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Speaker 1: As well as one player that's not going anywhere, long

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Speaker 1: time Buck Chris Godwin will stay in Tampa Bay. We

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Speaker 1: Welcome to The Insiders. Patrick Playbon here in the nfl

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Speaker 1: Judy Batista, and Mike Garafolo. On the second day of

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much, Patrick, and welcome inside with the Insiders.

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Speaker 3: Another fun day, and one of the big piece of

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Speaker 2: Ian you heard Patrick refer to it right there.

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Speaker 3: The Vikings were in on Daniel Jones, who finished last

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Speaker 4: But at least what they have done is everything essentially

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Speaker 6: I think we have established that the New York Giants

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Speaker 3: It's very, very funny if you know the backstory on

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Speaker 1: The history has showing us that Sam Donald didn't have

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Speaker 7: This break, Geene teker Off has fired the cannons for

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Speaker 7: this interview. Chris, congratulations on the deal. What is it

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Speaker 10: Chris, you mentioned something in the water. I'm coming to

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Speaker 8: I mentioned this story on Earli other day.

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Speaker 7: The last time you were up for a contract extension,

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Speaker 9: it's it's an honor to get to play by his

441
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Speaker 9: side and for us to be, you know, one of

442
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Speaker 9: the best receiving duels of all time is something that

443
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Speaker 9: we're going to look back on when we're older and

444
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Speaker 9: realize and just how special it was.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, I want to go back to the history of

446
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Speaker 10: that Chris that you just brought up when you look

447
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Speaker 10: back at your time, and I know there's still plenty

448
00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,600
Speaker 10: of football left to be played. This was put in

449
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,960
Speaker 10: front of me by one of your PR guys, Andrew Holman.

450
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Speaker 10: Shout out to Andrew that right now you and Mike

451
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Speaker 10: are fifth all time and receiving duos. But this is

452
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Speaker 10: how impressive this is. If you and Mike both go

453
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Speaker 10: over a thousand yards, which you both do regularly, you

454
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Speaker 10: would be second if you guys do the sexies and

455
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Speaker 10: you'd be second only to Isaac Bruce and Torri Folt.

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Speaker 10: And when you hear those names and here where you

457
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Speaker 10: would be on that list and know that these numbers,

458
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Speaker 10: I mean you can rapidly rise up those record books.

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Speaker 11: What does that mean?

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Speaker 9: Yeah, it again it speaks to exactly like what we

461
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Speaker 9: were just talking about, Like these are things like anytime

462
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Speaker 9: you have the opportunity to uh, you know, to approach

463
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Speaker 9: an NFL record like that is you know that that's

464
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Speaker 9: rare air, right, that these are things that that people

465
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Speaker 9: just don't get the opportunity to do. And you know

466
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Speaker 9: you mentioned you know, names like as Bruce and toward Hole.

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Speaker 9: These are these are guys that we that we both

468
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Speaker 9: grew up watching, you know, like some of the best

469
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Speaker 9: duos in NFL history. Like these it's very like meaningful things.

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Speaker 9: So for me and for Mike, it's you know, it

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Speaker 9: means a lot. It speaks to our not only our ability,

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Speaker 9: but our longevity and also our selflessness because I think

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Speaker 9: the reason that you don't have situation like this, you know,

474
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Speaker 9: too often is because you know, there's a lot of

475
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Speaker 9: eagle involved because you know, everybody wants to be like

476
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Speaker 9: the guy, or everybody wants a certain amount of targets

477
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Speaker 9: or a certain amount of money, and sometimes like they

478
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Speaker 9: can lose sight of, you know, what could be special.

479
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Speaker 9: But luckily for both of us, that's never been the

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Speaker 9: draft of factors for us. So we've been able to

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Speaker 9: be a pair for this long and I'm excited that

482
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Speaker 9: we get to do it again.

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Speaker 7: That's one real quick because I know you got to go.

484
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Speaker 7: Baker Mayfield. His reaction when you told them we're coming.

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Speaker 9: Back, Man, he was a bigger face on me. And

486
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Speaker 9: we share we share a nice moment. Man, he was hype.

487
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Speaker 9: He texted me like shortly after he was like, man,

488
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Speaker 9: I was I was incredibly nervous. I'm like biting my

489
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Speaker 9: nails right, but he was extremely hype.

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Speaker 8: Man, awesome, Mike.

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Speaker 10: I think the talk is that, I think the talk

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Speaker 10: of the pressor is could you imagine Baker Mayfield at

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Speaker 10: a Super Bowl boat parade? Because that'd be a guy

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Speaker 10: I didn't get to do it last time, and he

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Speaker 10: seems like someone that would have a really good time

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Speaker 10: and something like that.

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Speaker 9: Yeah, he'd have a decent time. Now. I think he'd

498
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Speaker 9: be a guy, I will like a bull Carie.

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Speaker 8: There you go, Baker on a boat. I can't wait

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Speaker 8: to see that.

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Speaker 2: Good luck to you.

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Speaker 7: And the Bucks moving forward, Chris. Congratulations to you and

503
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Speaker 7: your family. Congratulations to the Bucks for hanging on to

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Speaker 7: a great player who means so much in that locker room.

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Speaker 9: Congrat Chris, Thank you guys very much.

506
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Speaker 3: A lot of moves already through the first twenty four

507
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Speaker 3: hours and change of free agency frenzy. I swear this

508
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Speaker 3: graphic gets smaller every time we show it.

509
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Speaker 2: I can't what do we got there? Number one Milton Williams.

510
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Speaker 2: That's got me.

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Speaker 3: Milton Williams was Patriots. He's up there at the top, right.

512
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Speaker 3: I think Zach Bond's up there at three. Boy, that

513
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Speaker 3: is not a good look on me right there.

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Speaker 2: All right, anyway, there's been a lot of moves.

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Speaker 3: You can read all about the really big ones NFL

516
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Speaker 3: dot com slash Batista where Judy has a story up

517
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Speaker 3: right now about some of the winners and losers in

518
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Speaker 3: fames and give me a winner duty.

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Speaker 2: To through these first twenty four hours plus, all right.

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Speaker 6: To be clear, we don't know how these moves are

521
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Speaker 6: going to turn out, but these are winners who at

522
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Speaker 6: least addressed needs tried to fill holes where they needed

523
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Speaker 6: to be filled. First one, the obvious one, the Chicago Bears,

524
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Speaker 6: who went into the off season knowing they had to

525
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Speaker 6: get better protection for Caleb Williams, who was sacked sixty

526
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Speaker 6: eight times last season.

527
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Speaker 5: They have rebuilt the interior of.

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Speaker 6: Their offensive line two trades for guards Joe Toney and

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Speaker 6: Jonah Jackson, and then a deal with Drew Dolman, one

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Speaker 6: of the top rated centers in the game, coming off

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Speaker 6: a strong season with the Falcons. He only allowed ten

532
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Speaker 6: pressures and no sacks last season, so good work by them.

533
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Speaker 6: And then they also got Grady Jarrett to reinforce the

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Speaker 6: defensive line, so really building in the trenches and bringing

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Speaker 6: in a measure of veteran leadership at the same time.

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Speaker 3: What about a player that won, not just in terms

537
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Speaker 3: of the number of zeros at the end of that

538
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Speaker 3: first big check you get on the side, but who

539
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 3: really won free agency here, Judy, Well.

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Speaker 6: So far, I think Sam Donald has won so far.

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Speaker 6: The zeros are also good for the contract. But he

542
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 6: finally gets to be the starter, right He had the

543
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Speaker 6: proven season in Minnesota and it went until those last

544
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Speaker 6: two games. It went beyond anything anybody could have imagined

545
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 6: for the Sam Donald Renaissance tour. Now he gets to

546
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Speaker 6: be a starter with nobody looking over his shoulder, at

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Speaker 6: least for now, which would have been the case if

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Speaker 6: he'd stayed in Minnesota with JJ McCarthy. He is the guy.

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Speaker 6: They're going to have to put some pieces around him.

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Speaker 6: Certainly he's not going to have the kind of weapons

551
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Speaker 6: that he did in Minnesota, but certainly for a guy

552
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Speaker 6: who has been through the ringer with the Jets and

553
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Speaker 6: the Panthers and then rebuilt his career, good for Sam Donald.

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Speaker 3: Meanwhile, the Vikings, with all that money that they saved

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Speaker 3: from not ending up signing Sam Donald, spent it on

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Speaker 3: a whole lot of other players. That's kind of this work.

557
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 3: There's only so many dollars ultimately to go around. You

558
00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,040
Speaker 3: know who else has gotten off to a strong start

559
00:26:06,080 --> 00:26:08,800
Speaker 3: for a variety of reasons. The commanders, who are also

560
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Speaker 3: taking care of one of.

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Speaker 1: Their own, So commanders fans zach Ertz here so excited

562
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Speaker 1: to be back.

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Speaker 9: Was a node brainer.

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Speaker 2: I'm so excited to get the guys back together and

565
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Speaker 2: see what.

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Speaker 9: We can do this year.

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Speaker 8: Can't wait to see you guys.

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00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, I get the band back together, not just there,

569
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Speaker 1: also resigning Bobby Wagner. They go out and get Javon

570
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Speaker 1: Kinlaw of course trained for Laramie Tunzell and Deebo Samuel.

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Speaker 1: So a lot of change in our nation's capital a

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Speaker 1: season after one of the most magical seasons in recent

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Speaker 1: I don't think one of the most is the most

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Speaker 1: magical season in recent Washington Commander's history. Is now it's

575
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Speaker 1: time to really evaluate what they have done thus far.

576
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: We get Bucky Brooks back as well as Brian Baldinger.

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Speaker 1: I'll start with you, Buck, how do you view what

578
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,120
Speaker 1: the commanders have done thus far?

579
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Speaker 2: Love it?

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Speaker 12: I love it because once you have a franchise quarterback established,

581
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,480
Speaker 12: you do everything you can to put the pieces around them.

582
00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:59,959
Speaker 12: Whether Washington Commanders have done this offseason is make sure

583
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 12: that Jade and Daniels has with his needs to take

584
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Speaker 12: this franchise to the next level. Trade for Jarremy Tunsil

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Speaker 12: sets them up so they now have a blind side protector.

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00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,480
Speaker 12: You and now able to make sure that he's protected

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Speaker 12: in the pocket. And then you go and get Deebo

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00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:15,640
Speaker 12: Samuel on the perimeter to allow this team to run

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00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,480
Speaker 12: a catch and run offense with Terry mclaunold one side,

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00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:19,720
Speaker 12: Deebo same on the other side.

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Speaker 8: When we think about how close this team was actually.

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Speaker 12: Going from worse to first in winning not only the

593
00:27:26,520 --> 00:27:28,720
Speaker 12: NFC Championship Game, but maybe going to the Super Bowl,

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00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 12: you have to love what they've done because it put

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Speaker 12: them over the top in terms of being a title

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Speaker 12: contender next season.

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Speaker 13: Buck Yet, I feel like there's a real arms race

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Speaker 13: in the NFC East between Adam Peters the GM of

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Speaker 13: Washington and Howie Rosman and Philly. And it really started

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00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,200
Speaker 13: last year. When you sign. You know, you go out

601
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 13: and your draft Jayden Daniels okay, Rookie of the Year.

602
00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 13: But then you know they also had gotten Tyler Biadish

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00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 13: and Nick Allagretti the center and left guard. Now you

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00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 13: complete it all right with Elarumy Tunsel, who are hard

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00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,880
Speaker 13: to find. They're not in every draft franchise left tackles

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Speaker 13: sometimes you have to trade for it. And they've got

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00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 13: lanmy Tumsil. Probably too many penalties last year, but that

608
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,400
Speaker 13: can get cleaned up. But you put that together, then

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00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 13: you go, okay, Deebo Sam. You can argue what Deebo

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00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 13: is in his career. But I trust in Cliff Kingsbury

611
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 13: to find different formations, different motions, and different ways to

612
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 13: get Deebo the ball. And then you lose Jonathan Allen

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Speaker 13: in free agency to the Minnesota Vikings. All Right, bring

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00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:33,040
Speaker 13: back Jonathan Kinlaw or Javon Kinlaw, who Adam Peters drafted

615
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:36,199
Speaker 13: in San Francisco and he's a rotational player now. But

616
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,280
Speaker 13: that position is a position of need on every team

617
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 13: having depth at the defensive tackle position. They drafted Johnny

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00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,560
Speaker 13: Newton last year, they got Deron Payne, like they are

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Speaker 13: setting themselves up. Maybe fourteen and six and a date

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00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 13: in the NFC Championship game in Philly last year isn't

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Speaker 13: enough for the Commanders. Maybe they're hungry for a little

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00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 13: bit more.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the downside, I guess of having the magic

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00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 1: of twenty twenty four. But what do you do for

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00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: an hom We've both seen feel like between Balding and

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00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: Bucky Brooks, the Commanders are well on their way to

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Speaker 1: producing in terms of that thanks to both of these gentlemen.

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00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,479
Speaker 1: We're going to keep going here on the insiders, the

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00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings linking up with the former and longtime Washington

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Speaker 1: commander Jonathan Allen. It is a three year contract, could

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Speaker 1: be worth up to fifty one million dollars or go

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Speaker 1: all the way up to sixty if he hits incentives.

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Speaker 1: The Vikings not done. These are just the moves today.

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00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: Will Fries agrees to terms on a five year deal

635
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Speaker 1: could be worth eighty eight million dollars. That comes on

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00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,120
Speaker 1: the heels of getting Will Fries's former teammate now to

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Speaker 1: be his new teammate, Ryan Kelly. Let's discuss the moves

638
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 1: from the Minnesota Vikings with our very own Stacy Dale's.

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Speaker 1: Good afternoon to Stacy. How do you view what the

640
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 1: Vikings we were able to do today?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 11: I view it like the Vikings are ready to ruin

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Speaker 11: a Super Bowl or they think they want to win

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Speaker 11: a Super Bowl next season. I mean, all the moves

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Speaker 11: that they made. You put a couple of them on

646
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 11: the screen there. This Jonathan Allen move is important because

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Speaker 11: he's such a good leader, and he's been in the

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00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:03,760
Speaker 11: league for so long. He has, you know, the Pro

649
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 11: Bowl capability, former first rounder, and has had great success

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Speaker 11: on a team that wasn't always good in Washington.

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Speaker 5: But now he's on a team that's actually really good.

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Speaker 11: This division was so much of a beast last season, Patrick,

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Speaker 11: with the three teams going to the playoffs and the

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Speaker 11: Vikings obviously the Lions won it, and the Green Bay Packers,

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Speaker 11: and now all of a sudden, Ben Johnson's in Chicago.

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Speaker 11: He's coming to a viable contender. Javon Hargrave added, in

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Speaker 11: the middle of that defense, it was already good. We

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Speaker 11: understood what they did with the blitz packages with Brian

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Speaker 11: Flores and all the sack numbers that they had. They

660
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Speaker 11: were tops in a number of categories. They took the

661
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Speaker 11: football away as well as anybody in the league. But

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Speaker 11: I think they're going to shore up their pass defense

663
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Speaker 11: because Russian coverage worked together, and those interior linemen now

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Speaker 11: like Javon Hargrave, are going to make a significant difference.

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Speaker 11: They've added the interior to their offensive line and certainly

666
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Speaker 11: reapping for a couple of years. Aaron Jones, they're running back,

667
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,640
Speaker 11: tells me that they are ready for JJ McCarthy to

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Speaker 11: take over the rains in Minnesota.

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Speaker 1: And he will do so without necessarily looking over at

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Speaker 1: a guy that spent some time in that quarterback room.

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Speaker 5: Stacy.

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Speaker 1: The Viking has got that extended look late in the

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Speaker 1: season bringing in Daniel Jones. Ultimately, Daniel Jones decides to

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Speaker 1: go elsewhere. He's in Indianapolis. Now it's JJ McCarthy's opportunity

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00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: after really a false art the injury leading to him

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Speaker 1: missing all of his rookie season. How do you look

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Speaker 1: at twenty twenty five JJ McCarthy and the opportunity with Minnesota.

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Speaker 2: Well, it seems like.

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Speaker 11: The Minnesota Vikings, Patrick and the Colts have some nice

680
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 11: little dialogue going on. Right was this swapping of these players.

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Speaker 11: I was in Minnesota for training camp last year. I'll

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Speaker 11: never forget how we were talking about this being a

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Speaker 11: quarterback competition between San Darnold, who obviously had a prove

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Speaker 11: it year under Kevin O'Connell, and then JJ McCarthy. And

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Speaker 11: we never want to see injuries, but we all know

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Speaker 11: that blessings in disguise are real things in life. And

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Speaker 11: maybe that was for this young man who was the

688
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Speaker 11: tenth overall pick a season ago, and now he is

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Speaker 11: taking over. And what the Vikings know is that Kevin

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00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:21,320
Speaker 11: O'Connell we use the word quarterback whisper. They believe that

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Speaker 11: the infrastructure in which he and Wes Phillips and Company

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Speaker 11: coach quarterbacks and teach quarterbacks is outstanding and it is

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Speaker 11: and you know, being around Kevin O'Connell, one thing he

694
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Speaker 11: did with Sam Darnell, as he explained it to us

695
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Speaker 11: in production meetings, is knowing how much to fill in

696
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Speaker 11: the cup for the quarterback and knowing when it's dripping

697
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Speaker 11: over just a little bit, you got to pull the

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Speaker 11: reins back. That's what he's going to do for JJ McCarthy.

699
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Speaker 11: Now JJ is the lone man standing in Minnesota. They're

700
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Speaker 11: going to have to fill up, if you will, their

701
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Speaker 11: cup at the quarterback room and bring in some veteran presence. Now,

702
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Speaker 11: it's interesting when we shift to the Colts with Anthony Richard,

703
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Speaker 11: by the way, Joe Flacco is still on that roster

704
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Speaker 11: there in Indianapolis, Daniel Jones is going to come in

705
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Speaker 11: and create a viable threat as a starter. I mean,

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Speaker 11: these two both have played inefficient football. Their passer ratings

707
00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 11: speak to that. But with Shane Stikeen their head coach,

708
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Speaker 11: who is also there to institute good quarterback play in

709
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Speaker 11: Indianapolis and it has to be better, Daniel Jones is

710
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Speaker 11: going to put a lot of pressure on Richardson and

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Speaker 11: remember when he got bench last season. Patrick, Well, he's

712
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Speaker 11: going to head into training camp with a whole lot

713
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Speaker 11: of things in his mind about understanding this playbook and

714
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Speaker 11: understanding how disciplined he has to be at the position.

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Speaker 11: I think it's only going to elevate in terms of

716
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Speaker 11: that competition for Chris Ballard and Shane Steichen. But they

717
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:51,360
Speaker 11: need it because they got a win next year for

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Speaker 11: everybody's job security, and certainly in a division where things

719
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 11: can always be wide open in the AFC South.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, in a couple of quarterbacks who both have played

721
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Speaker 1: sixteen games in the last two seasons combined, hopefully a

722
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 1: healthy season for both Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones. Stacey

723
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Speaker 1: Dale's with a look at this new relationship between the

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Speaker 1: Colts and the Minnesota Vikings this off season release by

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Speaker 1: the San Francisco forty nine ers. I Rapaport reporting earlier

726
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Speaker 1: today Leonard Floyd released and what feels like seconds later

727
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Speaker 1: in reported that the Falcons signing Leonard Floyd to a

728
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: one year deal could be worth up to ten million dollars.

729
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Speaker 1: So the Falcons, everlasting in a search for an edge rusher,

730
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Speaker 1: Leonard Floyd, the latest contestant in that. But it adds

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Speaker 1: to a massive list of forty nine Ers that have

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Speaker 1: been a part of this addition to a team that

733
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Speaker 1: reasonably could have won two Super Bowls. Aaron Banks, Malite Collins,

734
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Speaker 1: Drey Greenlaw, Javon Harger. The list goes on. We're going

735
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Speaker 1: to be out of the juice check era. As Omar

736
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Speaker 1: Ruiz joins us here in the newsroom, Omar, what are

737
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Speaker 1: we taking away from this mass exodent since Claria.

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Speaker 14: Well, I think there are a number of things we

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Speaker 14: can point to. Considering John Lynch's comments at the combine, recently,

740
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Speaker 14: I asked him about how Brock Pridy's impending contract we're

741
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Speaker 14: all expecting to be a blockbuster payday for the quarterback

742
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Speaker 14: who's entering his fourth season, final year of his rookie deal,

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Speaker 14: and how that might affect the roster build and Lynch

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Speaker 14: told me that, Yeah, something he's learned in his eight

745
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Speaker 14: years as general manager of the San Francisco forty nine

746
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Speaker 14: Ers is that everything is tied to everything else, and

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Speaker 14: certainly a quarterback's play at an elite level can lift

748
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Speaker 14: the entire team. But also that salary certainly can affect.

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Speaker 2: The rest of the roster as well, So we're seeing

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Speaker 2: some of that.

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Speaker 14: Another thing that he mentioned in that press conference that

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Speaker 14: we're seeing demonstrated here in the last few days as

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Speaker 14: the start of the negotiating window free agency has taken

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Speaker 14: places that he said they have been among the leaders

755
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,359
Speaker 14: in the NFL in cash spending the last several years,

756
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Speaker 14: and they needed to rain.

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Speaker 2: That in a little bit.

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Speaker 14: He also said that they Niners have had one of

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Speaker 14: the older rosters in the NFL the last few years.

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Speaker 14: With all those veterans that they've had, they've needed to

761
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Speaker 14: get younger. He also highlighted the fact that they have

762
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Speaker 14: four draft picks in the top one hundred coming up.

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Speaker 14: That was confirmed today when they were the compensatory picks

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Speaker 14: were released the forty nine ers do. In fact, their

765
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Speaker 14: fourth is the one hundredth pick in that And he

766
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Speaker 14: also highlighted the fact that they hit on a number

767
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Speaker 14: of rookies this past season. Dominic Pooney, you know, one

768
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:29,279
Speaker 14: of the better rookies in all of football last year.

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Speaker 14: So getting that youth movement there, considering brock Perty's upcoming contract,

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Speaker 14: all of that we're seeing at play here the last

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Speaker 14: few days.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so many factors were again an era of a

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Speaker 1: team that came so close so many times, and many

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Speaker 1: people would consider it a failure. It's an accomplishment to

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Speaker 1: do what they have over the past few seasons. Something

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Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Chargers would like to do. The new

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00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 1: facility down and Elsidondo. They're going to have a new

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Speaker 1: running back coming into it, Naji Harris, a one year

779
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Speaker 1: deal up to nine point twenty five. What does he

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Speaker 1: bring to Greg Roman and Halbell's offense?

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Speaker 2: The bolt?

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Speaker 14: Maybe he's the ball that new facility you're referring to.

783
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Speaker 14: Naji Harris. What he brings above everything else is not

784
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Speaker 14: only the four straight one thousand yard rushing seasons to

785
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:14,320
Speaker 14: start his career, but it's the sixty eight straight games

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Speaker 14: that he started his entire career. No running back since

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00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 14: twenty twenty one has had more than sixty one starts

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Speaker 14: in the NFL. So Naji Harris is durable. We know

789
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Speaker 14: Jim Harball is going to run the football Greg Roman.

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Speaker 14: They're not going to shy away from it. They're not

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Speaker 14: one of those teams that if it's not working, they

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Speaker 14: go away from it. They consistently pound the football. In

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Speaker 14: addition to that durability, it is the workhorse nature that

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00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 14: Naji Harris plays with more than twelve hundred touches to

795
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Speaker 14: lead the entire NFL since he's been in the league

796
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Speaker 14: two hundred and seventy seven in fact, Patrick to be exact,

797
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:57,799
Speaker 14: that's better than three hundred and nineteen averaging touches. So

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Speaker 14: they're going to rely on him in a big way

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Speaker 14: as that offense continues to go through the running game

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Speaker 14: and allow Justin Herbert to thrive with the pass game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, year two an opportunity of same offense for Justin

802
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 1: Herbert thanks to Omar Ruiz. As we look at a

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Speaker 1: couple of teams out here on the West Coast.

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Speaker 2: What about a guy.

805
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 1: Who went from the southernmost part of the United States

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Speaker 1: in free agency to New York, Javon Holland on his

807
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 1: way to the Giants. His Forward podcast made Cam Wolf

808
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,640
Speaker 1: joining the Insiders next to discuss the big safety movement

809
00:38:28,680 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 1: that's next on NFL Network. Longtime Miami Dolphins secondary player

810
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 1: Javon Holland taking a three year deal that could be

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Speaker 1: worth up to forty five point three million dollars with

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Speaker 1: thirty point three million dollars guaranteed. That will be official

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Speaker 1: four pm on Wednesday, as the Giants make the move,

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Speaker 1: let's discuss the breaking house rules teammate Cam Wolf. The

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Speaker 1: cast just co hosts with Javon Holland joining us now

816
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 1: on the Insiders. Cam. A big opportunity for javan and

817
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 1: a big opportunity for the New York Giants who saw

818
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:13,200
Speaker 1: Xavier McKinney leave in free agency and they go and

819
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 1: get Dolphins safety Javon Holland in this edition of free Agency.

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Speaker 1: What's it mean for them?

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Speaker 15: Yeah, big deal for Javon Holland and the Giants. Three

822
00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,840
Speaker 15: years lower fifteen million per year. And I talked to

823
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,360
Speaker 15: Javon this morning as he was finishing up with workout.

824
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Speaker 15: He said that I'm excited, man, I'm excited for a

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Speaker 15: fresh start with the New York Giants. And really he's

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Speaker 15: a big believer in manifestation. He said, this is what

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Speaker 15: it was meant to be, this is what it was

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Speaker 15: written for him. He was a guy who the Dolphins

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Speaker 15: drafted in the second round four years ago, a team

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Speaker 15: captain multiple years, showed a lot of versatility and playmaking ability.

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Speaker 15: You can play deep safety, box safety, in the slot,

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Speaker 15: and he got injured in his third year and it

833
00:39:50,360 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 15: slowed down some of his progress, but he was well

834
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Speaker 15: on his way to being a top five safety in

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Speaker 15: the league. And the Giants believe they are getting that

836
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Speaker 15: player with this money. Remember a year ago they let

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Speaker 15: Xaber McKinney walkin free agency.

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Speaker 8: This is a little bit of a do over.

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Speaker 15: They get a chance to keep a young safety to

840
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Speaker 15: be a core part of a young, explosive defensive back

841
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Speaker 15: group there, and they're excited about what he can do.

842
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Speaker 15: He is signing a deal, going flying to New York

843
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,560
Speaker 15: tomorrow to sign that deal and make that official. And

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Speaker 15: for the Dolphins, they went into quick order. They did

845
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Speaker 15: not aggressively target Javon and free agency, but they didn't

846
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Speaker 15: make two signings with Ashton Davis, the former Jets safety

847
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Speaker 15: just recently agreed to a deal and if we too,

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Speaker 15: Malafanua from the Lions also agree to the deal. As

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Speaker 15: they go a little bit more of a value spot

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Speaker 15: with their two safety editions.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, in safety start to fly off the board. The

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Speaker 1: Houston Texans go get one Super Bowl champion CJ. Gardner

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Speaker 1: Johnson leaves the Eagles once again after a trip to

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. What can you tell us about this move?

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Speaker 9: Cam?

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Speaker 15: Yeah, this was one that shocked a lot of people,

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Speaker 15: including those with the Philly organization. Chauncey Gardner Johnson is

858
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Speaker 15: the energy, the feel, the trash talk of that defense

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Speaker 15: that just won.

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Speaker 9: A Super Bowl.

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Speaker 15: But I was told that this was purely financial and

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Speaker 15: the reasons from the Philadelphia side, and it's more cash

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Speaker 15: instead of cap. They were gonna owe Shaunhi Gardner Johnson

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Speaker 15: eight and a half million dollars. They've spent more cash

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Speaker 15: in the last ten years than any other team. They

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Speaker 15: just paid Sakwon Barkley an extension, Zach Bond. They have

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Speaker 15: Jalen Carter and Cam Jurgens to worry about in a

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Speaker 15: year ahead, along with Red Blanken ship, and they just

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Speaker 15: made a decision to get ahead of this deal. And

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Speaker 15: so for Eagles fans panicing a little bit, you'll have

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Speaker 15: to trust Howie Roseman and the patients that he asked

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Speaker 15: when he had the Super Bowl parade a bit ago.

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Speaker 15: For the Texans, they're getting a playmaker, a guy who

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00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,840
Speaker 15: had six interceptions last year, a guy who can really

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Speaker 15: bring that extra level for this Texans defense. And I

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Speaker 15: Kenyon Green Park, because coaching matters and the Eagles believe

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Speaker 15: Jeff Stotlin is the best offensive line coach in football.

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Speaker 15: He got a lot out of Mackay Becton last year.

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Speaker 15: The hope is that they can get somebody of Kenyon Green,

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Speaker 15: who did not work out well as a first round

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Speaker 15: pick for the Houston Texans, and so Philly on their

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Speaker 15: side of things, will count on their DBAT coaches Christian

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Speaker 15: Parker and Joe Casper to get the most out of

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Speaker 15: Sydney Brown, their young safety who is in position to

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Speaker 15: step up as a starter for CJ. Gardner Johnson.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, if there's a front office that has vibes capital,

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Speaker 1: it will be the Philadelphia Eagles thanks to Cam Wolfe.

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Speaker 1: As we continue to wait, what will Aaron Rodgers do?

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Speaker 1: When will he decide it? The real question? We look

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Speaker 1: forward to that as the new league here stars tomorrow

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