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Speaker 2: Good Mom, Mom.

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Speaker 3: This is really cool. It's a household NFL name.

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Speaker 1: He is a five time port bowler, three time first

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Speaker 1: team All Pro. He's also a Super Bowl champion, and

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Speaker 1: recently he decided to hang up the cleats and we've

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Speaker 1: got him. We've watched him. We can't wait to talk

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Speaker 1: to him. Please welcome and dominicansue.

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Speaker 3: What's up thing?

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Speaker 4: Man?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we start with this kind of melancholy news that

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Speaker 1: you have announced your retirement.

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Speaker 3: How do you feel? Does it feel final? Where's your

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Speaker 3: head right now? Man?

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Speaker 4: He was good.

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Speaker 5: I mean, I've had opportunities over the last couple of

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Speaker 5: years to go back, but a lot of it it's been

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Speaker 5: in and around with my dad, which I shared on

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Speaker 5: social media as him master Hire, but then also my

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Speaker 5: mother as well, who's a big part of my life.

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Speaker 5: But then more importantly my beautiful wife Katya and my boys.

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Speaker 5: Not wanting to be away from those twin boys and

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Speaker 5: spending time with them. So it was trying to pay

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Speaker 5: how much to my dad it was his year when

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Speaker 5: your anniversary is passing, which was a tough, tough encounterment

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Speaker 5: to deal with, especially over the last five years and

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Speaker 5: what he's been handling. But he's in a better place,

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Speaker 5: so I'm happy.

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Speaker 6: And we're happy for you the fact that you have

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Speaker 6: arrived at such a safe and healthy place with it.

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Speaker 2: Adam M.

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Speaker 7: Kinney.

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Speaker 6: One of my favorite things about you in meeting you

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Speaker 6: over the years in our production meetings is what you

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Speaker 6: just spoke on. You're such a thoughtful person, very different

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Speaker 6: than what we see on the field sometimes in terms

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Speaker 7: But when you listen to you.

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Speaker 6: Speak about the game and specifically your relationship with your

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Speaker 6: father when you played, what do.

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Speaker 7: You remember most about him?

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Speaker 6: What are some of those things that are your favorite

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Speaker 6: points of your father's relationship with football and how you

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Speaker 6: guys connected on the field before you pass.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I'm getting hills right now thinking back to it.

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Speaker 5: But just the big thing that you would always do,

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Speaker 5: especially before games, was telling me to pray, go out

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Speaker 4: And it was really just one of those pieces of like.

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Speaker 5: You're playing for our last name, so just go make

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Speaker 5: as proud as you are already to do. So it was

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Speaker 5: always a confident him being behind me, and especially my

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Speaker 5: mom as well, even though I didn't grow up in

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Speaker 5: a household with both my parents, they were both there

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Speaker 5: at all times no matter what we needed as kids.

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Speaker 8: Well, I know Bro that he'll be super proud because

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Speaker 8: all of your accomplishments.

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Speaker 2: KB kind of mentioned it in the beginning of this interview.

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Speaker 8: Your five time Pro Bowler, three time first Team All Pro,

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Speaker 2: The Year, super Bowl champion, and that's just your NFL career.

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Speaker 8: But of all of your accomplishments, when you look back

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Speaker 8: at it, is there one accomplishment that you hope that

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Speaker 8: people know you.

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Speaker 5: For from a lifetime If I'm understanding correct your question correctly.

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Speaker 5: From a lifetime perspective, I mean I want to be

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Speaker 5: more known officield than I was on And I've had

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Speaker 5: a lot of success on the football field throughout the

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Speaker 5: that there's multi dimensional and I can sit in boardrooms,

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Speaker 4: High level meetings, be able to help companies.

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Speaker 5: Grow, which I've done over the decades, even while I

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Speaker 1: You know in Doominkin very early in your career, that

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Speaker 1: so many people who follow you know that Domicin has

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Speaker 1: so many different notes to him and so many different

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Speaker 1: back to the young Raw and Dominic and Sioux coming

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Speaker 5: Love it, to be honest with you, because that means

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Speaker 5: I was doing my job. I was pissing off into

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Speaker 4: Wasn't doing my job.

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Speaker 5: And I think from everybody that mentored me, especially from

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Speaker 5: know there's always been the piece of people having biases

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Speaker 5: of me being dirty in these different things. But ultimately, again,

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Speaker 1: See, I think that's something really important in the league.

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Speaker 1: I speak as a fan. I love that factor of

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Speaker 1: maybe goes over it. To that Noteed Dominican, when you

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Speaker 1: look back now at your career, is there anything on

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Speaker 4: No, there's nothing I regret.

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Speaker 5: And the reason why I can say that is because ultimately,

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Speaker 5: ways to win. I think any teammate that I've had

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Speaker 5: working together and finding ways to win, setting records, whether

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Speaker 5: We should have been the best defense in the league,

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Speaker 5: but we set records there. And then also the same

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Speaker 7: And Dominican you just mentioned it.

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Speaker 6: You touched a lot of organizations and packed to them

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Speaker 7: Musical event called the NFL Draft. Let's take a look

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Speaker 7: at where it all started for you.

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Speaker 9: The second pick in the twenty ten NFL Draft, the

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Speaker 9: Detroit Lions select and Dominican Sue do you better tackle Nebraska.

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Speaker 6: That's your original Lions hypeman right there in the crowd,

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Speaker 6: thrilled to your Sue's name, called second overall to the

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Speaker 6: Detroit Lions back in twenty ten. What do you remember

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Speaker 6: about that time and that night in Dominican It was.

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Speaker 5: An interesting night in day, especially because the Tampa Bay

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Speaker 5: Buccaneers had promised me that they were going to come

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Speaker 5: And they were going to take Sam Bradford at number one,

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Speaker 5: But ultimately, I mean, it was one of the greatest

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Speaker 5: at such a high pick and then obviously setting an

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Speaker 10: Well, Man, you've played a lot of ball, obviously, from

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Speaker 10: the draft all the way till now.

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Speaker 11: Three Super Bowls.

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Speaker 10: He played in Super Bowl fifty three with the Rams,

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Speaker 10: Super Bowl fifty five with the Buccaneers.

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Speaker 11: Bring us back to those Super Bowls. You know, what

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Speaker 11: are the moments that you remember the most?

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Speaker 5: Probably the two that stick to my head the most

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Speaker 5: was the fifth Superowl fifty three with La sitting losing

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Speaker 5: that game to Tom Brady. I think we had an

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Speaker 5: amazing one perfour minutes. I think our offense strong good.

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Speaker 5: I've for the lowest scoring super Bowl games ever. And honestly,

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Speaker 5: What did I do wrong? Why we couldn't have won

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Speaker 4: Man, go be a champion. This is why I brought

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Speaker 4: you to the brand. This is why I wanted to.

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Speaker 4: I've been trying to get you for years but blocking me.

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Speaker 4: So go get one for the team. That's what I

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Speaker 8: Wanted to donal Ken you talked about, I'm Tom Brady

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Speaker 8: and you've had seventy sacks throughout your career, and that's

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Speaker 8: a lot of different quarterbacks. As a defender, I know

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Aaron Rodgers, I'll see you guys up for that one.

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Speaker 5: He's assure to hit. But I think the probably the

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Speaker 5: most prideful one was Brett Favre. I know was later

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Speaker 5: being able to and go against him was one of

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Speaker 1: You know, and domic and you've mentioned history a lot

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Speaker 1: and the people who came before you. When you were

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Speaker 3: And they just love going at it.

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Speaker 1: You developed a routine and a reputation for going at

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Speaker 1: it with Rogers. He would go at you, you'd go

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Speaker 1: at him. When you look back on your career as

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Speaker 1: a fan, it's impossible not to remember Rogers. Reflect on

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think my reflection of those is just pure

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Speaker 5: a competition and competing to be one of the best.

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Speaker 5: I have ultimate respect for Aaron Rodgers and what he's

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Speaker 3: You see it right there. NFL stands for no free lunch.

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Speaker 1: That is in Dominican's pod and Domakin, this is absolutely perfect, insightful, thoughtful,

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Speaker 6: They had been talked about that Miller, in his epic

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Speaker 3: This is a really meaningful signing for me.

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Speaker 1: The message really clear to me is the Commanders are

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Speaker 3: That's all we want you to do. We don't need

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Speaker 3: you to build defense around anything like that.

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Speaker 1: They're bringing him so when they play Philadelphia in the playoffs,

441
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Speaker 1: Von Miller gets a sack against Jalen Hurts and that

442
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Speaker 1: would be worth the entire signing. And I think they're

443
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Speaker 1: saying right now, we brought in a new tackle, We're

444
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Speaker 1: bringing in a new pass rusher.

445
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Speaker 3: We're gonna figure out our wide receivers.

446
00:20:22,668 --> 00:20:26,748
Speaker 1: Somehow, but let's do it now with the cheap quarterback.

447
00:20:26,828 --> 00:20:29,068
Speaker 1: And don't laugh about the Commanders winning the Super Bowl

448
00:20:29,148 --> 00:20:29,548
Speaker 1: this year.

449
00:20:30,108 --> 00:20:32,228
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow was in the Super Bowl in his second year.

450
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Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes won the Super Bowl in his second year

451
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Speaker 1: as a starter.

452
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Speaker 3: This is the new normal, cash in now.

453
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Speaker 1: There's no like well, Jaden will continue to evolve and

454
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Speaker 1: will finally No, it's a now league. Now, you don't

455
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Speaker 1: need to sign Von Miller. You'll probably be a perfectly

456
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Speaker 1: fine defense without him. But it's that one thing where

457
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Speaker 1: in the divisional round or the title game he hits

458
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Speaker 1: a corner three and you haven't heard from him in

459
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Speaker 1: two and a half months. But he's been on the roster.

460
00:21:02,268 --> 00:21:05,508
Speaker 1: Von's been in big games and sacked Hall of Fame quarterbacks.

461
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Speaker 1: I think it says the message is very clear. We

462
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Speaker 1: want every single little piece. We want to win the

463
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl this year, and we're bringing in a guy

464
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Speaker 1: who was trying to do it with his third team.

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Speaker 8: Well, I like that, KB, and I'm going to make

466
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Speaker 8: a basketball reference to his comments. You bring in somebody

467
00:21:20,628 --> 00:21:22,988
Speaker 8: like Ray Allen to the Boston Celtics and he's later

468
00:21:23,028 --> 00:21:25,268
Speaker 8: in his career and then he hits a game winning,

469
00:21:26,068 --> 00:21:28,868
Speaker 8: championship winning three pointer when you really need him.

470
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Speaker 2: That's the type of signing this is, in my opinion,

471
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Speaker 2: with Von Miller.

472
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Speaker 8: Now, we talk about Duo's earlier in the week, and

473
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Speaker 8: we talked about the connection between a wide receiver and

474
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Speaker 8: his quarterback and why the nonverbals in that situation are

475
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Speaker 8: come and play for the offense defensively. That version is this,

476
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Speaker 8: we have a connection and an understanding where I don't.

477
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Speaker 2: Have to worry about that side of the field.

478
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Speaker 8: The royal revis was that for the Jets, I don't

479
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Speaker 8: got to worry about wherever he's at. For Bobby Wagner

480
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Speaker 8: in the middle, Now I don't have to worry about

481
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Speaker 8: where von Miller's at. I don't have to worry about

482
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Speaker 8: Jalen Hurt scrambling to that side. I can just worry

483
00:22:01,068 --> 00:22:03,908
Speaker 8: about what's opposite of him. So this eliminates a whole

484
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Speaker 8: bunch of problems that could arise for.

485
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Speaker 2: The Commander's defense. Now that you have somebody like von.

486
00:22:08,588 --> 00:22:11,828
Speaker 8: Miller aka Ray Allen shooting on one side of the

487
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Speaker 8: one side of the field.

488
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Speaker 6: God, I just literally went into a deep dive in

489
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Speaker 6: my brain of like the really good Celtics team circle

490
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Speaker 6: like twenty eight to fourteen, with like now on the team,

491
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Speaker 6: Like who's the Kevin Garnett, Who's It's just you just

492
00:22:22,908 --> 00:22:24,988
Speaker 6: rattled my brain and that Ray Allen from the corner.

493
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Speaker 6: It was perfect, man SI. The Commanders, as we all know,

494
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Speaker 6: split the regular season series with the division winning NAY

495
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Speaker 6: Super Bowl champion Eagles.

496
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Speaker 7: They lost in the NFC title.

497
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Speaker 6: Games with the Birds, obviously, who went on to win

498
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Speaker 6: Super Bowl fifty nine. Okay, so now they've quote unquote

499
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Speaker 6: bolstered their pass rush, if you will, if we're all

500
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Speaker 6: truly acknowledging that maybe it'll come mostly on third down.

501
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Speaker 6: And when he comes out, he's supposed to don'tk on everybody.

502
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Speaker 6: And that's von Miller Rashan. I'll ask you, look at

503
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Speaker 6: the Commanders, what is the difference maker? What is going

504
00:22:53,668 --> 00:22:56,308
Speaker 6: to have to be the secret sauce for the Commanders

505
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Speaker 6: to usurp the Philadelphia Eagles and win this tough division.

506
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Speaker 12: Well, already history is kind of playing in their favor.

507
00:23:03,748 --> 00:23:06,908
Speaker 12: As we know in the NFC East, there has not

508
00:23:07,068 --> 00:23:11,428
Speaker 12: been any team that's consecutively won the division outside of

509
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Speaker 12: twenty years now, and that was Philadelphia Eagles. So it's

510
00:23:14,548 --> 00:23:17,228
Speaker 12: back and forth. This is a tough division. I think

511
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Speaker 12: right now they're going to have to lean heavily on

512
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Speaker 12: their run game, controlling the clock. You got a veteran team,

513
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Speaker 12: which we know, you have more experience, you're savvier, but

514
00:23:26,468 --> 00:23:28,388
Speaker 12: a little bit longer in the toof you can get tired.

515
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Speaker 12: There's a long season. You got to keep everybody healthy. Conservative,

516
00:23:32,468 --> 00:23:36,028
Speaker 12: but they are a physical, heavy handed team. I'm saying

517
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Speaker 12: right now especially when we bring over Deebo Samuel.

518
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Speaker 2: What is he right?

519
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Speaker 12: He's a specimen of a player that is a running back,

520
00:23:43,188 --> 00:23:46,828
Speaker 12: slash receiver, slash utility player. You know, he's like a

521
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Speaker 12: larger Percy Harvin.

522
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Speaker 3: He could do it all.

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Speaker 12: And so when you think about this kind of team

524
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Speaker 12: and how they built to play, and I know they're

525
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Speaker 12: gonna pay Scary Terry at some point, you believe that.

526
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Speaker 4: I believe that you can't.

527
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Speaker 12: There's no way we can be talking about the Commanders

528
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Speaker 12: in chasing a chip without bringing Inary.

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Speaker 3: It's going to happen. Iijah, it's the step.

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Speaker 2: Of what I say, yesterday were shot. That's what I'm

531
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Speaker 2: talking about.

532
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Speaker 8: What number one you just said, you got to you

533
00:24:09,868 --> 00:24:12,708
Speaker 8: gotta sign Scary Terry. And the reason why is because

534
00:24:12,748 --> 00:24:14,948
Speaker 8: if you watch the NFC Championship, you saw how the

535
00:24:14,948 --> 00:24:17,788
Speaker 8: Eagles were able to take away Scary Terry. You can't

536
00:24:17,828 --> 00:24:20,868
Speaker 8: depend on one wide receiver out there if you're the Commanders,

537
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Speaker 8: because you had to resort to zach Ertz a lot

538
00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:26,428
Speaker 8: in the NFC Championship. So you need to have Deebo Samuel,

539
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Speaker 8: zach Ertz and Scary Terry out there to even get

540
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Speaker 8: a chance go to the playoffs and win this division. Now,

541
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Speaker 8: when I look at what they need to do, Number one,

542
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Speaker 8: Jayden can't have a sophomore slump.

543
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Speaker 2: That's number one. Like, you have to be able to.

544
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Speaker 8: Figure out how am I going to how am I

545
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Speaker 8: going to structure this offense so that he continues and

546
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Speaker 8: builds off of a strong rookie campaign.

547
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Speaker 2: Jaden Daniels has to be electric.

548
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Speaker 8: Number Two, you have to be able to keep those

549
00:24:53,588 --> 00:24:57,068
Speaker 8: athletic quarterbacks that you have in your division in the pocket.

550
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Speaker 8: That's why they're signing A von Miller is so important

551
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Speaker 8: and it's crucial for their success this year because you

552
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Speaker 8: have a guy now that can keep these guys in

553
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Speaker 8: the pocket without sending a blitz or possibly keeping Bobby

554
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Speaker 8: Wagner Frankly Louvu in the middle to spy these guys.

555
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Speaker 2: You get let von Miller do his thing.

556
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Speaker 8: And number three, it's the same kryptonite as all teams,

557
00:25:16,908 --> 00:25:17,548
Speaker 8: stay healthy.

558
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Speaker 2: Like if you even want a chance, you have to

559
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Speaker 2: have all your pieces out there. You have to stay healthy.

560
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Speaker 8: So with those three things, Kyle, I think they have

561
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Speaker 8: a pretty good chance of being a contender in NFC East.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they just listen.

563
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Speaker 1: They got to slay the Egles somehow, somehow, and there's

564
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Speaker 1: a really interesting schedule quirk. And for the level of God,

565
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Speaker 1: please don't bring up the schedule, you know, I can't

566
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Speaker 1: stand that. But in the last three weeks of the

567
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Speaker 1: Commander's schedule versus Philadelphia, versus Dallas at Philadelphia. So we're

568
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Speaker 1: not going to have our answer to this question in

569
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Speaker 1: a long time. It's one of these things where the

570
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Speaker 1: Commanders and Eagles don't play until almost Christmas for the

571
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Speaker 1: first time, and then they play twice in three weeks,

572
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Speaker 1: and then who knows if we get a third time

573
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Speaker 1: in four or five weeks. It's all there's worlds are

574
00:26:02,108 --> 00:26:04,548
Speaker 1: going to change by the time we see Eagles command

575
00:26:05,028 --> 00:26:07,428
Speaker 1: But honestly, like they have to do something about the

576
00:26:07,468 --> 00:26:11,628
Speaker 1: toush push. The Commanders are like exhibit A of the

577
00:26:11,708 --> 00:26:13,108
Speaker 1: effectiveness of that plate.

578
00:26:13,628 --> 00:26:15,708
Speaker 3: Frankie Lulu is still jumping over the line.

579
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Speaker 1: He's still there standing in an empty stadium, jumping over

580
00:26:19,308 --> 00:26:21,828
Speaker 1: the line, trying to stop this thing. There's a lot

581
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Speaker 1: of things I'm looking forward to in the twenty twenty

582
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Speaker 1: five season. I don't know if illing Ford anything as

583
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Speaker 1: much as the first time the Eagles try to run

584
00:26:27,828 --> 00:26:30,188
Speaker 1: the toush push against the Commanders because that maniac. I

585
00:26:30,188 --> 00:26:32,628
Speaker 1: don't know what he's capable of, but he's gonna bet

586
00:26:32,668 --> 00:26:35,108
Speaker 1: his life to try to stop this thing, and he won't.

587
00:26:35,268 --> 00:26:37,348
Speaker 1: They dropped fifty five points on him.

588
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Speaker 3: Guys. It was a shallacking.

589
00:26:38,708 --> 00:26:41,228
Speaker 1: It was a terrible end to a wonderful Commander's season.

590
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Speaker 3: And that's fine.

591
00:26:42,348 --> 00:26:45,468
Speaker 1: But a lot, a lot has to change, and a

592
00:26:45,508 --> 00:26:47,868
Speaker 1: lot will change. This isn't one of those Jamie, Like

593
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Speaker 1: it's like, hey, right out of the gate, it's week

594
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Speaker 1: two Eagles command No no, no, no, no, Like this game is

595
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Speaker 1: six months from now. It is so so you know,

596
00:26:55,668 --> 00:26:58,748
Speaker 1: we got those countdowns now forty three days still kickoff

597
00:26:58,788 --> 00:27:02,308
Speaker 1: or whatever, like it's like four hundred days until Commander's Eagles.

598
00:27:02,468 --> 00:27:04,828
Speaker 1: And I only say that because there will be injurious

599
00:27:05,028 --> 00:27:07,588
Speaker 1: there will be transactions, there'll be the ups and down.

600
00:27:07,628 --> 00:27:09,708
Speaker 1: I don't even know who these teams are going to be.

601
00:27:09,908 --> 00:27:11,908
Speaker 1: Then it makes it all the more mysterious.

602
00:27:12,068 --> 00:27:14,188
Speaker 12: Yeah, and with that you said they do meet late.

603
00:27:14,308 --> 00:27:17,068
Speaker 12: But first out of the gate, the game one, we

604
00:27:17,148 --> 00:27:21,108
Speaker 12: got Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles Week one.

605
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Speaker 3: You have Giants Commanders Week one.

606
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Speaker 7: So we're gonna have no things.

607
00:27:25,148 --> 00:27:25,668
Speaker 4: We're gonna know a.

608
00:27:25,668 --> 00:27:27,828
Speaker 3: Little bit of something, yeah, right out the gate. But

609
00:27:27,988 --> 00:27:30,028
Speaker 3: like you said, it's not a promise. It's not a promise.

610
00:27:30,068 --> 00:27:31,468
Speaker 2: Therey noe to Lean. It's gonna be tough.

611
00:27:31,548 --> 00:27:31,748
Speaker 12: Kyle.

612
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Speaker 6: What you're implying is that the figuring out for the

613
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Speaker 6: commanders of the Tush Push is going to be a

614
00:27:36,068 --> 00:27:39,868
Speaker 6: stocking stuffer. In terms of that being week sixteen and eighteen,

615
00:27:39,948 --> 00:27:42,388
Speaker 6: that is the responsibility of Dan Quinn and Joe wit Junior.

616
00:27:42,588 --> 00:27:44,028
Speaker 7: But Kyle, I want to see you up quickly.

617
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Speaker 6: Someone has been on my mind as it pertained to

618
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Speaker 6: the commanders, and that is Cliff Kingsbury and the fact

619
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Speaker 6: that what he did in this role in can you

620
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Speaker 6: just give us a brief history lesson on the experience

621
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Speaker 6: that we watch Cliff Kingsbury go through in the NFL

622
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Speaker 6: away from the NFL, and what he has done with

623
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Speaker 6: this rookie soon to be second year quarterback, I believe

624
00:28:04,268 --> 00:28:06,508
Speaker 6: is truly something magical and it speaks to what he

625
00:28:06,588 --> 00:28:08,548
Speaker 6: can do with the capability of an offense.

626
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Speaker 1: Well, listen, I like Cliff my knock on Cliffs always

627
00:28:13,268 --> 00:28:15,628
Speaker 1: he doesn't do a ton of winning. You know, he's

628
00:28:15,668 --> 00:28:18,228
Speaker 1: this coach who's looking at his very smart and all

629
00:28:18,268 --> 00:28:21,268
Speaker 1: schematically brilliant and he loves quarterbacks and he's a cool dude.

630
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Speaker 1: But like, whether it be in college or whether it

631
00:28:23,748 --> 00:28:26,228
Speaker 1: be is the Arizona Cardinals head coach, there aren't the

632
00:28:26,748 --> 00:28:27,828
Speaker 1: real net results.

633
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Speaker 3: It's just and at some point it has to be

634
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Speaker 3: about that. So he takes a step back. He goes

635
00:28:32,628 --> 00:28:34,028
Speaker 3: from being a head coach and getting.

636
00:28:33,828 --> 00:28:36,068
Speaker 1: Kyler to the playoffs and all that too, like, just

637
00:28:36,068 --> 00:28:37,748
Speaker 1: give me the reins and I'm going to go behind

638
00:28:37,748 --> 00:28:40,468
Speaker 1: a real truly grizzled head coach and Dan Quinn and

639
00:28:40,508 --> 00:28:42,188
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna do the whiz kid thing and give

640
00:28:42,268 --> 00:28:44,228
Speaker 1: me Jaden and I'll run the offense and I'll do this.

641
00:28:44,388 --> 00:28:47,548
Speaker 1: It was a brilliant, brilliant year for him, really really

642
00:28:47,708 --> 00:28:49,748
Speaker 1: was like it was it may be the best year

643
00:28:49,748 --> 00:28:52,108
Speaker 1: of his career at any position, in any job he's had,

644
00:28:52,148 --> 00:28:54,228
Speaker 1: and he's had a lot. And now it's just like,

645
00:28:54,228 --> 00:28:55,748
Speaker 1: what do you do for the follow up? And I

646
00:28:55,828 --> 00:28:58,148
Speaker 1: know that if we talk sophomore slump, this sophmore slump

647
00:28:58,228 --> 00:29:00,908
Speaker 1: that I don't know, I almost want to call it

648
00:29:00,988 --> 00:29:03,628
Speaker 1: taboo on our show for that, And Matti said it earlier,

649
00:29:03,668 --> 00:29:04,348
Speaker 1: and I said it now.

650
00:29:05,268 --> 00:29:07,308
Speaker 3: It's not only is it like a stock.

651
00:29:07,068 --> 00:29:10,028
Speaker 1: Wrote phrase, that's also just so negative. So if you

652
00:29:10,068 --> 00:29:12,028
Speaker 1: guys are down with it, I am up for a

653
00:29:12,068 --> 00:29:15,348
Speaker 1: full taboo designation on the term sophomore slump because I

654
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Speaker 1: don't want to see it and I don't want.

655
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Speaker 3: To say it perfect.

656
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Speaker 7: We'll put it on the list.

657
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Speaker 6: It's officially xnade from commentary unless you're mocking it.

658
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Speaker 7: We love that, Kyle.

659
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Speaker 6: The way you just explained it, I think you could

660
00:29:24,668 --> 00:29:27,308
Speaker 6: have taken Ben Johnson's name and applied that parallel to it.

661
00:29:27,468 --> 00:29:32,308
Speaker 6: This whiz kid offensive brilliance. But hopefully he's gonna ruin

662
00:29:32,508 --> 00:29:36,028
Speaker 6: and shred that narrative about becoming a head coach and

663
00:29:36,028 --> 00:29:37,628
Speaker 6: hopefully he gets some wins under his belt for the

664
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Speaker 6: Chicago Bears.

665
00:29:38,308 --> 00:29:40,788
Speaker 7: However, the Lions are hoping that doesn't happen. The NFC

666
00:29:40,868 --> 00:29:58,188
Speaker 7: is spicy this year. People, Let's go good football.

667
00:29:58,428 --> 00:30:00,468
Speaker 6: We gotta get going on this TJ wat thing because

668
00:30:00,468 --> 00:30:02,588
Speaker 6: he got paid and somehow this is already a segment

669
00:30:02,628 --> 00:30:04,828
Speaker 6: we did on television at one point in his career,

670
00:30:05,068 --> 00:30:07,228
Speaker 6: but here we are talking about it again. The Steelers

671
00:30:07,228 --> 00:30:10,988
Speaker 6: star Edge Rusher received a record breaking three year, one

672
00:30:11,068 --> 00:30:13,388
Speaker 6: hundred and twenty three million dollar extension.

673
00:30:13,428 --> 00:30:15,348
Speaker 7: Ian Rappaporre reported this will.

674
00:30:15,228 --> 00:30:19,388
Speaker 6: Make TJ Watt again the highest paid defender in the NFL.

675
00:30:19,708 --> 00:30:22,548
Speaker 6: TJ posted this photo of himself on Instagram after the

676
00:30:22,588 --> 00:30:26,828
Speaker 6: news broke. We two might need advisor oh Man to

677
00:30:26,908 --> 00:30:28,228
Speaker 6: block out and make sure.

678
00:30:28,028 --> 00:30:30,188
Speaker 7: We stay focused on what the Steelers got going on.

679
00:30:30,188 --> 00:30:34,028
Speaker 6: This season, once again on a non quarterback list. Highest

680
00:30:34,028 --> 00:30:36,868
Speaker 6: paid player in NFL history, Mantik, when you saw this

681
00:30:36,948 --> 00:30:40,188
Speaker 6: come down the Steelers, we have been talking all about

682
00:30:40,228 --> 00:30:41,908
Speaker 6: them up and down, left and right, but this was

683
00:30:41,988 --> 00:30:44,348
Speaker 6: kind of that odd thing that we didn't want to address. Well,

684
00:30:44,348 --> 00:30:47,588
Speaker 6: the team did and now TJ. Watt's there for many years.

685
00:30:47,668 --> 00:30:49,348
Speaker 6: It'll be much richer because of it.

686
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Speaker 8: What do you think, Well, first of all, congratulations TJ.

687
00:30:51,988 --> 00:30:55,188
Speaker 8: I mean well deserved. His brother JJ Watt posted and

688
00:30:55,228 --> 00:30:58,508
Speaker 8: then put on X whatever. It is a well deserved

689
00:30:58,628 --> 00:31:02,508
Speaker 8: earned All that at is correct, and I am one

690
00:31:02,548 --> 00:31:05,668
Speaker 8: guy that really wants players to get paid. Now, there

691
00:31:05,788 --> 00:31:07,828
Speaker 8: has to come a time if you're a player in

692
00:31:07,868 --> 00:31:09,748
Speaker 8: this league, we have to make one of two decisions.

693
00:31:09,828 --> 00:31:10,988
Speaker 2: Number one, I'm.

694
00:31:10,868 --> 00:31:13,468
Speaker 8: Either going to make a lot of money or number two,

695
00:31:13,468 --> 00:31:16,468
Speaker 8: I'm gonna win a lot of Super Bowls because it's very,

696
00:31:16,548 --> 00:31:19,588
Speaker 8: very rare that those two things happened at the same time.

697
00:31:20,308 --> 00:31:22,308
Speaker 3: If you think about all the players that had.

698
00:31:22,188 --> 00:31:25,348
Speaker 8: These big contracts, very rarely do they get to the

699
00:31:25,348 --> 00:31:26,308
Speaker 8: playoffs the next year.

700
00:31:26,428 --> 00:31:28,068
Speaker 2: Very rarely do they even get to the super Bowl.

701
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Speaker 8: How many times have you heard about players quarterbacks, to

702
00:31:31,468 --> 00:31:34,908
Speaker 8: be specific, pay to Manning in twenty fifteen, he took

703
00:31:34,948 --> 00:31:36,988
Speaker 8: a four million dollar pay cut to stay in Denver.

704
00:31:37,188 --> 00:31:41,508
Speaker 8: They took that money and invested it in their defense

705
00:31:41,668 --> 00:31:45,428
Speaker 8: that practically won them the Super Bowl. Yeah, Tom Brady,

706
00:31:45,428 --> 00:31:48,028
Speaker 8: how many times have we heard Tom Brady restructure his deal?

707
00:31:48,228 --> 00:31:51,468
Speaker 8: In twenty seventeen, he restructured his deal only to win

708
00:31:51,628 --> 00:31:54,668
Speaker 8: three Super Bowls in seven years. Like, there's just there's

709
00:31:54,668 --> 00:31:57,028
Speaker 8: a trade off here, right. So I'm all for guys

710
00:31:57,028 --> 00:31:59,308
Speaker 8: getting paid, But there has to come a time in

711
00:31:59,348 --> 00:32:01,868
Speaker 8: our career chase that we look at things and say,

712
00:32:01,908 --> 00:32:03,508
Speaker 8: you know, what do I really want? Do I really

713
00:32:03,548 --> 00:32:06,468
Speaker 8: want a lot of money? Do I want more money?

714
00:32:06,708 --> 00:32:08,988
Speaker 8: Or do I want more Super Bowls? And I think

715
00:32:08,588 --> 00:32:13,028
Speaker 8: in this case it's well deserved. But for the Pittsburgh Steelers,

716
00:32:13,028 --> 00:32:15,948
Speaker 8: because so much money is going to a certain guy,

717
00:32:16,188 --> 00:32:18,348
Speaker 8: it's hard to invest in other pieces to help you

718
00:32:18,428 --> 00:32:21,828
Speaker 8: get further in the playoff race than you've already had

719
00:32:22,308 --> 00:32:23,828
Speaker 8: already gone in the past few years.

720
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Speaker 13: Chase Man Dottter, you hit it run in the head

721
00:32:26,068 --> 00:32:28,308
Speaker 13: right there, man, And I feel like the Pittsburgh Steelers,

722
00:32:28,308 --> 00:32:31,308
Speaker 13: they really had no choice to pay to pay TJ.

723
00:32:31,428 --> 00:32:31,668
Speaker 11: Watt.

724
00:32:31,948 --> 00:32:33,868
Speaker 13: We know exactly what he brings to the Steelers team.

725
00:32:34,268 --> 00:32:37,348
Speaker 13: Before I even address the TJ. Watt contract, first of all,

726
00:32:37,348 --> 00:32:40,708
Speaker 13: congratulations to him. I actually want to change it to

727
00:32:40,748 --> 00:32:44,908
Speaker 13: the direction of his parents, Miss Connie and mister John Watt.

728
00:32:45,108 --> 00:32:46,868
Speaker 14: Those parents, and speaking.

729
00:32:46,588 --> 00:32:49,028
Speaker 13: Of parents, shout out to my mom sixty seven years

730
00:32:49,028 --> 00:32:50,468
Speaker 13: old today, Happy birthday, Mama Toadter.

731
00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:51,828
Speaker 14: I give her a shout out, and she killed me

732
00:32:51,868 --> 00:32:52,548
Speaker 14: on air, so.

733
00:32:52,908 --> 00:32:53,508
Speaker 4: I had to do that.

734
00:32:53,588 --> 00:32:54,988
Speaker 14: But I really want to.

735
00:32:54,948 --> 00:32:58,028
Speaker 13: Know what is the parent program or what are y'all

736
00:32:58,028 --> 00:33:01,708
Speaker 13: feeding or raising those kids, Miss Conye and mister John Watt,

737
00:33:01,748 --> 00:33:04,228
Speaker 13: Because you got JJ Watt getting paid one hundred million,

738
00:33:04,468 --> 00:33:06,588
Speaker 13: you got TJ getting paid one hundred million, You got

739
00:33:06,628 --> 00:33:09,428
Speaker 13: there making it to the NFL. I plan on having

740
00:33:09,468 --> 00:33:11,908
Speaker 13: some children someday. So Miss Kylie and mister John Watt,

741
00:33:12,148 --> 00:33:19,948
Speaker 13: please let me know the children raising programs makes please.

742
00:33:19,668 --> 00:33:20,508
Speaker 3: Give me that part.

743
00:33:20,908 --> 00:33:22,508
Speaker 4: But when you think about TJ.

744
00:33:22,628 --> 00:33:24,988
Speaker 14: Watt, he's just the epitome of steeling football, right.

745
00:33:24,988 --> 00:33:29,628
Speaker 13: He's mental toughness, the defensive tenacity, going after the football

746
00:33:29,628 --> 00:33:31,828
Speaker 13: at all times. And what I love about TJ Wat

747
00:33:31,908 --> 00:33:34,348
Speaker 13: even more is that not only with his sacks and

748
00:33:34,468 --> 00:33:37,268
Speaker 13: generating pressures. In the last two seasons.

749
00:33:36,868 --> 00:33:38,428
Speaker 14: Twenty twenty three twenty twenty.

750
00:33:38,148 --> 00:33:38,948
Speaker 11: Four, TJ.

751
00:33:38,988 --> 00:33:40,308
Speaker 14: Watt leaves the NFL.

752
00:33:39,988 --> 00:33:41,628
Speaker 4: And four stumbles at ten.

753
00:33:41,788 --> 00:33:44,108
Speaker 13: So not only does he get those sacks, he takes

754
00:33:44,108 --> 00:33:46,908
Speaker 13: the football away. Turnovers are the number one indicator for

755
00:33:46,948 --> 00:33:48,948
Speaker 13: a football team when it comes to wins and losses.

756
00:33:49,228 --> 00:33:50,108
Speaker 3: And you know what I.

757
00:33:50,068 --> 00:33:51,948
Speaker 13: Stat that I saw as well, was that the Pittsburgh

758
00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:55,908
Speaker 13: Steelers Fins drafting kJ Watt in twenty seventeen, when he's

759
00:33:55,948 --> 00:33:58,108
Speaker 13: not on the field president for a game, they're one

760
00:33:58,148 --> 00:33:58,428
Speaker 13: in ten.

761
00:33:58,508 --> 00:33:59,988
Speaker 14: So I feel like they had no choice but to

762
00:33:59,988 --> 00:34:01,508
Speaker 14: pay my man his money.

763
00:34:01,548 --> 00:34:01,988
Speaker 4: No doubt.

764
00:34:02,228 --> 00:34:06,068
Speaker 1: And listen, there was Watt boys that they're raised Wisconsin strong.

765
00:34:06,188 --> 00:34:09,948
Speaker 1: They're from Pelwaukee, Wisconsin. Whatever they feed him, whatever they're

766
00:34:09,988 --> 00:34:14,268
Speaker 1: drinking there, that is a Midwestern strong. And I mean,

767
00:34:14,308 --> 00:34:16,828
Speaker 1: I can't imagine being the Watt parents and my kid

768
00:34:16,868 --> 00:34:18,588
Speaker 1: hits a ground ball up the middle in Little League.

769
00:34:18,588 --> 00:34:19,668
Speaker 3: I feel like he's Mickey Mantle.

770
00:34:19,908 --> 00:34:23,308
Speaker 1: These guys, what they have accomplished is an amazing, amazing thing.

771
00:34:24,428 --> 00:34:27,188
Speaker 3: I like the way this was done. There's something very

772
00:34:27,228 --> 00:34:29,068
Speaker 3: steeler about this. TJ.

773
00:34:29,228 --> 00:34:31,988
Speaker 1: Watt did not unfollow the Steelers on social he did

774
00:34:31,988 --> 00:34:33,428
Speaker 1: not throw a fit.

775
00:34:33,788 --> 00:34:36,428
Speaker 3: And the media. He did not go on a media tour.

776
00:34:36,308 --> 00:34:38,108
Speaker 1: Saying he wants to be traded and he's done with

777
00:34:38,148 --> 00:34:40,508
Speaker 1: the Steeler, none of that. It was all done in

778
00:34:40,588 --> 00:34:43,388
Speaker 1: silence and with dignity and was very steeler like, which

779
00:34:43,388 --> 00:34:46,308
Speaker 1: I really like. Here's the story. Now he got his money.

780
00:34:46,348 --> 00:34:47,708
Speaker 1: He's awesome. He's a fantastic player.

781
00:34:47,788 --> 00:34:49,148
Speaker 3: I love him. He's going to go to the Hall

782
00:34:49,188 --> 00:34:49,988
Speaker 3: of Fame TJ. Watt.

783
00:34:49,988 --> 00:34:51,508
Speaker 1: I think he may already be a Hall of Famer,

784
00:34:51,548 --> 00:34:53,068
Speaker 1: but I think he will be definitely by the end

785
00:34:53,108 --> 00:34:55,588
Speaker 1: of this contract when they go in, when he goes in,

786
00:34:56,348 --> 00:34:58,828
Speaker 1: and they'd be really cool if JJ will already be in,

787
00:34:59,188 --> 00:35:03,308
Speaker 1: if JJ inducted him. And when they say ladies and gentlemen, TJ. Watt,

788
00:35:04,388 --> 00:35:06,948
Speaker 1: what clips are they showing of TJ? And I don't

789
00:35:06,988 --> 00:35:09,548
Speaker 1: mean the stripsack. I mean, like, what games is he

790
00:35:09,628 --> 00:35:12,508
Speaker 1: playing in? What was the stakes of those games?

791
00:35:12,668 --> 00:35:13,388
Speaker 3: Were the stakes?

792
00:35:13,788 --> 00:35:15,588
Speaker 1: Because I don't want to see TJ.

793
00:35:15,708 --> 00:35:17,228
Speaker 3: Watt going to the Hall of Fame.

794
00:35:17,428 --> 00:35:19,548
Speaker 1: Eight or nine years from now and he's having a

795
00:35:19,588 --> 00:35:22,268
Speaker 1: strip sack in some Week three game against the Browns

796
00:35:22,268 --> 00:35:25,268
Speaker 1: that nobody cares or remembers. What I'm getting at is

797
00:35:25,308 --> 00:35:27,428
Speaker 1: he's got the huge money. I would really like to

798
00:35:27,428 --> 00:35:31,068
Speaker 1: see TJ. Watt now in some huge games, and he.

799
00:35:31,108 --> 00:35:34,188
Speaker 3: Usually is not. TJ. Watt has never won a playoff game.

800
00:35:34,548 --> 00:35:37,148
Speaker 1: Not his fault necessarily, it's just a private product of

801
00:35:37,188 --> 00:35:41,028
Speaker 1: that this ara of Steelers football. But I love seeing

802
00:35:41,028 --> 00:35:44,268
Speaker 1: the greats do great things on great stages. It's time

803
00:35:44,268 --> 00:35:47,268
Speaker 1: for the Steelers to win. They got everything they need

804
00:35:47,348 --> 00:35:49,708
Speaker 1: in front of them now. I think they got the

805
00:35:49,748 --> 00:35:53,268
Speaker 1: next iteration of their quarterback. They got a new wide receiver,

806
00:35:53,388 --> 00:35:55,708
Speaker 1: they got their defensive end, they got their pieces.

807
00:35:55,708 --> 00:35:57,308
Speaker 3: I mean, can we win now?

808
00:35:57,428 --> 00:35:59,868
Speaker 1: Because I love that he's making all this money and

809
00:35:59,908 --> 00:36:02,828
Speaker 1: he should. But even his brother JJ, like he was

810
00:36:02,828 --> 00:36:05,068
Speaker 1: on some very flawed Texans team, but also some going

811
00:36:05,228 --> 00:36:07,788
Speaker 1: JJ won in the playoffs. He was able to do that,

812
00:36:08,348 --> 00:36:09,948
Speaker 1: and it's frustrated him that he ever got to a

813
00:36:09,948 --> 00:36:11,828
Speaker 1: super Bowl. But my god, we got to get TJ

814
00:36:11,908 --> 00:36:15,548
Speaker 1: a wild card win. It it's beneath him, someone of

815
00:36:15,548 --> 00:36:18,948
Speaker 1: his stature and certainly his compensation now, to be this

816
00:36:19,068 --> 00:36:20,868
Speaker 1: many years into his career, going he his nine season

817
00:36:20,908 --> 00:36:23,268
Speaker 1: with out of playoff win. I do think this is

818
00:36:23,308 --> 00:36:25,748
Speaker 1: a very wise investment. I don't agree with anyone who

819
00:36:25,828 --> 00:36:28,548
Speaker 1: says I don't know TJ. This bitch money is my

820
00:36:28,748 --> 00:36:31,228
Speaker 1: best footballs behind, and I think that's crazy. We have

821
00:36:31,308 --> 00:36:36,068
Speaker 1: an immediate genetic comp He's through eight seasons now. JJ

822
00:36:36,308 --> 00:36:39,268
Speaker 1: was having double digit sacks in season twelve for Arizona.

823
00:36:39,348 --> 00:36:42,428
Speaker 1: Don't worry about TJ falling off the table or anything

824
00:36:42,548 --> 00:36:44,668
Speaker 1: like that. I just think he's going to be great.

825
00:36:44,788 --> 00:36:47,908
Speaker 1: He's obviously paid. It's time for the Steelers to get

826
00:36:47,948 --> 00:36:49,828
Speaker 1: him in some huge games when he goes to that

827
00:36:49,868 --> 00:36:51,868
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame. I want to see him in the

828
00:36:51,908 --> 00:36:56,188
Speaker 1: divisional round or a title game something becoming a Steeler

829
00:36:56,268 --> 00:36:58,828
Speaker 1: great because right now we're just not there yet and

830
00:36:58,868 --> 00:36:59,748
Speaker 1: it's time for him to win.

831
00:37:00,348 --> 00:37:03,028
Speaker 13: Yeah. K, but you said it completely right man, and

832
00:37:03,548 --> 00:37:05,988
Speaker 13: TJ Watt, we all know he's going to get his sacks.

833
00:37:06,108 --> 00:37:07,908
Speaker 13: He's going to force his turnovers. He's going to be

834
00:37:07,908 --> 00:37:10,548
Speaker 13: the leader on the Steelers defense. I think right now,

835
00:37:10,588 --> 00:37:12,348
Speaker 13: the person that he's knocking on the door to solve

836
00:37:12,388 --> 00:37:15,428
Speaker 13: those playoff walls problems is Aaron Rodgers, and that's exactly

837
00:37:15,468 --> 00:37:17,628
Speaker 13: why they brought Aaron Rodgers in there. So I'm eager

838
00:37:17,668 --> 00:37:20,388
Speaker 13: to see really how Aaron Rodgers elevates the Steelers to

839
00:37:20,428 --> 00:37:22,108
Speaker 13: see if they can kind of break these playoff goals.

840
00:37:22,148 --> 00:37:24,828
Speaker 14: They haven't won a playoff game since twenty sixteen.

841
00:37:24,748 --> 00:37:26,748
Speaker 13: And I think he's probably the most exciting quarterback that

842
00:37:26,748 --> 00:37:30,028
Speaker 13: they've had since prime Ben ro Roethlisberger. So that's something

843
00:37:30,068 --> 00:37:32,988
Speaker 13: I'm definitely eager to see unfold for this football season.

844
00:37:33,228 --> 00:37:35,948
Speaker 6: There's always expectation when it comes to the Steelers, and

845
00:37:35,948 --> 00:37:38,068
Speaker 6: as Kyle always talks about that logo and what it

846
00:37:38,148 --> 00:37:41,228
Speaker 6: means for the playoffs, but there's expectation, and as we've

847
00:37:41,228 --> 00:37:43,548
Speaker 6: watched over the last couple of years, there's not really

848
00:37:43,588 --> 00:37:46,508
Speaker 6: panning out on the expectation or living up to it.

849
00:37:46,788 --> 00:37:49,388
Speaker 6: Now if you look at this depth chart, it is

850
00:37:49,508 --> 00:37:51,188
Speaker 6: just stacked with guys that.

851
00:37:51,148 --> 00:37:53,188
Speaker 7: Are new to town that have won.

852
00:37:53,348 --> 00:37:56,988
Speaker 6: You've got super Bowl champions on this Steelers roster. How

853
00:37:57,028 --> 00:38:00,188
Speaker 6: do these guys, the Steelers, the organization, Tomlin, you could

854
00:38:00,228 --> 00:38:03,148
Speaker 6: take it whatever direction you want, navigate the way that

855
00:38:03,228 --> 00:38:07,148
Speaker 6: this champion ship roster is built because these are highly

856
00:38:07,188 --> 00:38:10,068
Speaker 6: paid stars. These are players that have been to the

857
00:38:10,068 --> 00:38:13,748
Speaker 6: biggest stages. When there is so much pressure on this coach,

858
00:38:13,788 --> 00:38:15,188
Speaker 6: this organization, this brand.

859
00:38:15,308 --> 00:38:17,588
Speaker 8: Well, now it comes to cohesion, though, Jamie, you know,

860
00:38:17,668 --> 00:38:19,828
Speaker 8: I mean you could talk about the Jets last year.

861
00:38:19,868 --> 00:38:22,388
Speaker 8: Aaron Rodgers was with the Jets and had Vante Adams

862
00:38:22,428 --> 00:38:25,828
Speaker 8: and you had Garrett Wilson like you had dogs over there,

863
00:38:26,068 --> 00:38:28,708
Speaker 8: you know. So it's the cohesion. You could have the

864
00:38:28,748 --> 00:38:31,228
Speaker 8: best pieces, but unless they come together, it's not going

865
00:38:31,308 --> 00:38:32,108
Speaker 8: to come to fruition.

866
00:38:32,228 --> 00:38:32,748
Speaker 2: You're not going to.

867
00:38:32,788 --> 00:38:36,188
Speaker 8: Get to Kb's point, to those big games. It's going

868
00:38:36,268 --> 00:38:38,628
Speaker 8: to come down to how fast can we come together

869
00:38:38,948 --> 00:38:41,348
Speaker 8: as one? I know they're individuals, but how fast can

870
00:38:41,388 --> 00:38:42,908
Speaker 8: we come together as one? If you look at this

871
00:38:42,988 --> 00:38:45,708
Speaker 8: team and how they're built, what's their identity going into

872
00:38:45,748 --> 00:38:48,948
Speaker 8: this season? Just look at what they did in the offseason. Offensively,

873
00:38:49,308 --> 00:38:54,228
Speaker 8: you sign Dk Metcalf and Aaron Rodgers strong, strong impressions,

874
00:38:54,348 --> 00:38:56,868
Speaker 8: but then defensively you go and you sign Jalen Ramsey,

875
00:38:56,868 --> 00:39:00,508
Speaker 8: and Darius Slay, which feels a much needed hole, a

876
00:39:00,588 --> 00:39:03,308
Speaker 8: hole that pretty much was the only weakness of that defense.

877
00:39:03,388 --> 00:39:06,708
Speaker 8: Last year, the defense really struggled, and that was because

878
00:39:06,748 --> 00:39:09,788
Speaker 8: of the youth of that defensive back room. Now you

879
00:39:09,828 --> 00:39:12,948
Speaker 8: have two veterans in there that have one to your point, Jamie,

880
00:39:13,668 --> 00:39:15,948
Speaker 8: But then you look at the draft, they have seven

881
00:39:16,028 --> 00:39:19,268
Speaker 8: draft picks, five out of the seven defense. So they're

882
00:39:19,268 --> 00:39:22,388
Speaker 8: going back to what made that franchise what it is,

883
00:39:22,468 --> 00:39:25,748
Speaker 8: the steel Curtain. That's a defensive team that's not an offensive.

884
00:39:26,028 --> 00:39:28,588
Speaker 8: The only time the Steelers really relied on their offense

885
00:39:28,708 --> 00:39:31,468
Speaker 8: was when the Killer Beaes was over there, Ben Roethlisberger,

886
00:39:31,708 --> 00:39:34,188
Speaker 8: a B and Levey on Bell. Other than that, the

887
00:39:34,228 --> 00:39:36,548
Speaker 8: Steelers are a defensive team and I think they're going

888
00:39:36,588 --> 00:39:40,548
Speaker 8: back to what they were and hopefully that results in

889
00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:42,828
Speaker 8: a lot of the wins that they had in the past.

890
00:39:42,828 --> 00:39:45,068
Speaker 8: And so Chase, that's what I'm really looking forward to

891
00:39:45,108 --> 00:39:47,348
Speaker 8: when you have all of these pieces come together as one.

892
00:39:47,548 --> 00:39:50,948
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they're running against Chase if I can

893
00:39:50,988 --> 00:39:53,308
Speaker 1: get in here. I'm sorry, Chase, I jumped the line completely.

894
00:39:53,428 --> 00:39:56,748
Speaker 1: I'm like high on bagels and right now I can't

895
00:39:56,788 --> 00:39:59,228
Speaker 1: even read the thing. You know what, Chase, you go

896
00:39:59,348 --> 00:40:01,748
Speaker 1: to your thoughts, I'm going to go to another everything,

897
00:40:01,788 --> 00:40:03,028
Speaker 1: because that's what we're doing this segment.

898
00:40:03,028 --> 00:40:04,268
Speaker 3: Everything go ahead, Chase.

899
00:40:04,428 --> 00:40:07,108
Speaker 14: Akb I'm just grateful to be blessed by your president.

900
00:40:07,228 --> 00:40:07,948
Speaker 4: If you want to take it.

901
00:40:07,988 --> 00:40:11,388
Speaker 14: You jumped the line, brother, But man, that's really a

902
00:40:11,428 --> 00:40:11,828
Speaker 14: good point.

903
00:40:11,828 --> 00:40:13,628
Speaker 13: And I think what the Pittsburogh Steelers really did, what

904
00:40:13,668 --> 00:40:16,428
Speaker 13: their focus was was we all know it starts about

905
00:40:16,548 --> 00:40:18,668
Speaker 13: winning your division, right, and that's why they added so

906
00:40:18,748 --> 00:40:22,268
Speaker 13: much defensive talent. You're going against Joe Burrow, Jamar, Chase T. Higgins,

907
00:40:22,308 --> 00:40:25,468
Speaker 13: you got Lamar Jackson and that crazy Baltimore Ravens offense.

908
00:40:25,508 --> 00:40:27,868
Speaker 13: So I really think the Pittsburog Steelers tried to hone

909
00:40:27,908 --> 00:40:28,628
Speaker 13: in on that defense.

910
00:40:28,668 --> 00:40:28,868
Speaker 11: Again.

911
00:40:29,188 --> 00:40:30,428
Speaker 13: But at the end of the day, when it comes

912
00:40:30,468 --> 00:40:32,468
Speaker 13: to the playoffs, man, we know what it is. Who's

913
00:40:32,468 --> 00:40:34,628
Speaker 13: going to convert those long third down conversions. Who's going

914
00:40:34,668 --> 00:40:36,108
Speaker 13: to stay on in the football field. At the end

915
00:40:36,108 --> 00:40:38,588
Speaker 13: of the day, Aaron Rodgers is coming in. And they

916
00:40:38,588 --> 00:40:39,628
Speaker 13: brought Aaron Rodgers.

917
00:40:39,388 --> 00:40:41,628
Speaker 14: In because you know the nine and eight typical.

918
00:40:41,308 --> 00:40:45,068
Speaker 13: Or ten and seven tough defense winning those games seventeen

919
00:40:45,108 --> 00:40:47,468
Speaker 13: to thirteen just isn't going to get it done anymore

920
00:40:47,468 --> 00:40:49,948
Speaker 13: when you're talking about winning a playoff game. So I'm

921
00:40:50,068 --> 00:40:52,348
Speaker 13: very eager to see exactly how Aaron Rodgers comes in

922
00:40:52,388 --> 00:40:54,468
Speaker 13: there and when it's time to get gritty and it's

923
00:40:54,508 --> 00:40:56,668
Speaker 13: time to really win those tough games against Joe Burrow,

924
00:40:56,708 --> 00:41:00,308
Speaker 13: against Lamar Jackson, against possibly Josh Allen or Patrick Mahomes,

925
00:41:00,548 --> 00:41:01,468
Speaker 13: Aaron Rodgers.

926
00:41:01,188 --> 00:41:02,468
Speaker 14: Is going to have to play the form like Aaron

927
00:41:02,548 --> 00:41:03,428
Speaker 14: Rodgers usually does.

928
00:41:03,668 --> 00:41:06,068
Speaker 13: And that's what I'm eager to see what the Pittsburgh

929
00:41:06,068 --> 00:41:07,508
Speaker 13: steel is coming up this football season.

930
00:41:08,828 --> 00:41:10,988
Speaker 1: On the bottom, we say how do we navigate the roster?

931
00:41:11,748 --> 00:41:13,948
Speaker 1: I think the most intriguing part of the roster right

932
00:41:13,988 --> 00:41:17,148
Speaker 1: now is the backfield, because remember Najie Harris is gone.

933
00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:19,308
Speaker 1: They did not pay him huge money. I don't think

934
00:41:19,308 --> 00:41:21,228
Speaker 1: anyone was looking for them to do that. I like Naugy,

935
00:41:21,308 --> 00:41:23,508
Speaker 1: but I think that was the right move. So now

936
00:41:24,188 --> 00:41:27,028
Speaker 1: you're left with Jalen Warren, who was your number one back.

937
00:41:27,108 --> 00:41:29,308
Speaker 1: Nobody likes Jalen Moore, and more than I do. I mean,

938
00:41:29,308 --> 00:41:30,828
Speaker 1: he's never had more than one hundred and fifty carries

939
00:41:30,868 --> 00:41:32,908
Speaker 1: in a season. He's always been this guy who comes

940
00:41:32,908 --> 00:41:35,668
Speaker 1: in and as a change of pace and just dominates.

941
00:41:36,068 --> 00:41:38,788
Speaker 1: That's the guy that lines up behind Aaron Rodgers. I

942
00:41:38,788 --> 00:41:41,428
Speaker 1: don't know what kind of running back of Malcolm is

943
00:41:41,428 --> 00:41:43,268
Speaker 1: going to be behind him. It's interesting to find out. But

944
00:41:43,588 --> 00:41:46,028
Speaker 1: I know this, I don't think that there is a

945
00:41:46,108 --> 00:41:50,308
Speaker 1: team in the NFL who needs a playoff win this

946
00:41:50,348 --> 00:41:52,468
Speaker 1: season more than the Steelers. I mean, I can point

947
00:41:52,508 --> 00:41:55,068
Speaker 1: to some other ones that the Dolphins need one for sure.

948
00:41:55,068 --> 00:41:57,108
Speaker 1: There's some other teams around the league that just like

949
00:41:57,188 --> 00:41:59,868
Speaker 1: it's time. But I cards on the table at the

950
00:41:59,948 --> 00:42:01,708
Speaker 1: end of last season. I was on this network in

951
00:42:01,748 --> 00:42:03,668
Speaker 1: many other places saying I thought the Steeler should have

952
00:42:03,668 --> 00:42:06,268
Speaker 1: made a change that head come coach. And I completely

953
00:42:06,348 --> 00:42:09,268
Speaker 1: understand the respect for Mike Tomlin, but it's just starting

954
00:42:09,308 --> 00:42:12,788
Speaker 1: to feel to me like an Andy Reid in Philadelphia thing.

955
00:42:13,228 --> 00:42:14,348
Speaker 3: There's nothing wrong.

956
00:42:14,108 --> 00:42:16,508
Speaker 1: With the Eagles and any redis needed to separate, and

957
00:42:16,548 --> 00:42:17,908
Speaker 1: it worked out the best for both of them.

958
00:42:17,948 --> 00:42:19,708
Speaker 3: They both landed on new things.

959
00:42:19,428 --> 00:42:22,028
Speaker 1: And new coaches, and eventually both of them had Super

960
00:42:22,028 --> 00:42:25,588
Speaker 1: Bowl championships. It's just I still feel like maybe the

961
00:42:25,628 --> 00:42:28,708
Speaker 1: message is gone now Tomlin. Since I've said that and

962
00:42:28,748 --> 00:42:30,788
Speaker 1: since the last six months, pulls a rabbit out of

963
00:42:30,828 --> 00:42:33,028
Speaker 1: the hat and now has Aaron Rodgers as his quarterback.

964
00:42:33,068 --> 00:42:37,468
Speaker 1: But listen, it's the elephant in the room. You mentioned it.

965
00:42:36,988 --> 00:42:39,588
Speaker 1: It's ten and seven, nine and eight and losing the wildcard.

966
00:42:39,588 --> 00:42:42,108
Speaker 3: That is the joke about the Steelers.

967
00:42:42,148 --> 00:42:44,828
Speaker 1: And that's also just the truth about the Steelers, that

968
00:42:45,388 --> 00:42:47,828
Speaker 1: there's a fraternity of teams in this league, a very

969
00:42:47,828 --> 00:42:51,228
Speaker 1: small one where just getting to the playoffs is not enough.

970
00:42:51,268 --> 00:42:53,148
Speaker 1: A lot of these teams, guys, we talk about getting

971
00:42:53,188 --> 00:42:56,988
Speaker 1: to the wildcard. Awesome, everybody keeps their jobs, nobody has

972
00:42:57,028 --> 00:42:58,468
Speaker 1: to move sweet we.

973
00:42:58,468 --> 00:43:00,028
Speaker 3: Oft in the playoffs and who gives a damn.

974
00:43:00,268 --> 00:43:03,588
Speaker 1: But there's that small group of teams that that's not enough.

975
00:43:03,628 --> 00:43:05,348
Speaker 1: And the Steelers are not only in that group. The

976
00:43:05,348 --> 00:43:08,748
Speaker 1: Steelers invented that group. They're the president of that group.

977
00:43:09,188 --> 00:43:10,788
Speaker 1: And yet you know, I see the other teams in

978
00:43:10,828 --> 00:43:14,868
Speaker 1: that group, be it the Green Bay Packers or now

979
00:43:14,908 --> 00:43:17,028
Speaker 1: the Kansas City Chiefs, so like they find a way

980
00:43:17,068 --> 00:43:19,028
Speaker 1: to win over the last few years, the Steelers just don't.

981
00:43:19,068 --> 00:43:21,028
Speaker 1: So there's a long top. I'm going to talk about

982
00:43:21,028 --> 00:43:21,868
Speaker 1: it all offseason.

983
00:43:22,108 --> 00:43:23,468
Speaker 3: TJ. Whte is going to be there.

984
00:43:23,508 --> 00:43:25,388
Speaker 1: I never thought for one second he was going up

985
00:43:25,388 --> 00:43:26,948
Speaker 1: on another team, He's going to be there.

986
00:43:27,188 --> 00:43:28,828
Speaker 3: I just the difference is going to.

987
00:43:28,828 --> 00:43:32,268
Speaker 1: Come down to Rogers and can Tomlin finally get this

988
00:43:32,348 --> 00:43:34,468
Speaker 1: team to win in the postseason, because if they don't,

989
00:43:34,508 --> 00:43:36,388
Speaker 1: it's just I hate to say it about a team

990
00:43:36,428 --> 00:43:38,788
Speaker 1: I respect so much, but it is same old Steelers.

991
00:43:38,948 --> 00:43:41,708
Speaker 6: It's an important thing to level set really in mid July,

992
00:43:41,948 --> 00:43:45,628
Speaker 6: because if you look at local Steelers coverage, especially if

993
00:43:45,668 --> 00:43:48,268
Speaker 6: things aren't going perfectly at the end of September early

994
00:43:48,348 --> 00:43:51,908
Speaker 6: October oftentimes, that's where those conversations will begin to go,

995
00:43:52,268 --> 00:43:54,268
Speaker 6: is just to inspect what is going on with the

996
00:43:54,268 --> 00:43:56,788
Speaker 6: head coach and the trickle down effect. I find it

997
00:43:56,868 --> 00:43:59,948
Speaker 6: specifically fascinating to Kyle's point a year ago he's talking

998
00:43:59,988 --> 00:44:03,228
Speaker 6: about Mike Tomlin and just wondering what this brand is

999
00:44:03,268 --> 00:44:06,188
Speaker 6: about with this head coach at the Helm. I still

1000
00:44:06,228 --> 00:44:10,028
Speaker 6: wonder this time last year, we were all rightfully or wrongfully,

1001
00:44:10,068 --> 00:44:14,788
Speaker 6: so obsessed with Aaron Rodgers coming and being the quarterback

1002
00:44:14,828 --> 00:44:16,908
Speaker 6: for the New York Jets in his second season obviously,

1003
00:44:16,948 --> 00:44:18,108
Speaker 6: but his first being healthy.

1004
00:44:18,588 --> 00:44:20,668
Speaker 7: We could not get through a show without addressing this.

1005
00:44:21,108 --> 00:44:23,348
Speaker 6: Kyle, I feel that at times we haven't said it

1006
00:44:23,548 --> 00:44:25,548
Speaker 6: enough we haven't talked about it enough. I know other

1007
00:44:25,548 --> 00:44:28,388
Speaker 6: networks are doing that, but I almost feel more comfortable

1008
00:44:28,388 --> 00:44:30,868
Speaker 6: in this space. The way we have kind of approached

1009
00:44:31,028 --> 00:44:34,108
Speaker 6: Rogers being with the Pittsburgh Steelers almost like a hands off,

1010
00:44:34,268 --> 00:44:35,228
Speaker 6: We'll wait and see.

1011
00:44:35,068 --> 00:44:35,628
Speaker 7: What we got.

1012
00:44:35,668 --> 00:44:37,628
Speaker 6: How do you feel about the way we have gone

1013
00:44:37,668 --> 00:44:40,588
Speaker 6: about as a collective, if you will, Rogers being with

1014
00:44:40,668 --> 00:44:41,308
Speaker 6: the Steelers.

1015
00:44:41,948 --> 00:44:45,348
Speaker 1: It's different because the Jets thing was a disaster, and

1016
00:44:45,908 --> 00:44:48,948
Speaker 1: there's a sense of Listen, some people are a little

1017
00:44:48,948 --> 00:44:49,708
Speaker 1: tired of Rogers.

1018
00:44:49,828 --> 00:44:51,228
Speaker 3: There's a lot of Rogers fatigue.

1019
00:44:51,548 --> 00:44:53,788
Speaker 1: I'll always say I will always be fascinated by him.

1020
00:44:53,788 --> 00:44:56,028
Speaker 1: I think he's the most interesting athlete in the world, really,

1021
00:44:56,228 --> 00:44:58,628
Speaker 1: But it's sounded like I don't know that the Jets thing,

1022
00:44:58,668 --> 00:45:00,028
Speaker 1: we were promised that we're gonna go back to the

1023
00:45:00,028 --> 00:45:02,908
Speaker 1: super Bowl when that Lombardi looks lonely and then just bad.

1024
00:45:03,108 --> 00:45:05,828
Speaker 1: So I think there's like a little bit collectively in

1025
00:45:05,868 --> 00:45:07,508
Speaker 1: the media and maybe even on our show, a little

1026
00:45:07,508 --> 00:45:10,348
Speaker 1: bit like there's just some flashier objects somewhere else. And

1027
00:45:10,428 --> 00:45:12,508
Speaker 1: also our expectations aren't as high. But maybe that's a

1028
00:45:12,548 --> 00:45:12,908
Speaker 1: good thing.

1029
00:45:17,068 --> 00:45:18,668
Speaker 8: Good ball and football