. But that's

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Speaker 1: because Will Selva is in his prime. We'll help us

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Speaker 1: out here, thank you very much. Stirring guys is quite

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Speaker 1: the compliment, quite the toss, so are you gonna be

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Speaker 1: here tomorrow and the following day doing a bang up child?

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Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you. I appreciate that well. Our insiders

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Speaker 1: have been absolutely elite when it comes to giving us

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Speaker 1: all the information we need to know for free agency frenzy,

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Speaker 1: including a pretty big deal that they had been talking

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Speaker 1: about would happen. That was a trade no one really expected.

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Speaker 1: Here's how it all went down. Our Tom Pela Sera

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Speaker 1: reporting the Giants finalizing a deal to acquire startight end

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Speaker 1: Darren Waller from the Raiders in exchange for the one

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Speaker 1: hundredth overall pick in the draft, that pick initially acquired

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Speaker 1: in the Acadarius Tony trade with the Chiefs. Waller ranks

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Speaker 1: third among tight ends and receptions and receiving yards since

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Speaker 1: becoming a full time starter in twenty nineteen, Jets landing

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Speaker 1: impossible peace to the Aaron Rodgers puzzle. Here our Mike

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Speaker 1: Garret follow reporting Gang Green finalizing a four year, forty

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Speaker 1: four million dollars deal with wide receiver Al Lazard. In

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Speaker 1: his first year without Davanta Adams in Green Bay, Lazard

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Speaker 1: actually set a new career high with seven hundred and

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Speaker 1: eighty eight yards to go along with six receiving touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: Derek Carr openly lobbied for the Saints to bring back

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Speaker 1: wide receiver Michael Thomas, and it looks like his wish

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Speaker 1: will be granted. Rap Sheet reporting New Orleans expecting to

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Speaker 1: keep Thomas on an incentive laden one year deal. Thomas

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Speaker 1: is only ten games or the past three seasons due

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Speaker 1: to injury, but led the league within NFL record one

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Speaker 1: hundred and forty nine catches to go along with one thousand,

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Speaker 1: seven hundred twenty five receiving yards in two nineteen. Steelers

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Speaker 1: coach Mike Tomlin at the Clemson Pro Day yesterday. Today

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Speaker 1: he's in Athens, or Georgia's pro day. They have six

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Speaker 1: players on Daniel Jeremiah's Top fifty NFL Draft prospects list.

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Speaker 1: Jerry Burris making her GMFB debut. Is there to fill

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Speaker 1: us in on what we expect to see this morning.

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Speaker 1: Every NFL team has Georgia on their minds. Last season,

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Speaker 1: fifteen UGA players were drafted, setting an NFL record, five

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Speaker 1: of them going in the first round. Can the back

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Speaker 1: to back national champions keep the old sweet song and

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Speaker 1: add more dogs to the fraternity of the NFL? All

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Speaker 1: eyes will be on defensive tackle Jalen Carter considered it

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Speaker 1: to be one of the most talented players in this draft.

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Speaker 1: He will work out today after not working out at

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Speaker 1: the Combine in Indians Also, he will not be speaking

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Speaker 1: with the media as he deals with off the field

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Speaker 1: legal issues. Now another player to watch for edge rusher

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Speaker 1: Nolan Smith. He exceeded new heights at the Combine, even

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Speaker 1: posting an impressive four point three nine forty yard dash,

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Speaker 1: but he did not work out in position drills in Indie.

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Speaker 1: But he will be working out here today as he

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Speaker 1: recovers from a torn peck muscle he suffered during the

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Speaker 1: regular season. Now we also wait to see quarterback Stethson Bennett,

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Speaker 1: nicknamed the Mailman. Can he deliver here today showing teams

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Speaker 1: that he deserves a chance to hear his name in

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Speaker 1: the upcoming NFL draft. Right thanks, Ryan, pro Day's season

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Speaker 1: is heating up. In the top qbs will be in

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Speaker 1: the spotlight. CJ. Strag will work out on March twenty

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Speaker 1: second found by Bryce Young, Will Levisa and Florida's Anthony

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Speaker 1: Richardson holding his pro day on March thirtieth. You can

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Speaker 1: see them all live on NFL Plus, Well, could we

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Speaker 1: have seen the last of Ezekiel Elliott in Big d

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Speaker 1: We'll get the latest on a situation when we come

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Speaker 1: back all the friends. That continues, and NFL Network has

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Speaker 1: you covered with live breaking news on every transaction from

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Speaker 1: our insiders and expert analysis of every blockbuster deal. Free

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Speaker 1: Agency Frenzy keeps rolling on today at eleven am Eastern

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Speaker 1: on NFL Network. And speaking of those insiders, I'm rejoined

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Speaker 1: right now by our fabulous crew that includes Ian Rapports.

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Speaker 1: There he is, Tom Pellicero and Mike Arra follow both

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Speaker 1: of them with pocket squares. Ian, you and I not

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Speaker 1: with pocket squares. It nearly broke us in the last hour,

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Speaker 1: But now we're here, we're present, everybody's suited and booted,

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Speaker 1: and Ian, it sounds like you have some developing news

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Speaker 1: out of Yeah. First of all, I'm fine without a

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Speaker 1: pockets where a pocket squares, as I reported last hour,

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Speaker 1: are generally stupid. Meanwhile, in real news, the Dallas Cowboys,

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Speaker 1: I'm told, likely to move on from former NFL rushing

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Speaker 1: champion Ezekiel Elliott to create cap space. This would be

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Speaker 1: designated as a post June one cut meeting. They would

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Speaker 1: spread out the capit over two years give the Cowboys

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Speaker 1: some relief. There's some possible discussions about offering him a paycut,

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Speaker 1: just out of respect for what he has done for

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Speaker 1: this franchise. A paycut never really made sense. There's been

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Speaker 1: no final decision, there's been no final meeting, but my

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Speaker 1: understanding is this is the likely scenario. Tony Poward, of course,

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Speaker 1: given the franchise, tag would become the lead back in Dallas. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 1: we had a big trade couple of Maxie in the

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Speaker 1: NFL yesterday, but let's talk right now about the one

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Speaker 1: involving the Dallas Cowboys. They acquire Stephan Gilmour, the five

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Speaker 1: time Pro Bowl cornerback former NFL Defensive Player of the Year,

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Speaker 1: from the Colts in exchange for a twenty twenty three

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Speaker 1: fifth round compensatory pick. Colts moving in a new direction here,

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Speaker 1: new coaching staff with Shane stike In just released Matt Ryan,

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Speaker 1: probably going to go younger. Here is they kind of

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Speaker 1: reboot that program for Gilmore. He's thirty two years old.

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Speaker 1: He's on a Hall of Fame type of a track

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Speaker 1: getting to Dallas where he gets the opportunity to join

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Speaker 1: a really good defense under dan Quinn and compete for

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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl is something that he wanted to do,

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Speaker 1: so a big get there for Gilmore headed to Dallas. Mike,

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Speaker 1: let's stay in the NFC East and talk about another

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Speaker 1: defensive player, another cornerback, and that is James Bradberry, who

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Speaker 1: returned to the Eagles yesterday for three years, thirty eight million.

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Speaker 1: Really good deal for Bradberry. Yeah. I know how the

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl ended it. I know what he admitted too,

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Speaker 1: but this guy was a really good player for the

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Speaker 1: Eagles this season, particularly when he was paired with Darius Slay.

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Speaker 1: Will he continue to be paired with Darius Lay? We

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Speaker 1: shall see the Eagles and Slay. I've had discussions about

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Speaker 1: a contract and Slay has been able to check out

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Speaker 1: potential other trade options, which he says, by the way,

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Speaker 1: he didn't ask four But the Eagles are basically saying,

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Speaker 1: let's say how we can figure it out anyway. Back

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Speaker 1: to Bradberry, Yeah, three years, thirty eight with twenty million guarantee.

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Speaker 1: Bradberry just wanted a fair deal. Certainly got that from

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Speaker 1: the Eagles. So the Eagles have lost a bunch of

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Speaker 1: defensive players. Will see about Sleigh, but they brought back

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Speaker 1: Brandon Graham, they brought back James Bradberry, and we'll see.

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Speaker 1: They've got a few other guys that are still free agents,

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Speaker 1: including defensive tackle Fletcher Cox. We'll see if he winds

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Speaker 1: up somewhere soon. This has been a developing story though.

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Speaker 1: This morning, Ian Rappaport tweeting this is the likely choice.

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Speaker 1: Sources confirm not official, but very real chance that Zeke

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Speaker 1: Elliott has played his last down in Dallas would be

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Speaker 1: a post June one release. Kyle Well. The internet joke

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Speaker 1: right now is Ian says his last down Zeke Elliot's

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Speaker 1: last snap as a Dallas Cowboys playing center and throwing

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Speaker 1: the ball back to Dac and then getting trucked in

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Speaker 1: the stupidest trick play of all time. I've been very

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Speaker 1: critical over the years of Zeke's contract and actually of

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Speaker 1: Zeke's game, so I'll tend to keep it positive here.

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Speaker 1: Zeke represented much more than just being a running back.

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Speaker 1: I think he represented a whole era of Dallas Cowboys football,

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Speaker 1: of excitement, of jumping in the kettle, of being this

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Speaker 1: top drafted rookie who was doing the spoon thing. That's

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Speaker 1: if that's gonna be over, that's a little bit melancholy

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Speaker 1: for Cowboys fans. But in the good news is you

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Speaker 1: have Tony Pollard who's been a better money back for

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Speaker 1: two years, and this league chose running backs up and

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Speaker 1: spits him out. Zeke great career in Dallas. If it's over,

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Speaker 1: pick up somewhere else. But onward and upward, guys, We'll

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Speaker 1: stay in the division. Breaking news we got from the

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia Eagles. Look at Ian rappinport here, Darius, so moving on.

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Speaker 1: You had to kind of think, and we talked about

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Speaker 1: a little bit earlier, like when the Bradberry deal happens,

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Speaker 1: is it Are we going to be able to pay

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Speaker 1: both of these guys and CJ Gardner Johnson. Maybe this

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Speaker 1: is a sign that they think they can bring CJ back.

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Speaker 1: They're figuring out which is which. Slay wanted to stay

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Speaker 1: in Philadelphia. He wanted to win in Philadelphia. He loved

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Speaker 1: his time in Philadelphia. But he also knew he wanted

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Speaker 1: the bag. As they say, yeah, as he should and

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Speaker 1: as he should the way he played this last year.

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Speaker 1: This is this is a big change. This changes the

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Speaker 1: Eagles draft plans too. I mean they're sitting there. Remember

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Speaker 1: they have two first round picks you could be looking

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Speaker 1: at corner now and they have a chance with that

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Speaker 1: first of their two. Uh, they could go corner and

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Speaker 1: maybe get the top corner in the Yeah, they're Sleigh

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Speaker 1: right there. Nothing but love Philly. Let's see where we're

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Speaker 1: heading next. I'm excited to see it. I mean, you

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Speaker 1: look at Sleigh, you look at Stefan Gilmore. These are

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Speaker 1: an extremely high level. So I'm excited to see where

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Speaker 1: Sleigh goes. We've already seen Jalen Ramsey. Now he teams

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Speaker 1: all Xavier Howard. We just talked about Gilmore teaming up

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Speaker 1: with Digs. Who is Slay teaming up with? Because whoever

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Speaker 1: he teams up with, they're gonna be possibly one of

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Speaker 1: the best cornerback duos in the NFL. Slay go get paid.

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