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Speaker 1: The NFL never sleeps. The roster is ever evolving, and

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Speaker 1: it's all about finding the edge. This is the Last Word,

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Speaker 1: the off season home of the Indianapolis Colts. Now here's

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Speaker 1: Jeffrey Gorman and Matt Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into the Last Word. We're coming to you from

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Speaker 2: the Indiana Union Construction Industry Radio studio every Friday evening

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Speaker 2: all throughout the winter and spring. We're gonna be coming

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Speaker 2: at you live. I'm Jeffrey Gorman, Matt Taylor, voice of

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Speaker 2: the Colts, is with me. Now. May tay a lot

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Speaker 2: to go over, but how you doing?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing good. Jeffrey wish the off season wasn't here,

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Speaker 3: but it is here. A lot to talk about, a

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Speaker 3: lot to break down here on the show.

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Speaker 2: Earlier today, Chris Ballard met with the media talking the

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Speaker 2: end of season press conference and I got a lot

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Speaker 2: of that and some of the keywords that I got

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Speaker 2: were fix it. That was from Jim Mersey, the Colts owner,

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Speaker 2: on his message to Chris Ballard. But Colt's finishing up

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Speaker 2: the season at eight and nine, suffering their second losing

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Speaker 2: season in the last three not good enough around here.

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Speaker 2: They've also missed the playoffs for the fourth rate season. Listen, guys,

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Speaker 2: it's the longest strout rather in playoff in over thirty

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Speaker 2: years for not making them unbelievable. And that's just not thought.

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Speaker 2: The standard is set around here by Jim Mersay and

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Speaker 2: what he's done. So Chris Pallard had to go up

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Speaker 2: and talk to the media today over some things, and mayta,

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Speaker 2: I want to just get to the meat and potatoes

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Speaker 2: of this thing right now here is what he was

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Speaker 2: talking about when he said if he went too far

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Speaker 2: with evaluating this team from last season and all the

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Speaker 2: continuity that he brought back for the twenty twenty four roster.

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Speaker 4: Yep, I did. The hardest thing to do is evaluate

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Speaker 4: your own team. I think this is across the board

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Speaker 4: in the NFL. And look, I'm emotional and I care

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Speaker 4: about our players, and I think sometimes I've let that

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Speaker 4: bleed into how I built the team. Coming off a

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Speaker 4: year last year when we were nine and eight, I

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Speaker 4: thought the era. I thought we were playing really good

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Speaker 4: football at the end of the season, lost a tough

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Speaker 4: game at the end of Houston could have gone either way,

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Speaker 4: and I'm thinking, Okay, we're trending up instead of really

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Speaker 4: creating competition. Throughout and throwing new blood into the locker room,

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Speaker 4: new players into the locker room, and say, you know what,

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Speaker 4: we're going to run it back. That was a mistake.

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Speaker 4: I think Buckner said it. Buckner had some comments that

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Speaker 4: I thought were just excellent about complacency, about ego. He's right.

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Speaker 4: Buck's right man enough to say it one, which I love.

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Speaker 4: And two his assessment was right, and that falls on me.

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Speaker 4: It does. I bet on that we could bring players

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Speaker 4: back and they would be hunt they would be as

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Speaker 4: upset about what happened at the end of the season

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Speaker 4: last year that they'd want to rectify it. At the

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Speaker 4: end of the day, we were not able to. And

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Speaker 4: I didn't do a good enough job creating enough competition

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Speaker 4: throughout the roster and keep everybody on edge. Look nothing,

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Speaker 4: no thing's better. Look at the end of the day,

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Speaker 4: what we do, we do it in the public eye.

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Speaker 4: There's a lot of money that people make in this profession.

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Speaker 4: Bill Parcells always talks about achievement, and at the end

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Speaker 4: of the day, it's about competition and achievement. That's essentially

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Speaker 4: what it boils down to. I didn't create enough competition

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Speaker 4: on the roster for it to want to achieve in

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Speaker 4: the way it needed to achieve. There's got to be

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Speaker 4: some stress. There has to be. There has to be

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Speaker 4: real stress within that locker room, and an uncomfortability that

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Speaker 4: if I don't play well enough, my ass will not

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Speaker 4: be on the field playing. That directly falls on my shoulders.

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Speaker 4: It's a crappy lesson that I've learned. I do a

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Speaker 4: pretty good job self evaluating. Now. I'm hard headed, and

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Speaker 4: I will talk myself way back into you know, I

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Speaker 2: Don't get too comfortable, don't get too complacent. That's what

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Speaker 2: I'm hearing right there, mate.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, obviously a lots to unpack there. That

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Speaker 3: that topic was consistently brought up throughout the course of

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Speaker 2: I mean that was twenty two starters, right, yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean from from twenty twenty three to twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 3: the Colts returned seventy nine percent of the roster, and

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Speaker 3: Last spring, they returned eighty seven percent of the offensive

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Speaker 3: And according to Chris, it didn't work. There wasn't enough competition,

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Speaker 3: Chris and DeForest Buckner from last week, everybody wasn't on

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Speaker 3: competition can be a good thing. There just wasn't enough

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Speaker 3: of it last year. And we'll talk about this more

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Speaker 3: throughout the course of the show, but it was evident

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Speaker 3: the locker room this year wasn't together. There was a

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Speaker 2: No ill tell you what him's falling on the sword

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Speaker 2: gonna tip my hat to Chris Ballard on that. Because

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Speaker 2: everybody in the NFL world and media saying make changes here,

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Speaker 2: I was wrong. I need to be better. Here's Chris

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Speaker 2: Ballard on his evaluation of Anthony Richardson through two seasons,

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Speaker 2: obviously knowing that the arrow needs to go up.

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Speaker 4: I don't think we can completely stamp it. We've seen

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Speaker 4: some good things. I mean we knew. Look, I like Anthony,

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Speaker 4: and Anthony's done some really good things. There's been some

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Speaker 4: potholes too. I think the number one thing. Let me

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Speaker 4: took him it was gonna be a roller coaster. I

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Speaker 4: don't think I did a very good job. I think

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Speaker 4: I explained that it's going to take some time. But look,

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Speaker 4: I got excited too about the talent and the wild plays.

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Speaker 4: But now we need to consistency down after down. But

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Speaker 4: the number one thing we have to figure out, and

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Speaker 4: what Anthony's got to work through, is staying healthy. You've

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Speaker 4: to me is the probably the biggest question right now,

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Speaker 4: He's dealt with injuries. So that's the first thing. And

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Speaker 4: then number two, you know, being consistent, getting consistent, you know,

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Speaker 4: that just takes that takes time. I wish I had

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Speaker 4: but that's not realistic. The good news is, even with

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Speaker 4: Now saying all that, like, we can't beat our head

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Speaker 4: against the wall. We've got to have competition at the position,

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Speaker 4: just for the one, for the fact that competition makes

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Speaker 2: Hey, we're gonna get into that. Believe me, Anthony Richardson's

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Speaker 2: coming up. But may te real quick, what kind of

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Speaker 2: competition just I mean, it's early January. What is he

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Speaker 2: saying when he's talking about competition for Anthony richards.

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Speaker 3: Well, it's its next offseason. Identifying the best option for

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Speaker 3: the Colts going forward at the backup quarterback position to

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Speaker 3: push Anthony richards.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, no, no, no, I'm sorry, No backup I mean

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Speaker 2: That's what I'm saying, like, well, that's treasure. I'm getting

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Speaker 2: that is it's a true competition.

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Speaker 3: I think so. And what Chris is alluding to here,

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Speaker 3: this is the franchise dilemma. Right, He's gotta stay healthy.

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Speaker 3: That is the biggest question. How do you use him?

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Speaker 1: Right?

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Speaker 3: Do you have to be careful about running him too

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Speaker 3: if you're too overcautious about running him because of fear

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Speaker 3: of getting hurt, then that hurts the team dramatically, right,

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Speaker 3: So you've got to get that figured out. I know

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Speaker 3: injuries are inevitable in the NFL, but seventeen games due

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Speaker 3: all told, through two years, it's just not sustainable. So

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Speaker 3: this is very much about Anthony Richardson taking it upon himself,

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Speaker 3: owning the onus to get better and to grow and

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Speaker 3: to become a more efficient, accurate quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And when you talk about storylines in the offseason,

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Speaker 2: he is number one. And we're gonna be bringing you

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Speaker 2: some stuff here in just a minute. But I want

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Speaker 2: to get back to Ballard's press conference talking about a

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Speaker 2: lot of stuff. We're gonna do this over the next

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks. Here's Chris Ballard and if he has

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Speaker 2: to change his approach in free agency and outside player

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Speaker 4: I think we need to continue. We've had moments where

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Speaker 4: we've brought outside free agency in and done really good

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Speaker 4: we identify the right free agents that can help push

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Speaker 4: this team to where it needs to go. Right now,

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Speaker 4: we're not close. I'm gonna make this really clear, like

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Speaker 4: I'm not gonna weird. Like close is losing on the

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Speaker 4: last play of the Super Bowl. That's close, going eight

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Speaker 4: But right now, sitting here today, we're an eight nine

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Speaker 4: not good enough. We're not We've got to be able

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Speaker 4: done that in the last four years.

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Speaker 2: Opposite direction of last year, Matt going into this year,

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Speaker 2: are we talking about big splash free agency signings. Hey,

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Speaker 2: there's some big names on the market. Well, I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Chris wouldn't go there. I mean he I

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Speaker 3: mean it's January tenth, right. You still have a lot

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Speaker 3: of evaluation you have to do, and you have to

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Speaker 3: pore over the free agent class and all of that stuff.

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Speaker 3: But I do agree with Chris eight and nine. You

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Speaker 3: got a long way to go. Seven wins this year

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Speaker 3: against teams under five hundred, only one win against a

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Speaker 3: this year against underwhelming teams. And if you look at

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Speaker 3: all the other teams in the AFC playoff field, Jeffy,

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Speaker 3: you're gonna roll your eyes at me on this one

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Speaker 3: because I say it all the time. They ain't going anywhere.

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Speaker 3: Chiefs aren't going anywhere, Ravens aren't going anywhere, Chargers, Broncos, Texans,

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Speaker 3: They're all here to stay. Even the teams that didn't

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Speaker 3: gonna be good too. I think they're gonna rebound. So

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Speaker 3: you've got to get better at key areas. And it

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Speaker 3: starts with, as Chris said, getting better at player acquisition,

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Speaker 3: how to lure those guys over in free agency, how

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Speaker 3: to you know close deals, how to recruit players to

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Speaker 3: come over and help your team, knowing that competition is

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Last Word, the offseason Home of

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Speaker 2: Whoa, whoa, I stood up on that one? Did that

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Speaker 3: That changes the whole tune and tenor of the show.

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Speaker 3: We got in some serious topics in the first two segments.

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Speaker 3: Let's lighten up a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Credit Union. Question of the week, Alec Pierce, big season?

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Speaker 3: How about that?

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Speaker 3: Alec Pierce the first play in the NFL to average

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Speaker 3: Hell of a season, Hell of a growth from year

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: like one win, like one game. One winner. That's all

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Speaker 2: you have to do. Tell me who's gonna win the game,

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Speaker 2: because I'm calling you out next week.

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Speaker 3: If you're wrong, all right for me, I'll start. I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna I'm gonna say my definitive winner. This weekend, I'm

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Speaker 3: taking a road team Chargers at the Texans. The Chargers

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Speaker 3: Beatt Houston. They're not playing good football right now. They're

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Speaker 3: limping into the playoffs. And how about this. C. J.

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Speaker 3: Stroud was zero to two against Jim Harball and the

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Speaker 3: Michigan Ohio state rivalry, and that that losing street continues

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Speaker 3: to stay.

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Speaker 2: Will be championshipwcase.

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Speaker 5: Thanks for giving me the low hanging fruit. I'm gonna

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Speaker 5: say the definite win is the Bills. I don't see

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Speaker 5: bo Nicks traveling across country going to New York where

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Speaker 5: it's probably gonna be snowing. I think Josh Allen and

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Speaker 5: that Bills team they're on a crash course towards at

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Speaker 5: least the AFC Championship game and maybe the Super Bowls.

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Speaker 5: Take the Bills.

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Speaker 2: Watch us lock it in, folks, lock it and watch

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Speaker 2: us another road team. I got the Pack going in

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Speaker 2: the Philly and upsetting the Eagles, and Nick Sia.

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Speaker 5: Jalen Hurts did clear concussion protocol, so he will play

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Speaker 5: there you go.

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Speaker 2: Don't forget Monday night Vikings and Rams. Sorry about that case.

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Speaker 2: Vikings and Rams moved to Arizona, but we will have

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Speaker 2: a Monday night playoff football game. That's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 2: Mayte it is fired up Friday, Let's get this thing rolling.

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Speaker 2: What's on your mind?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the first fired up Friday of the offseason. I'm

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Speaker 3: I'm excited to just watch football. You know, we had

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Speaker 3: the college football playoffs all weekend, then the NFL playoffs,

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Speaker 3: you know, up until Monday night. I'm just excited to

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Speaker 3: you know, chill at home, crack open a beverage and

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Speaker 3: watching football. And reaquaint myself with my children.

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Speaker 2: I liked text during football games sometimes with my old

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Speaker 2: buddy Matt Taylor, you and I. Last night, I said,

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Speaker 2: you know what I just said, simply good for Penn

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Speaker 2: State for showing up and making this a hell of

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Speaker 2: a football game. I good for penning the game. Didn't

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Speaker 2: want a big game. I know that's true. I'm saying

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Speaker 2: good for them. By the way, there's four minutes left

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Speaker 2: in the game when I sent that text. So I'm like,

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Speaker 2: good for Penn State showing up, and Matt simply replies,

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Speaker 2: I love football. I do simply good thing right, absolutely

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Speaker 2: all right. One of my favorites is here in studio

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Speaker 2: where the showcase casey Value, what's got you fired up?

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Speaker 2: On this Friday showcase?

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Speaker 5: So similar to Matt, I want to watch football, but

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Speaker 5: also the reacquainting with the kids, that is, it is

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Speaker 5: something I'm excited for. Both my boys have their first

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Speaker 5: reck basketball games. My youngest first time he's playing basketball.

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Speaker 5: That'll be Saturday morning. Will be fun for me watching

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Speaker 5: some first grade in preschool basketball.

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Speaker 2: You gotta keep shooting, kids, that's all right. Every every

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Speaker 2: time no no, no, no, no no no.

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Speaker 6: Every time you touch you put it up. Yes, be

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Speaker 6: the black hole, bro. It goes in, it's not coming out.

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Speaker 6: That's what I would tell my kid if I had one. Hey,

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Speaker 6: you touch leather, you you hoike it off?

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Speaker 2: Can you imagine me and Jeffreys Cat, I'd be batt Matt.

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Speaker 2: My kid needs more touches.

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, take a number pal.

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Speaker 2: All right, But Tay, what do you got tonight? You

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Speaker 2: got some shoveling on the time?

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Speaker 3: Yeah tonight, Yeah, shovel.

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Speaker 2: What are you listening to? That's why I ask you

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Speaker 2: put the headphones in and go what is it?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 3: Probably some band or some bt O or you know

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Speaker 3: whatever you know, Fire up the jukebox, play a forty

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Speaker 3: five and do a miscellaneous tour whatever it lands out.

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Speaker 2: All right, this is the last word. Ninety three five

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Speaker 2: one oh seven five the Fan. We are coming at

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Speaker 2: you all colts, off season, same time, same channel, and

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Speaker 2: we appreciate jamb for giving a nice warm up. Don't

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Speaker 2: forget coming up Pacers and the Warriors tonight starting at

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Speaker 2: six thirty. Warriors on the back end of a back

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Speaker 2: to back, I like Indiana and tonight. Mate, appreciate your time,

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Speaker 2: show Case. We'll talk to you next week. Folks, take care,

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Speaker 2: get those driveways cleared. We'll talk to you next week's.

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Speaker 5: Show up

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Speaker 4: Sunday,