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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily where it's the Irish super Bowl

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Speaker 1: this week. I'm Greg Rosenthal and I could not be

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Speaker 1: more excited to be joined by the unofficial host of

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Speaker 1: Viking Steelers the first ever game in Dublin, Michael McQuaid.

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Speaker 1: How are you doing? Are you going a little crazy?

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Speaker 1: And now you're running all over the place this week?

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Speaker 2: Greg Falsa, Welcome to Ireland. I know you've a lot

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Speaker 2: of bonds on this island, both north and south. And

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Speaker 2: it's funny. I was talking to a few people before

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Speaker 2: we came in here. I really mean this. It really

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Speaker 2: means a lot to us to see not just yourself

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Speaker 2: but the league come over here. So it's good to

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Speaker 2: see him. How are you doing?

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Speaker 1: Hey, I'm doing great. And yeah, Like I get to

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Speaker 1: the airport, the entire gate are Steelers fans in their jerseys?

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Speaker 2: Did you fly from LA or from LA? So that

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Speaker 2: Steelers fans in La?

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Speaker 1: Oh? Yeah, I mean they're Steelers fans everywhere. The fact

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Speaker 1: that it's all Steelers span on a like red Eye

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Speaker 1: in LA. Like, okay, that feels different. Get off the flight,

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Speaker 1: you see the Steelers and all the NFL stuff all

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Speaker 1: over the city. Get to the hotel. There's literally twenty

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Speaker 1: Steelers fans all taking pictures with their jerseys on, and

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Speaker 1: it just You've been on a bus around town with

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Speaker 1: feel like a special week for football in this country

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Speaker 1: and in the NFL in general.

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Speaker 2: And I have got a present for you from all

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Speaker 2: of us slots here, including Mark sitting Bestiitus, I've got

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Speaker 2: you an Irish terrible tile. Oh I don't believes available

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Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh, So you can keep that as a memento.

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Speaker 1: A I mean, I'm not keeping this thing. I'm a

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Speaker 1: Rogers hater, but I will give.

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Speaker 2: This give it to a deserving person.

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Speaker 1: To a deserving friend, my good buddy Anthony Jesselnick. We're

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Speaker 1: here with a big fan of the jessel Nick and

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Speaker 1: Rosenthal vanity project, Jev Mark Cogan here, and I'm going

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Speaker 1: I'm giving this straight to him. He will he will

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Speaker 1: really appreciate that. And yes, if you're listening to this,

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Speaker 1: what's this show all about? We want to get a

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Speaker 1: little bit of local flavor, a little bit of knowledge

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Speaker 1: about the growth of the game. Here we're going to

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Speaker 1: talk a little Viking Steelers. We did preview the game

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Speaker 1: on our preview show, But just a few more thoughts

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Speaker 1: about it before we get ready what that game is

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Speaker 1: going to look like. And I'm actually going to throw

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Speaker 1: some rankings at you, because I can't do anything in

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Speaker 1: my life without ranking them. And they're not exactly power rankings,

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Speaker 1: but I thought this was like a good time to

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Speaker 1: just look at preseason predictions and who we think me

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Speaker 1: especially are going to make the playoffs. How that's changed.

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Speaker 1: So it's kind of ranking the teams based on how

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Speaker 1: I think they're going to make, you know, the playoffs

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Speaker 1: or not. I divided them up into categories and you

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Speaker 1: can just tell me where you think I'm wrong and

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Speaker 1: where you think I'm right. But I do kind of

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Speaker 1: want to start with a little bit of Ireland chatter. Still,

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Speaker 1: how have you seen like the call of NFL fandom, bro, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Sitting here speaking to somebody like yourself. That's been the

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Speaker 2: London many times. London's great, London's amazing. I think Tottenham

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Speaker 2: is really really special. The first ever game I went

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Speaker 2: to was in Wembley, and I know you've experienced that

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Speaker 1: I went to Twickenham.

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Speaker 2: That was Twickenham Rams, wasn't it Rams against? Yeah, I've

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Speaker 2: never been to twicking them I so I'll give you that.

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Speaker 2: I think you know, when we go to an airport

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Speaker 2: And man, this is like the fifth time I've said this,

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Speaker 2: but I'm almost asking myself, why is it only happening now?

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Speaker 2: This should have happened like ten to fifteen years ago.

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Speaker 2: But you know, and I know your listeners know as well.

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Speaker 2: You know, guys like Alistair Kirkwood who really gambled his

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Speaker 2: League games coming up over the next few weeks in

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Speaker 1: I do want to wrap up sort of talking about

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Speaker 1: what we think it's going to look like on Sunday,

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Speaker 1: because it's a different stadium and everything. But I think

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Speaker 1: the game's here, and you're right, it is too late,

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Speaker 1: and it's not gonna be the last one. The NFL

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Speaker 1: is expanding, you think.

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Speaker 2: So do you think it'll be another one in the

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Speaker 2: Heartland at some point, even if it's not next year?

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Speaker 1: Yes, I mean I think if I had the guess

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be next year or whenever it is. If anything,

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Speaker 1: the only concern will be like can they match up

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Speaker 1: because there's a lot going on, like it feels like

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Speaker 1: the response is and Ireland punches above its weight in

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Speaker 1: terms of fandom, like so much, Like why do you

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Speaker 1: for such a small country for it to have that

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Speaker 2: You actually extrapolate potentially the UK data as well, how

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Speaker 2: many people are from Northern Ireland as well? I'm not

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Speaker 2: so and that goes into the stots, so it could

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Speaker 2: talk about that over it and the fandoms just grown

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Speaker 2: know you've previewed the game, but there's been no international

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Speaker 2: two hundred years since they emigrated from North America, the

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Speaker 2: what it meant to him and kids there, you know,

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Speaker 2: I agree with you what you're saying about it, you know,

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Speaker 2: first and foremost, when you come down here, you see

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Speaker 2: Dublin Castle, you see every street decked out. I think

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Speaker 2: they get the right matchup. I can't see why it

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Speaker 2: can't happen every year, and it's an easy addition for

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Speaker 2: have or if they want to have additional games. I

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Speaker 2: think it's just abo getting the right palette. I'd happily

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Speaker 2: take a game every year.

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Speaker 1: If they often make the Steelers the Irish team. I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they'd want to be.

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Speaker 2: I know they really like and it's not even like

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Speaker 2: not like it's public knowledge. They really want to play

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Speaker 2: was like, Man, I'm so happy for you, but like

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Speaker 2: I feel like, yes, they'll come back to Steelers, please God, Touchwood,

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Speaker 2: et cetera. But I think they might go to Mexico

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Speaker 1: Well they've only had you know, Dan Renie's only been

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Speaker 2: Yes, I.

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Speaker 1: Am confident it'll be here, partly because it's open that

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Speaker 1: the NFL's idea is to play more international games, and

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Speaker 1: it's pretty obvious to me that the way to do

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Speaker 1: that is eventually have a schedule where every team plays

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Speaker 1: an international game every year. There's an entire week of

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Speaker 1: international games. It solves the whole uneven home away schedule.

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Speaker 1: It's an extra television package. They're going to renegotiate that

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Speaker 1: I'm just spinning off of speculation. This is not inside information.

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Speaker 1: And so at that point, like you need inventory, you

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Speaker 1: need sixteen games a year. London can handle what five, six,

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Speaker 1: whatever it's gonna be. But you're gonna be all over

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Speaker 1: the globe, and I think they'll go where the enthusiasm is,

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Speaker 1: end with that, and we can talk a little bit

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Speaker 1: about Vikings Steelers, but I'm gonna I'm gonna just do

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Speaker 1: something on that. I was on the flight over, I

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Speaker 1: it's too early to start overreacting and just categorize these teams.

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Speaker 1: And so we're gonna do it pretty quickly here. Yeah, Michael, right,

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Speaker 1: it's like you are an analys You're not just I

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Speaker 1: don't want to just put you in the in the

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Speaker 1: box of like, oh yeah, tell us about how meaningful

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Speaker 1: Ireland is. You're actually going to be broadcasting. What is

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Speaker 1: your role with Virgin Media for this game? It is

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Speaker 1: the first Irish production of an NFL game since nineteen

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Speaker 1: ninety yes, which is outrageous.

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Speaker 2: I was born in ninety one, so I'll take that.

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Speaker 1: That's annoying. You didn't need to say that. Like you

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Speaker 1: you're going to be part of it. What are you

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Speaker 1: doing for the game?

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Speaker 2: And I'm doing pregium, halftime and postgame on the television

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Speaker 2: on our friend who we were talking about off audio

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Speaker 2: fa Obata is going to be doing not play by play,

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Speaker 2: but whenever the US goes to commercials, he's going to

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Speaker 2: be talking to each play. And I know you love

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Speaker 2: the guy. I absolutely love that guy. He is amazing

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Speaker 2: and I can't see what he's going to be like.

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Speaker 1: That is amazing. You're kind of a competitor. I'm doing

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Speaker 1: halftime for sky Sports, but ultimately I don't think you

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Speaker 1: can get both. I don't even know how it works.

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Speaker 1: You can't.

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Speaker 2: But sure, Look it's fine. We just go up against

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Speaker 2: John On have some fun.

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Speaker 1: Flip it in between. Okay, I've divided the entire league

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Speaker 1: bottom and then go to the top, and the different

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Speaker 1: groups are based on like if I think they can

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Speaker 2: that you know, do it for the love of the

433
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Speaker 2: game and it does make a huge difference.

434
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Speaker 1: You've built a little empire. How many people have you

435
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Speaker 1: left on the side of the road. Sharp elbow is

436
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Speaker 1: on your way up here. I guy in Ireland, I

437
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Speaker 1: do the best.

438
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Speaker 2: I can't. I try my best. I love the game

439
00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,879
Speaker 2: and you know, we'll talk about it after this, but

440
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,600
Speaker 2: you know, when you have weekends, I said, you know,

441
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Speaker 2: it means a love.

442
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Speaker 1: I I was asked by my friend Matt Casey. I'm

443
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Speaker 1: name dropping him here, who is the producer for Football

444
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Speaker 1: Night in America, also Mike Florio's producer, and he was like,

445
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Speaker 1: is there Neil Reynolds of Ireland? And I sent him

446
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Speaker 1: your way and then you you were on Florio's show.

447
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,639
Speaker 1: I know I should be getting a co producer. Well,

448
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:06,840
Speaker 1: I credit for that, but you that's your status at

449
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Speaker 1: this point.

450
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Speaker 2: Thank you very very much. It's funny, like I really

451
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Speaker 2: appreciate going on obviously love Florio and it was windy outside, right,

452
00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,560
Speaker 2: so you can imagine being on pftive or whatever on

453
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Speaker 2: my hair just went live. I'm bitt and bar someon.

454
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Speaker 2: But mon great, great way to go on, and thank

455
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Speaker 2: you for the reference. And a co producer situation will

456
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Speaker 2: definitely happen, absolutely.

457
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Speaker 1: And and I don't think you need to say obviously

458
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Speaker 1: I love Florio because I feel like there's a lot

459
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Speaker 1: of people that don't love.

460
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Speaker 2: I enjoy his articles. I enjoy the discussion, shall we say,

461
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Speaker 2: on the opinions and you know, different things too.

462
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Speaker 1: He cranked No one works harder, and I'm joking about

463
00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,479
Speaker 1: it because I feel comfortable doing that. I used to

464
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Speaker 1: work for him, and I know he pisses a lot

465
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Speaker 1: of people off, Like that's what he's trying to do.

466
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Speaker 1: Sometimes it's people inside the league. Sometimes it's people working

467
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Speaker 1: for teams. But you need some one like that in

468
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Speaker 1: the mix. All right, let's get back to the go

469
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Speaker 1: for it to the mix. And yet, like the Commander's

470
00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,639
Speaker 1: defense is a little more impressive so far than I expected,

471
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Speaker 1: and so I actually am upgrading them a little bit.

472
00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:15,520
Speaker 1: I was. I was not so high on them repeating

473
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Speaker 1: this year, and the fact that their defense I think

474
00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 1: is going to be as good as it has been.

475
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Speaker 1: Makes me more optimistic that I'd be disappointed if they

476
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Speaker 1: didn't make the playoffs. And the Seahawks. Very close to

477
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Speaker 1: putting them in the title contenders because I just think

478
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Speaker 1: they have a lot that to like on this team,

479
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Speaker 1: especially on defense, but I like the way that the

480
00:22:35,359 --> 00:22:37,679
Speaker 1: offense has been coaching. Just need to see it just

481
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Speaker 1: a little bit more. All right, let's get the title

482
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Speaker 1: contenders because we're taping this too before that that T

483
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Speaker 1: andF game, and we could sound stupid talking Seahawks or

484
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Speaker 1: Cardinals title contenders. And tell me if you don't think

485
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Speaker 1: any of these teams are Ultimately, I had a pretty

486
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Speaker 1: big group people think that it's very predictable. I think

487
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Speaker 1: this season in the NFL, at least where we are

488
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Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, I felt comfortable putting nine teams where

489
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Speaker 1: if they went won the Super Bowl, I'd be like, yeah,

490
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Speaker 1: I could see it with maybe you know, one caveat

491
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Speaker 1: and that's at the bottom of this. But at the top,

492
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Speaker 1: I'm putting the Packers. I know they just lost to

493
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Speaker 1: the Browns. They still have Matt Lafleur, a quarterback I

494
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Speaker 1: believe in, and what I think is going to be

495
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Speaker 1: the best defense in the league. So I'm putting them

496
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Speaker 1: number one, the Lions and Eagles right behind them. I

497
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Speaker 1: just think they're going to be the class of the

498
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Speaker 1: NFC in general. Chargers, Bills, Ravens up next. Even though

499
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Speaker 1: the Ravens have lost two games, I anticipate they will

500
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Speaker 1: figure things out. My friend Jordan Rodrigue on the show

501
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Speaker 1: on Wednesday said, is are the Chargers the best team

502
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Speaker 1: in the NFL? I thought, I was, like, Man, that

503
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,679
Speaker 1: is a wild statement, but it's not crazy when you

504
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:48,360
Speaker 1: think of how well Justin Herbert is playing right now,

505
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:50,880
Speaker 1: and that they're a pretty balanced team overall. So they're

506
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Speaker 1: there at four, Bills at five, Ravens at six, and

507
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Speaker 1: then the Rams, the Bucks, and the hardest team to

508
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Speaker 1: put in this list for me was actually the Kansas

509
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Speaker 1: City Chiefs. It just felt like, I'm like falling for

510
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Speaker 1: it if I don't at least put them in this category.

511
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Speaker 2: It's the first team that looked at me there now.

512
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:13,399
Speaker 2: Like granted, I watched about fifty six minutes condensed of

513
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Speaker 2: Sunday Night Football with the Chiefs, and the reality is

514
00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,359
Speaker 2: something we talked about earlier on this week. For two

515
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Speaker 2: teams in that list, one of them, barring a miracle

516
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Speaker 2: this week, is going one in flee, And like, what's

517
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Speaker 2: the percentage chance of making the playoffs if you go

518
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Speaker 2: one and flee? Never mind the consequences in the AFC

519
00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 2: North if the Ravens go to one and play with

520
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:35,159
Speaker 2: different teams there and with the Chiefs offensively barred that

521
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Speaker 2: like bar the final couple of offensive drives on Sunday

522
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Speaker 2: Night football in New York. I was sort of surprised

523
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Speaker 2: at how much they struggle to get the ball dot

524
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Speaker 2: the fielding relied so much a hard booker, I thought

525
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Speaker 2: there would be more of a movement on the offense

526
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Speaker 2: with Patrick Mahomes charges one's interest and the biggest one

527
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Speaker 2: for me stands out the Rams how and I look,

528
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Speaker 2: I know I cursed them last week for a start online, right,

529
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Speaker 2: but how they were able to almost stop that Eagles

530
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Speaker 2: offense in the first tof and you know, stop the

531
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Speaker 2: run to an extent was saque and they'll put you

532
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Speaker 2: in under pressure. But certainly we could see a different

533
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Speaker 2: side of the Eagles that we hadn't seen in quite

534
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Speaker 2: a while. Forty went in the championship run fell apart

535
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Speaker 2: a little bit in the second half or they didn't

536
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Speaker 2: get there. Yeah, a big time, but they showed a

537
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Speaker 2: little bit of a blueprint there defensively to trend to

538
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Speaker 2: stop was going to be interesting. See if anybody else

539
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Speaker 2: can pick it up on the scratch. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think their pass rush in the way they're built,

541
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Speaker 1: they're built to play with a lead normally there running

542
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Speaker 1: success right has been through the roof, and I think

543
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Speaker 1: that's the biggest reason they got that lead in the

544
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Speaker 1: first half, as they played keep away from the Eagles

545
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Speaker 1: and went on these long drives. They got to be

546
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Speaker 1: able to finish the drives. But ultimately, like they are

547
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Speaker 1: in a championship window. If I had to guess, I

548
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Speaker 1: think this is Matthew staffords last year in the NFL,

549
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:47,440
Speaker 1: and not that there's a lot of pressure on them

550
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Speaker 1: to win now, but there's a reason why he came

551
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Speaker 1: back and decided to take less money to play for

552
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Speaker 1: the Rams than to possibly go to the Giants or

553
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Speaker 1: the Steelers or the options that were out there, and

554
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Speaker 1: that's because they can go ahead and win the title.

555
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Speaker 1: So that's my top nine for now. I think we'll

556
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Speaker 1: do this every once in a while in the season,

557
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Speaker 1: just kind of just take a look, we'll put this

558
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Speaker 1: out on the socials too, so everyone can get mad

559
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:11,360
Speaker 1: at us.

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Speaker 2: I don't think I don't think anybody can complain with

561
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Speaker 2: those top nine teams. Okay, maybe Chiefs fonds because they're

562
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Speaker 2: sitting in ninth, maybe, but.

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Speaker 1: I mean they should they should be they should be

564
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Speaker 1: grateful to even be there at all.

565
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Speaker 2: We will see what happens is they's not enough pass rush.

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Speaker 1: But I also know almost everything that's happened to this

567
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Speaker 1: point in the season is just a very like it's

568
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Speaker 1: a amuz boosh of a dinner that we're gonna have.

569
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Speaker 1: It is the it's not even an appetizer. It is

570
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,159
Speaker 1: such a small portion of what's actually going to matter

571
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Speaker 1: in December, January, November. Obviously, the wins count, but I've

572
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:49,600
Speaker 1: just seen too many seasons like this, and and the

573
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Speaker 1: Chiefs and the Ravens organizations like that can south scout

574
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Speaker 1: and problem solve and figure things out. I think that

575
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Speaker 1: the issues with the Chiefs roster though this year, are

576
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 1: just greater, so them figuring out might be second place

577
00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 1: in the AFC West and suddenly you're on the road

578
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 1: for three weeks even though you want eleven games. The

579
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 1: Chargers you know, win that division and that that's a different,

580
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:12,880
Speaker 1: different recipe without like a great pass.

581
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Speaker 2: I really like the option of maybe writing this down

582
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 2: right and week free and then calling back, yeah, week

583
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 2: seven and seeing a completely different sort of well middle

584
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Speaker 2: part as well. Now I love it.

585
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Speaker 1: I will Okay, let's let's talk this game on Sunday.

586
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Speaker 1: What do you think the atmosphere is going to be like?

587
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 1: And like what is this stadium like to be holding

588
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:35,560
Speaker 1: like an NFL game?

589
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:40,680
Speaker 2: Here? Stadium's massive. I called it a mecca for us,

590
00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 2: Like that's what it is. I'm presuming that Mark is

591
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 2: nodding in the background here because he agrees. But for

592
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 2: us just very quickly, not to bore people, but to

593
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 2: deep dive in this very very quickly. We we have

594
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,360
Speaker 2: Gaelic sports football hurling. Our villages are times you play

595
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Speaker 2: for them, and if you're good enough, you play for

596
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Speaker 2: your county. Usually you don't treat it in the NFL

597
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 2: or transfer. That's your county. That's who you're proud of,

598
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,359
Speaker 2: and you know to playing. Crok Park is one of

599
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Speaker 2: the highest owners you can have. That stadium for a

600
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Speaker 2: lot of people here is like a family member almost

601
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:14,440
Speaker 2: where you take your families where you take your friends

602
00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 2: and you've had some great moments and you have had

603
00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:19,879
Speaker 2: some very sad moments. You don't usually play anything outside

604
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 2: of Glix sports in that stadium, So in the last

605
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 2: fifteen twenty years, obviously you've got you know, they have

606
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 2: rugby games the all the time. Now it's becoming more common.

607
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:31,440
Speaker 2: Soccer happened as well. This is certainly a talking point

608
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Speaker 2: with people on this island at the minute that the

609
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,680
Speaker 2: NFL is playing in the stadium atmosphere wise, and you'll

610
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:37,680
Speaker 2: see it in Sunday and people watching it will see

611
00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,320
Speaker 2: it for you. There's no bad seat in the house,

612
00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 2: so where you're going to be sitting in the booth

613
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Speaker 2: and Sunday is incredible. If you look to the left,

614
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 2: you'll see Dublin Town, Dublin City everywhere. It's unbelievable. And

615
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 2: also with the people watching the TV. When the anthems finish,

616
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 2: a drone comes up into the smaller stand and looks

617
00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,240
Speaker 2: across at everybody a sea of color, see of different jersey.

618
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 2: I'm biased, and I know people are sitting here going, well,

619
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Speaker 2: this guy's Irish, she's biased. Whatever. Man, imagine country roads

620
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 2: by like ten in Munich. I think that's what it's

621
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 2: going to be like. And I'm putting this on the

622
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,480
Speaker 2: serious padistaline. You're I got good people here under pressure,

623
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,800
Speaker 2: but I think it's going to be really, really special

624
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 2: and I'm probably gonna be an emotional wreck by about

625
00:29:19,880 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 2: two thirty five and some day.

626
00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 1: No, that's amazing to think about. And just visually with

627
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: the open air on one of the sides, like it

628
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 1: just looks different than any other NFL game, and I

629
00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 1: just think that will be cool. It's gonna be harder

630
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 1: to kick into that end or we're gonna have because

631
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:40,920
Speaker 1: the Steelers actually have a similar issue where their field

632
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 1: goal kickers for the longest time, like the longest field

633
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: goal ever, so that one end where it's open air,

634
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 1: it was like forty six yards. It was so hard

635
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: to kick to that side. Now because kicker kickers are

636
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:50,960
Speaker 1: just better.

637
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 2: They've overcome and they've got an absolute freak as well.

638
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 1: Yeah.

639
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 2: In Chris Boswell, it's funny you mentioned that we were

640
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,720
Speaker 2: on a like a production call the other day. I'm

641
00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 2: one of the guys on the call, Big Gillick sports fan,

642
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:04,680
Speaker 2: big GF and he mentioned that whenever rugby players were

643
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,240
Speaker 2: kicking conversion there from you know, off the ground obviously

644
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,960
Speaker 2: seem as what we would have on Sunday. They were

645
00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 2: they weren't very happy with the difference when they were

646
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Speaker 2: kicking into the smaller stand. I don't know why that is.

647
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 2: They'll obviously do maybe a deep dive not over the

648
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 2: next few days and that, you know, but certainly they

649
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,479
Speaker 2: find it harder to kick into that smaller stand. They

650
00:30:22,520 --> 00:30:24,480
Speaker 2: find it hard to kick in that stadium. Whether it's

651
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 2: the fact that there's a small it's a huge field,

652
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,720
Speaker 2: but obviously the NFL field is a lot smaller. Certainly

653
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 2: something to look out for. If the game is like tight.

654
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Speaker 1: I think it's going to be ugly. I think it's

655
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Speaker 1: going to be defense.

656
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Speaker 2: How ugly are we talking though, like like under twenty

657
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Speaker 2: one points total or it.

658
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Speaker 1: Just a lot of these overseas games get ugly, and

659
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Speaker 1: they get ugly high scoring sometimes in sloppy or they

660
00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 1: get ugly like a defensive struggle with with a lot

661
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 1: of field goals, and that that's what I see. I

662
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,240
Speaker 1: don't know if it's the time difference, just new surroundings,

663
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Speaker 1: whatever it is.

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Speaker 2: And they're coming in on Friday as well, which is

665
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Speaker 2: right which.

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Speaker 1: To me is a little crazy. I don't quite get that.

667
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,240
Speaker 1: I get you're coming from, you know, the East Coast

668
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 1: time zone, which helps on it, you know, for the Steelers,

669
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 1: I'm coming from the West Coast a little more dramatic,

670
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 1: but that does seem crazy to me. I just think

671
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,560
Speaker 1: Carson Wentz has been incredibly overrated off of what he

672
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: did last week. Like, you cannot expect Carson Wentz to

673
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 1: help you win a football game in twenty twenty five.

674
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: The best you can hope for is him to not

675
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 1: lose you the game, and he successfully did that last

676
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 1: week against team that is not very good defensively, and

677
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 1: early in that game he seemed a little skittish, just

678
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: holding onto the ball, taking sacks, making some bad throws.

679
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 1: His defense scores a bunch of points for him, and

680
00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,280
Speaker 1: he settled in and made some nicer throws as the

681
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 1: game wore on. So I think you have him on

682
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 1: one side and an improving pass rush with the Steelers.

683
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 1: Herbig was just crazy, yeah, And then on the other side,

684
00:31:57,200 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 1: I think it's been under sold that. Like we saw

685
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 1: this matchup a year ago in Tottenham. It was Brian

686
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Speaker 1: Flores and the Vikings versus Aaron Rodgers and it didn't

687
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 1: go well. And I don't think he does well against pressure,

688
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: and and people think, well he's the rare QB that

689
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: could maybe outsmart like a Brian Flores. But well he

690
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 1: did in the year ago in this exact spot. That

691
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: was the game where basically everyone after was like, hmm,

692
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,160
Speaker 1: maybe this Jet Rogers thing is not gonna work.

693
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 2: And it didn't, right, it didn't. You're the first part

694
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,440
Speaker 2: this might be like the savagery of poulcasts this week.

695
00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 2: You are the first person to say that. So everybody

696
00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,120
Speaker 2: else is talking about in terms of like mobility were

697
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,080
Speaker 2: Rogers He looks saddled enough coming in anyone I've spoke

698
00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 2: to anyway. Ice had of her own podcast. Yeah, like

699
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,160
Speaker 2: it was ugly last year in London. I think you

700
00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:38,920
Speaker 2: read that game as well.

701
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, like I was not, but I did go look

702
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Speaker 1: for some stats from it.

703
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 2: By the way, just go for it.

704
00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: Fourty uh six for fourteen under pressure, three point one

705
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: yards per attempt and was just getting rid of the ball,

706
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 1: was like afraid to get hit. And that the same

707
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: thing's happened this year under pressure. This year he is

708
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,000
Speaker 1: dead last of all thirty two quarterbacks who would qualify

709
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,480
Speaker 1: in completion percentage under pressure. He is twenty ninth in

710
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 1: yards per attempt, only ahead of cam Ward Jake Browning

711
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:11,200
Speaker 1: in bo Nicks Bonicks last place there not great and

712
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 1: so I think both these teams are going to get

713
00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 1: pressure and I don't think the quarterbacks will handle it.

714
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: Which it can go a few ways. You might have

715
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,360
Speaker 1: a lot of defensive scores in short fields and that

716
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 1: gives you points. But that's that's the type of game

717
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 1: that I'm seeing.

718
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Speaker 2: Well, I think for you from a fun perspective, first

719
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 2: and foremost, hopefully it's the game where it's it's entering,

720
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 2: it's exciting, and it's not a defensive slope best on

721
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 2: either side of each team, Like you want to see

722
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 2: a situation where it's close, but it's also a fun matchup.

723
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Speaker 2: Like I would like to see a scenario where Stelers

724
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Speaker 2: defense comes out hot, Biken's defense comes out hot. And yes,

725
00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:46,920
Speaker 2: you might get the sock the odd stoppage, Yeah, an

726
00:33:46,920 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 2: interception or two. Hell, give me throw me in a

727
00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,800
Speaker 2: pick sex, give give us some you know, give me

728
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 2: Rogers somehow getting the ball down the Calvin Austiner DK

729
00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,040
Speaker 2: or DK having a breakout game give me Carson Wentz

730
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 2: repeating last let's just make it fun, like, let's make

731
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: it like, let's just get the over and just have

732
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:06,800
Speaker 2: some fun. On whoever wins wins, I would be really

733
00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 2: I'd begot it, man, if there was a repeat of

734
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:11,960
Speaker 2: like the Flores Rogers situation last year.

735
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Speaker 1: But that game was close in the end. It was

736
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 1: kind of a disappointing game in general, and I'm like you,

737
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm always rooting for these games to

738
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 1: be really entertaining, just to I think we have a

739
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:23,680
Speaker 1: good product.

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Speaker 2: But like the first time as well, Like the first time,

741
00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:28,040
Speaker 2: how would you have described the game in Munich if

742
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 2: you remember? It was at the trick player that I

743
00:34:30,080 --> 00:34:33,920
Speaker 2: remember really was like trying to just do something Dolphins game.

744
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 2: I was not there, but yeah, it was hard. It

745
00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 2: was hard, like there's no point in like me lyon

746
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 2: when you fly two and a half hours to Frankfurt.

747
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: It was hard. Just I actually went downstairs to the

748
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 2: press box which was done at the very very bottom,

749
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,399
Speaker 2: and missed was it the inner? Was there a pick

750
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 2: six just before halftime? Yes? Watched that in TV and went, well,

751
00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:52,359
Speaker 2: this game is over.

752
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:55,680
Speaker 1: I yeah, I always hope for it to be a

753
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,799
Speaker 1: close game. You told me before we started you would

754
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,600
Speaker 1: not be here without Henry Hodgson. Yeah, I would not either,

755
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 1: And I do feel like I feel a fraction of

756
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:06,879
Speaker 1: how he must feel in all these international games, which

757
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 1: is I'm always just I just want it to be

758
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,120
Speaker 1: a good game. But there are all sorts of different

759
00:35:11,120 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 1: shapes of good games. And everything about these two teams

760
00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 1: to me screams that we won't know who's gonna win

761
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: until the final three or four minutes of this game,

762
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 1: and there are no great playmakers on both sides between

763
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 1: DK and Justin Jefferson and some of the defensive players too,

764
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 1: that I expect plays will be made, and that that's

765
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:33,799
Speaker 1: that's all I want.

766
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 2: And look, if you give anybody the option of it'll

767
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,319
Speaker 2: go down to the last three or four minutes. I guess,

768
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,280
Speaker 2: even if it is a bit stop, start, defensively slow whatever,

769
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 2: I'll take that.

770
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:45,080
Speaker 1: I mean, aren't you guys big enough NFL fans that

771
00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: you'll be fine either way? Or do you think quality?

772
00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:49,839
Speaker 1: Like if this game is a classic, what does that

773
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 1: mean for like the casual iron.

774
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 2: We get three games a year, I think that has

775
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 2: to be that. I'm joking, but if then, wouldn't it

776
00:35:57,680 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 2: be great if it was a classic or if it

777
00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 2: was one of those games where and I know, look,

778
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 2: let me like, and I know you've a lot of

779
00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 2: people in the US listening. I know you've the Chiefs

780
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,719
Speaker 2: Ravens this week. I know e've a massive something I

781
00:36:06,719 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 2: football match this week. I know is that the Tennessee

782
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 2: Titans play in the Houston, Texas this week. I know

783
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 2: there's a big matchup this week. But I'm joking with that.

784
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 2: But I know for a lot of people, maybe it's

785
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:17,399
Speaker 2: not at the forefront. Apart from the fact that it's

786
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 2: the first ever in Ireland, it's on early So for

787
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,439
Speaker 2: those people, yeah, like I'd love to see a big game.

788
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,040
Speaker 2: But for people that are watching here on domestic TV

789
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:26,840
Speaker 2: or maybe watching you at halftime, I'll give you a

790
00:36:26,840 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 2: shout out in sky Sports and maybe they're going, oh yeah,

791
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 2: I'll give it a go. You know, you're talking about

792
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,319
Speaker 2: people like Henry Hodgon about the game here. If people

793
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,560
Speaker 2: are going to continue to watch the games, that are

794
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 2: taking flag football to maybe go to an event to

795
00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 2: watch party crucial. I think that we not just have

796
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,279
Speaker 2: a good game, but we have a very very good atmosphere.

797
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,759
Speaker 2: Does country roads work in Dublin? I don't know.

798
00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: I mean, it seems weird in Germany. But whatever, this

799
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: thing along as long as I'm sure the atmosphere is

800
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 1: going to be great, and honestly, no matter what the

801
00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:57,200
Speaker 1: result of the game is, I think for the American

802
00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,799
Speaker 1: audience that's going to be more important. Oh, by the way,

803
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:04,440
Speaker 1: you got the best broadcast crew in the business calling it.

804
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 1: There's a lot of good ones out there, but I

805
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,560
Speaker 1: would take Joe Davis and Greg Olsen over all of them,

806
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: so that is only gonna gonna help the presentation. Appreciate you,

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00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 1: Michael McQuaid, Pro Football Ireland. Where else should we check

808
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 1: you out this week?

809
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 2: To search pro football out a online. We're very grateful

810
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 2: that you're going to pop on a chat those day

811
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 2: on Friday nights, depending on the time of recording.

812
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,359
Speaker 1: Yes, I need to, I will be there. I will

813
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 1: be there, and yes, I hope, I hope that goes

814
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,760
Speaker 1: out live, but if not, it'll just be a moment

815
00:37:36,760 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 1: in time that that we had all together, which which

816
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 1: we had here. I appreciate you making the time and

817
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 1: you know, just the last thing for you. You guys are

818
00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 1: better than like English fans. So right, yeah, I hope, I.

819
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,480
Speaker 2: Hope that's what you're thinking when you walk out.

820
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,480
Speaker 1: But what I will say, see that was a joke

821
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: I didn't really want, but I just was seeing if

822
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 1: there's any sort of vibe.

823
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:56,200
Speaker 2: Well, going back to what I said, I'm just to

824
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:57,800
Speaker 2: finish it off as well. You know we would not

825
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:00,360
Speaker 2: be here. The hard work has been into the London Games,

826
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 2: on the games internationally, and I know that that's a fun. Yeah,

827
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:04,880
Speaker 2: we are a better crack, and I mean not in

828
00:38:04,880 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 2: a loving and friendly and fun way. But can I

829
00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:09,040
Speaker 2: also say to you I always set at the start,

830
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:12,600
Speaker 2: but I do mean it's when people like yourself bring

831
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,600
Speaker 2: you know, people like myself, you bring Irish people on,

832
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 2: et cetera. You've obviously a lot of people over here

833
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,320
Speaker 2: to listen to your podcast. I really appreciate it. I

834
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,840
Speaker 2: know a lot of those people do as well. So

835
00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 2: Grom and all good, Thank you very very much, and

836
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 2: I hope you have a great time here and if

837
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,040
Speaker 2: you're heading over to London, have a good time as

838
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:27,319
Speaker 2: well over the next few weeks month.

839
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 1: And I am and and anything for a man that

840
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: that you you know, host the show with sometimes in Mark,

841
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 1: who's helping us produce here, who I once saw walking

842
00:38:38,120 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 1: through a Las Vegas casino wearing a T shirt of

843
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:46,879
Speaker 1: my my other podcast, Dare VP. So I mean got

844
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 1: all the time in the world for that. This is

845
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 1: it for our pre week four set of podcasts. I

846
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: know we've been throwing a lot at you and we've

847
00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,479
Speaker 1: enjoyed the hell out of it. We will be back

848
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 1: Sunday night to recap it all. That'll be myself, Patrick Clayban,

849
00:39:05,560 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: Jordan Rodrieg, Nick Shuck, the entire usual crew.

850
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 2: I'll just be over

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00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: Here talking about what I hope was a great game

852
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: and a great football Sunday, we were theater