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Speaker 1: What's up, guys. Chris Hary with you on a brand

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Speaker 1: new episode of Chargers Weekly one more before we take

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Speaker 1: a break next week for the fourth of July holiday.

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Speaker 1: Friend of the Podcast. I feel like we've done this

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Speaker 1: every July for the last couple of years. James co

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Speaker 1: old buddy from NFL Network doing big things right now,

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Speaker 1: Prime Video, Direct TV. You got your own YouTube page,

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Speaker 1: you got perception perception, you got a podcast tackling dummies.

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Speaker 1: Am I missing anything? James? I mean, listen, man, I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to just keep myself busy. Boy, Like it's just

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Speaker 1: look it is. It is an off season, but you know,

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Speaker 1: just there is no offseason when it comes to the NFL.

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Speaker 1: So I'm enjoying myself and I definitely no matter what

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Speaker 1: all these things going down. When my pal Chris Hayr

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Speaker 1: gives me a call and says, hey, will you jump on,

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Speaker 1: I'm jumping on, baby, Let's do it. I love it, man.

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Speaker 1: And we could go with so many different directions. I

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Speaker 1: was telling y'all we could go reception perception to talk

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Speaker 1: about some of these charges wide receivers. I want to

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Speaker 1: dig into some of the fantasy stuff, especially with a

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Speaker 1: new coaching staff, a new offensive system. But I just

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Speaker 1: want to start with the Chargers in general, what they

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Speaker 1: did this offseason, bringing in Brandon Staley, whole new coaching staff,

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Speaker 1: just at Herbert coming off offensive rookie of the Year,

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Speaker 1: beefing up the offensive line, getting reshawnse Slater in the draft.

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Speaker 1: It's not they, Samuel Junior, Just what do you make

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Speaker 1: of what the Chargers did is they try to close

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Speaker 1: the gap a little bit in the AFC West with

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. Well, I mean, I love what they did

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Speaker 1: in the draft. You know, you at o tackle, you know,

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Speaker 1: you add a lineman there and some defense, you know,

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Speaker 1: and listen, it is amazing how much easier it gets

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Speaker 1: when you have a potential superstar quarterback in Justin Herbert.

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Speaker 1: Drafting becomes easier, agency becomes easier. There's just so many

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Speaker 1: different things that become a lot easier. And I think

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Speaker 1: the Chargers are now finding that out right. Like, hey,

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Speaker 1: and listen, nothing against Philip Rivers. Phlip Rivers a legend,

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Speaker 1: you know, borderline hall of famer. He is a Chargers

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Speaker 1: Hall of Famer, no doubt about it. One of the

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Speaker 1: all time great Chargers, but certainly over the last three

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Speaker 1: to four, maybe even five years. He wasn't a dynamic playmaker, solid, steady,

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Speaker 1: rock solid at the quarterback position, but he didn't have

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Speaker 1: that upside, that ceiling that Justin Herbert presents. You just

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Speaker 1: kind of sort of knew as a as a football fan,

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Speaker 1: as a Chargers fan, Philip was going to be good.

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Speaker 1: He was gonna be solid, but when it came down

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Speaker 1: to shootouts like and you needed buckets, he just didn't

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Speaker 1: have that in the arsenal anymore. But that is what

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert brings to the table. And plus your parent

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Speaker 1: with these two great you know, wide receivers, good wide

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Speaker 1: receiver duo and Keenan Allen and Mike Williams, and boy,

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Speaker 1: we're cooking with gas, no question. And we'll get into

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Speaker 1: those two guys in addition to some of the other

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Speaker 1: weapons that he found last year that we're not household

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Speaker 1: names Jalen Giton, Tyree Johnson, Donald Parham. These weren't guys

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Speaker 1: that you drafted in fantasy last year, but maybe you

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Speaker 1: take a flyer at later routes. As far as justice

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Speaker 1: a second year, this New Orleans offense with Joe Lombardi

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Speaker 1: ceiling is From a fantasy perspective, it looks like he's

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Speaker 1: top ten quarterback in fantasy in twenty twenty one. Oh,

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Speaker 1: there's no question. I mean. And first of all, the

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Speaker 1: thing about fantasy football with quarterbacks, and I'm sure people

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Speaker 1: know again. I like what the Chargers did on defense.

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Speaker 1: Plus they're getting Derwin James back. Let's oh my god,

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Speaker 1: would love to see just a full season of Derwyn James.

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Speaker 1: if he's going after, you know, the quarterback six in

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Speaker 1: In my personal opinion, I think he is a top

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean when you're looking at the best,

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Speaker 1: talk about Josh Allen very quickly. I know Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: is like, you know, he's a stud. Now he's a superstar.

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Speaker 1: But that wasn't the case going into twenty twenty. There

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Speaker 1: was a lot of question marks, right, so players development,

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Speaker 1: Player development goes a long way. Offensive scheme fit goes

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Speaker 1: a long way. You know. Josh Allen went from this

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Speaker 1: me to Austin Eckler. He only played nine games with Austin.

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Speaker 1: If you look at all the weapons that the Chargers have, James,

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Speaker 1: It's not like they're playing ground in pound that's a

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Speaker 1: very good point. By the way, I know the team

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Speaker 1: offensive line, as it always is with the Chargers. Gotta

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Speaker 1: stay healthy, you know. Is there a more snake bitten franchise.

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Speaker 1: the limit. Sky is the absolute limit on offense. And again,

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Speaker 1: I just want to see them open up this offense

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Speaker 1: guys like Alvin Kamara and Reggie Bush, guys that Joe

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Speaker 1: is he a smaller guy. Yeah, absolutely, But if they

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Speaker 1: Give this man more outside zone carries, right, Like, that's

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Speaker 1: we like to see him score the rock Moore? Of

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Speaker 1: You know, Austin Neckler has proven himself to be the

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Speaker 1: James Dco find me there, uh and Reception Perception dot Com.

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Speaker 1: It go much deeper into Keenan and Mike and all

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Speaker 1: And then we got Fantasy in the Fall. Yeah, it's

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Speaker 1: Fantasy in the Fall direct TV. You're gonna you can

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Speaker 1: catch you at the end of June early July. Because

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Speaker 1: if it's not, if it's not now, it's never gonna be.

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Speaker 1: I hear you, bro, I hear you, James Coe. Always

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Speaker 1: appreciate your time, brother, And we'll catch up soon. Wait wait,

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Speaker 1: hold on, before we go, Before we go, I would

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Speaker 1: be remiss in saying um uh. And people don't know

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Speaker 1: this about about you know, us working together, But I

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Speaker 1: things now, Chris Harry Uh. And I was, um, I

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Speaker 1: It wasn't the right spot for you. It wasn't the

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Speaker 1: right time, you know. Uh, they had you in a

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Speaker 1: different spot. And and for you to get this opportunity

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Speaker 1: because I really, I really believe in what you got

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Speaker 1: way too kind. I always look back on those times

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Speaker 1: so fondly. Man. We had a we had a great

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Speaker 1: from Afar watching you, I see you and Helly doing

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Speaker 1: your thing in the fall. I see you and Harvard

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Speaker 1: doing your thing online and you and Ranks. So it's

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Speaker 1: all fun, man. This community is much smaller than you think. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it's always always fun to see our friends doing well man.

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Speaker 1: Always love catching up with you, always appreciate your time,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see you in the fall. But all right, man,

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Speaker 1: see you and that's gonna do it for us. A

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Speaker 1: big thanks to James co for joining me, and of

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Speaker 1: course thanks to you all for listening. Be sure to

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Speaker 1: download and subscribe to the Chargers Podcast Network wherever you

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Speaker 1: get your podcasts. We're now on YouTube. You could watch

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Speaker 1: Chargers weekly every Thursday on the Chargers official YouTube channel.

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Speaker 1: Have a happy and safe Fourth of July and until

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Speaker 1: next time, I'm Chris Hayred