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Speaker 1: YouTube Tv alongside Matt Muney Smith, Chris every here with

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Speaker 1: you from California, Money in Indie getting set for another

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Speaker 1: combined live this morning Combine Live. Yeah, it'll be actually

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Speaker 1: combine in primetime now. So before I'd be up at crackadawn.

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Speaker 1: be able to watch me, Bucky and Lance get ready

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Speaker 1: to preview. What's you know? An awful sexy group today? Quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: you set the scene for me? Man? How's it been

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Speaker 1: an indie first few days? Yeah, it's been great. Well,

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Speaker 1: So it's been Its been a lot of fun these

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Speaker 1: hitter in that guard and screen gamer in the underneath game.

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Speaker 1: He's still a true possession type of wide receiver. So

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Speaker 1: I think you look at Justin Herbert strength and where

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Speaker 1: he wins and what he's capable of, and it is

428
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Speaker 1: putting the ball down the field as good as anyone

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Speaker 1: can in the NFL. So adding a guy who can

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Speaker 1: get open down the field as well as anyone in

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Speaker 1: the NFL would be you know, match made in heaven.

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Speaker 1: So it could just add that explosive elopment that we

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Speaker 1: saw not be there far too often for the Chargers

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Speaker 1: where they put the head to put together drive after

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Speaker 1: drive after drive of you know, ten plus plays to

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Speaker 1: sort of use that pressure on Justin Herbert two one

437
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Speaker 1: throw and score sort of stuff I think would take

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Speaker 1: that offense into that upper echelon of you know that

439
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Speaker 1: can can compete with the Chiefs, that can compete with

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Speaker 1: the top offense in the NFL. You know, to just

441
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Speaker 1: keep talking about this offense. I've mentioned Austin Ekelor a

442
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Speaker 1: couple of times, and one of the topics that's come

443
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Speaker 1: up this offseason is just that running back to position.

444
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Speaker 1: They didn't really get anything behind Austin Ekeler. And I've

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Speaker 1: said this so many times in this podcast. I don't

446
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Speaker 1: consider Austin Ekeler running back. He's this offensive weapon that

447
00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: you could put everywhere. The top tier running backs, like

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Speaker 1: I still contend if you bring in, you know, a

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Speaker 1: guy that you can get maybe early in the second round,

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Speaker 1: like something similar to what Jonathan Taylor was a few

451
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Speaker 1: years ago, and put that type of running back behind

452
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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert, you can really bring this offense up another notch.

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Speaker 1: Who are some of those guys that may be able

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Speaker 1: to fit that bill in the second round. Let's say,

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Speaker 1: you know, the two guys, probably only two guys that

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Speaker 1: would really even consider in the second round in this class,

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Speaker 1: and that's Kenneth Walker from Michigan State, the guy who

458
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Speaker 1: was mended the hysinth ceremony, but he was he carried

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Speaker 1: that offense and carried them to wins over Michigan stuff

460
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Speaker 1: like that. He wasn't supposed to do what he did

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Speaker 1: behind that Michigan State offensive line. So I think he's

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Speaker 1: a guy who, like this running back class has kind

463
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Speaker 1: of gotten poop pooed, does not great, But like to me,

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Speaker 1: he's right up there with the guys from last year's class,

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Speaker 1: whether it's you know, Jomon Tay Williams, Travis Etn or

466
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Speaker 1: Nashi Harris in terms of just like his ability. So

467
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Speaker 1: I'm a big fan of his. And then Bruce Hall

468
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:12,800
Speaker 1: from Iowa State three years, massive production, touchdown machine. He

469
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Speaker 1: can be your goal line guy, short yardage guy, they'd

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Speaker 1: love to obviously go for those sort of situations, and

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Speaker 1: he'd probably be a little bit more built for that

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Speaker 1: type of role than in Austin Ecklers flip at the defense.

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Speaker 1: We talked about the defensive ends and the edge rushers

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Speaker 1: and the linebacking class. After the first round, what about

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Speaker 1: the corner class? How would you assess this? You know,

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Speaker 1: the Chargers, I think you drafted side Samuel Junior last year.

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Speaker 1: There was talking about maybe playing him inside. Chris Harris Junior,

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Speaker 1: I think is a free agent. So they need to

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Speaker 1: upgrade the secondary, and I'm curious as to what the

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Speaker 1: cornerback position looks like, maybe even beyond that first round. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: So this cornerback class, how I kind of view it

482
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Speaker 1: is there's a group of three at the top guys

483
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Speaker 1: and Derek Stingley, Sauce Gardner, Trent McDuffie, Sauce Garnerson, Tryvan

484
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Speaker 1: duffin washing this thing with familisue that you really want

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Speaker 1: one of those guys. If you want a guy who's

486
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Speaker 1: going to see the field next year for you to

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Speaker 1: make an impact, you want one of those guys. I

488
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Speaker 1: think Andrew booths them Clemson. It's a guy who who

489
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Speaker 1: could be in the mix. I feel like that's your

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Speaker 1: first round pick who's solid, but I'm not sure he's

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Speaker 1: quite as NFL ready as those other three. And then

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Speaker 1: that's kind of like it in terms of guys I

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Speaker 1: feel good about in this cornerback class. I don't love

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Speaker 1: the depth on Day two. Unlike last year where you

495
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Speaker 1: know you could find an Asante Samuel Jr. Where the

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Speaker 1: Chargers did who could be an impact player from right

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Speaker 1: out the gate. I don't think that's this cornerback class.

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Speaker 1: I just don't see a lot of guys in that mix,

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Speaker 1: you know, second or third round that I want to

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Speaker 1: throw to the fire that I think are good options

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Speaker 1: right out the date. So I'm not a massive fan of,

502
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Speaker 1: like I said, this cornerback class. After that top three.

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Speaker 1: A couple more for you, Mike, the fact that Rashaan

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Speaker 1: Slater came on the way he did second team All Pro.

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Speaker 1: If you give Offensive Rookie of the Year to an

506
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Speaker 1: offensive linement, I think he would have been in contention there.

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Speaker 1: What did you think of just how he came on

508
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Speaker 1: and really not playing at all the Northwestern the year

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Speaker 1: prior to be able to have the season that he

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Speaker 1: had yeah, it is wild for a number of reasons.

511
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Speaker 1: And like you mentioned, to have not played football and

512
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Speaker 1: now it's not like he was sitting on his hands

513
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: and doing nothing obviously, but like to not like to

514
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Speaker 1: face you know, oftentimes, if you don't face good competition,

515
00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: it's like, you know, it's difficult to get better, or

516
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: seemingly difficult to get better. And they obviously disproved that

517
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Speaker 1: to step in the NFL right away and shut down

518
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Speaker 1: guys like Chase Young. So I do think that he's

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Speaker 1: I was going to say, making a lot of teams

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Speaker 1: that picked ahead of them regretting it. But like everyone

521
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Speaker 1: that's patible was good too. Like there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: players at the top of last his class that were

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Speaker 1: elite for rookies at their respective positions. But the Chargers

524
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Speaker 1: have to be thinking there thinks they're like the stars,

525
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Speaker 1: that it was such a loaded class that because players

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Speaker 1: like that do not drop to the middle of the

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Speaker 1: shout every year. Man, I tell you, I was. I

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Speaker 1: would have been completely fond with the Chargers moving up

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Speaker 1: to get Slater and the fact that they had to

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Speaker 1: just sit back and chill and at number thirteen he

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Speaker 1: becomes available was wild to me, Hey, final thing for you,

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Speaker 1: Chargers nine and eight last year, they have a bunch

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Speaker 1: of picks in this draft after seeing what they did,

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Speaker 1: their strengths or weaknesses. What do you think they need

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Speaker 1: to accomplish in this draft to get them in the

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Speaker 1: conversation in the AFC. When you have the quarterback, that's

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Speaker 1: half the battle. Now they have to build around him

538
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Speaker 1: and of course improve upon the defense last year that

539
00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:42,040
Speaker 1: had some tough moments. Yeah, like I mentioned, I think

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Speaker 1: some explosive, explosive playmaker, a wide receiver would go a

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Speaker 1: long way you just wanted. You need that offense to be.

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Speaker 1: That's your bread butter. If you're going to go to

543
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl, if you're going to win it all, it's

544
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,080
Speaker 1: going to be where Justin Herbert takes you. So getting

545
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Speaker 1: him the best situation possible, I think that. And then

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Speaker 1: I'll add I do think they need probably a defensive tackle,

547
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Speaker 1: but again, like I said, that's not a position the

548
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Speaker 1: necessarily need in the first round or even in the draft,

549
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Speaker 1: but they do desperately need a defensive tackle and a

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Speaker 1: linebacker that I could play the run at a little

551
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,960
Speaker 1: higher level than they had last year. Where they find that,

552
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Speaker 1: I said, lineback class. That would be a great spot

553
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Speaker 1: in the second round of the draft to find a linebacker,

554
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Speaker 1: so would not surprise me at all if that's where

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Speaker 1: they want. Love it, Mike. Always appreciate the insight. Man.

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Speaker 1: I hope you have a great time in India. I'm

557
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:29,920
Speaker 1: a little jealous I'm not there, but you know there's

558
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,320
Speaker 1: always next year. Yeah for sure, So hopefully next year,

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Speaker 1: Chris Man, thank you for having Buddy. All Right, Guys,

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Speaker 1: All right. Always love kissing up with Mike around this

570
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Speaker 1: time of year. And listen, everybody has an opinion on

571
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Speaker 1: the class and how deep it is. Buddy, what are

572
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Speaker 1: your kind of thoughts on some of these players? What

573
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Speaker 1: I love about the combine is you get to hear

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Speaker 1: these interviews and um hear them actually talk to the media. Um,

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Speaker 1: as part of this process. Did it did anything kind

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Speaker 1: of stand out to you this week? I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: because I'm covering for NFL Network, so it's sort of

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Speaker 1: maybe just non charge or big picture. Yeah. I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of it is trying to figure out what

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Speaker 1: this quarterback class is. You know, this is this is

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Speaker 1: the week where people start just sell quarterbacks like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I know, we came to Indianapolis saying there were no

583
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Speaker 1: true first round talents at the position, and a lot

584
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Speaker 1: of times do you leave Indianapolis saying I got three

585
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Speaker 1: quarterbacks going in the first drive. Now, So I thought,

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Speaker 1: you know, Kenny Pickett and Lelie Willis did a really

587
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: good job of kind of establishing themselves as you know

588
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Speaker 1: that potential first round selection, you know. But unfortunately Matcarrel's

589
00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: not gonna be able to work out just because that

590
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Speaker 1: ankle's not quite healed. Because I think he's certainly in

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Speaker 1: that conversation as a borderline first round pick. So so

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00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 1: that was interesting. I think there's a lot of buzz.

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Speaker 1: You know, it starts with the fact that he stands

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Speaker 1: out when he's sitting at the you know, on the

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Speaker 1: podium at the lectern and Greg Builts is just talking

596
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Speaker 1: and you see that giant head of hair kind of

597
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: flopping a Ausland. People get excited and he looks different. Yeah,

598
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 1: and he's a bruin, but he's going to put on

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Speaker 1: a show. And I think he's got a shot to

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Speaker 1: come out of here in the conversation as the number

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Speaker 1: one tight end just because of how athletic and how

602
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Speaker 1: explosive he is and the fact that he's got the

603
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Speaker 1: build he can probably like a solid two fifty can

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Speaker 1: probably put another five eight pounds on that frame and

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Speaker 1: still be totally fine. So that's going to come out

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Speaker 1: of here. Um, you know the offensive linemen are fighting.

607
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: You know it's it's going to be a fight. You

608
00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,320
Speaker 1: got you know, five different names that some people have

609
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Speaker 1: at the top of their list, which means, you know,

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Speaker 1: you could have a tackle slide to the chargers at

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Speaker 1: seventeen that otherwise maybe in other drafts, if it were

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00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:21,640
Speaker 1: a little bit of a more thin position, wouldn't have

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Speaker 1: zero chance of finding himself there. So whatever your your

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Speaker 1: pleasure is, if it's kneel to have the giant frame,

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00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,520
Speaker 1: if it's like one who just a high ceiling, the

616
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:34,520
Speaker 1: incredible athleticism, Cross who's kind of more your standard technique

617
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,520
Speaker 1: past blocker, even though I would never touch him because

618
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: it comes from Mike Leach's system and that scares the

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Speaker 1: hell out of me. You have you have Penny who's

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Speaker 1: just like a nasty fat to help yea. So like

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Speaker 1: that's I think that's going to show itself. M That's

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Speaker 1: going to be an interesting battle. And of course, you

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Speaker 1: know between the wide receivers and corners, just the exceptional athletes.

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Speaker 1: I think they're really going to kind of do battle

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Speaker 1: out there to try to be those top ten picks.

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Speaker 1: It gonna be a lot of fun. I forgot who

627
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,200
Speaker 1: said it, but you know, you see all this potential

628
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 1: movement among Rogers and Wilson, and it likely won't happen. Right.

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Speaker 1: So so these quarterbacks who everybody said, oh this is

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Speaker 1: this is a weak quarterback class, they start looking a

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Speaker 1: little bit better. Right as you get closer to April,

632
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: they're like, okay, well, Kenny Pikett first round talent. Yeah.

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00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: And that's that's a great point, Chris, because it's true

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Speaker 1: because you know we've leave in monitoring. You know, Aaron Rodgers,

635
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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, Kirk Cousins, the Shawn Watson like, and then

636
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Speaker 1: you come here and it's Aaron's working on a deal

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Speaker 1: with the Packers. Pete Carroll says, zero chance of Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson's leaving. I don't know what's gonna happen with Kyler Murray.

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Speaker 1: That's the one that's super weird. I don't I can't

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Speaker 1: grab my head around that one at all. Um, now

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Speaker 1: that Larry Fitzgerald's dad's entered the conversation, Um, you've got

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Speaker 1: k I missed, I missed that that layer of it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Larry Fitzgerald's dad said, yeah, word is he spoiled and selfish?

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Speaker 1: And you know it doesn't act like the pro It's like, thanks, dad,

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Speaker 1: appreciate it. But I guess technically his dad's in the

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Speaker 1: in the football media, so or whatever. He's got a

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Speaker 1: right to He's everybody's got a right to say it.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, why not talk about it if you've got

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Speaker 1: those sources and you're comfortable saying it. Um, you know

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Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins and and and you know, Mike McDaniel

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Speaker 1: said two is their guy, so like it's it certainly

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Speaker 1: feels like you know, and even Levy Smith said, look,

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Speaker 1: we got to have patience with the Sean and that's

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Speaker 1: because they're still trying to figure this mess out. Um So,

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Speaker 1: I think all that movement means, to your point, Broncos

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Speaker 1: can't go into twenty twenty two with Mitch Traubisky as

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Speaker 1: their quarterback. Like that's just not going to work for

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Speaker 1: their Sorry, he's been the hot name. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: like that can happen. So you know that that may

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Speaker 1: mean Canny Pickett or Willis um or who maybe how

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Speaker 1: you trade back into the back end of the first

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Speaker 1: round to get corral or how or however that we're

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Speaker 1: a ritter, I mean like whatever, like that is starting

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Speaker 1: to look like it's going to make more sense. And

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Speaker 1: same with the Saints and same with I mean when

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Speaker 1: when Bruce arians is saying that Blaine Gabbert set up

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Speaker 1: to have the best season of his career, it's like

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Speaker 1: they've read been Come on, man, Bruce watched this guy

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Speaker 1: for twelve years. It's not going to just change in

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Speaker 1: year thirteen. Man. That is now it works. Um So,

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Speaker 1: you know, I think that's what's going to lead to

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks ended up and and it's great to be a

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Speaker 1: quarterback man. You know, it's what's got to happen. It's

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00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:23,880
Speaker 1: great to have a quarterback too, right Exactly. The Chargers

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00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 1: do not have to worry about any of this stuff

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Speaker 1: because if you don't have a quarterback in the NFL,

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Speaker 1: you have no shot. Um. One of the things that

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Speaker 1: I always find interesting is the new coaches going up

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Speaker 1: to the podium and getting to learn, you know, how

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00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,839
Speaker 1: they operate, how they speak with the media, and you know,

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Speaker 1: in the AFC West, obviously Josh McDaniels and Nathaniel Hackett

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Speaker 1: two new faces to the AFC West, so you know

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Speaker 1: they're bringing in new programs in this division. Obviously, Andy

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00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 1: Reid has been established for a long time. But um,

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Speaker 1: I think if you're a Chargers fan, it's good to

686
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Speaker 1: have a year under your belt with Brandon Stanley. No

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Speaker 1: what to expect. Um, I think he has a really

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00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,280
Speaker 1: clear idea of the personnel that's currently on the roster

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Speaker 1: and who else, uh, and who else needs to There

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Speaker 1: we go where we go? Art? Sorry, he show you

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Speaker 1: all the artwork in your hotel. Yeah, there's my hotel room.

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00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 1: There's the artwork there, and there's the artwork there. So yeah,

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Speaker 1: there's blank walls, ladies and gentlemen. Sorry about that. The

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Speaker 1: stand fell down on me there um. You know what

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Speaker 1: I thought McDaniels had a great um, had a great pressor.

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Speaker 1: I was really impressed. He just he always carries kind

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Speaker 1: of this arrogance, it feels like, to him, and that

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Speaker 1: was not the case at all. There was you know,

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Speaker 1: some fun, a little bit of self deprecation in there um.

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Speaker 1: And you know, and credit to to Tom Pella Sero

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Speaker 1: from NFL Network. You know when he joined NFL now

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Speaker 1: he just put the screws jone. He's like, can you

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Speaker 1: tell me right now today that week one Derek Car's

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Speaker 1: your starter And he said absolutely. So you know it's

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Speaker 1: something we've been speculating that. Look, there's that he can

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Speaker 1: say that he's the coach general manager, but they're going

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Speaker 1: to work in concert, you know, Ian Sigler. But like

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Speaker 1: he's there's still no contract extension. He's still in the

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Speaker 1: last year. So that part of it's going to be interesting.

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Speaker 1: But I think that speaks to the other thing we

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Speaker 1: were talking about. You know, the Raiders were mentioned in

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Speaker 1: the Aaron Rodgers, Deshaun Watson Russell Wilson conversation so it

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Speaker 1: looks like they're gonna go with with Derek Carr Bidwest

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Speaker 1: money these next ten days. Right, yeah, here to what

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Speaker 1: is today? I'm here for another week. I'll be flying

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Speaker 1: home a week from tonight after doing the first two

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Speaker 1: days of the Big ten tournament. Yeah, wonderful fun though.

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Speaker 1: Is Jawan back for the attorney? Yes, yeah, it was.

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Speaker 1: Jill Marpinelli has just been been doing the remainder of

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Speaker 1: the regular season. I believe in Jawan will be back

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Speaker 1: for the for the tournament. So that ought to be

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Speaker 1: interesting to who he wants to pick a pipe with next.

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Speaker 1: Hopefully it won't be me. That would not go well

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Speaker 1: for me, but that that play by play guy who's

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Speaker 1: talking a little slick exactly exactly right, Come over here?

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Speaker 1: You want to mess with a guy who's six foot ten. No, No,

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Speaker 1: I don't I know. I know where you grew up, Jawan.

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Speaker 1: I'm good. Man over from me, I'm good. Love it

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Speaker 1: all right, man o, my pleasure. Thanks for doing this.

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Speaker 1: I know it's been time Zones and your your show.

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Speaker 1: Um tune in Sea Bucky Sea Lance Um as this

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Speaker 1: comment gets started for MONTI I'm Chris has been Chargers

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