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Speaker 3: Here we go our number two here on the Herd.

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Speaker 3: Gorgeous Wednesday, tons of news, college football, NFL obviously, a

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Speaker 3: little NBA action. It's me Jason McIntyre in for and

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Speaker 3: under the weather Cowherd. He did text me within the

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Speaker 3: last hour, so there is proof of life that he's alive.

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Speaker 2: He said.

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Speaker 3: He's expected that Maniana, it's not you know, I'm just

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Speaker 3: have to carry the show with the help of the

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Speaker 3: great Rachel Nichols. And it's official. Rachel and I will

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Speaker 3: be at the Lakers game together, not together tonight, We'll

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Speaker 3: be there. Rachel obviously has better connections than I do.

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Speaker 4: Maybe other seats.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna live. You better see you were at the

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Speaker 3: paper Clips against Shake Gildos, Alexander and okay see last

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Speaker 3: night doubt and that was that.

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Speaker 4: Man the Oklahoma City Thunder have not missed a step

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Speaker 4: despite the fact they are missing their second best player.

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Speaker 4: They're undefeated and they don't even have Jada right now,

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Speaker 4: so it looks like, you know, a lot of people

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Speaker 4: after it took seven games to win the finals were like,

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Speaker 4: I don't know, it's right open again next year. I

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Speaker 4: don't know, man, They're young players, they have experienced now

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Speaker 4: and they Shay said at the beginning of season, we're

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Speaker 4: only going to be better at this season, and he's right.

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Speaker 3: So I was the free throw merchant. What did you

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Speaker 3: do last night? I'm just kidding, o Casef answer man,

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Speaker 3: they don't love me, but yes, you guys are dominant, undefeated.

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Speaker 3: I will apologize, you know when it's due time, all right,

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Speaker 3: coming up in five minutes. I guess Joe claud will

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Speaker 3: be here. Very excited. Fun fact, I've never sat and

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Speaker 3: while because you know, it's what coward does. And I'm

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Speaker 3: very excited to talk to a lot of tough, hard

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Speaker 3: hitting questions about my Jets. But real quick, briefly, I

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Speaker 3: want to talk about what did not happen at the

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Speaker 3: trade deadline yesterday, and I think Colin might have started

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Speaker 3: this like, I don't know, six weeks ago, should the

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Speaker 3: Eagles trade aj Brown? And I was here snickering, like, bro,

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Speaker 3: not trade him, which was smart. Obviously, he's a stud.

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Speaker 3: He's a top ten receiver in the league. You need

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Speaker 3: him to beat man coverage. We know Jalen Hurts has

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Speaker 3: kind of struggled against the zone with only one option.

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Speaker 3: I thought it was a good move. But if you

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Speaker 3: look around the league, interestingly, the best teams nothing. You guys,

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Speaker 3: see what the Buffalo Bills did yesterday. Nothing. They didn't

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Speaker 3: listen to the outside noise, unlike Jerry Jones, who basically

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Speaker 3: is listening to TikTok. I mean, like the elected officials

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Speaker 3: react to it, like that's what Jerry Jones are doing.

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Speaker 3: The smart people, Howie Roseman, Buffalo Bills. By the way,

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Speaker 3: did the Lions do much yesterday? They're one of the favorites.

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Speaker 3: Did the Green Bay Packers after losing Chucker Crafter Chucker

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Speaker 3: did they do anything? Nope. Listen closely to what Howie

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Speaker 3: Roseman said about the Eagles standing pat.

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Speaker 5: When you're trying to be a great team, it's hard

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Speaker 5: He wears the CEA for a reason. He's an important

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Speaker 5: he cares about his teammates. And you know, I think

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Speaker 3: Just don't get rid of the guys like that.

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Speaker 5: And so feel very lucky to have him on our

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Speaker 3: Him very well said, I love it, Howie Rosevean just

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Speaker 3: ten trades in the last eight and a half months.

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Speaker 3: grasping at Straws. All right, let's bring on Joel Clat

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Speaker 3: the voice of college football, the former legendary quarterback at

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Speaker 3: Colorado Legendary. Wow, I want to go over here.

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Speaker 6: Oh man, they put a little tower up here. Vipao

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Speaker 3: Hi, Rachel, you know some of.

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Speaker 4: Us are only five to three and.

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Speaker 6: You need a little That's exactly right. What's going on?

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Speaker 3: Man? Are you so good to have you here? Former

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Speaker 3: college baseball.

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Speaker 7: Star can we never played in college. You played minor league,

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Speaker 7: minor league after high school. Yeah, let me go that.

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Speaker 3: Well, well, hey, you know, it's it's tough out there.

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Speaker 6: It is.

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Speaker 3: It is. Joel's calling Indiana Penn State. I tried to

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Speaker 7: I mean, I'm not going to get into the points

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Speaker 7: on the game that I'm calling. I will say like,

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Speaker 6: They're complete.

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Speaker 7: What I love is talking with opposing coaches and you

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Speaker 7: even more so than just watching the film yourself. And

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Speaker 7: what's fascinating to me over the last couple of years

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Speaker 7: say the same thing, which is, this is the best

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Speaker 7: with this Indiana team. I'm excited to cover them again

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Speaker 6: So that'll be a interesting environment.

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Speaker 3: Should be half full stadium maybe on Let's hope is

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Speaker 6: More than that. Come on to stay faithful.

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Speaker 3: So I want to ask you, you know, I love

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Speaker 3: meet with the coaches and players. Yeah, and so you've

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Speaker 3: met with Mendoza. I assume multiple times. So as a

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Speaker 3: And I was like lukewarm on Mendoza and I'd read

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Speaker 3: He's is super intelligent. And I'm talking myself into Mendoza.

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Speaker 3: I wan't to know what's he like when you meet him.

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Speaker 3: We know what he's like on the field.

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Speaker 7: I mean this in the most positive sense. Okay, but

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Speaker 7: the first time I sat down with him, I was like,

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Speaker 7: He is very similar to Kirk Cousins, very similar, and

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Speaker 7: the way they approach very smart. I will say, like

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Speaker 7: he can he can be a little robotic, and then

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Speaker 7: as the conversation went on, it got more fluid and

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Speaker 7: better and better. But he's process oriented. He is an

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Speaker 6: It's to me it comes down to style.

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Speaker 7: So if you're an organization or a team in the

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Speaker 7: maybe one and two. I think Lenora Sellers will get

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Speaker 7: just because of skill set and traits. But to me,

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Speaker 7: the question would be Ty Simpson or Fernando Mendoza.

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Speaker 6: I think that they're that good.

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Speaker 3: So let me ask you, as a former quarterback. Are

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Speaker 3: we see what Mendoza does really well, we want to

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Speaker 7: One hundred percent? Okay, So I would agree with one

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Lamar Jackson is obviously the great example. Hey, this

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Speaker 3: said the word process, I hear process. I think brock Perty.

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Speaker 6: He would do really well in one of those offenses.

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Speaker 3: Oh, Kyle Shanahan offense.

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Speaker 7: But because because he's so smart and accurate with the

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Speaker 7: Sean Payton. He I mean, obviously Sewan's not drafting the quarterback,

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Speaker 7: would do very well in those. When you watch him play,

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Speaker 7: one of the things that he does that's very subtle

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Speaker 7: and then he's got a very quick release and he's

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Speaker 7: So from my standpoint, that's what's going to pay dividends

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Speaker 7: for him in particular early in his career as an

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Speaker 6: Everything happens fast.

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Speaker 7: And when you're moving from the college level to the

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Speaker 7: NFL level, that I mean, that's the single trait that

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Speaker 7: can help you succeed the earliest.

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Speaker 3: I did hear his brothers at Indiana? I don't know.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 7: Well year is he he's a younger guy, so he

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Speaker 7: gets in like Fernando goes out there, he starts blowing

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Speaker 3: As preat it's not a locked the windows that comes

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Speaker 3: out before we get to Simpson, Indiana, Penn State. What

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Speaker 3: not hearing good things at this point.

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Speaker 7: I can't stand when coaches would complain about the schedule. Listen, listen, listen. Coaches,

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Speaker 7: to tell you, Like I I really I I'm sure

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Speaker 7: that he was. And Lincoln, generally, I would say, is

435
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Speaker 7: better about that than others. So if he was joking,

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Speaker 7: you know, that's good. He finished after midnight plenty of

437
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Speaker 7: times in the PAC twelve when they were in PAC.

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Speaker 6: Twelve after dark.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, listen, is travel and game and game kick times

440
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Speaker 7: more difficult in college than it is in the NFL? Yeah,

441
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Speaker 7: you know, but we also don't split games up, so

442
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Speaker 7: you're not on regional television in college football. You're on

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Speaker 7: national television in college football.

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Speaker 3: I thought that that.

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Speaker 7: Win for USC was really important for them, winning on

446
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Speaker 7: the road. There's this old adage I've always thought, you

447
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Speaker 7: you lose big before you lose small, you lose small

448
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Speaker 7: before you win small, and you win small before you

449
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Speaker 7: win big.

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Speaker 6: And they're they're.

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Speaker 7: Turning that corner from losing small those one possession games

452
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Speaker 7: a year ago to now winning some of those games,

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Speaker 7: and the way that they did it, leaning into their

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Speaker 7: run game, not having a great performance from their quarterback

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Speaker 7: Jane Mayava. That's important for them.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 7: If they just go out there Maava throws for four

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Speaker 7: hundred and they win by a score, it's like, Okay,

459
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Speaker 7: did we really learn anything or grow as us. No,

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Speaker 7: but if you go out there and you win with

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Speaker 7: defense after the injury obviously to Dylan Royolo, which is

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Speaker 7: which is a bummer for Nebraska, but they leaned into

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Speaker 7: the run game they got it. Mayava was not good

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Speaker 7: in that game and they still win. Now they're set

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Speaker 7: up as a one lost Big Ten team in conference,

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Speaker 7: obviously after losing to Notre Dame and Illinois, but one

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Speaker 7: loss in conference and.

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Speaker 6: They've got a chance to be ten and two.

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Speaker 3: That's my next question. So I'm looking at the schedule

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Speaker 3: Northwestern and that's a win this week versus Iowa. That'll

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Speaker 3: be tough, but I think they very tough. And then

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Speaker 3: the Oregon game is the Oregon game, essentially the season

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Speaker 3: for Lincoln. Ryley will go to the playoffs.

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Speaker 7: I mean yes, the way that the schedule lines up,

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Speaker 7: but they still have to handle their business and a

476
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Speaker 7: team like Iowa is still their kryptonite that Iowa does

477
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Speaker 7: not care at all. They will run it fifty two times,

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Speaker 7: they can't throw the football, and they're going to play

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Speaker 7: great defense. So Mayava likely struggles again against Iowa, even

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Speaker 7: if that game is at home, and they're going to

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Speaker 7: have to win in a gritty, low scoring fashion. So

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Speaker 7: of all the games, I think Oregon is the biggest

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Speaker 7: threat because it's Oregon, it's on the road. But the

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Speaker 7: sneaky game, the sneaky, tough one for us, is going

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Speaker 7: to be that Iowa again.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Remember the Illinois game was kind of fluky at

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Speaker 3: the end. They could have won that easily. And then

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Speaker 3: Notre Dame. I believe it was a one score game

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Speaker 3: with like seven minutes left.

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Speaker 7: They definitely had their chances. They blew it on special teams,

491
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Speaker 7: they failed in short yardage, didn't lean into the run game,

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Speaker 7: and they couldn't stop the run. And Iowa again will

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Speaker 7: run it fifty two times. They will not care, and

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Speaker 7: they will shrink the game down. My album might only

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Speaker 7: get the ball seven times.

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Speaker 2: In that game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, not ideal. I know the buyouts are everywhere. Is

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Speaker 3: Lincoln Riley safe?

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Speaker 5: Ya?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, he's safe.

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Speaker 3: Okay, that's nice, He's safe.

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Speaker 7: I do think that this team, I think I think

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Speaker 7: they finish at least nine to three. That not only

504
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Speaker 7: retains Riley obviously, but it also retains their class. This

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Speaker 7: is the number one recruiting class in all of college football.

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Speaker 7: The trajectory for USC is actually very positive. Everyone gets

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Speaker 7: so upset at Colin and I because they are with

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Speaker 7: USC and I get it because Colin always always brings

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Speaker 7: it up. But that program is on the correct trajectory

510
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Speaker 7: and like I said, go through that process, lose big, loose, small,

511
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Speaker 7: win small, win big, and they're on that trend.

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Speaker 3: Last one, Uh, we got to talk about Lane Kiffen.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, are you close to him because he

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Speaker 3: loves to talk to the media. He's getting combative. I

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Speaker 3: know you said earlier, hasn't ruled out anything. He's not

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Speaker 3: going to the NFL, right, this is Miami Dolphins nonsense.

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Speaker 3: I know.

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Speaker 7: No, I see Lane at LSU, Really I do.

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Speaker 6: That's a top three job in the sport.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. The last time you said that here, I was

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Speaker 3: biting my tongue, like why it's just not anymore historically, yes,

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Speaker 3: and I know in the past everybody's won, But don't

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Speaker 3: you feel the playing field is leveled to the point

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Speaker 3: that LSU is not that much better of a job

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Speaker 3: than what miss I mean, mis Lane Kiffin is calling

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Speaker 3: the shots right now for late hold On.

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Speaker 6: Is a better job than.

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Speaker 3: For so the money is not that different Joel. Okay,

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Speaker 3: he runs the show he's got total he could say

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Speaker 3: whatever he wants at LSU. Who's calling the shots there

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Speaker 3: by the way him, No, I haven't looked at my phone.

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Speaker 3: He's dealing with the Board of Governors. Yeah, Colin and

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Speaker 3: I disagree greatly on this. I just think the landscape

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Speaker 3: has changed with NIL collectives.

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Speaker 7: I know that I thought this was going to be

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Speaker 7: just a really good experience and then you and then

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Speaker 7: you hit me with that right at the end.

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Speaker 3: So just to be clear, it's for Lane Kiffin, not

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Speaker 3: anyone else. Like Lane Kiffin is running things. He doesn't

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Speaker 3: answer to nobody at all.

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Speaker 6: This I disagree.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so you know, Lane Kiff, it's as Joel, why

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Speaker 3: do you I want to take the LSU job? Sell

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Speaker 3: me on it. If confirm, I.

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Speaker 6: Don't have to say you on it.

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Speaker 2: One.

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Speaker 7: You can open up the back door and you can

548
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Speaker 7: get a top four recruiting class, just just regionally. They

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Speaker 7: have more resources than anyone, maybe other than Oregon. It's

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Speaker 7: just quieter than Oregon's. They've got they've got oh yeah, yeah, yeah, oh.

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Speaker 6: Yea yeah, multiple multiple billions.

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Speaker 3: Sure hasn't shown up in those playoff trips.

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Speaker 7: They were able to build a roster that was pretty substantial.

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Speaker 7: And granted I don't think Brian Kell he was a

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Speaker 7: good fit there. Lane would probably be a great fit

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Speaker 7: at LSU.

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Speaker 3: And you want to wait him out? Huh oh yeah?

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Speaker 3: January second, Lane, you're in the semi final.

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Speaker 6: We'll see that worth it.

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Speaker 7: We'll see Lane's going to be the top three two

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Speaker 7: paid coach in college football.

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Speaker 3: Do we do a friendly wager that doesn't have to

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Speaker 3: be monetary? I believe he stays at All Miss.

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Speaker 7: Well, what are your options? You tell me who's the

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Speaker 7: better option. You don't think Lane Kiffin is a great fit,

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Speaker 7: So who's a good fit?

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Speaker 6: No?

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Speaker 3: No, I think for Lane Kiffin staying at Old Miss

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Speaker 3: makes sense.

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Speaker 6: Okay, So who does LSU hire?

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Speaker 3: I honestly, I don't know that it's that attractive. Let

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Speaker 3: me use that word attractive of a job now, given

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Speaker 3: all the upheaval with the AD, the border governors, all

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Speaker 3: this nonsense that's going on there. I mean, Joe, you're

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Speaker 3: walking dough into a hornet's nest. Two or false.

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Speaker 6: False take the Crans away? What are we doing?

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Speaker 5: All right?

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Speaker 1: Guy?

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Speaker 3: Here we go? Colin has checked in what about Lane?

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Speaker 3: In the NFL New York Giants, Jackson dart Reun.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: No, no, shot no.

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Speaker 7: And I said this, I said this to Colin last week.

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Speaker 7: I still think that as big of issues structurally that

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Speaker 7: college football has, it's still more appealing to guys that

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Speaker 7: have a heart for college football because of the influence

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Speaker 7: and immortality that is offered in college football that is

588
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Speaker 7: not offered in the NFL. Find go, go work in

589
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Speaker 7: the NFL, and you can win a Super Bowl, you

590
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Speaker 7: can win multiple Super Bowls, and all anyone is going

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Speaker 7: to care about is who is your quarterback? But in

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Speaker 7: college football, like you, you're the king. You know, you

593
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Speaker 7: win a couple of national championships and they build a

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Speaker 7: statue of you out in front, and that program is

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Speaker 7: always yours. You are the quarterback of that program. Plus

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Speaker 7: you still have the ability to influence eighteen to twenty

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Speaker 7: two year olds, grow them, develop them, you know, from

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Speaker 7: young men into men. And that's I think that's still

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Speaker 7: something that is appealing and attractive to a lot of

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Speaker 7: guys that stay in the college level and is not

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Speaker 7: offered at the NFL level.

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Speaker 3: Good stuff, Joel Klatt, I'm sorry to derail things with

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Speaker 3: LSU's for right. We'll talk off Jell me. It's fine,

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Speaker 3: it's such a good job, of course, just not right now,

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Speaker 3: Fun stuff with Joel Klatt. He almost fell off the

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Speaker 3: stage one I said for Lane Kiffin ole miss makes

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Speaker 3: more sense than LSU. I'm sure everybody will be reasonable

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Speaker 3: online about that. Obviously. Let's go to Rachelikles with the news.

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Speaker 3: Turn on the news.

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Speaker 4: We all almost fell off our seats. But you know, Jason,

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Speaker 4: the Seahawks who active at the trade deadline. They acquired

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Speaker 4: former Saints wide receiver Rashid Shahed. Remember, Shahid played for

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Speaker 4: the Seattle offensive coordinator Kubiak last year in New Orleans,

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Speaker 4: so he knows what he's got now. She'd is twenty

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Speaker 4: seven years old. He has forty four receptions for four

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Speaker 4: hundred and ninety nine yards, two tds and nine games

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Speaker 4: this season. He will be a free agent at the

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Speaker 4: end of this year, but Seattle definitely needed some reinforcements

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Speaker 4: outside of JSN. So do you like it, Jason, what

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Speaker 4: do you think?

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Speaker 3: You like it a lot? Yeah, it's weird. I feel

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Speaker 3: like Seattle's more of a contender in the NFC than

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Speaker 3: like Indian Pergar in the AFC because they got to

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Speaker 3: play really, really strong teams. Yeah, I think there's a

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Speaker 3: good move. They got weapons on the outside. Donald is

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Speaker 3: playing great, the defense is pretty formidable. Seattle is a

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Speaker 3: dangerous team right now, assuming Donald could keep it up.

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Speaker 3: We saw what happened at the end of last season

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Speaker 3: with Minnesota. Well tough, but yeah, I would have Seattle,

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Speaker 3: you know, not much behind the Packers and Eagles in

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Speaker 3: the NFC.

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Speaker 4: I just like that she's such a deep threat. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: because they already have some moved the chains, but he

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Speaker 4: really provides. I think in the last three years he's

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Speaker 4: only behind Jamar Chase and Tyreek Hill and catches over

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Speaker 4: forty yards.

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Speaker 3: Oh wow. So that's a good company to be in.

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Speaker 4: That's a good, good, good acquisition there, all right. The Broncos,

656
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Speaker 4: on the other hand, sat out at the trade deadline.

657
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Speaker 4: They did not try to muscle up for a possible

658
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Speaker 4: Super Bowl run, and maybe they don't need to. They

659
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Speaker 4: are sitting at seven and two, first place in the

660
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Speaker 4: AFC West, tied for best overall in the NFL. Quarterback

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Speaker 4: bo Nicks was asked about his team staying quiet, and

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Speaker 4: he said, there's a reason Denver didn't make a move.

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Speaker 3: Take a listen.

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Speaker 8: Obviously, if there's a need, you want to get it.

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Speaker 8: But we feel like we're we got all the pieces,

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Speaker 8: and so sometimes when something like that happens, it shakes

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Speaker 8: things up, and you know, we got some good going

668
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Speaker 8: and we just want to keep riding this wave and

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Speaker 8: find ways to win.

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Speaker 3: Now, j Mac.

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Speaker 4: The Broncos did reportedly reach out to the Dolphins about

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Speaker 4: wide receiver Jayalen Waddell, but the price was a first

673
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Speaker 4: round pick. They just decided too much. Do you agree

674
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Speaker 4: with Bonnicks? You think they're good the way they are.

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Speaker 3: I was just going through their roster and I'm like,

676
00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 3: they're kind of stacked. I mean, Shirtan's on the ir

677
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Speaker 3: that obviously hurts. I can't find a discernible weakness other

678
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Speaker 3: than bow knicks, really, and you're not replacing him or

679
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Speaker 3: find a quarterback. So if he can get it together,

680
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Speaker 3: just tighten it up. He struggled on the deep ball

681
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Speaker 3: this year, struggled on really everything. I think they're in

682
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Speaker 3: good shape. Now, this is interesting, this Raiders game. This

683
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Speaker 3: was the first bet I made this week, and I

684
00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:03,880
Speaker 3: you know, start looking into the game and I'm like, oh,

685
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Speaker 3: the Broncos have the Chiefs. After that, Chiefs are off

686
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Speaker 3: a buy? Does Denver let one slip here against the Raiders?

687
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Speaker 3: If they should lose, then they're playing the Chiefs and

688
00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 3: next thing you know, they're out of first place. Right, So,

689
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Speaker 3: I mean, bon Nix has to be great. I think

690
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,959
Speaker 3: this is a pretty dangerous Denver team. But I don't know,

691
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:22,160
Speaker 3: you've been doing this long enough like I have, Like

692
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Speaker 3: I got to see it in the postseason from bon Nicks.

693
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,160
Speaker 3: I've seen it from Lamar, from Josh, from Mahomes, like,

694
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Speaker 3: I need to see it in the playoffs, like cheez,

695
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 3: look at those stats. They were a dominant fourth quarter team. Yeah,

696
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Speaker 3: I think the Broncos made a good move not making me.

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Speaker 4: Well, look, I mean, you can't see it until the playoffs.

698
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Speaker 4: Until the playoffs come, right, So the best they could

699
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Speaker 4: do is where they are now. I like that they

700
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Speaker 4: didn't add a receiver. I think bon Nicks improvises a lot,

701
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Speaker 4: and that requires a lot of sort of rhythm and

702
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 4: knowledge and knowing where your receivers are going to be

703
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 4: and them knowing where you're gonna do. And you throw

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Speaker 4: someone new in that mix halfway through the season, I

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Speaker 4: don't know. Yeah, I'm not sure that that would have

706
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Speaker 4: been a good bet.

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Speaker 3: Well, I also like your point about you got they

708
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Speaker 3: got to have a chance to do it in the playoffs. Like, Okay, see,

709
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Speaker 3: I doubted them. I need to see it in the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: That's gay. Well we saw it.

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Speaker 4: You're still doubting them, yes, little bit, love bit, little bit.

712
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,920
Speaker 4: Yesterday we saw six traits, mate, Jason. That is the

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Speaker 4: third busiest deadline day in the last thirty five years.

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Speaker 4: But here's the juiciest.

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Speaker 6: Story for me.

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Speaker 4: I love this one. Reportedly, the Titans, who are in

717
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Speaker 4: cell mode, weren't willing to do business with the Patriots.

718
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Speaker 4: According to one report, Titans owner Amy Adams strunk she

719
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Speaker 4: did not want to make deals with Mike Frabel because

720
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Speaker 4: of how Rabel's tenure ended in Tennessee.

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Speaker 3: J Mack.

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Speaker 4: You know, I like to say, there's no petty like

723
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Speaker 4: NBA petty, but this is close.

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Speaker 3: Well, this is this reminds me that Belichick story from

725
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Speaker 3: a few weeks ago that he wouldn't let Patriots scouts

726
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Speaker 3: come to practice or whatever. So I got to ask you, Rachel,

727
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,520
Speaker 3: like I get petty. We all hold grudges. It's kind

728
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Speaker 3: of human nature. But at the end of the day, like,

729
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 3: are you doing a disservice to your team?

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Speaker 4: I mean, look, the Titans are one and eight some

731
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Speaker 4: salary relief, so I would say, trade whoever you can

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Speaker 4: with whoever you can. But look, Rabels, we all know.

733
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Speaker 4: Look he took a bunch of assistance with him. There

734
00:33:17,880 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 4: was definitely some bad blood at the end of his

735
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Speaker 4: last season there. She thought that he had too much

736
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Speaker 4: control over the roster. She put in a GM to

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Speaker 4: sort of balance that back out. He didn't like it. Yeah,

738
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Speaker 4: so I mean you know that there's stuff.

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Speaker 3: Well, is that GM that she put in the one

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Speaker 3: that traded A J. Brown? I don't think so. Well.

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Speaker 3: I mean, like again, Rabel's a really good coach with

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Speaker 3: what he's done. In one year, he had the Titans

743
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Speaker 3: the number one seed with Ryan Tannhill as quarterback. I mean,

744
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Speaker 3: I know they had Dereck Henry, but I don't know.

745
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 3: It's just listen, if you bashed Belichick for what he

746
00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,160
Speaker 3: was doing to the Patriots, right, I think you kind

747
00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:53,960
Speaker 3: of got to say I got to bash the Titans

748
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Speaker 3: for doing this and not Yeah, I mean you got

749
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Speaker 3: to make your team better. I think you got to

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Speaker 3: do it, right.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I mean, look, Rabel was great for them, right, three

753
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 4: times in five seasons, made the playoffs, first championship game

754
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Speaker 4: in seventeen years, sorry fifteen years for that franchise, and

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Speaker 4: the end. Don't you have to feel better about his

756
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Speaker 4: tenure than how it ended?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? All right, total agreement Rachel with the news.

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Speaker 2: Well that's the news, and thanks for stopping by the

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Speaker 2: herd line. All right.

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Speaker 3: So yesterday we had midterms around the country. I was

761
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Speaker 3: playing in a mensley game and prepping for the show.

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Speaker 3: I have no idea what happened. I do anyway, So

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Speaker 3: today we're doing NFL Midterms Rachel and I. It's going

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Speaker 3: to be fun. That's back after this.

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Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Herd weekdays

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Speaker 2: in noon Eastern nin am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio

767
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,400
Speaker 2: FS one and the iHeartRadio app.

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Speaker 3: Back here on The Herd wrapping up the second hour,

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Speaker 3: and Rachel had some good little tell well piece of

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Speaker 3: information you want to reveal it. I don't know that

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Speaker 3: this is public info yet.

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Speaker 4: It's mainly for you because you're coming to the Lakers

773
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 4: game tonight. Mookie Bets, Will Smith, Tyler Glassnow Lake Snell,

774
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Speaker 4: Evan Phillips, They're all coming to Laker Spurs. The Dodgers

775
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,280
Speaker 4: continuing to celebrate. Yeah, you know, as if Freddy Freeman

776
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 4: doing the worm wasn't enough.

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Speaker 3: So they'll be celebrating at Webbin Yama Lakers tonight. Good,

778
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Speaker 3: good one, All right, Rachel. Midterms happened last night around

779
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Speaker 3: the country. Midterm elections, very exciting stuff. We decided we

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Speaker 3: do an NFL version of it here.

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Speaker 4: We go all right, I'm like your ballot and then

782
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Speaker 4: you can cast it. Right, So ballot question number one,

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Speaker 4: j Mac, who gets your vote for coach of the year?

784
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Speaker 3: All right, This one, to me is not that difficult.

785
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 3: I'm casting my vote see this year on the screen

786
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Speaker 3: boom for Mike Vrabel of the New England Patriots. I

787
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 3: long believe everybody that if you can do more with less,

788
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 3: you're the man for the job. And I absolutely love

789
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 3: the move the Patriots made. I think Rabel's been phenomenal.

790
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 3: How about this stat six and zero when quarterback Christian

791
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,360
Speaker 3: Gonzales plays breaking news he's not on the injury report today.

792
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,279
Speaker 3: According to Rabel, that's great news, huge game for them

793
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 3: against the Bucks. I just think Rabel's done a phenomenal

794
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 3: job a year ahead of schedule. All right.

795
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Speaker 4: Question number two, which means we're already up to more

796
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 4: than was on the California ballot yesterday. Who gets your

797
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 4: vote for MVP in the midterm?

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Speaker 9: All right?

799
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Speaker 3: This one another layup. I'm casting my vote.

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00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 4: Here we go.

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00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,480
Speaker 3: Most Valuable comeback Player of the year. Oh, most Valuable

802
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 3: Player of the year. MVP, baby, yeah, MVP. This one

803
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,799
Speaker 3: was not difficult, folks, and that's a Sammy Darnold. Yes,

804
00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 3: the quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks. I know some people, Jason,

805
00:36:43,640 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 3: you're crazy guys just by the numbers, and this has

806
00:36:46,560 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 3: bothered me. Sam Darnold has been absolutely tremendous with Seattle.

807
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 3: The numbers are ridiculous. I know his odds are not great,

808
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,800
Speaker 3: but he's the best downfield passer in the NFL. Seattle

809
00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 3: rebooted at quarterback and wide receiver one and they're perfectly

810
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 3: fine getting Sam Darnold is the MVP of till now right,

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Speaker 3: So there, yeah, justin now, yeah, there you go.

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00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,879
Speaker 4: All right? Who does now? Now do it? Who gets

813
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:10,960
Speaker 4: your Comeback Player of the Year?

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Speaker 3: Yes, another easy one. My guy carrying my fantasy team.

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Speaker 3: I'm casting my ballot for Christian McCaffrey. Oh my gosh.

816
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 3: The usage is through the roof, probably too much, but Rachel,

817
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 3: he's been dynamic. It's interesting. Saquon Barkley really struggling this year.

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00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,600
Speaker 3: Christian McCaffrey, who missed most of last year, he's back

819
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Speaker 3: with a vengeance. I'm not going to rattle off the numbers.

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Speaker 3: By the way, he is the favorite to win and

821
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Speaker 3: Comeback Player of the Year, but He's on pace for

822
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Speaker 3: a two thousand yard season with rushing and receiving yards

823
00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:40,160
Speaker 3: one thousand each. Pretty impressive.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, all right, now, so this is the part of

825
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:43,640
Speaker 4: the ballot like when they ask you to pick judges

826
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Speaker 4: for getting a little more the end of Louise Right,

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Speaker 4: who gets your vote for Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 3: This is tough because abok has been phenomenal. Tyler Warren

829
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 3: has been transformational. T Mac pretty damn good. I am

830
00:37:56,719 --> 00:38:02,520
Speaker 3: casting my ballot for Jackson. Yes, the ladies man in

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Speaker 3: New York City. He's got the popular mom. He's very cool,

832
00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 3: swagged out. Have you seen the photos of him calling

833
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:10,600
Speaker 3: up to New York City clubs? Yes, I mean, listen,

834
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Speaker 3: he's got the drip going on, heavy necklaces, like a

835
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Speaker 3: white T shirt, baggy pants. I'm like, okay, I need

836
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Speaker 3: that look. I mean, he's been the man and on

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Speaker 3: the field, Rachel, he's got like nobody's Malik Davis has

838
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 3: gone Skataboo's hurt. I gotta say I was wrong on Dart.

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Speaker 3: I think he's been outstanding Offensive Rookie of the Year.

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Speaker 3: Give it to me. He's a favorite.

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Speaker 4: By the way, He's got nobody but he's got charisma.

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00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 3: J man, he's got the rims your daughters like to say. Exactly.

843
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,160
Speaker 4: Defensive rookie of the year?

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Speaker 3: Who you got? This was a little more challenging some

845
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Speaker 3: strong candidates a duel. Carter's been good, not amazing. Guys

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00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 3: from Seattle, Dallas, Philly. All well, but I'm gonna cast

847
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 3: my vote. This is with the toughest one on the ballot.

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00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 3: Jihad Campbell, the young linebacker for the Eagles, has basically

849
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:56,399
Speaker 3: stepped into a Super Bowl winning team and not missed

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00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 3: a beat. I cannot believe how good he's been. Second

851
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,840
Speaker 3: best odds right now, behind Carter. He's grading out as

852
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 3: the fourth best linebacker in the NFL as a rookie

853
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 3: according to Pro Football Focus. Jehad Campbell, Jahad Campbell, just

854
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 3: outstanding rookie year.

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00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 4: All right, so now that's the rookies overall. Who's your

856
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,359
Speaker 4: vote for best offensive player of the year so far?

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00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think this is much of a challenge

858
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 3: the ballot easily. I know you want to hear Jonathan Taylor,

859
00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 3: but no Surrey JSN Jackson Smith the JIGBA he's emerged,

860
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,440
Speaker 3: I think is the best receiver in the NFL folks,

861
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 3: He's open on every play. Look at the stutter step

862
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 3: at the line of scrimmage. He's shaking everybody. JSN absolutely

863
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 3: love it. Offensive Player of the Year.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and what about defense? Who's your on nuts defensive?

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Speaker 9: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: This one because I don't like Jerry Jones casting that

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Speaker 3: ballot for mister Micah Parsons. I know Garrett had the

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Speaker 3: five sack game. Hutchinson's been great. Micah Parsons amazing. Plus

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Speaker 3: he's got a badass face mask. Loklyy that that is cool.

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Speaker 3: I cast my vote for Micah Parsons and the Super

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Speaker 3: Bowl bound Green Bay Packers.

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Speaker 4: You're you're just as petty as the Titans owner apparently.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they love it.

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Speaker 4: Who gets your vote for the team who will finish

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Speaker 4: with the most regular season wins?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I had to look at the schedule and going forward,

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Speaker 3: I'm casting my vote for the Buffalo Bills. I feel

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Speaker 3: like they unlocked something during the bye week, totally bottled

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Speaker 3: up Carolina, which had been rolling, and then body bag

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Speaker 3: the Chiefs in a big spot. I think they're in

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Speaker 3: really good shape. The schedule bears it out. They have

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Speaker 3: the Dolphins left, they have Jake Browning, Dylan Gabriel, Justin Fields, Rachel.

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Speaker 3: They're cooking. Yep.

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Speaker 4: All right, so this is the last one, which California

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Speaker 4: team will finish with the better record.

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Speaker 3: There's three? Yeah, well we're going to California. The screen,

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Speaker 3: the segments pretty fire, except with damn ballot box. Uh yeah,

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Speaker 3: California team there it is. I'm going with the Rams

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Speaker 3: because I'm I'm buying what cow Hurd is drinking, not

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Speaker 3: the Musenex the other stuff. I think this Rams team,

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh, the schedule lines up really really well

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Speaker 3: for them. They're they're crushing teams. How about the stat

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Speaker 3: least penalized team in the NFL for the second straight season,

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Speaker 3: and Stafford has been lights out, old man Stafford, Puca Davante,

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Speaker 3: My vote for the for the Ranks.

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Speaker 4: Yea, all that hand ringing preseason about Stafford's back and

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Speaker 4: totally fine.

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Speaker 3: All right, coming up final hour, I'll tell you why

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Speaker 3: one team in the NFL had the greatest day Enfranchise history. Hint.

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Speaker 3: They wear great and white jerseys.