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Speaker 1: It is the best podcast available. You are not trading

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Speaker 1: down no matter how many times the phone rings. Welcome

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Speaker 1: to another show, everybody. I believe this is episode three.

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Speaker 1: We had two in Indianapolis, and this one is from

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Speaker 1: the home office. Although Jason Gibbs, the star of Cleveland

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Speaker 1: Browns Daily, is back at the Cross Country Mortgage campus,

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Speaker 1: I am merely Andrews Siciliano sitting here at the home office. Gibbey,

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Speaker 1: it is great to see you.

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Speaker 2: Are you?

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Speaker 1: Are you past the indie hangover?

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Speaker 3: Yes, although you're putting expectations on me now, expectations like

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Speaker 3: star power, not star power. I appreciate it, but eh,

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Speaker 3: let's manage the expectations.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 3: Well, as I like to roll the carpet out for you.

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Speaker 3: You're the play by play voice of the Cleveland Browns. Okay,

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Speaker 3: but as we and I thank you for that. Absolute

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Speaker 3: titles are just titles. But as we, as we record

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Speaker 3: this today, full disclosure. It is the Wednesday after the

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Speaker 3: combine and before.

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Speaker 1: Free agency, at least, I think today's Wednesday. You did

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Speaker 1: do the show today CBD with Bo because the girl

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Speaker 1: is on the baby moon, right. I think you were

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Speaker 1: good for him. As he said, I don't think I'm

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Speaker 1: talking out of school. Hey man, I'm having a drink

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Speaker 1: for three God bless. I mean, you were the star

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Speaker 3: I don't know if I was the star of the

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Speaker 3: show today, but there were three people in this building

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Speaker 3: that were the stars of the show. And there were

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Speaker 3: a lot of things moving around, a lot of visits

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Speaker 3: going on here today, some big luminaries on the college

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Speaker 1: Well, let's get to that before we wrap up the

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Speaker 1: combine and look aat to free agency and free agency.

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Speaker 1: The negotiation period opens on Monday the tenth at four

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Speaker 1: four pm on Wednesday. This is after the combined time

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Speaker 1: for your top thirty visits. What does that mean. It

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Speaker 1: does not mean these are the top thirty players on

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Speaker 1: the Browns draft board. There's no such thing as draft board.

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Speaker 1: We will not acknowledge draft board. No, this is thirty

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Speaker 1: visits for all thirty two teams. You're allowed to bring

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Speaker 1: thirty players in for official visits in your building. During

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Speaker 1: these visits, you cannot work out. You can do medical,

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Speaker 1: guys in the building today that could be that number

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Speaker 1: two overall pick. They include Penn State's Abdul Carter, Colorado's

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Speaker 2: What have you seen? What are you know? I do?

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Speaker 3: I'd am aware that they had dinner Tuesday night with

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Speaker 1: Now people might say, well, why are you having three

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Speaker 1: Oh, okay, Gibbe with inside information, you're suggesting cam Ward's

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Speaker 3: I think you're going to get a lot of the

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Speaker 2: That's alright, that's all right.

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Speaker 3: Age is just a number. Let's go go live. If

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Speaker 3: He didn't have the greatest combine, but Chuck an outstanding effort,

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Speaker 3: Now the question becomes how many quarterbacks go off the

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Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you right now, I think it's

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Speaker 3: You can write it down hot take all right, all right,

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Speaker 3: I like it.

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Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 3: I think he's a really solid quarterback and I think

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Speaker 3: talking about his age. We get it. It is what

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Speaker 2: We're going to find just.

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Speaker 1: Some quick takeaways here. You are going to see three

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 1: And I think you could have as many as three

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Speaker 1: You want to get to the shador thing. Let's just

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Like, the guy doesn't perform at the combine. He

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Speaker 3: what are we doing? Why is he dropping? What's going on?

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Speaker 3: Tell me you're you are plugged in from a national perspective,

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Speaker 3: You have lots of friends in high places.

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Speaker 2: What why?

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Speaker 3: Why is a guy like that who you know, again

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Speaker 2: There's a lot to unpack here.

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Speaker 1: Let me let me offer this first, and I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: just push back a little bit when you say he's dropping,

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Speaker 3: In a lot of these mock drafts, there are plenty

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Speaker 2: That's not going to happen.

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Speaker 3: But the scuttle but that maybe he's rubbed some people

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Speaker 1: This is the time of the year where I always

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Speaker 1: Now we're sensitive to this, and a lot of people

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Speaker 3: It's going to be fascinating to see here over the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's get something out of the way first here

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Speaker 1: when it comes to legal tampering. Not you, Gibbe, but

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Speaker 1: At four pm Eastern time on Monday, teams are allowed

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Speaker 1: They just can't officially shake hands on a deal or

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Speaker 1: Take the tampering out of it.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: If a deal gets done Sunday, wink wink, nudge, nudge

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Speaker 1: work out a deal if they hadn't at least kind

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Speaker 1: of walk through the parameters of what that deal might

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Speaker 1: look like at an Indianapolis coffee shop or steakhouse last week,

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Speaker 1: it's hard to believe they could get that deal done

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Speaker 1: that quickly. But come Monday, it's legal negotiations.

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Speaker 2: Exactly, and things will move quickly.

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Speaker 3: And this free agency class that we thought, there's some

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Speaker 3: good pieces and there's some good players. But is it

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Speaker 3: one of the better free agent classes that we've seen

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Speaker 3: in the last few years. No, But given all the

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Speaker 3: guys that have been cut or people that are now

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Speaker 3: find themselves in need of a job, this class is

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Speaker 3: quickly moving up the charts. Now, if you're cut, you're

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Speaker 3: allowed to start negotiating. If I'm speaking wrong, let me know,

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Speaker 3: but you're allowed to start negotiating now. If you've been cut,

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Speaker 3: you don't have to wait till the.

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Speaker 1: Noon.

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Speaker 2: How are on Monday?

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Speaker 3: You can start now and have a deal done by Monday.

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Speaker 1: Correct, although you have to you absolutely correctly.

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Speaker 2: Ee, you need to.

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Speaker 1: And I caution fans read the fine print on the

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Speaker 1: reporting because sometimes you know, one of the insiders will say, hey,

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Speaker 1: the team informs player that he will be released at

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Speaker 1: the start of the new league year to avoid paying

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Speaker 1: a bonus due on the third day of the new

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Speaker 1: league year, and sometimes those transactions are held until Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: But if you're just flat out cut and the team

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Speaker 1: announces that you are free to go, and the wide

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Speaker 1: receiver class is getting more interesting. Christian Kirk was cut today.

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Speaker 1: DK Metcalf, not a free agent, has at least asked

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Speaker 1: to be traded in Seattle. Gardner Minshew in Vegas. He's

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Speaker 1: been informed that he's going to be released. So there's

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Speaker 1: another quarterback out there. Max Crosby coincidentally or not coincidentally,

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Speaker 1: on the same day at least is going to get

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Speaker 1: a big new deal worth about thirty five ap y

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Speaker 1: with the Raiders. Miles Garrett, T. J. Watts certainly look

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Speaker 1: at that. But Gibe, you want to run down here?

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Speaker 1: I got the list of the Brown free agents you

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Speaker 1: want me to run down?

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Speaker 2: It?

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Speaker 3: Run them down, my friends? Some names worth watching here.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so let's do it in alphabetical order. A Chemidenergy

479
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Speaker 1: got hurt last year. I mean sure, if you liked

480
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Speaker 1: him last year and he's healthy, you could bring him

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Speaker 1: back as a as a swing piece on the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: Jordan Nakens, Yeah, I liked his contributions. Love that he's

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Speaker 1: a former baseball.

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Speaker 2: His best year is a Brown.

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Speaker 1: This past year, Blake Whiteheart had his tender the Browns

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Speaker 1: Game of Tender. So he's going to be back. Jordan Akins,

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Speaker 1: I have no idea Tony Brown, key special teams guy

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Speaker 1: before he had a foot injury late in the year.

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Speaker 1: Devin Bushall wouldn't mind back Jaron Christian They had to

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Speaker 1: pick him up late in the season again for depth.

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Speaker 1: Don't know that he's going to be back. The big

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Speaker 1: one here is Nick Chubb. Obviously I want Nick Chubb back.

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Speaker 1: Let's say, let's say it right now. I want Nick

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Speaker 1: Chubb back. The issue is at what price and in

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Speaker 1: what role?

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Speaker 2: It goes?

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Speaker 1: Without saying the Browns with right now, there are eleven

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Speaker 1: picks they should be drafting a running back, one that

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Speaker 1: they should expect to contribute next year with Jerome Ford,

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Speaker 1: maybe Pierre Strong as well. Is their room in that

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Speaker 1: backfield for.

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Speaker 2: Nick Chubb?

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Speaker 1: And at what price? I know Browns fans are a

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Speaker 1: gass that they would let him hit free agency. It

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Speaker 1: is tough out there for a veteran running back coming

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Speaker 1: back off another major injury. Now the foot's not a

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Speaker 1: major injury, but you know what I'm saying, I would

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Speaker 1: like it back. It depends on the price, and it

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Speaker 1: depends on the role, and honestly, it depends on what

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Speaker 1: else Nick finds out there. If someone's going to give

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Speaker 1: him one year and ten million, which I highly doubt

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Speaker 1: is going to happen, then the Browns simply can't do.

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Speaker 3: That, correct, I mean, that's it's got to be. Unfortunately,

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Speaker 3: it's a team friendly deal, it's not so much a

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Speaker 3: player friendly deal. And I hope he's back. We'll see

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Speaker 3: if he's part of this first wave of free agents.

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Speaker 3: Free agency comes in waves. If not, with every wave

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Speaker 3: that comes that doesn't include a Nick Chubb's signing, I

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Speaker 3: feel better about him coming back.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I would love to have him back, and I

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Speaker 1: think this one is going to be a wait and see,

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Speaker 1: ye man. I don't mean wait and see for a

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Speaker 1: couple of days. I mean wait and see for multiple

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Speaker 1: weeks to see if Nick Chubb is back. Michael Dunn

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Speaker 1: valuable piece on the offensive line. Don't mind that he's back,

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Speaker 1: Mike Ford. Same thing when it comes to special teams.

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Speaker 1: Deonta Foreman. I'd be surprised if he was back. Nick Harris,

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Speaker 1: if he's healthy, would welcoming back. James Hudson. You know,

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Speaker 1: he started a lot of games when needed. He never

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Speaker 1: really established himself as a starter, so to speak. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's a guy that Bill Callahan took under his wing.

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Speaker 1: And remember he started in college as a defensive tackle.

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Speaker 1: They moved him to offensive tackle. I think he still

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Speaker 1: work in progress. I don't know that he's going to

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Speaker 1: go find a starting job elsewhere. Khalik Hudson, nice special

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Speaker 1: teams player. Moe Hurst would love him back. That's a

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Speaker 1: great Andrew Berry find. By the way, for a former

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Speaker 1: Day two pick a couple of years ago who had

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Speaker 1: some health issues, Jermaina Fetti, Hey, he played tackle well

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Speaker 1: when they needed him down the stretch. I don't think

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Speaker 1: Elijah Moore is going to be back. James proshe I'd

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Speaker 1: be surprised. Jeff Swain came in and helped out when

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Speaker 1: they needed him. They shut him down last year with

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Speaker 1: a concussion mid season. Then there's Jedrick Wilson and Jameis Winston. Look,

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Speaker 1: we'd all love to have Jamis back. I don't think

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Speaker 1: it's going to happen. I would like to see Jamis

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Speaker 1: go somewhere and at least get a chance to start.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that that is going to be in Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: It was fun while it lasted, and I wish Jamis

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Speaker 1: well I told him in person in New Orleans a

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 2: Give me that.

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Speaker 1: I could not be happier for his last couple of months,

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Speaker 1: just how he has taken America by storm and really

555
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Speaker 1: set himself up whenever he decides to stop playing football

556
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Speaker 1: for the rest of his post football life.

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Speaker 3: He should have been Fox. Should have had him at

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Speaker 3: the combine last week. Missed opportunity.

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Speaker 2: I should have.

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Speaker 3: Kept that ball roll. And because Super Bowl Week was

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Speaker 3: amazing content.

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Speaker 1: I agree, and I love the guy and thank you

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Speaker 1: Jamis for everything it did for the Jim. Last year,

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Speaker 1: there weren't many happy, joyous, like fun, punch your buddy

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Speaker 1: on the shoulder kind of, you know, hug your neighbor moments.

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Speaker 1: This year, Jamis gave us a bunch of those. Jedrick

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Speaker 1: Wills give you with me. I'd be surprised if you were,

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Speaker 1: I would.

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Speaker 2: I would be too.

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Speaker 3: I know that the Browns have a need at that

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Speaker 3: tackle position, but I just I don't. It definitely looks

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Speaker 3: like it's trending towards Will's hitting free agency.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's that's what it looks like. Winston Reid,

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Speaker 1: Blake Whitehart I mentioned tender love Winston Reed. Another good

575
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Speaker 1: Andrew Berry find last year at a weaber restricted free agency.

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Speaker 1: Anthony Bell good story, Sure if you want to bring

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Speaker 1: it back. James Houston was a late in the season

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Speaker 1: acquisition off Detroit's practice squad. Bailey's Appy enjoyed getting to

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Speaker 1: know him. I think Bailey's going to go somewhere and

580
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Speaker 1: try to battle for at least a chance to be

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Speaker 1: a number two. Who knows, maybe surprise somebody in train

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Speaker 1: to camp, although odds are stacked against him. But I

583
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Speaker 1: like Bailey Zappi a lot.

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Speaker 3: Do we have some news before we sign off? We

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Speaker 3: have any news from the organization? Yes, been a quiet week,

586
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Speaker 3: but maybe maybe there's a little something out there.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so you are there at the Cross Country Mortgage campus.

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Speaker 1: By the time this hits, there should be news that

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Speaker 1: rout of applause, the longest tenured Brown, Joel Buttonio, is

590
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Speaker 1: not going to retire, and that Joel Patonio is coming back.

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Speaker 1: It's not over. He ain't leaving. Joel Betonio Gibbe. I

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Speaker 1: think everyone's happy for this. Joel Bottonio is coming back.

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Speaker 3: Seven time Pro bowler, two time first team All Pro,

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Speaker 3: three times second team All Pro. We'll be back for

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Speaker 3: season number twelve. Let's go. I love it. I'm happy

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Speaker 3: he's coming back. Joe Thomas told us the longer that

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Speaker 3: this kind of dragged out here. He felt like Joel

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Speaker 3: would eventually becoming ear and come back for a year

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Speaker 3: number twelve, And that is indeed the case and something

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Speaker 3: to remember. Joel Botonio second round pick pick number thirty

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Speaker 3: five in the twenty fourteen NFL Draft out of Nevada.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I believe Zach Martin was in that draft, right,

603
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Speaker 1: call this Amy Live googling here, Zach Martin.

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Speaker 2: There you go, drafted.

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Speaker 1: And so on the day in which Zach Martin holds

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Speaker 1: his Yeah, twenty fourteen, on the day in which Zach

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Speaker 1: Martin holds his retirement, zoom if you will with Cowboys

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Speaker 1: beat Writers there in Dallas is the day that we

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Speaker 1: find out that Joel Buttonio is coming back. Aaron Donald

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Speaker 1: retired last year. Same draft class. So that was a

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Speaker 1: pretty darn good draft class. I mean, just among those

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00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: three in the interior of the line, I think it's

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Speaker 1: good news for the Browns on a number of levels.

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Speaker 1: Number one, he could still play. I think once they

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Speaker 1: figured out whatever was ailing the offensive line. The first

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Speaker 1: six weeks of the season, we saw Joel Buttonio return

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Speaker 1: to form absolutely and I think I think that speaks

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Speaker 1: well for the prospects of him playing well next season.

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Speaker 1: And as we sit here, by the way, it's official,

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Speaker 1: Joel Patonio is coming back for a twelfth season. Give

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Speaker 1: a The Browns just announced it on the twitters.

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Speaker 2: We broke it before let's go. We're one to know.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Hey, no, seriously, and thanks for remind I me. We

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Speaker 1: were going to talk about it before we started. We're

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Speaker 1: laying out the calendar here, guys again. The tenth next Monday,

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Speaker 1: free agency window opens. The twelfth is when deals could

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Speaker 1: be done. By the time we record this podcast next

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Speaker 1: we very well may know who the Browns veteran quarterback

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Speaker 1: is because they've got to sign or acquire a veteran quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Who will that be? We could have listed names, we

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Speaker 1: could have thrown out. Joe Flacco. That's what Adam Schefter

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Speaker 1: mentioned on his pod this week. I mean, I wouldn't mind,

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Speaker 1: right if you draft a rookie. You tell Joe it's

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Speaker 1: not gonna be like Kirk Cousins from a year ago

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Speaker 1: in to Atlanta, where they can catch him by surprise

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Speaker 1: when they draft a quarterback in the top ten. Right,

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Speaker 1: it wouldn't be like that. You'd have full disclosure and

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Speaker 1: you tell Joe it is what it is. He'd still

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Speaker 1: be the mayor and I wouldn't mind it.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that for certain. It's just a name

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Speaker 1: schefter through out there. But my point being a week

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Speaker 1: from now we could know who that Brown's veteran QB is.

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Speaker 3: Schefter threw it out there, which means someone said it,

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Speaker 3: so he doesn't just throw things out there.

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Speaker 2: That's it. That is.

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Speaker 1: I appreciate you, Bubba ben Trone. Thanks for giving me

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Speaker 1: the idea on this hoodie. I saw Bubble wearing one

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Speaker 1: during the season. I like that.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna get one of them too.

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Speaker 1: which is the best podcast available. Also known as Andrew

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Speaker 1: just rambling and Gibbe looking at his watch going hey man,

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Speaker 1: can I be trafficking?

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Speaker 2: Go no way.

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Speaker 3: I'm looking at Fela the Birthday Boy Jeff like it's

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Speaker 3: his birth week, like it's a celebration of celebrations.

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Speaker 1: It's McDaniel's birthday.

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Speaker 3: Yes, Sunday Sunday or last Sunday, this coming Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Jeff McDaniel, Happy thirtieth birthday again for Jason Gibbs and

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Speaker 1: the aforementioned Jeff behind door number three which is not

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Speaker 1: currently visible on your screen. Thanks for listening and watching.

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Speaker 1: This is the best podcast available. Enjoy Free Agency, Everybody,