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Speaker 1: minutes plus. We gotta get you ready for the three

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Speaker 1: Western Conference matchups tonight, including the Sons taking on the Pelicans.

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Speaker 1: And Devin Booker won't play tonight for the Sons. What

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Speaker 1: does that mean for that matchup with the Pelicans are

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Speaker 1: tied at one apiece? But Ryan, I want to go

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Speaker 1: to last night? You wanta do Boston or you want

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Speaker 1: to do Philly first? Like? Which which? Which one? Because

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Speaker 1: I do have a Philly question in terms of excellent

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Speaker 1: let me start with a Philly question. Yeah, okay, I

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Speaker 1: believe Nick Nurse. I've actually played for Nick Nurse. He

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Speaker 1: I've watched him and I thought, man, guy's an excellent coach,

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Speaker 1: tremendous game planner. But the last play last night for

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Speaker 1: the Philadelphia seventy six ers, he doesn't have anybody on

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Speaker 1: in that particular position, fred van Vleet instead of being

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Speaker 1: And the one thing about Nick Nurse is he's not traditional.

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Speaker 1: switch everything, but Embiid messes you up because technically you

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Speaker 1: I think the big story is Kyrie doesn't really have

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Speaker 1: They don't think Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldrich can play anymore. Right,

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Speaker 1: then you have let's say, there there are twenty possessions,

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Speaker 1: know the other half the time, those are Kyrie shots.

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Speaker 1: So now, like you said, you're playing two on five

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Speaker 1: just watching Kevin Durant, they're gonna have to destroy that

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Speaker 1: you couldn't help off. It was it was eighty one

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Speaker 1: that guy, what a year he's had. And then you

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Speaker 1: And we've seen this time and again in the NBA playoffs,

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Speaker 1: Are we sure Milwaukee wins this series? They should? They should.

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Speaker 1: this series they don't have anybody to match up with Jannis.

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Speaker 1: you and I both know if we're betting all series long,

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Speaker 1: be juicing. I'm not saying it's acceptable. And then what

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Speaker 1: we had a few a few years ago, the Spider,

424
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Speaker 1: the Spider taper, what a Spider tact or whatever. That

425
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Speaker 1: whole deal went on like and we were exciting watching

426
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,880
Speaker 1: at least pitching. Hey, these guys are putting up monster numbers.

427
00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,800
Speaker 1: Somehow baseball has to bring the highlights back to the sport.

428
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:45,959
Speaker 1: And I don't know if the answer is a different

429
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Speaker 1: bat that becomes legal. I don't know if the answer is,

430
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 1: you know, you bring it in a little bit so

431
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,480
Speaker 1: we're seeing more home runs. I don't know what the

432
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:56,840
Speaker 1: answer is. But you gotta find a way to speed

433
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:58,800
Speaker 1: this game up. You gotta find a way to get

434
00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,359
Speaker 1: it more exciting. Doug, I got it. You're ready. So

435
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,800
Speaker 1: this is hypotheses, not theory, but there are a lot

436
00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:08,960
Speaker 1: of people that believe, and I believe. Look, I think

437
00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,080
Speaker 1: that one of the reason there's there's two reasons that

438
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:16,639
Speaker 1: I think like college sports there's more energy, so a

439
00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,760
Speaker 1: lot of it negative energy, like in a college football

440
00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:21,719
Speaker 1: stadium and college basketb arenas than there used to be.

441
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:23,879
Speaker 1: You got to add in like the Twitter world, the

442
00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:27,119
Speaker 1: IG world, where everybody feels empowered to speak their opinion.

443
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 1: I also think that name, image and likeness, you know

444
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:34,919
Speaker 1: guys by guys essentially being professionals. That makes people all right,

445
00:23:34,960 --> 00:23:36,919
Speaker 1: well you're getting paid, all right, now, now you have

446
00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:42,160
Speaker 1: to perform. But but the legalization of sports gambling changes things, right,

447
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 1: Like everybody who ever played in the garden before that

448
00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 1: thing was legal, you ever played Madison Square Garden, you know,

449
00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 1: you're like, man, why are these people hanging around? I

450
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 1: remember I was a freshman Notre Dame and we're playing

451
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:57,520
Speaker 1: Saint John's and Saint John's was terrible that year and

452
00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:59,520
Speaker 1: it was our first ever Big East wind and I

453
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,280
Speaker 1: remember the game. It was like late, there's like two

454
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 1: or three minutes ago. I'm like, why are these guys staying?

455
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,440
Speaker 1: Why are so many people staying here? Because I'd be like,

456
00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 1: I'm out, this game's over. It's not a great basketball game.

457
00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: And then they're yelling about you couldn't even cover the

458
00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:14,000
Speaker 1: OVA or you could you guys stink you couldn't even

459
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:16,000
Speaker 1: And I was like, oh, they're all betting on the game.

460
00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,919
Speaker 1: I think betting on betting on sports makes it. You know,

461
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 1: brings action and attention. So here's the idea, Ryan Hollins,

462
00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,920
Speaker 1: here's the idea. You have a section of every major

463
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,960
Speaker 1: league stadium dedicated to live in game betting. Give guys

464
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,639
Speaker 1: an iPad, you get credits before you walk in, and

465
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:40,199
Speaker 1: you sell booze. You have people giving him cocktails, and

466
00:24:40,280 --> 00:24:42,960
Speaker 1: you got live betting. I'm in. We'll think about that.

467
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Speaker 1: Let's welcome in Naja Harris, superstar running back pro bowler,

468
00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,959
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers joining us. He's also also I see him

469
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Speaker 1: on wrestling right, Like, um, now, are you getting in

470
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Speaker 1: the ring and wrestling or you just are you just

471
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Speaker 1: somebody's hype man? Well you never know, man, I'm trying

472
00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:05,359
Speaker 1: to step in there. But but that but that night

473
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Speaker 1: I was, I was a hype man. It was. It

474
00:25:07,040 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: was a fun experience. Um and allowed me to come

475
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Speaker 1: together and be entertained. But but but it was it

476
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 1: was fun though for sure, it was a good experience.

477
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Speaker 1: I'll love to do it again. Yeah, but did you

478
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 1: did you get to where you really got a part

479
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 1: of Like everybody thinks like, oh, if I'm ever in

480
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Speaker 1: a wrestling like I'm you just go over the top

481
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 1: of the acting do you want another shot at it? Right?

482
00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,600
Speaker 1: So now you can really really pick up. You got

483
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Speaker 1: to get in character a little bit more. Yeah, yeah,

484
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:34,480
Speaker 1: I mean yeah, I think that'll be the easy Actually,

485
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Speaker 1: I was trying to get in the ring and do

486
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Speaker 1: like a little choke slam or something like that, but

487
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Speaker 1: they said I can't do it, you know, all little

488
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Speaker 1: contracts stuff whatever. But I mean like, but I mean, shoot,

489
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Speaker 1: I'm gonna do it though. Eventually I'm gonna find something

490
00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:47,320
Speaker 1: to do. Like I said, like you said, get into characters.

491
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:49,600
Speaker 1: I could get in the character. That's like, that'll be

492
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,040
Speaker 1: the easy part. Nigi was going on, brother Ryan Hyllands,

493
00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 1: you're a big, big fan. I think I'm a big

494
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 1: seven foot wide receiver by the ways that I think.

495
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,000
Speaker 1: I think I was supposed to be a football player.

496
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Speaker 1: I know all some of the football guys think they

497
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 1: can hoop. We all, we all do that. But I

498
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 1: want to throw something to you, man. Um. It took

499
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:09,479
Speaker 1: me about three to five years in the league before

500
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:11,840
Speaker 1: I was comfortable to get into the community, to get

501
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Speaker 1: back to where I came from and to really be

502
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Speaker 1: integral and understand my importance. You're doing this stuff now

503
00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,840
Speaker 1: you're getting behind initiatives. Now, why is that important to you.

504
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:25,920
Speaker 1: I've seen a bit of your story. Brother, I love

505
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:27,800
Speaker 1: the things you do, but I want to hear from

506
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Speaker 1: your perspective how you did this so soon and had

507
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Speaker 1: such an awareness that, like, man, I gotta make this impact,

508
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 1: and what's driving you? You seven ft seven foot baby?

509
00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:45,760
Speaker 1: Seven foot baby? Damn? Line me up outside, man, throw

510
00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:48,440
Speaker 1: the fade, throw the fade up. Hey, look man, it'll

511
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Speaker 1: be beat. If you don't play football, you'll get you

512
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Speaker 1: your your knees will be blast. I'm two sixty right now.

513
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Speaker 1: But if I was lifting and put me at two

514
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Speaker 1: seventy two eighty, if I'm lifting football weight, it would

515
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Speaker 1: be two seventy lifts. No, I hack No. But anyways,

516
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Speaker 1: uh so, uh, I mean, it's it's good to start

517
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 1: to build a foundation early. What's what's also good is

518
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:16,880
Speaker 1: is the Pittsburgh, the whole city, the whole community. They

519
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:20,120
Speaker 1: all embraced me so so welcoming that it was kind

520
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: of easy to start so early. I remember I went to,

521
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:25,960
Speaker 1: uh when I first got here, when we went to

522
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 1: that little speaking event thing, when when we first got here, um,

523
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Speaker 1: when I first got here. So I think FRANKL. Harrison

524
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Speaker 1: was there somebody else, but it was like a I

525
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Speaker 1: don't know what was that, but it was a yeah,

526
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Speaker 1: it was something. It was some of them, yeah, some

527
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,840
Speaker 1: of them for kids was there and um, you know,

528
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:44,400
Speaker 1: the whole city. It was the first time I really

529
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: just stepped out. I was probably here for like two

530
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 1: weeks maybe, and you know, I first time I stepped

531
00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 1: out and it was I don't know how much people was.

532
00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,159
Speaker 1: It was a good amount of people showed up and

533
00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,240
Speaker 1: you know, they always welcomed me with excitement and as

534
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: if like I've been here for a minute. So this

535
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,840
Speaker 1: the whole city was just welcomed me so so open

536
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 1: arms that it made a lot of things easier, um,

537
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 1: easier for me to start to do things that Sorry

538
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:12,639
Speaker 1: what you had a couple of days now to let

539
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,440
Speaker 1: sink in. Uh, what's what's it feel like with what

540
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: what happened with Dwayne Haskins. Um, So this is actually

541
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 1: a subject that I not want to talk about. If

542
00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: if that's if we could do that, please sure? Nazi

543
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,359
Speaker 1: Harris join us on the Dan on the Dan Patrick

544
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 1: Show here on Fox Sports Radio. Um, okay, so, no

545
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,239
Speaker 1: one wants to be a running back anymore, right, Like

546
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 1: I know you do. But like we're watching debos Deebo

547
00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 1: Samuel like specifically, like, look, I want to I want

548
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,320
Speaker 1: to stay or I want to be traded, but I don't.

549
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 1: I don't want to because nobody wants to get hit, right,

550
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:55,080
Speaker 1: So why doesn't anybody want to be a running back anymore? Well, like, well,

551
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: like you said, first of all, Deebo Sami is an

552
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:59,640
Speaker 1: amazing player, and I'm a Nighter fan, so I'm actually

553
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 1: pretty as for the Nighters as a fan, you know,

554
00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,719
Speaker 1: he they needed to get something together because you know,

555
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 1: as a Nighter fan, that's a great player. But Dodger,

556
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:13,240
Speaker 1: you a wild man, bro, I gotta you're a wild man, dude,

557
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,719
Speaker 1: I love you. Gotta have a hard like Tony the Tigers.

558
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 1: I gotta say that. Oh go ahead, man, sorry, you

559
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: gotta have a hard like Tony Tiger Man. This is

560
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: our mission, man, miss Tiger. But anyway, look though, um,

561
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,040
Speaker 1: but for a running back, I mean it is it is.

562
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:30,560
Speaker 1: It is a physical position. I mean, you know, we

563
00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: last release in there, so um, I like it because

564
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 1: I think it's I think it is the most hard.

565
00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 1: It's one of the hardest positions on the field. You know,

566
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Speaker 1: you can tell all you want about the quarterback, say

567
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: you want about about you know, I think the dB

568
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:46,760
Speaker 1: is true too. But for a running back, it's you're

569
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:50,800
Speaker 1: getting hit by it's constantly d lineman you know six,

570
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 1: you know who six, five whatever? Three eighty. Um. Then

571
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,040
Speaker 1: the linebackers who's coming down fast? You got the safeties

572
00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:58,800
Speaker 1: and you got the dB. So you got every position

573
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 1: on the field and she's gonna be going against every time.

574
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: You know. To break it down, the receivers might go

575
00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,040
Speaker 1: up against guys who's built from their size. So like

576
00:30:06,120 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: Devo is what six foot, I don't know to twenty five,

577
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,160
Speaker 1: let's just say to fifteen. It might be a wrong measurements.

578
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: But he's going up against guys that's like around that

579
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 1: that that type of frame. Um, So we're going to

580
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 1: play running back and to go up against guys it's

581
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 1: not a frame. Um, it could take a way bigger

582
00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 1: told than what he's used to take in playing receiver.

583
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,959
Speaker 1: So UM, you know, I don't I don't knock him

584
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Speaker 1: that that's that's that's his that's his choice. Uh. For

585
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Speaker 1: me As a running back, I embrace all. I embraced

586
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Speaker 1: all the contacts. I like all of the all of

587
00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 1: the how how hard it gets becuse it is just

588
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,840
Speaker 1: to get three yards. I embrace the challenge of the

589
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:46,440
Speaker 1: running back position. When you got to block old lineman,

590
00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:48,600
Speaker 1: when you got block d lineman. You have black linebackers,

591
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 1: you know, you gotta read blitz protections. You gotta reap

592
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: the hose, you gotta press the hose. You gotta find

593
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 1: ways to get three yards. Running the ball in the

594
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,680
Speaker 1: NFL could be like twenty yards. You know what I mean.

595
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,520
Speaker 1: It's it's it's so hard to gain those those yards.

596
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 1: You're working for everything, you know, you me, I gotta

597
00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,440
Speaker 1: work for you know, some games. I have an eight

598
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: man box, so I won't be having big games where receivers,

599
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 1: you know. I mean you might get bracketed, double teams

600
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 1: some stuff like that. But I think the challenge of

601
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 1: the running back position, not too many people could do it.

602
00:31:14,440 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: So you know, I wear that crown openly man like

603
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 1: like I love. I love a challenge, So you know

604
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 1: I love running back. Now you gotta tell me, brother,

605
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: Uh sorry, doggor, you have something else? Um? What is

606
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 1: coach Tomlin? Like? Dude, I played for some old school coach.

607
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 1: I played for Larry Brown. I played for you know

608
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: Doc Rivers, who could be a players coach. I've had

609
00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,080
Speaker 1: I played for nine different teams brother in my career,

610
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 1: so I've seen seeing them all and I see Tomlin

611
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: from Afar is he he just seems like the coolest

612
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 1: dude on the planet. Everything he says is just gonna

613
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: vibe and make sense to you? What is Tomlin like?

614
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 1: Is he xes and those tight? What is like? What

615
00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: is the vibe that he has? Because it seems like

616
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,960
Speaker 1: he just keeps making something out of nothing there with

617
00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,200
Speaker 1: the Steelers and you guys could just competed in a year.

618
00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: Hold on now, players, hold on now enough what you

619
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: mean something out of enoughhing? We got to we we

620
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: got some we got some weapons there. Now it might

621
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,640
Speaker 1: not been might have been the best year now, but

622
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: it ain't. It ain't nothing there. Okay, okay, we'll talk

623
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Speaker 1: to me. What did Timlan do this year that brought

624
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,200
Speaker 1: things together or or make things going as y'all? Has

625
00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:22,280
Speaker 1: you know a rock with you, dog? You know a

626
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: rock with you? Oh yeah, yeah yeah, and you went

627
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 1: to and you went to Utla. Now I'll rock with you.

628
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 1: You don't even know it, hey, but look at though,

629
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Speaker 1: um Mike t is a is a is an amazing coach.

630
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Speaker 1: And what makes Mike team so good is that he

631
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Speaker 1: wants to He he builds a relationship where you know

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00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,920
Speaker 1: the players will wanted to play for him. Um. And

633
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Speaker 1: that's always good for a coach to to have the players. Um,

634
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 1: I don't want to make the game fun like he

635
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,760
Speaker 1: makes the game fun for the players. You know, he's

636
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,120
Speaker 1: a he's a he's a he's a cool dude to

637
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 1: talk to. And I mean he goes in a locker room.

638
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 1: I never been around a coach goes in the locker

639
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 1: room and like and celebrates what the team the way

640
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: he does. You I'm to Alabama's kind of Mark strict

641
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 1: more more of a environment. You know, you win a game,

642
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: enjoy it, and then like for like a couple of

643
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:08,240
Speaker 1: hours and then like he going back to work. You know,

644
00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,280
Speaker 1: Mike t goes in there, enjoys again, enjoys, celebrates with us.

645
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 1: He was dancing on on Live. I was the funniest

646
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,800
Speaker 1: thing I've seen. Um. But yeah, he's used to show

647
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 1: the excess. No guy, he knows a lot about a

648
00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,080
Speaker 1: lot about the sport. He's a defensive minded guy for sure. Um,

649
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 1: But you know, just to be around somebody who's been

650
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 1: around the game for so long and knows all the

651
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: where the ins and outs about the game. You know,

652
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: he knows all the small details about it. And not

653
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 1: only that, he cares about you know, how you are

654
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,680
Speaker 1: off the field too. Um, he's a he's a people's person.

655
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 1: So you know, it's easy to play for a guy

656
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 1: like that. No, he's never had a losing season. That

657
00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 1: guy's just absolute stud um Kellogg's Frosted Flakes mission. Tigers

658
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: announced the donation to Pitts Pittsburgh Public Schools, helping thirty

659
00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:55,240
Speaker 1: eight thousand Pittsburgh minter schoolers participate in sports. Nagi, what

660
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,080
Speaker 1: what what are you doing as a part of this

661
00:33:57,080 --> 00:34:01,520
Speaker 1: this mission? Yeah? So, um, actually, so I'm hearing that

662
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:06,520
Speaker 1: Greenfield UM Middle School Elementary School, and UM, we're gonna

663
00:34:06,520 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 1: surprise their cod Flat football team with a Tiger donations

664
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Speaker 1: to help um, to help them least there in the Tiger.

665
00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: So you know we're donating for the four thousand that's

666
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:21,880
Speaker 1: forty four thousand dollars UM for equipment. I like it,

667
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,000
Speaker 1: forty four thousand. Um, you just told us it's not

668
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 1: a surprise, Nagi. If they know that, I hope but

669
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:33,520
Speaker 1: they're not. Let listen, listen, hold nagi. Most important question

670
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Speaker 1: is this, Okay, what is your milk to frosted fresh

671
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,880
Speaker 1: frosted flakes ratio? Right? Are you do you just drowned

672
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:41,799
Speaker 1: in milk? A little bit of milk because and then

673
00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 1: and then do you drink the milk afterwards? Right? Because

674
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,759
Speaker 1: the milk has the frosted flakes sugar in it? What's

675
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: your milk to frosted flakes ratio? Um, I ain't gonna lie.

676
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,040
Speaker 1: I ain't never been act this question before, you know.

677
00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:58,960
Speaker 1: I mean, my mom always said just use water, so

678
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 1: don't I don't really know. I don't know. I guess

679
00:35:05,880 --> 00:35:09,200
Speaker 1: I did use the right amount. Do I drink the milk? Yeah?

680
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: But I'm also lactos intolerance, so you know other struggles. Man,

681
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: Come on, all right, little get a little lactaid, right

682
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:16,439
Speaker 1: or you can do that. You can do oat milk,

683
00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: but there's still do all the count it. Some people

684
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:24,399
Speaker 1: just like I just want to know, you know, I'll

685
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 1: do all the milk though, man, I might. I might

686
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,080
Speaker 1: appour just to right amount, just just the right amount.

687
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 1: Uh nag you get ready for that season? Thanks so

688
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: much for joining us. Love the good work you're doing

689
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:35,439
Speaker 1: offs football field. Appreciate joins in the Dan Patrick Show.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate that, boss Man. Thank you for having me, Thanks

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Speaker 1: f SR to listen live with Ryan Hollins. I'm Doug,

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Speaker 1: We got breaking news for you. Breaking news is from

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Speaker 1: Sham Sharania Ben Simmons, three time NBA All Start. We'll

703
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Speaker 1: play Game four on Monday. Okay, game Game four on Monday,

704
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: so it'll be his first game since last June. It

705
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:42,640
Speaker 1: is weird though, right, Like, I'm gonna play Are you

706
00:36:42,719 --> 00:36:46,480
Speaker 1: gonna play Game three? No, I'm gonna play Game four? Okay?

707
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:50,200
Speaker 1: How does that work? Ryan? How do you go from

708
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 1: not playing to training to like you're Basically, it's like

709
00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:58,120
Speaker 1: a car you haven't run all year, and you drove

710
00:36:58,120 --> 00:36:59,440
Speaker 1: around a little bit and then you just kind of

711
00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,279
Speaker 1: throw it into the auto bonn Like basketball, it's well,

712
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 1: it's hard enough to play an NBA game when you

713
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,799
Speaker 1: haven't played preseason games, but playing in a playoff game

714
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,919
Speaker 1: that seems difficult. I've I'll be honest, I've never seen

715
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,360
Speaker 1: a scenario ever and someone would have to jog my

716
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,479
Speaker 1: memory that I know better than what we've seen this year,

717
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 1: probably since the last year's playoff with Ben Simmons, he

718
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:27,200
Speaker 1: refused to go back to the team, didn't want to play,

719
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: things got ugly with the organization, and then when he

720
00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: was trading, he wasn't able to play. So I mean,

721
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,439
Speaker 1: unless we know Ben, you who knows if he came

722
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,600
Speaker 1: in and he was injured from the offseason. I don't,

723
00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,080
Speaker 1: I don't, I don't know. There's just a lot of

724
00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: it intrigue there, and there's a legitimate reason why he,

725
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,600
Speaker 1: I guess wasn't able to play. But I guess he's,

726
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:48,440
Speaker 1: you know, back to being able to play now. I mean,

727
00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:51,640
Speaker 1: just everything with it. It seemed tough, but you know,

728
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 1: we talked about it earlier, like they really need Ben Simmons, Like,

729
00:37:56,480 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 1: like Ben Simmons would be just such a factor even

730
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,920
Speaker 1: if Doug if he's scoring no points and it was

731
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,400
Speaker 1: all assist and he just pushed the ball in transition,

732
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: or he's an extra body on Tatum And I'll tell

733
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,120
Speaker 1: you this, let's have a little x's and os if

734
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,879
Speaker 1: you like. I feel like the ideal spot for him

735
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:16,800
Speaker 1: to come in is the kind of spell Drummonds minutes.

736
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: And you don't make him be a four or make

737
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,880
Speaker 1: him be it. Let him play the five and defend.

738
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 1: He could he could guard easily, you know, Al Horford

739
00:38:25,160 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: and get some boards and pushing. It's a different dynamic

740
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 1: with Ben Simmons in the lineup. And I don't I

741
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:32,879
Speaker 1: don't think he has to score a point, but I'm

742
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 1: really intrigued, like you said, to see what he has

743
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:38,240
Speaker 1: because every game in the playoffs gets even more intense,

744
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: and you're popping in game four in a must win scenario,

745
00:38:41,640 --> 00:38:47,800
Speaker 1: so it's like musty TV. Dude, Oh no, it's it's amazing.

746
00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 1: I just don't know how And can you imagine here,

747
00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: here's one you imagined how sore he's gonna be after

748
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 1: Game four? Like like you know, when you haven't played

749
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:57,360
Speaker 1: in a while, you go out and hoop even on

750
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 1: a Saturday with your boys. You're fine, You're having fun

751
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,760
Speaker 1: and you're like, you get you get past that initial

752
00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,959
Speaker 1: level of fatigue and you kind of get your second

753
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 1: when you're playing. Take off his shoes, and then you

754
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: wake up the next day like, oh, every everything hurts. Now,

755
00:39:10,239 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 1: imagine you're an NBA player and you're playing against the

756
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:15,080
Speaker 1: best players in the world, you haven't played the NBA

757
00:39:15,160 --> 00:39:18,040
Speaker 1: game in a year, Like you wake up. I'm telling you,

758
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,960
Speaker 1: the hardest, hardest thing is gonna be getting ready for

759
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 1: game five, not Game four. All I can say is

760
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 1: I hope to God that he's doing some type of

761
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 1: training right now. Like you know, Boxer will go in

762
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:32,840
Speaker 1: and boxes will actually spar guys, and that can be

763
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: a little tough because you take away, like I hope

764
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 1: within this process part of the time that you have

765
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: seen him waiting is that they want to get as

766
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: close to simulating this as possible, or he's got guys

767
00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 1: that as I'm sure that the nets probably hadn't practiced

768
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 1: all year long, Like there's some type of simulation if

769
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 1: they're bringing the two way guys, some some you know,

770
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: some g leaguers that there's something they're doing that can

771
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,959
Speaker 1: prepare him for this, because, yeah, you're right, it's gonna

772
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 1: be tough, and I'm pretty sure he'll be on a

773
00:39:59,360 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: minutes restrict shoudn't We don't expect them to be in

774
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: full But even in that, I mean that you're You're right, Doug.

775
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 1: It is a train wrecord. We've been seeing anything about Boston.

776
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 1: There's a lot of physicality. They're going at you. And

777
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: if I was on Boston side, oh it's war. I'm

778
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:16,440
Speaker 1: I'm testing his legs out as soon as seems in

779
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,400
Speaker 1: the game he reworked, you know, rework his shot. But

780
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 1: you haven't taken a game shot. You have no idea

781
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:22,840
Speaker 1: how it's gonna trace that I do. I want to

782
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:25,200
Speaker 1: get to the the three games to night, to get the

783
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 1: games to night. Grizzlies and tied it one with with

784
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:33,240
Speaker 1: the Timberwolves. Who you like, Memphis a two point favorite

785
00:40:33,320 --> 00:40:35,600
Speaker 1: on the road. I like the Grizzlies. They kind of

786
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 1: have to do this. Like I think that the Timberwolves.

787
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: They're big threes, a lot deeper, they're they're loaded, they're

788
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:45,640
Speaker 1: top heavy. But Memphis is supposed to win this series,

789
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 1: and this is a big game to show that, hey,

790
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:51,920
Speaker 1: we're serious, guys, we're here. All right, I'm gonna take

791
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,840
Speaker 1: the other side of like I like Minnesota. This is

792
00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: a big game. Four is the one I think they

793
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 1: can steal. Game three. I think this is a you're

794
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:03,239
Speaker 1: you're walking to snake pit Mavericks taking on the jazz Um.

795
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 1: We don't know still about about Luca with the ankle,

796
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,800
Speaker 1: I don't believe, but it didn't matter with with Jalen Brunson.

797
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,799
Speaker 1: Series is tied at one. Who do you like? If

798
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: Uncle Luca plays? Uh, and I like to call him

799
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 1: Uncle Luca, I'm going with the Mavericks. Otherwise I'm excusing me.

800
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,880
Speaker 1: If Luca doesn't play, I'm going Jazz. I think it's

801
00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,720
Speaker 1: that that's simple, right there. All right, Warriors Nuggets tonight

802
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 1: in Denver. Warriors a two point favorite. Yeah, I'm I'm

803
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 1: all Warriors here, I'm all Warriors. That's that's hard. They're

804
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:35,719
Speaker 1: just they're just too much energy, they're too much experience,

805
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 1: and like you know, they kind of have been waiting

806
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,200
Speaker 1: for the moment. All Right, I'm gonna take the Nuggets

807
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: in that one altitude plus they were allowed to be

808
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: so physical with Yokich in San Francisco. I think the

809
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:51,840
Speaker 1: officiating will change. I think altitude changes as well. But

810
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,759
Speaker 1: bomb and shit, Ryan, Great job, dude, good good to

811
00:41:54,760 --> 00:41:56,880
Speaker 1: be back with you. Let's let's do it again. In

812
00:41:56,920 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: the meantime, remember this to Dan Patrick Show, You're on

813
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. Oh we still got ten seconds. I

814
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 1: enjoyed it. Man, I didn't know you want to be

815
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,200
Speaker 1: a wide receiver. But Nagier has pretty much said that's

816
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 1: never gonna happen. That didn't happen. He said that's never

817
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:18,280
Speaker 1: gonna happen. This is Van Patrick Show. You're on Fox

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Speaker 1: Sports Radio.