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Speaker 2: And we are one win away for the Oklahoma City

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Speaker 2: Thunder for celebrating an NBA championship. Congratulations to OKAC for

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Speaker 2: getting it done last night. And I think noteworthy we're

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Speaker 2: I feel like that's a positive development from game four

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Speaker 3: That'll be an upgrade from what the audience will be

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Speaker 3: for this next game. I will. That'll do it.

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Speaker 4: Jack, you think it's oh, you think it's a rap?

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Speaker 4: Are you called it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? It's over all right, it's over.

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Speaker 4: Man, all right here.

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Speaker 3: You know, they said, I know, they said that whoever

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Speaker 3: see is just better. They're better. Yeah, they're better. I

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Speaker 4: Oh wow, yeah, I mean the undertakers here.

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Speaker 3: The reality of it is is that you get a

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Speaker 3: I told just Siakam was the captain of the ship.

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Speaker 3: We just didn't know that being the captain of the ship, well,

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Speaker 3: They're lost that sea and they ain't making it back,

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Speaker 3: not out of this finals, they're not.

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Speaker 2: So the undertakers here to close the lid on the

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Speaker 2: Now he's the captain of the coffin. Now, now you

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's gonna be a finals.

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Speaker 5: It's the finals.

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Speaker 6: I've worked my whole life to be here, and I

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Speaker 6: and uh, you know is what it is, and uh,

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Speaker 2: I was surprised that. I just assume when he was hobbled,

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Speaker 2: Spoke about the performance of Williams following the game great

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean listening and look, you know, it's not

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Speaker 2: But I don't know if it was anything other than solitaire,

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Speaker 3: And not boys to men.

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Speaker 1: Be sure to catch live editions of Two Pros and

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Speaker 2: By the way, you at a Are you at Penn

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Speaker 3: That was correct. I'm in that room where they got

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Speaker 3: I totally like, look man, like we're in a very

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Speaker 3: I'm sitting there looking at him like he comes back

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Speaker 2: Lightly like there is. If you're gonna get coffee, you

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Speaker 5: I had already met everyone the day before.

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Speaker 3: I moved away from Lee Man. He was on his own.

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Speaker 2: Well, it is two pros and a cup of joe

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Speaker 4: And he's absolutely right.

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Speaker 3: A little bit more.

436
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Speaker 2: I don't think there's any question that the deal's gonna

437
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,959
Speaker 2: get done this offseason. I just don't think Jerry Jones

438
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,440
Speaker 2: cares at all about it taking longer and costing them more.

439
00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:31,560
Speaker 4: I don't think he cares.

440
00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,800
Speaker 3: I really don't. Yeah, I buy that. I buy that

441
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:39,680
Speaker 3: at this point, I think it's happened enough where that

442
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 3: feeling of that sense of drama, will it get done

443
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 3: Like it was at the most craziest of a feverish

444
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:56,720
Speaker 3: pitch with Dak Prescott and the unthinkable happened, Like he

445
00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 3: got it, Damn he got it. I mean, I'll say unthinkable.

446
00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:07,560
Speaker 3: Based off of the conversations that were being had before

447
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,760
Speaker 3: he got his contract. People thought the number that he

448
00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:14,560
Speaker 3: was going for, what was it, like forty million at

449
00:25:14,560 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 3: that point, Yeah, I believe like forty million a year,

450
00:25:20,800 --> 00:25:23,959
Speaker 3: and and people were like, it's not going to happen.

451
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 3: He's not going to get to where he wants to be,

452
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 3: and there were so many debates about where people fell

453
00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,640
Speaker 3: that everybody decided, you know, we live in a take

454
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:43,119
Speaker 3: sides culture. Now you ever noticed that our culture is

455
00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 3: so take sides driven. And in that instance, everybody that

456
00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 3: was doing coverage on on football were taking sides with

457
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 3: Dak Prescott and you had the pro side, you had

458
00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,720
Speaker 3: the con side, and everybody had their arguments and their

459
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,639
Speaker 3: discussion points as to why they felt that it would

460
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,400
Speaker 3: or wouldn't happen, the way that people may have put

461
00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:10,960
Speaker 3: it out there, the way that maybe you know, Dak

462
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,880
Speaker 3: may have you know, alluded to, whatever it may have been,

463
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:18,080
Speaker 3: there were reasons why on both sides. You do not

464
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 3: have those conversations taking place now. They are not. These

465
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:28,119
Speaker 3: are not headlines that are dominating the sports world. It's

466
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:33,920
Speaker 3: actually barely being discussed. Yeah, and knowing that that's how

467
00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:38,160
Speaker 3: this is being handled, there is no real media value

468
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 3: to not getting the deal done with Micah Parsons. It's

469
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:47,360
Speaker 3: been very non dramatic. It's been very very low impact.

470
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,880
Speaker 3: There is no feverish pitch about it. And I think

471
00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:53,760
Speaker 3: that that's good that in the end, that's a good

472
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:59,280
Speaker 3: thing because here's the reason why. Whether you're whether you're

473
00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 3: for it or you're against it. It's being so intensely

474
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:09,719
Speaker 3: covered and the stakes are being raised so high, and

475
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 3: how you saw it being handled when Dak Prescott or

476
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:18,880
Speaker 3: when Zeke Elliott was doing his contract. It builds this

477
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 3: interest level and it builds this narrative that you got

478
00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,600
Speaker 3: to figure out which side you fall on or what

479
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:32,160
Speaker 3: side was correct in what took place. And I don't

480
00:27:32,240 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 3: know that it gives a guy the fairest of opportunities

481
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 3: to just be the player that they need to be,

482
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 3: because that's ultimately what it comes back to, is being

483
00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 3: the player that you need to be for the team.

484
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,480
Speaker 3: And it becomes more about are they living up to

485
00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:52,880
Speaker 3: their contract, not are they being the player they need

486
00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,159
Speaker 3: to be. And for some strange reason, I think people

487
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,679
Speaker 3: come up with by position what they believe that value

488
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 3: rep and I don't know that it's accurate or not.

489
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,320
Speaker 3: I just know that very few people ever live up

490
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:13,920
Speaker 3: to the expectation of what is created appearance wise. For

491
00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 3: that player that waits and negotiates, like even with Hendrickson, right,

492
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 3: it just creates this narrative where it's like, oh, you

493
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,800
Speaker 3: were going to hold out for this, you did all

494
00:28:25,800 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 3: of that to get this contract and this is all

495
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:30,040
Speaker 3: you're going to. Oh you go get hurt. Oh you

496
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 3: didn't get the same amount of sacks that you did

497
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 3: last year, Well you ate. The dude almost got twenty sacks.

498
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 3: So to me, the fact that Micah is doing his

499
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 3: own podcast and when he goes viral, it's generally something

500
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 3: that he said or he's done, and it's nothing you

501
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,600
Speaker 3: know that you would say. You know, it makes you

502
00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 3: feel uncomfortable about him. You know, he's he's in you know,

503
00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,120
Speaker 3: he's I don't know where he was at, but he

504
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,560
Speaker 3: was abroad. He was on the wall, the Great Wall.

505
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 3: He was you know, sumo wrestling. He he does his podcast.

506
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:12,080
Speaker 3: He talked about, you know, all kinds of different topics.

507
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 3: I think Michael Parsons has done it the right way,

508
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 3: regardless of what people may have to say about He's

509
00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,880
Speaker 3: rubbed people the wrong way. Inside the buildings, Da da da,

510
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 3: it's been quiet. It's been quiet. You have not heard

511
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 3: anyone saying disparaging things about him, and I think that's

512
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,320
Speaker 3: a good thing. And you you gotta assume the deal

513
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 3: is going to get done. I just asked the question Jonas,

514
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 3: how big is the deal? Is it just below Miles Garrett.

515
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 3: Is it right with Miles Garrett? Is it above Miles Garrett?

516
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:51,640
Speaker 3: Those aren't only real questions that to me are the

517
00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,680
Speaker 3: major questions here in this topic.

518
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:55,440
Speaker 4: I mean, I think he beats Miles Garrett.

519
00:29:56,040 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 2: I think that's I think whoever, and that's why maybe

520
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 2: when you've got three at the same position, maybe that's

521
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,560
Speaker 2: sort of what the back and forth is. And one

522
00:30:07,600 --> 00:30:09,800
Speaker 2: of the things that was mentioned, and I think it

523
00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 2: was Ian Rappaford of NFL Network, is that maybe part

524
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 2: of the delay, specifically with the TJ. Watt deal is

525
00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 2: the fact that nobody knows for sure the exact numbers

526
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 2: behind Miles Garrett's deal, Like they know that the year

527
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 2: per the dollar amount per year, maybe some of the guarantees,

528
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 2: but they're not maybe totally sure how some of those

529
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,360
Speaker 2: guarantees are split up and ration at it was, it

530
00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 2: was something along those lines, and so maybe that's the delay.

531
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:40,760
Speaker 2: But like we talked about yesterday, you know, Brooke Pryor,

532
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 2: who covers the Steelers for ESPN, saying that, well, you know,

533
00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 2: the Steelers, you know, weren't they were kind of surprised

534
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,080
Speaker 2: that TJ. Watt would want to reset the market. Well,

535
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 2: why would you be surprised he's had a better career

536
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 2: than Miles Garrett.

537
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:58,000
Speaker 3: That shouldn't be a surprise. Micah Parsons, no checkers and no, no, no,

538
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 3: no checkered flag.

539
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 2: Yes, history, he's never he's never assaulted. He's never assaulted

540
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:04,959
Speaker 2: a man with his own helmet.

541
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 4: That's never happened.

542
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 3: We didn't have to go that far. But there are

543
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:13,840
Speaker 3: no real glitches at all. No checkers flows on on

544
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 3: on either one of those guys.

545
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 4: I think he drives safe. Which which is?

546
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:18,600
Speaker 3: You know?

547
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 2: Which helps as well too. I just like the Michael

548
00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,640
Speaker 2: Parsons stuff. Yeah, Dak Prescott, I get the debate. I

549
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,360
Speaker 2: can get the debate. I never thought that Dak Prescott

550
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 2: was going to play anywhere other than Dallas. They were

551
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 2: never going to let him out of the building. I

552
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 2: get the debate.

553
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 3: Ceedee Lamb.

554
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:37,280
Speaker 2: I could kind of understand the debate. Zeke Elliott. I

555
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 2: could kind of understand the debate. There is no debate

556
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 2: with Michael Parsons at all. Whatsoever. He should reset the market.

557
00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 2: He's in his prime, He's produced every single year, and

558
00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 2: Jerry Jones does not care about the fact that it

559
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 2: may cost him a little bit more. It's the fashionably

560
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:58,400
Speaker 2: late tax. I'm willing to pay it because we're going

561
00:31:58,480 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 2: to be in the story, and we're going to be

562
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: the center of the story throughout the course of training

563
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,680
Speaker 2: camp leading up to the season. Whether it gets done

564
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 2: right before the year or during training camp, this deal

565
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 2: is getting done, man, Like I don't there's no nothing

566
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 2: about TJ.

567
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:13,680
Speaker 3: Watt.

568
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 2: I think I'll pose a question to you, do you

569
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 2: believe there's more of a chance that.

570
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:23,959
Speaker 4: The TJ.

571
00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 2: Watt negotiations go sideways or Micah Parsons negotiations go sideways?

572
00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 2: Because I think it's TJ.

573
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:37,640
Speaker 3: Watt I got. I have to say there's more pressure

574
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:44,360
Speaker 3: on Pittsburgh in this scenario than Dallas because there is

575
00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 3: no there's no reasoning to exercise as it applies to Dallas.

576
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 3: If you were to lose TJ. Watt based off of

577
00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:04,800
Speaker 3: not getting a contract done, I believe that has way

578
00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 3: more impact than out of the two because I don't

579
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 3: see I don't see there being any circumstance any way

580
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 3: that Dallas doesn't do the deal with Michael Parsons. There

581
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 3: are no real MICA's not come out and made it

582
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 3: a thing. Dallas hasn't really come out and made it

583
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 3: a thing. So the fact that there hasn't been very

584
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,160
Speaker 3: much conversation about it at all. I mean, there was

585
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 3: that one moment where could it get combustible where you

586
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 3: talk about I don't even know his agent, I haven't

587
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,920
Speaker 3: talked to his agent. Maybe that was the moment that

588
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 3: was the crossroad where it could have happened and it

589
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 3: could have gained momentum to be a conversation, but it

590
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 3: didn't happen. Now, but there's so much going on in

591
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:57,160
Speaker 3: Pittsburgh right now, there's so many question marks with Pittsburgh

592
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 3: and the way the quarterback situation has been. Days of

593
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 3: our lives, it's like you tune in for for your stories,

594
00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 3: Like what are you doing? Dad's watching the stories? What's

595
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 3: the stories? Days of the Steelers' lives? Like what it's

596
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 3: going like the from from Fields to Wilson to now Rogers,

597
00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:23,919
Speaker 3: George Pickens, the Pickens, Like it's just it's just been

598
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 3: a constant no no time for rest, no time for

599
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 3: comfort or feeling really good about what's going on. And

600
00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,600
Speaker 3: it's tolerable because the team still is good and the

601
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 3: team still wins. If you get rid of or if

602
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 3: you lose out on having one of these singular major

603
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 3: elements assets, that is the reason why you're still able

604
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 3: to win in spite of and DJ Watt. The implications

605
00:34:58,520 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 3: of that, I mean, I think it's large enough to

606
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 3: lose your job. I think the implications of something going

607
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:09,720
Speaker 3: wrong with the TJ. Watt situation and what could follow

608
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 3: after after that in terms of the season, would be

609
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,359
Speaker 3: large enough for somebody to lose their job.

610
00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:19,239
Speaker 2: It does, and that's why I pose the question because

611
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:22,759
Speaker 2: I don't I don't think Mike It will get his

612
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:26,640
Speaker 2: deal done. No concerns there, but I'm with you, it

613
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,280
Speaker 2: does feel something feels a little off about the TJ.

614
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 3: Watt Steelers stuff.

615
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:34,279
Speaker 2: And maybe it's because it's the second time you know,

616
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 2: he's he's looking to get paid. Ben Roethlisberger was on

617
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 2: his podcast and you know said, listen, last time he

618
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,319
Speaker 2: was looking to get a contract, he held in. This

619
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 2: time he's holding out, he goes. So there's a clear

620
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:49,959
Speaker 2: difference in his approach towards wanting to get a deal done.

621
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 2: I think, you know, if I'm a betting man, I

622
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:53,840
Speaker 2: bet that they do get a deal done with TJ.

623
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,720
Speaker 4: Watt. But man, it wouldn't.

624
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,879
Speaker 2: It wouldn't surprise me if if Pittsburgh was like, look,

625
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,799
Speaker 2: this is getting too steep for us. If we can

626
00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,920
Speaker 2: get back enough draft capital and go in another direction,

627
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 2: maybe we'll go there.

628
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 3: But this is it would be one of the biggest

629
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:21,319
Speaker 3: moves in Steeler history, and it would most likely be

630
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:28,520
Speaker 3: one of the biggest mistakes in Pittsburgh Steeler history. They

631
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 3: gotta pay him. You cannot afford to not pay the

632
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:39,800
Speaker 3: man what he has established and earned as a Pittsburgh Steeler,

633
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 3: which is the right to be compensated fairly and kept

634
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 3: on the team. You do not have a replacement of

635
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 3: the value that TJ. Watt brings to your team as

636
00:36:54,480 --> 00:37:00,680
Speaker 3: the position that he plays or a personality that represents

637
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 3: that team. You don't have a replacement, So you do

638
00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:08,759
Speaker 3: not You do not allow for that to happen. You

639
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 3: do not allow TJ. Watt to not be a part

640
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 3: of the Pittsburgh Steelers. So it shouldn't be a big deal.

641
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 3: But if it were to turn into a big deal,

642
00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,959
Speaker 3: then now all that does is make things even more

643
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:25,799
Speaker 3: weirder in terms of how you're viewing where is this

644
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 3: Pittsburgh team at This is like turning into something where

645
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 3: that's not this is not the Pittsburgh way. It's not

646
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:38,120
Speaker 3: the Pittsburgh way. And that's going to become a major

647
00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 3: conversation that ensues and how do you handle that?

648
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,440
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649
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Speaker 2: It's time for our smooth operator. He's the one and

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Speaker 2: only Pte Prisco, senior NFL columnist for CBS Sports, CBS

653
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Speaker 2: Sports eight Q analyst. You can get him on X

654
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Speaker 2: if you want that smoke at Prisco, CBS and a

655
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Speaker 2: man who is feeling pretty confident that his Florida Panthers

656
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,000
Speaker 2: are going to be hoisting a cup yet again.

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Speaker 3: Pete, Good morning, what's up guys?

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Speaker 8: How are you hi?

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Speaker 3: Pete? So what do you think of?

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Speaker 4: Pete?

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Speaker 2: Is the coronation on are you going to be at

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Speaker 2: the game coming up in sunrise later on tonight or what?

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Speaker 9: I Am not going to be at the game. I

664
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Speaker 9: will be on my couch watching and they will be

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Speaker 9: hoist in the cup after about eleven thirty tonight and

666
00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 9: dancing around that rink yeah, it's over done. It should

667
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 9: have been over already.

668
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Speaker 8: I told you guys that last week.

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Speaker 9: It should have been done already. They led in every game.

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Speaker 9: I mean they blew leads in two games. It should

671
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Speaker 9: have been done. They're the better team. And you know,

672
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 9: McDavid done hasn't done a great deal. He's still the

673
00:38:51,160 --> 00:38:51,919
Speaker 9: best player in the world.

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Speaker 8: Don't get me wrong. Connor McDavid. By the way, Labar

675
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Speaker 8: that's his name.

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Speaker 3: And thank you. Listen. I don't here today, won't care

677
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Speaker 3: tomorrow either, Just so we're clear on that.

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Speaker 8: You do a sports show, you should care about hockey.

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Speaker 3: All right, Well, here's our hockey segment right now.

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Speaker 8: Yes, they they will close them out tonight and I

681
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:15,640
Speaker 8: can't wait.

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Speaker 2: But I'm seeing those bleeds for this game are like

683
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Speaker 2: a thousand dollars. So I don't blame you for going, Pete.

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Speaker 9: Well you know what else too. I mean, if I go,

685
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Speaker 9: And here's the other part of that equation, when I

686
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Speaker 9: do go to gave me my wife's gout, it's way

687
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Speaker 9: out in Sunrise. I live in for loyal So I

688
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:31,120
Speaker 9: got an uber because they're gonna have some drinks when

689
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Speaker 9: I'm there, and when I have some drinks. When I'm there,

690
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:34,040
Speaker 9: I'm gonna have a good time. And they got an

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Speaker 9: uber out of there, and they usually stop by this

692
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Speaker 9: this seminal hard rock on the way home to have

693
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Speaker 9: some fun. And by the time I get home, it's

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Speaker 9: a thousand dollars night, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 8: It's great to see.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, so that's a that's a good move, good

697
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:49,240
Speaker 2: move to play it out. Now, speaking of thousand dollars nights,

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Speaker 2: what's so, what do you what's the vibe you're getting

699
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Speaker 2: on the TJ. Watt Steelers negotiations. Do you do you

700
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Speaker 2: think there's any chance this doesn't get done because we've

701
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Speaker 2: kind of and we can get into the Trey Hendrickson

702
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Speaker 2: and the Mica stuff, but the TJ.

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Speaker 4: Watt feels like maybe it's.

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Speaker 2: It could be dragging out a little bit longer than

705
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Speaker 2: some Steelers fans would hope.

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Speaker 8: So you know what I always say about these negotiations,

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Speaker 8: they all show up. They always show up.

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Speaker 9: You know, all the talk, all the bluster, all the

709
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Speaker 9: I'm not going to sit on the sit out games.

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Speaker 9: I'm not going to And here's why. They only have

711
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Speaker 9: so many earning years in their body and they know

712
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Speaker 9: that and everyone you let go to waste or half

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Speaker 9: the season go to waste, that's money you're never going

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Speaker 9: to get back.

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Speaker 8: I don't care what they say.

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Speaker 9: They can talk all they want about getting it back.

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Speaker 8: And well, good point to Leveon Bell. How'd that work

718
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Speaker 8: out for him? It didn't.

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Speaker 9: It never works out. So I think it's a lot

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Speaker 9: of bluster, it's a lot of negotiating.

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Speaker 8: It's a lot of agent talk.

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Speaker 9: And in the end, I think both sides will be

723
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Speaker 9: smart about it. They'll get a deal done and they

724
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Speaker 9: will and I think they'll all play and.

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Speaker 8: All show up.

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Speaker 9: Now when they show up a training cap. Look, nobody

727
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Speaker 9: wants to go to training camp as you can avoid

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Speaker 9: as much as that as you can find. But I

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Speaker 9: think as far as the regular season, when game one starts,

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Speaker 9: Hendrickson will be there. DJ Watt will be there. They

731
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Speaker 9: will all be there.

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Speaker 3: That's interesting to me now when when you say they

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Speaker 3: will be there and you say you know, everybody has

734
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Speaker 3: to be on the same page, Pete, what does that

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Speaker 3: look like? Because the Miles Garrett contract has clearly set

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Speaker 3: what the market value of what those guys, in particular

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Speaker 3: Micah Hendrickson, TJ Watt, what they do in particular, do

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Speaker 3: you see do you see any of these guys breaking

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Speaker 3: or resetting the market that has been set by you know,

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Speaker 3: Miles Garrett.

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Speaker 9: Well, I mean, when you think about it, that's the

742
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Speaker 9: way the quarterback market works. The next guy up usually

743
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Speaker 9: gets more, and so you know, can I see it happening?

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Speaker 8: Absolutely?

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Speaker 9: I mean you look at the average for year, Miles

746
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Speaker 9: making forty. I mean TJ. Watson in twenty eight, so

747
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 9: obviously he thinks he's underpaid and probably is, and so

748
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Speaker 9: he'll come up into that forty range. I mean, it's

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Speaker 9: really simple, I think if you sit down and do

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Speaker 9: it from that standpoint. But the problem is, I mean,

751
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Speaker 9: and Trey Hendricks is to making twenty one. I mean,

752
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Speaker 9: so bring him up into the forty. You know, if

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Speaker 9: it's not forty, it's thirty eight. And you know, I

754
00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 9: just think there's ways around it. I think they get done.

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Speaker 9: But in the quarterback pecking order, it usually goes the

756
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Speaker 9: next guy up gets the next project. Then they'll restructure

757
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 9: this guy and then you got to go back up

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Speaker 9: and get the next guy. And that's usually the way

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Speaker 9: it works. And so I you know, look a lot

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Speaker 9: of these agents love the posture and then they send

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Speaker 9: out their tweets. And when when the guy sent out

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Speaker 9: the tweets, the deal gets done. That's negotiated by you know,

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Speaker 9: Joe Blow and Billy Billy Bob, you know, and they're like, great,

764
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Speaker 9: they got the deal done.

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Speaker 8: That's their job.

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Speaker 9: That's what you're supposed to do. And so I think

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Speaker 9: sometimes the agents use these guys to try and show,

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Speaker 9: Look how tough we are. We can go out and

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Speaker 9: get more guys. See when I held out TJ. Watt,

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Speaker 9: he got this, Like TJ. Wats going to go to

771
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Speaker 9: forty million dollars or so on his next deal. We

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Speaker 9: can pretty much pencil that in. Is that really tough

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Speaker 9: to do? No, But right now you're just posturing.

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Speaker 2: He is Pete Prisco joining us here on Fox Sports Radio.

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Speaker 2: Get him at X at at Prisco CBS. Rather, I

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Speaker 2: do want to ask you about the There was a

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Speaker 2: report Jeremy Fowler set over the weekend that the Vikings

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Speaker 2: view their window to win a Super Bowl in the

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Speaker 2: next three.

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Speaker 4: Years because of JJ McCarthy.

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Speaker 2: He's on the rookie contract and that's part of the

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Speaker 2: reason why they decided to go with him. They trust

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Speaker 2: this plan more so than going the direction of Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: Based on the movement they've made this offseason, do you

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Speaker 2: feel like the Vikings are a viable Super Bowl contender

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Speaker 2: over the next couple of years.

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Speaker 8: It's all on JJ. If you believe JJ McCarthy is

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Speaker 8: what they believe he is and they have a chance.

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Speaker 9: If you don't, then no, do you and no I don't.

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Speaker 9: I didn't love him coming out. I thought he was

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Speaker 9: a decent player.

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Speaker 8: I didn't.

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Speaker 9: You know, I think he has a chance, but I don't.

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Speaker 8: I don't think he's ever going to be a star player.

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Speaker 9: In the in the in the you know, Jade and

796
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Speaker 9: Daniels walk into the building become a star player. I

797
00:44:06,040 --> 00:44:09,239
Speaker 9: don't see that for JJ McCarthy, and so I don't know.

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Speaker 9: They've upgraded their roster in some spots, absolutely. I mean

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Speaker 9: the interior the offensive line has been a problem. They

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Speaker 9: upgraded there. The interior of the defensive line has been

801
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Speaker 9: a problem. They've upgraded there. But it doesn't matter. All

802
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:24,279
Speaker 9: that matters is JJ McCarthy can put up numbers uh

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Speaker 9: and and continue to roll that offense the way Sam

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Speaker 9: even Sam Darnold did for most of the last season,

805
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Speaker 9: and there are questions about that. So to answer your question,

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Speaker 9: I think they're the third team in the division.

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Speaker 8: I really do. I think the.

808
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Speaker 9: Packers are better. I think that the Lions are better.

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Speaker 8: Uh.

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Speaker 9: And I think they're the third team in the division,

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Speaker 9: just ahead of the Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 3: What about the Jags? I know that's your.

813
00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:49,480
Speaker 8: Team and you they're not my team. They're not my team.

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Speaker 3: Oh okay, what about the Jags that you really have

815
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Speaker 3: a fond uh, you know, affinity for the Jaguars? Uh

816
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Speaker 3: and and Prince Prince Trevor Lawrence charming? What uh? What's

817
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Speaker 3: your take on them this year? Like this is this

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Speaker 3: a make or break year for Trevor Lawrence? Is this? Uh?

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Speaker 3: I mean they got the new coach. It seems like

820
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Speaker 3: maybe they're they're going in the right downrection. I know

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Speaker 3: you may mention of the defense improving just by getting

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Speaker 3: a new coordinator. What where do you see the Jags

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Speaker 3: this year? Pete?

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Speaker 4: Let them know about BTJ. Come on, I was come on.

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Speaker 8: Well, I was there last week.

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Speaker 9: I went there last week and watched practice for a

827
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Speaker 9: couple of days and talked to actually talked to Trevor

828
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Speaker 9: Lawrence a lot of coaches and stuff and and yeah,

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Speaker 9: they are better teams. But is it a make or

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Speaker 9: break year form? No, it's not a make or break

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Speaker 9: year form because of the contract. What it is is

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Speaker 9: is it a put up time year for him? Absolutely?

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Speaker 9: And you know I talked to him about that. Look

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Speaker 9: outside of Jacksonville, and even inside of Jacksonville, there are

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Speaker 9: questions about him and he knows that correct, But there's

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Speaker 9: been There's been a lot of things working against him.

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Speaker 9: That's why this year is portant for him because they

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Speaker 9: actually have a really good offensive system in with playmakers,

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Speaker 9: and so if he doesn't do it this year, it's.

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Speaker 8: Going to be a major issue.

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Speaker 9: Yes, I would agree from you from that standpoint, but

842
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Speaker 9: the contract says it's not a make or break because

843
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:14,880
Speaker 9: he's going to be back next year no matter what.

844
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Speaker 9: So is it an important year, LeVar? Absolutely? I think

845
00:46:18,960 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 9: he's changed his motion, he's changed his mechanics. Think about

846
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:23,440
Speaker 9: this guy's been in the league for four years and

847
00:46:23,480 --> 00:46:26,560
Speaker 9: they're working on his mechanics because he was a long strider.

848
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Speaker 9: And what's that say about the rest of the coaching

849
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Speaker 9: staff that's been there over the course of his time there. Well,

850
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:36,439
Speaker 9: we know the urban experience, that's a disaster. I mean,

851
00:46:36,440 --> 00:46:39,239
Speaker 9: it was awful. And then you have, you know, the

852
00:46:39,280 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 9: next group that didn't really fix them. And so I

853
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,719
Speaker 9: think you watched him throw. I watched him throw. It

854
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:46,440
Speaker 9: looks tighter, it looks quicker. Now, will you revert to

855
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,919
Speaker 9: the bad habits when the live bullets start?

856
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:49,399
Speaker 8: Who knows.

857
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 9: But the reality is he's going to be a better player.

858
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 9: That team is going to be a better team. And

859
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,960
Speaker 9: they think, you know, you talk about defensively. Defensively was

860
00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 9: one of the worst disasters I've ever seen in this league.

861
00:47:01,920 --> 00:47:04,359
Speaker 9: That guy came in last year. Ryan Nielsen came in.

862
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:08,000
Speaker 9: He told the defensive lineman the end to get heavier.

863
00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,759
Speaker 9: He took Josh heinz Allen had seventeen and a half

864
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Speaker 9: sacks the year before, and he made him go to

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Speaker 9: two eighty five. And you know what he did. He

866
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:19,239
Speaker 9: walked into the room and threw hamburger meat onto the

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Speaker 9: table and said, mass kicks ass. And he made them

868
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Speaker 9: all the game win. Can you believe that.

869
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:32,560
Speaker 3: Mass kicks ass?

870
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:37,080
Speaker 9: And so he made Walker, He made Trayvon Walker get bigger,

871
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:41,280
Speaker 9: He made Josh heinz Allen get bigger, and they weren't as.

872
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:42,080
Speaker 8: Explosive as they were.

873
00:47:43,040 --> 00:47:44,920
Speaker 4: He threw hamburger meat on the table.

874
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,319
Speaker 9: Yeah, And I asked Josh heines Allen about that and

875
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:52,200
Speaker 9: they were like laughing about it is unreal.

876
00:47:53,800 --> 00:47:56,160
Speaker 2: Was it eighty twenty or like, what are we working

877
00:47:56,239 --> 00:47:58,160
Speaker 2: with here? Was it grass found?

878
00:47:58,400 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 9: I'm sure if it was eighty twenty, I mean they

879
00:48:00,560 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 9: were trying to put on wait it was.

880
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:05,400
Speaker 8: It was all that that fatty beat the other side,

881
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,040
Speaker 8: the lean kind that caught sextra and it doesn't taste

882
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:12,080
Speaker 8: is good? It was the real thoughts.

883
00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:18,400
Speaker 2: That's just ridiculous. Now, I did mention Pete BTJ. Brian

884
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,799
Speaker 2: Thomas Junior. You saw him, he got He got a

885
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:25,080
Speaker 2: fraction of the coverage that Malik Neighbors got last year.

886
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 2: He was fantastic. He's one of the more impressive young

887
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,280
Speaker 2: players in the NFL. How did Brian Thomas Junior look?

888
00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:34,919
Speaker 9: Well, the day the first day was there, he went

889
00:48:34,960 --> 00:48:36,840
Speaker 9: down and practiced, so he was a hush and it

890
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,759
Speaker 9: was an open practice with fans there, so it was

891
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,480
Speaker 9: a hush over the place, but it was like a

892
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,920
Speaker 9: ding and he walked off. He came back out in practice,

893
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:46,200
Speaker 9: but he practiced the next day and talking to their coaches,

894
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:49,920
Speaker 9: he is unreal. He can't, he can't be covered. He's big,

895
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,800
Speaker 9: he's fast, he's improved his route running, and he's stronger

896
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:55,640
Speaker 9: than he was a year ago. That guy is going

897
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 9: to be in the elite of the elite receivers.

898
00:48:58,000 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 8: In this league.

899
00:48:58,760 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 9: And I mean with Jefferson and Chase, that's where he's

900
00:49:02,200 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 9: going and he's not far off from that. I mean,

901
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,720
Speaker 9: I'm telling you he is everything you want a wide receiver.

902
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 9: He doesn't talk a lot, he's quiet, so all the

903
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:13,799
Speaker 9: Travis Hunter stuff doesn't really phase him, but you could

904
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,960
Speaker 9: see where down the road it could. I mean, here

905
00:49:16,000 --> 00:49:18,439
Speaker 9: you have Travis Hunter come in and all anybody talks

906
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:21,000
Speaker 9: about is at what Travis Hunter does, and they don't

907
00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 9: pay attention to Brian Thomas Jr. When the reality is

908
00:49:24,360 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 9: one is the number one wide receiver, clearly is the

909
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:29,640
Speaker 9: number one wide receiver. The other one is learning as

910
00:49:29,680 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 9: he goes. And believe me, he's got a ton of talent,

911
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:34,719
Speaker 9: but he's raw as a wide receiver, and I think

912
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 9: he's ultimately going to play a lot more coigner than

913
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:37,560
Speaker 9: people think too.

914
00:49:39,400 --> 00:49:42,360
Speaker 3: Well, while we're talking receivers, and he brought up, we

915
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 3: brought up Travis Hunter. What do you think is going

916
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 3: to take place in Dallas. I feel like this is also,

917
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:53,120
Speaker 3: in my estimation, a make or break. You on and listen.

918
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,480
Speaker 3: Maybe my definition of make or break isn't based upon

919
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 3: them not being on the team anymore. It's definitely reputation.

920
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,160
Speaker 3: And you know, kind of how you feel about the

921
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:06,120
Speaker 3: player or whatever it may be, Dallas, how you feel

922
00:50:06,160 --> 00:50:11,160
Speaker 3: about Dak Prescott the idea of him playing with pickins

923
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,640
Speaker 3: and ceedee, lamb, do you like this this deal? I

924
00:50:14,640 --> 00:50:17,040
Speaker 3: don't know that I ever asked you about this. What's

925
00:50:17,080 --> 00:50:17,960
Speaker 3: your feeling on that?

926
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:22,239
Speaker 8: I love this segment. It's Levar's players and the crosshairs.

927
00:50:22,280 --> 00:50:24,480
Speaker 8: I love it. Yeah, perfect, Yeah, yeah, you.

928
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:27,680
Speaker 3: Got those are two. Trevor Lawrence and Dak Prescott are

929
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 3: definitely in the crossairs.

930
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 9: No doubt you're You're one hundred percent accurate. And I

931
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:35,560
Speaker 9: think Dak Prescott people forget people forget LeVar that two

932
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:39,000
Speaker 9: years ago Dak led the league in touchdown passes. I mean,

933
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,080
Speaker 9: he really did. He came back, he had a good season.

934
00:50:41,160 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 9: Now the problem is he gets hurt, and he was

935
00:50:43,960 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 9: hurt last year. Now he's back healthy again. He looks

936
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 9: like he's trimmed down. They say, you know at this

937
00:50:47,680 --> 00:50:49,200
Speaker 9: time of the year, everybody's in the greatest shape of

938
00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:52,080
Speaker 9: their life. But he trimmed down, uh, and he has

939
00:50:52,120 --> 00:50:56,080
Speaker 9: another receiver to compliment, you know, CD Lamb. That will

940
00:50:56,120 --> 00:50:58,520
Speaker 9: help open up the passing game. I think the rebuilt

941
00:50:58,560 --> 00:51:01,320
Speaker 9: offensive line will be better. I do think Dak Prescott's

942
00:51:01,360 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 9: going to have a good season. And I think he's

943
00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,919
Speaker 9: a better player than he gets credit for. So yes,

944
00:51:07,120 --> 00:51:10,040
Speaker 9: is he in the cross has? Absolutely, and I think

945
00:51:10,080 --> 00:51:12,600
Speaker 9: that he will have a good season throwing the pickings

946
00:51:12,600 --> 00:51:14,759
Speaker 9: if he doesn't start complaining because he's not getting the ball.

947
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,400
Speaker 9: And ceedee Lamb, who is one of the best receivers

948
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:18,040
Speaker 9: in the league.

949
00:51:18,719 --> 00:51:22,080
Speaker 2: Now, Pete, what are we looking at as far as

950
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:25,799
Speaker 2: expectations reasonable expectations for the Cowboys this year?

951
00:51:25,920 --> 00:51:26,640
Speaker 3: I mean, do we talk?

952
00:51:27,239 --> 00:51:29,759
Speaker 4: I mean playoffs? Are they a playoff team?

953
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:31,279
Speaker 9: They can be a playoff team?

954
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:34,400
Speaker 8: Absolutely, yeah. I think they can push for that. They

955
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:35,520
Speaker 8: can push for that division.

956
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 9: Look, the Eagles are a class of the division, There's

957
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 9: no question about that. But again, it's hard to repeat

958
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 9: that division.

959
00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:43,480
Speaker 8: Nobody ever does it. To win the.

960
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 9: Division and and all that pressure of winning a super Bowl,

961
00:51:48,600 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 9: everybody's gunning.

962
00:51:49,360 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 8: For you on a weekly basis.

963
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,839
Speaker 9: So on paper they're the best team, but it's hard

964
00:51:52,920 --> 00:51:55,799
Speaker 9: to repeat. It's hard to repeat in that division, and

965
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 9: I think Dallas and Washington can push him in the division.

966
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:03,120
Speaker 2: Absolutely, Pete, before you go, the Rams are having Maui camp,

967
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:05,600
Speaker 2: all right, So would this be something that you would

968
00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 2: be interested in attending if this becomes a yearly a

969
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,560
Speaker 2: yearly thing where the Rams go to Maui or you

970
00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:14,920
Speaker 2: are you above that? And these these remote locations for

971
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:16,400
Speaker 2: training camp or mini camps.

972
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:18,719
Speaker 8: No, I don't mind the remote locations because I do.

973
00:52:18,719 --> 00:52:20,480
Speaker 9: Think that you get the bond and I think we

974
00:52:20,560 --> 00:52:23,480
Speaker 9: missed that nowadays and camp hasn't become what it used

975
00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 9: to be. So I don't mind that from a football standpoint.

976
00:52:26,239 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 9: I just don't want to get on a plane and

977
00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 9: go to Maui.

978
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:29,879
Speaker 3: Absolutely, that's a long flight.

979
00:52:30,239 --> 00:52:31,319
Speaker 8: It's too it's too long.

980
00:52:31,400 --> 00:52:33,239
Speaker 9: It's too long to get on a plane and go there.

981
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:35,080
Speaker 8: But it's just for work too. What are you going

982
00:52:35,120 --> 00:52:35,319
Speaker 8: to do?

983
00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:36,719
Speaker 9: You're going to go in for a couple of days

984
00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:38,399
Speaker 9: and cover the camp and then get out of there.

985
00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:41,719
Speaker 9: For me, no, absolutely not from the Rams standpoint. I

986
00:52:41,760 --> 00:52:44,000
Speaker 9: mean great, I mean you get there because once you

987
00:52:44,040 --> 00:52:47,360
Speaker 9: get there, you're there, you're based there. But you know, look,

988
00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 9: we know training camp and what it's become.

989
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:52,040
Speaker 8: It's a it's a country gloves.

990
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:56,239
Speaker 9: There's no hitting, there's no tua days, there's no you know,

991
00:52:56,280 --> 00:52:58,520
Speaker 9: they play music and the guy who has the best

992
00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:00,919
Speaker 9: practice even miamis the day before it gets to pick

993
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,680
Speaker 9: the music. It's fun, it's.

994
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:05,320
Speaker 8: What are we talking about?

995
00:53:05,560 --> 00:53:06,719
Speaker 4: But think about this though.

996
00:53:06,760 --> 00:53:09,040
Speaker 2: From Fort Lauderdale to Mauia, I think it's probably like

997
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:12,439
Speaker 2: around a ten hour flight. So imagine how you could

998
00:53:12,480 --> 00:53:16,080
Speaker 2: get banged up on that flight. Pete, that's ten hours

999
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:18,600
Speaker 2: of the liver lube with Pete Prisco. You could put

1000
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:20,239
Speaker 2: on a show for ten hours in the air all

1001
00:53:20,239 --> 00:53:20,799
Speaker 2: the way to Mouth.

1002
00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:22,520
Speaker 9: You know what that means though, That means you got

1003
00:53:22,520 --> 00:53:25,480
Speaker 9: to deal on a plane in it to ten hours

1004
00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:28,880
Speaker 9: with a bunch of morons and jackasses all over the place.

1005
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:33,120
Speaker 9: I mean, think about it. You do you ever anybody

1006
00:53:33,120 --> 00:53:34,680
Speaker 9: ever liked the people they fly with?

1007
00:53:36,080 --> 00:53:37,319
Speaker 3: I have? I got it?

1008
00:53:37,360 --> 00:53:37,799
Speaker 4: I got it.

1009
00:53:38,239 --> 00:53:41,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I'll tell you. I'll give you. I'll give

1010
00:53:41,239 --> 00:53:46,040
Speaker 3: you some stories one day. Peek next time I see

1011
00:53:46,080 --> 00:53:50,959
Speaker 3: you that we'll talk about oh something over Denver, huh

1012
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:57,920
Speaker 3: A mile hot. I'm just saying. I've just said some

1013
00:53:57,960 --> 00:54:05,040
Speaker 3: people choose to use their time. Why is that boulevar LaVar.

1014
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:08,000
Speaker 9: That's one that's one flight out of Like if you

1015
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:10,920
Speaker 9: that's one flight and you've probably had millions of other

1016
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,240
Speaker 9: ones with a bunch of idiots on there, guys pushing

1017
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:17,880
Speaker 9: to the front. And you know, though, you know what

1018
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:20,360
Speaker 9: I'm talking about. The guy, the plane lands and the

1019
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:26,840
Speaker 9: idiot from the back starts rushing to the front, right, cramming, cramming,

1020
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 9: is overhead his suitcase, trying to cram it into the

1021
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,000
Speaker 9: overhead even though he should have just paid the forty

1022
00:54:32,040 --> 00:54:32,920
Speaker 9: dollars to check it.

1023
00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:33,560
Speaker 8: It's unfit.

1024
00:54:33,719 --> 00:54:35,880
Speaker 9: So now he holds up the plane. I can go

1025
00:54:35,960 --> 00:54:41,239
Speaker 9: on and on. Arm rest arms, armress guy, who, by

1026
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:43,520
Speaker 9: the way, I never lose armress guy, get it, move

1027
00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:43,920
Speaker 9: your arm.

1028
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:45,799
Speaker 8: You're not gonna never lose.

1029
00:54:48,880 --> 00:54:51,360
Speaker 3: Shet off my arm wrest Pete.

1030
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:54,800
Speaker 2: As always, we appreciate it. We'll do it again next Tuesday,

1031
00:54:54,840 --> 00:54:57,400
Speaker 2: and hopefully your panthers get it done later tonight.

1032
00:54:58,000 --> 00:54:58,399
Speaker 8: They will.

1033
00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:00,480
Speaker 9: By the way, sat back guy is a other one.

1034
00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:01,160
Speaker 8: I gave him here.

1035
00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:03,200
Speaker 9: I get on him too. I think that beats the

1036
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:05,600
Speaker 9: whole flight and then the other one. One last thing,

1037
00:55:05,880 --> 00:55:08,160
Speaker 9: my top one hundred NFL players coming out today.

1038
00:55:08,200 --> 00:55:12,040
Speaker 2: So all right, okay, yeah, so let's let's let's check

1039
00:55:12,080 --> 00:55:14,640
Speaker 2: this out. So that's and it's a yearly thing, and

1040
00:55:14,840 --> 00:55:16,600
Speaker 2: it takes you. It takes you a long ass time

1041
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:17,520
Speaker 2: to put this stuff together.

1042
00:55:17,560 --> 00:55:19,440
Speaker 3: Correct. What time does it come out, Pete?

1043
00:55:19,680 --> 00:55:21,440
Speaker 9: I don't last sure what time it'll pop up, but

1044
00:55:21,480 --> 00:55:24,320
Speaker 9: I'll be all over CBS, h Sports HQ and the

1045
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:27,600
Speaker 9: network and everything today. So by the way, I started as.

1046
00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:28,120
Speaker 8: The top fifty.

1047
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:29,360
Speaker 9: I was the first one ever to do.

1048
00:55:29,239 --> 00:55:31,359
Speaker 8: That way back in the day. But when they when

1049
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:32,160
Speaker 8: expanded to.

1050
00:55:32,320 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 9: A hundred, so now you got one hundred, and believe me,

1051
00:55:35,040 --> 00:55:36,840
Speaker 9: nobody is ever happy, and I'm okay with it.

1052
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:37,800
Speaker 3: That's great.

1053
00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:40,480
Speaker 2: So that we'll be looking looking for that, and I'm

1054
00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:42,920
Speaker 2: sure there'll be some gripes coming your way, but Pete

1055
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,640
Speaker 2: is always fun times and we'll do it again next week.

1056
00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:47,319
Speaker 8: You got to take care of guys.

1057
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 2: There is the great Pete Prisco, senior NFL columnist for

1058
00:55:50,560 --> 00:55:53,880
Speaker 2: CBS Sports CBS Sports HQ analysts and you can get

1059
00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:56,319
Speaker 2: him on ex at Prisco CBS. And yes, his top

1060
00:55:56,320 --> 00:55:58,560
Speaker 2: one hundred will be coming out later on. And the

1061
00:55:58,600 --> 00:56:03,280
Speaker 2: best is if you complain to Pete on social media,

1062
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:06,640
Speaker 2: and you complain to him about anything on the list,

1063
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:10,520
Speaker 2: he will wear you out on social media and he'll

1064
00:56:10,520 --> 00:56:12,400
Speaker 2: make a show of it. He's not gonna reply to

1065
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:16,080
Speaker 2: you directly. He'll quote retweet it so that everybody can

1066
00:56:16,120 --> 00:56:18,640
Speaker 2: see him put you in a clown suit on social media.

1067
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:21,960
Speaker 2: That's that's how that's how accommodating Pete Prisco is