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Speaker 1: Welcome to NFL Daily, where we hope to have a

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Speaker 1: better time at Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium than the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Did last Sunday. Get on a plane soon.

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Speaker 1: Here in the Chris Wesleyan podcast studio with my friends

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Speaker 1: Jordan Rodrigue and Colleen Wolf.

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Speaker 2: We have had a news day here, Cola, lots.

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Speaker 3: Of news already. It's been an eventful morning so far.

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Speaker 1: It is before we started taping. Of course, Jordan Robert

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Speaker 1: Sala lost his job with the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Erry surprising.

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Speaker 1: Drake May has already been named quarterback for the Patriots

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Speaker 1: this week against the Texans. That's less surprising. And all

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Speaker 1: of this is just getting in our way and of

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Speaker 1: our segment. Guys who rule, Guys who rule.

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Speaker 3: I know it.

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Speaker 2: So yes, well, we'll talk news.

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Speaker 1: Little while first and then we'll get to different guys

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Speaker 1: who rule around the league or maybe just around the world.

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Speaker 1: I don't even know how creative you guys decided to.

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Speaker 2: Go with this.

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Speaker 1: And we'll can see preview TNF, which is a fun one.

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Speaker 1: This week Seahawks forty nine ers for the first place

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Speaker 1: in the NFC West.

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Speaker 2: Like, how are you guys?

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Speaker 3: Oh, feeling great?

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Speaker 1: You got your Philly sweatshirt on Bills play at two o'clock.

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Speaker 4: Very excited about that, significant consequences.

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Speaker 1: I know, what was your first reaction when you saw

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Speaker 1: the Jets let go of Robert Sala.

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Speaker 2: I was really surprised.

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Speaker 1: It's a Tuesday, you know, they got back from London

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Speaker 1: on Monday. They're two and three, one game out of

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Speaker 1: first like the Monday night football game against the Bills

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Speaker 1: is for first place. I did not see this coming.

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Speaker 1: Neither did anyone covering the NFL.

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Speaker 4: Neither did Robert Sala. According to the reporting that's that's

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Speaker 4: out there right now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there were reports that he was, you know, feeling

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Speaker 1: positive about their chances this week, went into the building

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Speaker 1: on Tuesday and was blindsided by the news.

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Speaker 2: And how couldn't you be in it?

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Speaker 1: And it's crazy because this is a team that, to me,

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Speaker 2: They're in New York, you got the.

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Speaker 1: Front office in terms of the GM, Joe Douglas, you

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Speaker 1: got Robert Sala, Like everyone has relationships here.

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Speaker 2: I don't think anyone saw this coming.

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Speaker 3: Well, I don't feel like I'm not surprised by it.

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Speaker 5: I obviously there are tensions in that building and evidence

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Speaker 5: by the performance in London on a huge stage, and

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Speaker 5: Sala when he said that he wasn't panicked, nobody in

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Speaker 5: the building was panicked. I think he underestimated that a

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Speaker 5: little bit considering twenty four hours later he was fired.

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Speaker 3: So I don't know if someone Sam Darnold was maybe

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Speaker 3: the straw that broke the camel's back.

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Speaker 4: But it's, oh my god, it's the fire time.

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Speaker 3: I know.

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Speaker 5: I know the first time in Woody Johnson's twenty five

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Speaker 5: the season.

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Speaker 3: So this is unprecedented even for the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not something they've done it all.

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Speaker 1: They actually haven't done it as an organization since nineteen

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Speaker 1: seventy six. So that's why I'm surprised, because, like, what's

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Speaker 1: changed so much? It's also week six, That's what I mean,

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Speaker 1: So like what's changed?

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Speaker 4: And frankly, and I'm going to cite Ben Solak for

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Speaker 4: pulling the stats on this quickly over at ESPN. Since

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Speaker 4: the twenty twenty one season, Robert Sala's first season in

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Speaker 4: New York, the Jets defense ranks first in points per drive,

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Speaker 4: Despite playing the fourth most snaps over that stretch because

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Speaker 4: they've been in terrible offensive situations. And this is that's

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Speaker 4: where I think the surprise comes from, is that there

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Speaker 4: is no question that Robert sala is a really, really

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Speaker 4: outstanding defensive coach. So I think living in that world alone,

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Speaker 4: perhaps that's where some of the surprise for him comes from.

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Speaker 4: But as we know, the ecosystem of that entire organization

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Speaker 4: at times seems to carry him along for the ride.

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Speaker 4: Less so of him or less so have him be

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Speaker 4: the one with the power and the control. That's what

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Speaker 4: it looks like from the outside.

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Speaker 3: It doesn't fix the offensive issues, and that's the problem.

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Speaker 1: Right it just feels very personal. Let's listen to Robert,

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Speaker 1: I mean Woody Johnson rather than the Jets owner talking

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Speaker 1: about the expectations, and I guess this is what helps

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Speaker 1: explain why a move like this would happen only five

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Speaker 6: You know, I've been doing this twenty five years now.

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Speaker 6: This is probably the best team I've had in twenty

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Speaker 6: five years. I just spent felt that the best way

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Speaker 6: to go forward with a new direction and taking Jeff

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Speaker 6: Pulbrook and making him the interium head coach. I thought

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Speaker 6: that would get the most out of this team and

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Speaker 6: give us the best chance that we all want to

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Speaker 6: all want to have, which is going to the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: So Woody Johnson talking about this being the best Jets

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Speaker 1: team that he's had, potentially, it reminds me so much

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Speaker 1: of what Shad Cohn said before the season that this

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Speaker 1: is the best Jaguars team they ever had. And the

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Speaker 1: way I read into that is that that's what he

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Speaker 1: media has I think an impact on these moves sometimes

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Speaker 1: and what he's hearing from the front office. Joe Douglas

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Speaker 1: nine and sixty nine. I believe since he's taken over,

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Speaker 1: it's a totally preposterous record. And I know he took

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Speaker 1: over a twenty nine and fifty nine. Sorry, I want

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Speaker 1: to correct that. Twenty nine and fifty nine under Joe Douglas.

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Speaker 1: He took over a tough situation, but they haven't improved

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Speaker 1: much now. Robert Sala has a three fifty seven winning

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Speaker 1: percentage that is the worst among active head coaches with

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Speaker 1: record twenty and thirty six as well. But it goes

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Speaker 1: to I think believing the hype, and this tends to happen.

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Speaker 1: I think in New York, like, this is not that

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Speaker 1: talented of a roster. Why is this the most talented

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Speaker 1: roster in Jet's history because they.

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Speaker 2: Have Aaron Rodgers?

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Speaker 1: Because your GM potentially sold this idea that we fixed

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Speaker 1: this offensive line with like a future Hall of Fame

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Speaker 2: I don't see it, Like they're not playing well.

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Speaker 1: Is Aaron Rodgers playing at a better than like league

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Speaker 1: average level? Like, maybe that's an upgrade than over what

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Speaker 1: they've had at quarterback overall, But.

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Speaker 4: They didn't sign up for an upgrade. For just an upgrade.

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Speaker 4: That's the thing about you got to give it, that's

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Speaker 4: the thing that's I agree, But they didn't sign up

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Speaker 4: for an upgrade. And that's part of the problem is

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Speaker 4: that the thinking and the rationale here, the expectations seemed

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Speaker 4: unstoppable force meets a movable object. The immovable object in

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Speaker 4: this case is you are going to give Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 4: a little bit more time coming off that Achilles. And

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Speaker 4: yet you are thinking, as an owner probably and as

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Speaker 4: a as a staff, that change has to be made.

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Speaker 4: Where I'm confused is why that change wasn't made in

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Speaker 4: adjustments to the offense versus firing somebody who was still

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Speaker 4: running a significantly higher level defense year over year, even

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Speaker 4: though the offensive issues and not fixing them enough do have.

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Speaker 4: The head coach is partially to blame for that.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the line in Woody statement that jumped out at

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Speaker 5: me was when he was referring to Jeff Ulbrick and

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Speaker 3: On this team.

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Speaker 5: I believe he, along with the coaches on the staff,

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Speaker 5: can get the most out of our talented team and

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Speaker 5: attain the goals we established in the offseason. Of course,

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Speaker 5: that could just be said in any instance, but considering

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Speaker 5: the circumstances, I'm reading a little bit between the lines

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Speaker 5: issue within the coaching ranks with it. Maybe maybe it

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Speaker 5: is the respect of the coaches and the players that

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Speaker 1: Right, you have to only go back a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks to think about the whole cadence issue publicly.

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Speaker 4: Yea a facial expression talking about the cadence issue too

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Speaker 4: between and Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: What about the hug and so about the hug?

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Speaker 3: Right, there is the hands on the chest.

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Speaker 2: There was the awkward.

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Speaker 1: Rogers awkward hug, which if you're watching on YouTube you

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Speaker 1: can see that. And they made that into Hey, this

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Speaker 1: is no big deal, and I'm not saying that's the

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Speaker 1: biggest deal at all. And there's all these reports coming

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Speaker 1: out today that no, actually, Aaron Rodgers and Robert Sala

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Speaker 1: had a good relationship, and I'm sure like on the

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Speaker 1: face of it, it was good enough, But the reality

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Speaker 1: is you had a public back and forth in a

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Speaker 1: way that if you were emostally intelligent, which I think

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Speaker 1: that like he could have handled that in a different

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Speaker 1: way that didn't make his coach look bad publicly. And

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Speaker 1: all of that contributes the reporting around this firing indicates

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Speaker 1: that the Broncos loss was just like a stunner to everyone,

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Speaker 1: None of this is that stunning. Like, first of all,

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Speaker 1: the Broncos def is good. You're you're out there. It's

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Speaker 1: it was by one point. Your offense actually looks, you know,

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Speaker 1: look better for what it's worth in that game, and

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Speaker 1: it was a one point game in the NFL. If like,

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Speaker 1: your whole world is totally rocked by a one point

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Speaker 1: loss at home to a decent team. It's like you're

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Speaker 1: falling for the hype too much. Let's listen, as you

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Speaker 1: mentioned Aaron Rodgers and maybe the respect in the locker

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Speaker 1: room and all that. Woody Johnson was asked whether he

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Speaker 1: spoke with Rogers before this happened.

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Speaker 6: Well, I did talk to him the night before, but

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Speaker 6: we didn't discuss this, you know, specifically at all. I

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Speaker 6: mean we're basically talking about the previous game. And you know,

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Speaker 6: his breaking sixty thousand yards sixty doan yard record and

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Speaker 6: accomplishing that and sorry, I got hits so many times

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Speaker 6: and that and how was he feeling. And No, in

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Speaker 6: terms of whether I was going to do it or not, No,

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Speaker 6: we didn't discuss that.

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Speaker 5: I mean, just watching that game and seeing Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 5: after he did pass the mark of sixty thousand passing yards.

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Speaker 5: It was in the middle of like one of the

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Speaker 3: And I remember we were watching it.

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Speaker 5: We're like, wow, he looks so thrilled to have this

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Speaker 5: milestone now, and it's just I mean, I don't know.

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Speaker 5: I can't lie and say that I'm not surprised that

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think too. Just to add on to

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Speaker 4: that a little bit, statistically, productivity wise, the defensive side

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Speaker 4: of the ball was not the problem with the defensive

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Speaker 4: head coach. And so if you're pointing to this being

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Speaker 4: actually the one having the issue or not quite meeting

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Speaker 5: I just it feels very coincidental that Robert Sala this

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Speaker 1: The last time Aaron Rodgers was under an interim head

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Speaker 2: It all comes back.

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Speaker 5: This is the Sam Darnold Podcast, everybody.

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Speaker 1: The one thing I would slightly push back about Sala

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Speaker 4: You also expect your offense to be great and the

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Speaker 1: It's do it in the off season though, because like

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Speaker 1: Then if you're that ready to fire Robert Salad, do

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Speaker 5: And then all the reports just surrounding this, with Jonathan

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Speaker 2: That's juicy.

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Speaker 5: One the reports that Robert Sala was escorted out of

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Speaker 1: I mean, coming into this year, this felt like the

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Speaker 4: I also say this respectfully, like Robert Sala became a

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Speaker 1: Is interesting that is he drafted he drafted Zach Wilson.

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Speaker 1: There's layers to this, the fact that sala is considering

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Speaker 2: And it turned out that way, and it does. It does.

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Speaker 1: That does remind me like Woody Johnson didn't hire Robert Sala.

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Speaker 2: We'll see if it's a GM. I still think this

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Speaker 4: I mean, Jeff Wilbrids, it's a good coach. I'll say

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Speaker 2: Hard knocks pop. I loved Defaulbrick hard knocks.

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Speaker 4: It's always hard when you're an interim and you and

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Speaker 3: Former player too, so he'll get the respect on the players.

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Speaker 1: Interim coaches are all about vibes and energy. You're not

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Speaker 4: Even before it starts with a beat, Masaia Bisacia bump,

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Speaker 1: Chaka who now is with the Packers, And Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: You guys are my favorite mass Thank you.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad it's happening. I know it's a tough matchup

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Speaker 1: this week. Everyone's so worried that the football player is

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Speaker 4: I just think it's one of the worst offensive lines

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Speaker 3: That's the thing that I'm view.

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Speaker 4: Since this is the Sam Darnold Podcast, we've seen it

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Speaker 4: So if they can try to be.

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Speaker 2: That's at least total issue to me, at least try.

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Speaker 4: To build an environment around him that allows him to

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Speaker 4: do need to play football, But again, there's a difference

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Speaker 1: Like, when can you promise me they're gonna have some

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Speaker 4: That it means why they were playing Jacobe Brissett.

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Speaker 1: fine the next year. You really think that Alex Smith,

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Speaker 1: like Eli Manning, like some of the the worst situations

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Speaker 1: in NFL history, and if they're gonna have a career, like,

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Speaker 1: they'll still have a career, And he's probably in by

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Speaker 1: all accounts he's a He's a better football player than

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Speaker 1: Jacobe Brissett.

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Speaker 5: Really, you have as a rookie, He's going to come

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Speaker 5: in here behind this offensive line and an offense that

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Speaker 5: is so bad at scoring points and can't get anything going,

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Speaker 5: and all of a sudden, this rookie with no reps

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Speaker 5: is going to shine.

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Speaker 2: No, no, I don't think that's going to happen.

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Speaker 4: But I think I wants him to feel pain and

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Speaker 4: no better.

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Speaker 1: But I think experience not the Patriots.

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Speaker 4: But it's like, I think experience is good on too.

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Speaker 2: I think experience is a good thing.

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Speaker 4: For I agree with you. I am not young players like.

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Speaker 1: You put out these fourth round like their fourth Like

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Speaker 1: they've got rookies that have never played and don't know

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Speaker 1: what's going on on the offensive line.

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Speaker 2: Is it too early to put them out there? You

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Speaker 2: know what I mean? Like they have just as much responsibility.

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Speaker 4: I think that comparing that very uniquely disastrous situation up

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Speaker 4: front with other situations that have their own circumstances and

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Speaker 4: variables is probably not the way to go here. But

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Speaker 4: I think that again, I'm not disagreeing with you. He

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Speaker 4: needs to play football. I am not disagreeing with you

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Speaker 4: there I am simply saying there is a difference between

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Speaker 4: takings as meaningful reps that build something that actually advanced

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Speaker 4: the progress of a young quarterback who is developing, who

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Speaker 4: will one day run like lead that organization, and simply

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Speaker 4: surviving and simply developing bad habits because there is no

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Speaker 4: chance you're going to get anything to do other than

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Speaker 4: survive and protect yourself.

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Speaker 3: Is Drake may more mobile than Jacoby Brissatt.

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Speaker 2: I mean by a million factors?

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Speaker 5: Yes, So then maybe that ends up helping helping him

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Speaker 5: a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I think part of it is they're giving him all

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Speaker 1: these reps in practice, and this is just like little.

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Speaker 4: He probably looks it looks great.

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Speaker 1: The teammates are just kind of like, come on, bro,

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Speaker 1: like come on, play way they got.

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Speaker 4: It's a tough spot because you don't want to You

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Speaker 4: also don't want to be the quarterback who's like, oh,

487
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Speaker 4: they're shielding me, Like you can't you can't win win

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Speaker 4: over the lockerer.

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Speaker 1: Kobe's a good player, Like if he was with the

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Speaker 1: Browns right now, they would have a winning record. Like

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Speaker 1: him and Kevin Stefanski make beautiful magic like that, like

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Speaker 1: he can play football.

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Speaker 2: It is a brutal situation.

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Speaker 3: So Drake May gets his first start against the Texans.

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Speaker 2: That's going to be tough. Bless his heart, that's going

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Speaker 2: to be tough.

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Speaker 4: Blessed Jacoby Brisett's I do.

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Speaker 1: Think, and I know they're not thinking this, but this

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Speaker 1: is an entertainment product and no one wants to watch

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Speaker 1: the Patriots. They're awful, like, and this gives people a

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Speaker 1: reason to watch. It's not the reason they're making this decision,

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Speaker 1: but I do think, like these guys are in it

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Speaker 1: to make money and have like a product like that

504
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Speaker 1: makes money, and like this team couldn't be less entertaining,

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Speaker 1: and Drake May is a reason to care and like

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Speaker 1: a reason to watch the rest of the season.

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Speaker 2: I think that alone. Hey, that breaks the tie. Let's go.

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Speaker 1: He'll be fine, all right, we are going to take

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Speaker 1: a quick break on the NFL daily.

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Speaker 2: I'm worried about him too, but it should be fun.

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Speaker 4: To get the crap kicked out of it.

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Speaker 2: Why would I want that? I think he's great, that's

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Speaker 2: going to happen.

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Speaker 1: I loved him as a prospect, so that's certainly coloring

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Speaker 1: my thinking in the preseason and the little time we had.

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it's like a little scattershot, but you're

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Speaker 1: gonna see some fun games.

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Speaker 2: It is a one o'clock game, I believe on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Look looking forward to that, looking forward to our guys

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Speaker 1: who rock segment, guys who rule, Maybe they rock.

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Speaker 2: Back on NFL Daily.

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Speaker 1: It's a segment that's taken many different forms. It really

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Speaker 1: has gestations.

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Speaker 3: I've watched it grow up right in front of my eyes.

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Speaker 1: I've got a suitcase packed in the newsroom. I'm headed.

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Speaker 1: I've heard on an airplane a lot.

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Speaker 3: Of stories about the suitcase.

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Speaker 5: Greg, it's you know what people are talking about. The

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Speaker 5: streets are talking here?

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Speaker 3: What about media?

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Speaker 5: And if you want to see that's next to a desk,

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Speaker 5: So it's the size of a I guess a standard desk.

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Speaker 4: It's a waist high desk.

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Speaker 2: Yes, if people want to check.

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Speaker 4: Out the standard height waist.

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Speaker 1: Gigantic suitcase, why not take a gigantic suitcase. I was

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Speaker 1: packing a normal suitcase and everything fit fine, and I

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Speaker 1: was like, well, what if I want to buy a

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Speaker 1: bunch of stuff there for the family, for you guys.

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Speaker 2: You know you know, I'm buying a big old suitcase

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Speaker 2: to bring the stuff.

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Speaker 4: My arm I will accept gifts.

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Speaker 1: But yes, I am a small man, so having that

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Speaker 1: thing next to me, it's like my big brother.

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Speaker 4: My reaction when I want. When I saw him walk

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Speaker 4: into the newsroom today, it just brought me joy.

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Speaker 1: Now I'm annoyed. I am I'm ready for this segment.

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Speaker 1: It started out as what was it? Weird guys who rule?

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Speaker 3: Guys who rule? I don't even know who we were talking.

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Speaker 2: About the you know then guys who rule?

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Speaker 1: Guys who Thursday, your cousin is a weird guy who

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Speaker 1: rules in the nicest wave pop. But this is more,

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Speaker 1: this is simplified.

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Speaker 4: I was also an I p A text, Yes, yes,

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Speaker 4: from all the pablished, all of us mutual, I pas,

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Speaker 4: this is.

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Speaker 3: A great idea.

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Speaker 1: I was not drinking an IPA. I was working that

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Speaker 1: night with Daryon McCoy. I was I was making some

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Speaker 1: podcast magic. But I'm excited about this, Colleen. Why don't

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Speaker 1: you get us going?

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Speaker 4: All? Right? Guys who guys who rule?

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Speaker 3: The Harrison's from Minnesota.

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Speaker 5: Harrison Phillips and Harrison Smith arriving to London. Wait until

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Speaker 5: you see how they looked, looking like a peaky blinder's

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Speaker 5: absolute vision and they had the dark three piece suit

567
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Speaker 5: on the overcoats the Jeff Caps. If you check out

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Speaker 5: the Vikings Instagram, it has an incredible song playing.

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Speaker 3: It's raining. It's a whole vibe.

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Speaker 5: Harrison Phillips has a pocket watch, so they looked very London.

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Speaker 3: Shake here, but also kind of dangerous, which I like.

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Speaker 5: So maybe they could like rule the city, you like,

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Speaker 5: in some type of underworld that's going on in London.

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Speaker 3: That's sort of what I've played out in my head.

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Speaker 5: However, both Harrisons then went on to sack Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 5: in that game. Harrison Phillips he had said that Rogers,

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Speaker 5: of all of the quarterbacks playing right now, is his favorite,

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Speaker 5: absolute favorite to play against because he's one of the

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Speaker 5: smartest out there.

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Speaker 3: So I love that he ended up taking him down

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Speaker 3: in London.

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Speaker 5: Also, he honeymooned Harrison Phillips in Europe this past summer

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Speaker 5: and said that he often got recognized, which I love

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Speaker 5: for him. And it's also just like a show of

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Speaker 5: how popular the NFL is everywhere, especially just as a

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Speaker 5: defensive tackle he's getting.

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Speaker 1: I can't imagine he would get recognized many places outside Minnesota,

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Speaker 1: but vis travel, I think they were probably out there

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Speaker 1: having that get.

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Speaker 5: Recognized, Yeah, Harry ninety nine on Twitter, he is. But

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Speaker 5: then Harrison Smith, Harry the hit Man. He also had

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Speaker 5: a sack of Aaron Rodgers celebrate it with the Belt

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Speaker 5: championship celebration that Dodgers double guess, the discount, double check.

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Speaker 5: And then there were all of these fun things that

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Speaker 5: I saw about him. How in the off season this

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Speaker 5: past off season, when free agency was approaching, he kind

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Speaker 5: of forgot that free agency was coming and he was like, oh,

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Speaker 5: I should talk to my agent about this because he

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Speaker 5: was working as a carpenter and a welder with his

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Speaker 5: brother in law. Wow, he also fixes bicycles and builds furniture,

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Speaker 5: and a couple of off seasons ago he bought a

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Speaker 5: plot of land and talked about renting bulldozers, digging ditches

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Speaker 5: and laying the wiring because that's the most fun thing

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Speaker 5: to do in the off season. So Harrison Smith and

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Speaker 5: Harrison Phillips the Killer Harry's I love them.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe how much Harrison Phillips rules. I mean,

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Speaker 1: listening to you talk about him for a while until

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Speaker 1: we got into some of the the track, what was

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Speaker 1: the thing at the very end that he was buying

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Speaker 1: the plot of land.

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Speaker 2: For the bulldozer. That's Alo the smith Okay, that's here.

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Speaker 3: He also has his pilot's license.

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Speaker 1: Like what they all kind of almost sounded like they

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Speaker 1: were Colleen's Like, if you were an NFL player, you

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Speaker 1: would maybe if you gee, if you were an NFL player,

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Speaker 1: you wouldn't forget that free agency was coming up because

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Speaker 1: you had some weird side job to try to.

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Speaker 5: I felt like it was so relatable and we're seeing

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Speaker 5: I'm like, oh, what time of.

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Speaker 2: Year is it again?

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Speaker 3: It's coming up so soon.

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Speaker 4: Summer of Harry.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I also like that we talked about a Vikings player

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Speaker 1: other than Sam Darnold.

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Speaker 2: All right, you got you go another guy.

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Speaker 4: I had one too, Vibes vibes alone Van Ginkel as

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Speaker 4: a Viking. But oh, I want to get to guys

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Speaker 4: to rule. I want to do get to a safety cluster.

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Speaker 4: First cluster of three safeties who I think totally rule.

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Speaker 4: Jakwan Brisker, Jesse Bates, Xavier McKinney. Big NFL wants you

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Speaker 4: to devalue the safety position, but these three players are

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Speaker 4: perfect representatives of the twenty twenty four defensive renaissance. They

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Speaker 4: are physical enough they can roll down to blitz er

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Speaker 4: defend the run. Although Xavier McKinney plays deep, they can

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Speaker 4: play in the slot. They are fast enough to rob

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Speaker 4: the field, and they're legitimately affecting games week after week.

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Speaker 4: Jawan Brisker hope he and Tommy Trumbull are both do

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Speaker 4: okay by the way, A sack of pressure, an interception,

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Speaker 4: two pass breakups, one force fumble, and forty tackles. Jesse Bates,

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Speaker 4: who Arthur Smith referred to him as when they were

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Speaker 4: getting ready for the matchup as the Falcons. Jason Bourne

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Speaker 4: said that the Steelers changed their entire offense to avoid

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Speaker 4: the middle of the field just to take out baits

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Speaker 4: sorry calling against the Eagles. Ice the game. He's got

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Speaker 4: three pass breakups, a pressure, a hurry to force fumbles,

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Speaker 4: an interception, thirty seven tackles, and Xavier McKinney has made

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Speaker 4: history as the first player on a new team to

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Speaker 4: have an interception in five consecutive games, and his DC

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Speaker 4: Jeff Hafley called him the best safety in the league.

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Speaker 4: These dudes are the new era of safeties and yet

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Speaker 4: somehow very vintage in a way as well. These dudes

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Speaker 4: freaking rule.

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Speaker 1: They do, they do rule and the safety position rules.

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Speaker 1: It's always ruled, and it's crazy to me to your point,

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Speaker 1: how undervalued it is. You can get a pretty mediocre

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Speaker 1: cornerback in free agency for more money than the top

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Speaker 1: of these safety market gets. I mean, McKinney ended up

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Speaker 1: getting paid pretty well, but when you compare it to

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Speaker 1: other positions, it's really not that much.

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Speaker 2: And I think you said it very well.

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Speaker 1: They are showing that they are way more valuable, let's say,

663
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: than like a slightly better than average corner I.

664
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Speaker 4: Agree one hundred percent. And they're being asked to do

665
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 4: more too. They're asked to play more positions. This is

666
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:29,160
Speaker 4: the true hybridization of the defensive backfield. It's happening there.

667
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 4: You're watching more safeties play in the slot than ever before.

668
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:37,240
Speaker 4: You're watching sub packages feature multiple safeties versus relying on corners.

669
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 4: And you have to because offenses are understanding that now

670
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 4: they're getting bigger and more physical and they're trying to

671
00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:46,720
Speaker 4: attack smaller defenses. Okay, well, enter guys like this who rule,

672
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 4: and they're saying no, they can do a variety of

673
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,360
Speaker 4: different things, and they are actually the fact that they

674
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:56,760
Speaker 4: are legitimately affecting games in this way is significant because again,

675
00:31:56,840 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 4: the position market wants you to think that they're just

676
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:02,360
Speaker 4: sort of back there doing something every year.

677
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Speaker 1: I overrate them on the top one o one free agents.

678
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't overrate them. I know they ruled the

679
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 1: but relative to what they make on the open market,

680
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 1: it's like, all, I have so many safeties near the top,

681
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 1: and then they just sit out there on the market

682
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 1: and people, oh, fine, we'll sign them for.

683
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,400
Speaker 2: Like eight million dollars. The running the defense pretty.

684
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 4: Much, that's Oh, I like how you put that?

685
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, very well said.

686
00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 1: And yeah, you know who doesn't rule is the concussion

687
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,440
Speaker 1: spotter at the Bears game last week in the protocol

688
00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:32,680
Speaker 1: not to get serious hearing.

689
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,360
Speaker 2: A fun segment. What the heck? Greg?

690
00:32:34,560 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 1: Sorry, but it's like, this is the guy who's had

691
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: three different concussions now in his career, and you're not

692
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 1: protecting the players from themselves. He had to report it

693
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 1: the next day. That's a that's a bad job. And

694
00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 1: I feel like we're seeing that. Let's get to something

695
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: more fun. Let's get to Brian Thomas junior. My god,

696
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:56,440
Speaker 1: you know what rules? Speed rules? No one ran faster

697
00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 1: on a football field then Brian Thomas junior on that

698
00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: long touchdown pass against the Colts, which unfortunately got a

699
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 1: guy fired. The Colts cut their cornerback a day later

700
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: after giving up this touchdown, and that's not nice. And

701
00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 1: it's nice to have great speed. We knew that about

702
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 1: Brian Thomas. But the thing that really impresses me so

703
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: far this season are his hands and his versatility.

704
00:33:23,520 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 2: He is ready to go.

705
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,520
Speaker 1: He's scoring touchdowns, but I went back watched his targets

706
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,360
Speaker 1: and he's been really good on inbreakers. I'm not saying

707
00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 1: he's Chris Godwin, but people thought he was this one

708
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: trick pony coming into the league. And he can run

709
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: routes and because of that speed, which is maybe the

710
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,520
Speaker 1: best in the entire league, Like it's Tyreek Hill level speed,

711
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: it's Rashid Shaheed level speed. Look when he breaks off

712
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,480
Speaker 1: his routes when he's doing some of these comeback routes

713
00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 1: that I watch, like he's opened by five yards because

714
00:33:53,320 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 1: people are just so afraid and there's been a lot

715
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 1: of contested catches on the go balls. He has more

716
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: long receipt than any rookie in the league, almost in

717
00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:04,640
Speaker 1: any player in the league. He's averaging eighteen yards per catch.

718
00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,680
Speaker 1: I mean he's in the top like seven or eight

719
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,520
Speaker 1: of just yards in the league right now. Uh, he

720
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 1: is absolutely awesome, and yes, does does it help that

721
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: he's helped being to confirm my priors. Let's throw up

722
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 1: the tweet I had, yeah, you know before the draft,

723
00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,840
Speaker 1: when I wrote my only draft takes so far is

724
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: that you can't take Brian Thomas Junior too high?

725
00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:30,880
Speaker 4: Okay, fine, feeling good about.

726
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:31,400
Speaker 2: Feeling good because you know who else who rules? I

727
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:38,239
Speaker 2: roll with that. I'm sorry. I was not expecting.

728
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 5: Security had to escorre right out of building today.

729
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,759
Speaker 1: This has been a lot of shows this week and

730
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,840
Speaker 1: not a lot of sleep and packing.

731
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 4: Soup for lunch.

732
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love soup for lunch.

733
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Speaker 1: I to hud War Nosol and it.

734
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:56,640
Speaker 4: Made you feel a little spicier than.

735
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Speaker 2: It was really spicy, and I love spicy food. No,

736
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 2: it was great. I just it was.

737
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 1: It was a lot, and I liked it. I just

738
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: didn't expect such an intense lunch. But I applaud the

739
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 1: huddle that was before this for going big.

740
00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:10,919
Speaker 4: Yes, intense intense show.

741
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:12,000
Speaker 6: You know it was.

742
00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:16,440
Speaker 1: I was I was sweating that aggressive that pazzole was

743
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,840
Speaker 1: the Brian Thomas Junior of the huddle's menu options like

744
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 1: big and bold and coming right out of the gate

745
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 1: as one of the best in the league.

746
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:25,840
Speaker 2: And you got to recognize.

747
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:28,279
Speaker 3: And you're getting on a plane right after this. I

748
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:29,320
Speaker 3: hope you're okay?

749
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:32,319
Speaker 4: Is that like a bad We talked about digestive food.

750
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 2: I was like, she thought soup would be good. Why

751
00:35:34,719 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 2: am I going over this with you guys? All right?

752
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 2: Give me another guy who rules, okay.

753
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 5: I we saw him last night on the field, and

754
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 5: he is not one of the players. He is one

755
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 5: of my absolute favorite figures in the entire NFL.

756
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,439
Speaker 3: And no it is not Big Red. It is Steve Spagnolo.

757
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:55,759
Speaker 3: I love Spags so much.

758
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 5: We know what he's been able to do with this

759
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,080
Speaker 5: defense and how for so much years it was the

760
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 5: offense that was powering the Kansas City Chiefs, and then

761
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:06,360
Speaker 5: at some point last year actually kind of from the

762
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 5: beginning of the season, the defense quietly started being the

763
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 5: engine of this team. And Steve Spagnolo, he is just

764
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,760
Speaker 5: such an interesting person. He got married at the Vatican,

765
00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:23,560
Speaker 5: which is just like a really random fun fact. His wife,

766
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:28,640
Speaker 5: Maria makes the most incredible Italian meatballs you've ever had

767
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 5: in your life. And Chris Jones frequently will request the

768
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 5: meatballs before big games, so she will make Chris Jones

769
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 5: some homemade meatballs and then he goes out and balls

770
00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:44,600
Speaker 5: out for Steve Spagnolo's defense. So he's just one of

771
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:47,720
Speaker 5: the nicest guys in the world, and he's so talented.

772
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:49,959
Speaker 5: I love to see his defenses thrive.

773
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:53,399
Speaker 4: I love when he goes and tries to call timeouts. Yeah,

774
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,279
Speaker 4: so he can't because he's not the head coach, but

775
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,760
Speaker 4: he's like transported to another time and a simpler time perhaps,

776
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 4: or he could actually be the one to call the time.

777
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 3: He needs a shot. He needs a shot as a

778
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 3: head coach again.

779
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 2: Does he though he does because he was not well, No,

780
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 2: he wasn't.

781
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:13,040
Speaker 1: And there are people in the in the RAMS building

782
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 1: at the time that would agree with you that that

783
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,800
Speaker 1: he could have been a really good head coach. And

784
00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 1: that was a brutal situation in Saint Louis for a

785
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 1: variety of reasons. They were personnel being part of it,

786
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,279
Speaker 1: and yes, that hanging over them being another. But I

787
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: would push back and say when they showed those Super

788
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:31,920
Speaker 1: Bowl wins he had last night on the Monday night

789
00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: football yeah, broadcast. I was just thinking, like, wouldn't you

790
00:37:36,239 --> 00:37:41,720
Speaker 1: rather have Steve Spagnolo's career than virtually any head coach

791
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 1: of the last like twenty five years? Like isn't it

792
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 1: a good thing to be happy with what you do?

793
00:37:48,280 --> 00:37:52,120
Speaker 1: Maybe have like slightly less stress than that the headman does,

794
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,359
Speaker 1: more job security because he's so good at what he does,

795
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 1: working for a great man and Andy Reid that he

796
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 1: loves with great players in a great situation, Like isn't

797
00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: that better than basically any almost any head coach resume

798
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 1: and just life that you could come up with over

799
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 1: the last like fifteen years.

800
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:09,719
Speaker 2: He's He's done it.

801
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 5: I know I've talked about this on the show before,

802
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 5: but it was just such a moment after the Super

803
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 5: Bowl when I grabbed him and the confetti was still falling,

804
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 5: and he had tears in his eyes, and he was

805
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 5: just like this defense is it. We're never all going

806
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:29,080
Speaker 5: to be together again. And he just came from such

807
00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 5: a like it almost felt like a dad place and

808
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 5: these were his kids and he was so happy and

809
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 5: so proud, but so it was so bittersweet for him,

810
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,839
Speaker 5: and he just I mean losing lagarious need. He wasn't sure,

811
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 5: obviously about Chris Jones, and you know how important Chris

812
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 5: Jones is to that defense, but just those personal ties,

813
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,080
Speaker 5: it just makes me like him so much more because

814
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:55,640
Speaker 5: the game means so much to him and you can

815
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 5: see those relationships how they are.

816
00:38:57,719 --> 00:38:58,239
Speaker 2: In his life.

817
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 4: I do doubt that he'll get interviews, but I would posit.

818
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,919
Speaker 4: I would posit that he I think is wise enough

819
00:39:05,080 --> 00:39:08,480
Speaker 4: now to know the difference between jumping into a terrible job,

820
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:10,880
Speaker 4: which we talked about. I mean, there's a lot of

821
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 4: them that can exist in specific, few in particular, and

822
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 4: jumping into a bad one versus you know, accepting and

823
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 4: really understanding the value of your own situation. I just

824
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 4: think he's he's you know, I don't want to see

825
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 4: call him old, but he's wise enough. He's old enough,

826
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 4: experienced enough to understand the difference between the two things

827
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 4: because of all the experiences he's had. I also love

828
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 4: that he reminds me of like someone who could be

829
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 4: running a surf shop and Ventura, Yes, you know, like

830
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:38,919
Speaker 4: and then.

831
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 3: But they have the shorehouse down at the Jersey Shore.

832
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,919
Speaker 4: Okay, so that's like there's something beachy there going on. Yeah,

833
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:47,160
Speaker 4: there's something paddle board situation.

834
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:53,040
Speaker 1: I love that, and they're getting better every week too. Defensively,

835
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 1: they're sort of the opposite of the Jets. They've had

836
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: the second toughest schedule for defenses, and so that's why

837
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 1: some of their numbers aren't like amazing. But now you

838
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:04,359
Speaker 1: watch in a game against like a Saints team, which

839
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 1: isn't you know, quite as good, and they they dominate,

840
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 1: but they've had to play Baltimore, They've had to play Cincinnati.

841
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,359
Speaker 1: These teams always get better as you go. And you're right,

842
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,319
Speaker 1: You're kind of like if I had a Colleen Doll

843
00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: and I and you you like pulled, you know, the

844
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:20,520
Speaker 1: string at the back to mak or talk like Colt

845
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:23,440
Speaker 1: stuff would come out and Steve Spagnolo stuff would come out.

846
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 1: There's always like every couple of months swinging in a

847
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 1: nice little Steve Stagnolo bag.

848
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:27,720
Speaker 2: Season.

849
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:29,080
Speaker 3: It's starting early this year.

850
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 2: I absolutely love it. All right, give us uh.

851
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:35,280
Speaker 4: Okay i pat certain rules, rules, rules, rules rules.

852
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 3: That's a good one.

853
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 4: Two interceptions against the Raiders, including one hundred yard pick six,

854
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,839
Speaker 4: during which he reached a top speed of twenty point

855
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 4: nine to two miles per hour according to next Gen Stats.

856
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 4: Four targets across forty coverage snaps, so highly productive on

857
00:40:50,239 --> 00:40:53,239
Speaker 4: the targets that he was given. I guess so he

858
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,240
Speaker 4: has shadowed Mike Evans, dk met CAF, Garrett Wilson, George

859
00:40:56,239 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 4: Pickens and collectively allowed against those guys eight catch for

860
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 4: eighty five yards and then just two more receptions this

861
00:41:03,960 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 4: last weekend craze. He's not actually been targeted much because

862
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:09,440
Speaker 4: why would you target him, but it's when he is.

863
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,680
Speaker 4: It's a fifty two point seven passer rating. And guys,

864
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,680
Speaker 4: this rules the most. Next Gen Stats always does these

865
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,680
Speaker 4: matchup boxes on their website and they always go, you know,

866
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:21,480
Speaker 4: Pat certain versus X receiver, Pats certain versus X receiver,

867
00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,399
Speaker 4: and from the Raiders game, it literally just says Pat

868
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:31,720
Speaker 4: certain versus Raiders offense. This guy freaking rules.

869
00:41:32,120 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 2: He absolutely does. And I do like that more than

870
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 2: other positions.

871
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,760
Speaker 1: It does feel like one cornerback always has the belt,

872
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,399
Speaker 1: you know that more than other And maybe it's because

873
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,240
Speaker 1: they like to talk it up and it's the bravado

874
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: of the position and you're just out there on an

875
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:50,080
Speaker 1: island and there's always like one quarterback who has it

876
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,640
Speaker 1: cornerback and right now it's it's certain.

877
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:54,920
Speaker 4: I want him to does he have a cool nickname?

878
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,960
Speaker 4: I want people to know. I'm not sure he's at

879
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 4: that status like lockdown lockdown status to where I think

880
00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:03,040
Speaker 4: he deserves.

881
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 1: There's so few players in the game that even get

882
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: a chance to that, Like Sauce Gardner could do that,

883
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:09,080
Speaker 1: but they don't use him that way.

884
00:42:09,080 --> 00:42:09,839
Speaker 2: They well, I'm.

885
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 5: Certain that of certain bad. Yeah, it's fine, that's fine,

886
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:15,840
Speaker 5: So you need to start somewhat.

887
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 1: That's fine, all right, you know who's not fine having

888
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,920
Speaker 1: a trouble here. I'm not going to go under the radar.

889
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,680
Speaker 1: I'm going to go with c J. Stroud just because

890
00:42:23,719 --> 00:42:26,839
Speaker 1: there are few players in the NFL that I would

891
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 1: rather watch or hang out with, Like he might be

892
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:32,600
Speaker 1: number one at the apex of just like, hey, if

893
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:35,960
Speaker 1: you could just get a beer with a player c J. Stroud,

894
00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: he just seems like an awesome guy. But also, if

895
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:42,279
Speaker 1: there's one player I could choose to watch play the

896
00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:44,600
Speaker 1: quarterback position, and I think if I was starting a

897
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 1: team and just one quarterback I could have. I know

898
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:49,680
Speaker 1: there's a lot of great ones, it's c J.

899
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 2: Stroud.

900
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 1: I mean some of the plays that he made in

901
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:55,320
Speaker 1: this Bills game and yeah, yeah, the two turnovers and

902
00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 1: if you're watching it on YouTube, you can you can

903
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,879
Speaker 1: see on the Kojis film just these throws into apps

904
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 1: tight windows. He's the type of quarterback I love. Like

905
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:08,400
Speaker 1: to me, he sees the game so beautifully. He can

906
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:11,480
Speaker 1: make every certain throw that you want to make, whether

907
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:12,680
Speaker 1: it's touch, whether it's power.

908
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:15,360
Speaker 2: The accuracy is crazy. He knows when to go for it.

909
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,640
Speaker 1: He goes through his reads so fast, and I think

910
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 1: right now he and Nico Collins are playing so well.

911
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,360
Speaker 1: It's totally covering up for a poor coaching job by

912
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 1: this Texans offensive staff. Like they are sloppy, not just

913
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: the penalties and the terrible run blocking, but even the

914
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,040
Speaker 1: passing game seems a little disjointed. And there's a lot

915
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 1: of pressure in c J. Stroud's face and he just

916
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,880
Speaker 1: makes it work and he would never blame if anything.

917
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 1: He is building everyone up around him. He seems like

918
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:46,280
Speaker 1: a true leader. He is my favorite player in the NFL.

919
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, Gino's there too, but just like he

920
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 1: is the dude c J.

921
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:52,320
Speaker 4: Stroud, Yeah, he rules. And you know what I like

922
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 4: about him too, among many things, is that this is

923
00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:57,480
Speaker 4: you knew that the defenses of the league. We're going

924
00:43:57,520 --> 00:43:59,319
Speaker 4: to try to catch this offense this year. They were

925
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:01,279
Speaker 4: going to try to do different things to try to

926
00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 4: expose some of the weaknesses. Not having Joe Mixon also

927
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 4: really has hurt them as well. But in terms of

928
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:10,040
Speaker 4: that lack of I guess cohesion that you're talking about,

929
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:11,800
Speaker 4: you knew that they were going to try to disrupt

930
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 4: them in certain ways. But you have an elite problem solver, Yeah,

931
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:15,800
Speaker 4: in c J.

932
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:16,240
Speaker 3: Stroud.

933
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 4: Not only do you have an elite tool if you're

934
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,879
Speaker 4: a coach, an elite tool with which to problem solve

935
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 4: because c J. Stroud is that person and player. But

936
00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 4: he himself is doing that. He's not making he's not

937
00:44:26,520 --> 00:44:29,839
Speaker 4: repeating mistakes. Really very rarely do you see him make

938
00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:32,520
Speaker 4: the same mistake twice in one game. Let's let alone

939
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:35,040
Speaker 4: twice in one season. And that's other than the fact

940
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 4: that he also he knows ball to the point where

941
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:41,520
Speaker 4: his quarterback and league takes are excellent, and I love

942
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,920
Speaker 4: that he like doubles down on them too, like he

943
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 4: knows that he's right, and it kind of he kind

944
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:48,960
Speaker 4: of reminds me of you in a way. Greg knows

945
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:50,200
Speaker 4: that he's right and doubles down.

946
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:51,040
Speaker 2: Greg.

947
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,359
Speaker 4: My god, we build him up just to break him

948
00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 4: later in the show. That's you know, but yeah, he rolls.

949
00:44:58,880 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 4: I'm with you one hundred percent.

950
00:45:00,160 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 3: He gets better every single week, it almost seems like.

951
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,279
Speaker 5: And the only thing I'm worried about now is Nico

952
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:07,880
Speaker 5: Collins being hurt and how that kind of changes the

953
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,160
Speaker 5: offense with all of the things that he's already making

954
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:10,440
Speaker 5: up for.

955
00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 1: I think it would have been natural for him to

956
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,399
Speaker 1: take a little bit of a step back this year,

957
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:16,879
Speaker 1: which with defenses preparing, and I think that is sort

958
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:20,080
Speaker 1: of happening opposite him. But he is just too good

959
00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: and too smart to let it happen to him individually.

960
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:25,480
Speaker 1: Problem solver is a great, great way to put it.

961
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 1: Let's do a speed round before we go, so we'll

962
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 1: just be quick on the rapid fire.

963
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:30,400
Speaker 2: Go for it.

964
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 3: This is super quick. I will let you guys listen

965
00:45:35,120 --> 00:45:37,760
Speaker 3: first to who my guy is that rules.

966
00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,200
Speaker 7: Here we go shucking down and gold Homes in the

967
00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:43,960
Speaker 7: gun the two in New Orleans, p Ryan in motion,

968
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 7: there's a shotguns, no, the fake run off, the quick forth,

969
00:45:47,440 --> 00:45:49,400
Speaker 7: the goal wanders to fin It's in or something on

970
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 7: the play by Saunders. He runs the big name the

971
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:54,920
Speaker 7: ten he'arsold line twenty on the near side line thirty

972
00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,240
Speaker 7: kind of blocking from behind, the former chief is taken

973
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 7: down by sad Man. Got it on the look of

974
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 7: shit at the goal line on a pass intended for

975
00:46:05,239 --> 00:46:06,080
Speaker 7: Smith Schuster.

976
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:10,479
Speaker 2: A thick pick.

977
00:46:10,760 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 3: That's the part that I love the pick.

978
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:17,839
Speaker 5: I mean, Kevin Harlan is my all time favorite broadcaster.

979
00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 3: He comes up with these things right on the spot.

980
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 5: I mean, there are some of the most epic games

981
00:46:22,760 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 5: that I've listened to him call the black Cat that

982
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 5: came out the guest game.

983
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:28,759
Speaker 3: I'll never forget that.

984
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:29,640
Speaker 4: I love.

985
00:46:30,080 --> 00:46:32,680
Speaker 5: When I leave here on Monday nights, after I finished

986
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:35,880
Speaker 5: the pregame show with Mooch, I always put on Westwood

987
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 5: One and I listened to Kevin Harlan and Kurt Warner

988
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:41,959
Speaker 5: on the call and it's my favorite. And I text

989
00:46:42,080 --> 00:46:45,760
Speaker 5: Kurt throughout the whole thing, and it's just Kevin Harlan.

990
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,439
Speaker 5: His voice is incredible. He's on it all the time,

991
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:53,240
Speaker 5: and he's funny. He's low key funny, maybe high key funny.

992
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:53,600
Speaker 4: I know.

993
00:46:54,239 --> 00:46:57,040
Speaker 1: I mean, as he's making that call, he is thinking

994
00:46:57,320 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 1: in his head, thick pick, I have this in it

995
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:02,799
Speaker 1: at the very end, and he's such a good broadcaster.

996
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,600
Speaker 1: No fault of Ross Tucker there, who's filling in for

997
00:47:05,719 --> 00:47:06,720
Speaker 1: Kurt Warner, because.

998
00:47:06,560 --> 00:47:09,319
Speaker 4: I recognize Ross did a good job of letting him

999
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:09,680
Speaker 4: take the.

1000
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:12,320
Speaker 1: Lead there, absolutely, but Ross did kind of come in

1001
00:47:12,560 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 1: and stepped on the thick pick. So Kevin Harlan knows,

1002
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: I need to say it again to make sure everyone

1003
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:21,000
Speaker 1: hears it. What a great call.

1004
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:25,880
Speaker 4: I love it, I love it.

1005
00:47:26,360 --> 00:47:26,759
Speaker 2: I love it.

1006
00:47:27,040 --> 00:47:31,879
Speaker 4: Okay, I think that Tory Taylor the Bears, Oh yeah, rules, rules, rolls,

1007
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:34,640
Speaker 4: rolls rules. He is a twenty seven year old rookie

1008
00:47:35,040 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 4: in Auzie who didn't start playing football until twenty nineteen.

1009
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:39,680
Speaker 3: William is a football player.

1010
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 4: Famously, Williams famously texted him when he was drafted in

1011
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:46,600
Speaker 4: the fourth round that they wouldn't be punting much. Plot twist.

1012
00:47:46,640 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 4: The Bears punted more through the first three three four

1013
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 4: games than any other team in the league. But he's

1014
00:47:52,200 --> 00:47:56,680
Speaker 4: single footedly ices teams by flipping field position. He iced

1015
00:47:56,719 --> 00:48:00,719
Speaker 4: the Rams game his four punts that day. Four of

1016
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:02,800
Speaker 4: his punts that day were inside the ten, including the

1017
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,840
Speaker 4: game ceiling one that landed at the eight. Jalen Johnson

1018
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:08,240
Speaker 4: said I haven't been that pumped up for a punt

1019
00:48:08,640 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 4: in a long time.

1020
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:11,160
Speaker 2: Ah, I love it.

1021
00:48:11,320 --> 00:48:12,280
Speaker 4: Tory Taylor rules.

1022
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 1: I love his attitude. I heard him say, I want

1023
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,320
Speaker 1: to go out there and dominate the game when I

1024
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,040
Speaker 1: have the ball. I get to have the ball like

1025
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 1: five to eight times a game. I want to dominate.

1026
00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 1: You just don't hear punch your I absolutely love that.

1027
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:27,560
Speaker 1: My last guy who rules is Brock Bowers. This guy's

1028
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:30,680
Speaker 1: better than I think we expected coming into the NFL.

1029
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,920
Speaker 1: That touchdown that he had his first career touchdown, that

1030
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: is one of the best first career touchdowns of all

1031
00:48:36,719 --> 00:48:39,720
Speaker 1: time to moss a guy like that and then race

1032
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:43,799
Speaker 1: in for the long score. He I think has as

1033
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:46,040
Speaker 1: much burst as any tight end in the history of

1034
00:48:46,080 --> 00:48:49,080
Speaker 1: the league, even just those little short routes that they

1035
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:52,279
Speaker 1: were throwing to him on Sunday's game, Minshew, and his

1036
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:56,360
Speaker 1: ability to go from zero to five is special. It's crazy.

1037
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: It is so much better than most wide receivers. I mean,

1038
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:03,319
Speaker 1: and he's playing tight end. I really think he has

1039
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:05,759
Speaker 1: a chance to be an All timer. And the more

1040
00:49:05,880 --> 00:49:08,280
Speaker 1: I watch him, I just think he's really exciting.

1041
00:49:08,360 --> 00:49:08,800
Speaker 2: He rules.

1042
00:49:08,880 --> 00:49:11,520
Speaker 4: I'd call him a power receiver or something like a

1043
00:49:11,640 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 4: hybrid because he's going to be playing receiver, but he

1044
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:17,120
Speaker 4: has the power and the strength and the ability of

1045
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:19,920
Speaker 4: a tight end and can obviously do some things in

1046
00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:21,920
Speaker 4: the blocking service as well. But like we got to

1047
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:24,080
Speaker 4: think of a different name, yeah, that position, because he's

1048
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,200
Speaker 4: going to be doing things that are not But he's

1049
00:49:26,239 --> 00:49:26,520
Speaker 4: out there.

1050
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:28,719
Speaker 1: He's playing tight end. They're using him all over the

1051
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:30,880
Speaker 1: place and stuff. He's doing the thing where he's messing

1052
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: up the app they posing formations, he's playing a little fullback.

1053
00:49:33,719 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 1: He's blocking some too. He would probably rule a little

1054
00:49:36,080 --> 00:49:37,840
Speaker 1: more if he just came home, you know, and just

1055
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:41,799
Speaker 1: shaved that head. But he's going strong O wow.

1056
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:42,720
Speaker 3: Personal attack.

1057
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:45,279
Speaker 2: I mean, he knows it. He knows it. He's heard

1058
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:45,680
Speaker 2: it a lot.

1059
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 3: Rock Bowers is incredible.

1060
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,320
Speaker 5: They do need some type of subset though, in the

1061
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:53,280
Speaker 5: tight end category for these incredible pass catchers. And Daniel

1062
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,719
Speaker 5: Jeremiah talked about brock Bauers leading into the draft how

1063
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,840
Speaker 5: great and talented he is and how he should be

1064
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,120
Speaker 5: taken as high as he ended up going.

1065
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: And I think he's already right there with the best

1066
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:08,120
Speaker 1: players at his position as a rookie, which is wild

1067
00:50:08,239 --> 00:50:10,239
Speaker 1: let's take one quick break. We're gonna wrap up with

1068
00:50:10,280 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 1: little t NF preview after break, forty nine Ers Seahawks.

1069
00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:18,799
Speaker 4: Guys have a rule.

1070
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:33,320
Speaker 1: All right, It's time for TNF Preview presented by Amazon

1071
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:38,200
Speaker 1: Prime Video talking forty nine Ers Seahawks. Interesting timing for

1072
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 1: this game on Thursday night. I'm gonna miss it. I'm

1073
00:50:42,040 --> 00:50:45,360
Speaker 1: at least gonna miss the TNF recap. I know that

1074
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,120
Speaker 1: both teams, I think, are coming off of humbling losses,

1075
00:50:48,440 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 1: losses that make you question your team inside the building,

1076
00:50:54,160 --> 00:50:57,359
Speaker 1: that maybe we aren't as good as we thought we were.

1077
00:50:58,000 --> 00:51:00,359
Speaker 1: Now they're facing each other three and two SEAHWK two

1078
00:51:00,400 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: and three forty nine Ers. We could have a situation

1079
00:51:03,480 --> 00:51:06,040
Speaker 1: Jordan where there's not a team in the NFC West

1080
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:08,880
Speaker 1: with a winning record after Week six, which is pretty

1081
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:11,000
Speaker 1: surprising for what we thought was gonna be one of

1082
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:12,360
Speaker 1: the best divisions in football.

1083
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,439
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it still could be down the stretch. Guys

1084
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 4: get healthy on a couple of these teams. But this

1085
00:51:17,280 --> 00:51:19,520
Speaker 4: is this is gonna be an interesting game, not just

1086
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,640
Speaker 4: because the stakes feel high in terms of needing to

1087
00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,319
Speaker 4: get back on track a little bit, but you can

1088
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:29,279
Speaker 4: see certain flaws that might not be fixable just by

1089
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 4: getting people healthy, getting people back in the roster. On

1090
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:34,920
Speaker 4: both sides, forty nine ers defense looks a little suspect,

1091
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:37,080
Speaker 4: more suspect than we thought it was gonna look. And

1092
00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:40,560
Speaker 4: then on the converse, the pressure, I mean, it's just awful.

1093
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:42,440
Speaker 4: You could see it start to wear, it wear a

1094
00:51:42,520 --> 00:51:45,680
Speaker 4: little bit on Gino, who's having to complete over fifty

1095
00:51:45,719 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 4: five percent of his throws under two point five seconds

1096
00:51:47,719 --> 00:51:49,759
Speaker 4: or less. He's been playing out standing football, but how

1097
00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:53,719
Speaker 4: sustainable is this when the tackles are not holding up

1098
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:54,399
Speaker 4: in a big way?

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Speaker 1: Sunday was crazy. His time to throw is like two

1100
00:51:56,680 --> 00:51:58,520
Speaker 1: point three in that game. He's like Aaron Rodgers out there.

1101
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:00,400
Speaker 1: They're both just getting rid of the ball so quickly.

1102
00:52:00,920 --> 00:52:03,160
Speaker 1: And but Gino's not doing it because like he doesn't

1103
00:52:03,160 --> 00:52:04,920
Speaker 1: want to get hit. In fact, he's running better than

1104
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:07,080
Speaker 1: ever he had. He's one of the has one of

1105
00:52:07,120 --> 00:52:10,080
Speaker 1: the most rushing values in terms of EPA and QBR

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00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:10,840
Speaker 1: in the league.

1107
00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 4: But he's doing it to try to make positive plays

1108
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,359
Speaker 4: head right, because there's nothing else they can do because

1109
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,120
Speaker 4: the pressure that the outsides, especially the interior, is given up.

1110
00:52:19,360 --> 00:52:21,200
Speaker 4: You know, some I think it's like thirty eight pressure

1111
00:52:21,239 --> 00:52:23,960
Speaker 4: or something like that. But the exterior is now, what

1112
00:52:24,239 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 4: really you know, at least you thought you know Charles

1113
00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:28,520
Speaker 4: Cross was going to hold up. But both of those

1114
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:30,400
Speaker 4: tackles are really struggling right now.

1115
00:52:30,560 --> 00:52:30,880
Speaker 2: They are.

1116
00:52:31,160 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 5: And I mean to your point, Greg, these the losses

1117
00:52:34,440 --> 00:52:36,759
Speaker 5: that they're coming off of. I mean, I was so

1118
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 5: surprised that the Seahawks lost to the Giants and that

1119
00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:44,200
Speaker 5: the Giants looked as good as they did. So the

1120
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:47,719
Speaker 5: Niners though, too, I mean, blowing that lead. Now they're

1121
00:52:47,800 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 5: zero to two in the NFC West, they're oh and

1122
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:51,640
Speaker 5: three in the NFC. All of this is going to

1123
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:54,880
Speaker 5: factor into a potential tiebreaker at the end of the season.

1124
00:52:55,360 --> 00:52:58,000
Speaker 5: So this game is so massive it's almost like who

1125
00:52:58,080 --> 00:53:01,200
Speaker 5: is more desperate And it shouldn't be this high of

1126
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:04,759
Speaker 5: stakes this early in the season, but it actually is.

1127
00:53:05,040 --> 00:53:08,319
Speaker 5: And the Niners are having massive red zone issues without

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00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:11,200
Speaker 5: Christian McCaffrey. They can't figure that out. Six red zone

1129
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:14,120
Speaker 5: trips only one touchdown. They were the best in the

1130
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:17,400
Speaker 5: league last year in red zone efficiency. So there's just

1131
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:19,680
Speaker 5: a lot of issues on both teams that they need

1132
00:53:19,719 --> 00:53:21,359
Speaker 5: to figure out on a short week with a lot

1133
00:53:21,400 --> 00:53:22,480
Speaker 5: of injuries.

1134
00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 4: And they can't even rely necessarily on their field goal

1135
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:27,080
Speaker 4: unit at this point, even if they do struggle in

1136
00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 4: the red zone because Jake Moody has got a high

1137
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 4: ankle sprain and they had to go sign matthew Wright

1138
00:53:31,440 --> 00:53:33,520
Speaker 4: because they were in sort of a sudden change who

1139
00:53:33,600 --> 00:53:35,839
Speaker 4: was kicking the ball for US situation in the last game.

1140
00:53:35,960 --> 00:53:38,720
Speaker 4: So even with the red zone, you can't be certain

1141
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,600
Speaker 4: that they'll come away with points at all in that situation.

1142
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,600
Speaker 1: Right, And the Seahawks probably look at the forty nine Ers,

1143
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:46,800
Speaker 1: if they're being honest, and say, hey, actually, this is

1144
00:53:46,840 --> 00:53:49,080
Speaker 1: a team that we should be able to protect Gino

1145
00:53:49,160 --> 00:53:52,200
Speaker 1: Smith against. Yeah, they have Nick Bosa, but hopefully you know,

1146
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,839
Speaker 1: Charles Cross can help there and you chip them when

1147
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,399
Speaker 1: he's on the other side. But other than that, it's

1148
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,640
Speaker 1: it's pretty thin in terms of the forty nine ers

1149
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 1: pass rush. And they had that one where you play

1150
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: the Patriots and everyone feels good about their pass rush

1151
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:03,959
Speaker 1: after they play the Patriots.

1152
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:05,640
Speaker 2: And then it's a comeback down to earth game.

1153
00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:08,919
Speaker 1: They're a little banged up there, but they also lost

1154
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 1: Yetur gross Matos, who is playing at defensive tackle. I

1155
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:15,320
Speaker 1: didn't think they were as deep as they could have

1156
00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:17,759
Speaker 1: been to begin with, and then they've had injuries on

1157
00:54:17,880 --> 00:54:19,680
Speaker 1: top of that. So it's not the forty nine ers

1158
00:54:19,760 --> 00:54:22,640
Speaker 1: defense that you know that in theory you love. The

1159
00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:24,719
Speaker 1: Seahawks would love to run the ball. I think a

1160
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:26,960
Speaker 1: little bit more and better. They are number one in

1161
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:30,080
Speaker 1: the league the last month in terms of neutral like

1162
00:54:30,280 --> 00:54:33,279
Speaker 1: passing rate, which means on normal down and distance, they're

1163
00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:34,759
Speaker 1: just passing the ball all the time. You would like

1164
00:54:34,840 --> 00:54:37,759
Speaker 1: to see Kenneth Walker get involved, but yeah, partly because

1165
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:41,840
Speaker 1: they don't trust their their run blocking that much. I

1166
00:54:42,680 --> 00:54:44,400
Speaker 1: came away from these two games a little stunned, Like

1167
00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 1: if you just watched it on red Zone a little bit,

1168
00:54:46,680 --> 00:54:49,120
Speaker 1: or you saw how the forty nine Ers blew a lead,

1169
00:54:49,280 --> 00:54:52,000
Speaker 1: or it was the field goal block in Seattle and

1170
00:54:52,040 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 1: you think, okay, well that sort of things happened. It's like, no,

1171
00:54:55,040 --> 00:54:56,920
Speaker 1: the Giants could have won that game by twenty They

1172
00:54:57,000 --> 00:54:59,359
Speaker 1: dominated in both trenches. They were the better team by

1173
00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:01,520
Speaker 1: a good amount, and the Cardinals were similar. I think

1174
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: the Cardinals were a better team that they who had

1175
00:55:04,200 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 1: some bad luck on a return touchdown and they still

1176
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:08,960
Speaker 1: found a way to win that they kind of got

1177
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:09,960
Speaker 1: physically manhandled.

1178
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:11,480
Speaker 2: You just don't normally see that with the Fortunes.

1179
00:55:11,520 --> 00:55:14,160
Speaker 5: The Giants ran all over the Seahawks in this game,

1180
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:16,560
Speaker 5: one hundred and seventy five rushing yards, where at the

1181
00:55:16,640 --> 00:55:19,920
Speaker 5: Giants they were averaging about eighty five rushing yards per

1182
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,880
Speaker 5: game coming into this. They also didn't have Devin Singletary,

1183
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:25,239
Speaker 5: so it was Tyrone Tracy who had one hundred and

1184
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:27,480
Speaker 5: twenty nine rushing yards on eighteen carries.

1185
00:55:27,560 --> 00:55:28,279
Speaker 3: Like he went off.

1186
00:55:28,440 --> 00:55:30,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, if there's one coach who I know is going

1187
00:55:30,719 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 4: to just hunker down and run the ball at somebody,

1188
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:38,040
Speaker 4: it's going to be Kyle Shanahan. Mike McDonald's had to

1189
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:41,880
Speaker 4: stand up there at the lectern and talk about unsound

1190
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:46,319
Speaker 4: technical work and fundamentals and gap accountability in the run

1191
00:55:46,400 --> 00:55:48,800
Speaker 4: game almost every single week. Now, this was a defense

1192
00:55:48,880 --> 00:55:51,560
Speaker 4: that was supposed to make that area one of its

1193
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:52,280
Speaker 4: strong points.

1194
00:55:52,680 --> 00:55:56,040
Speaker 1: I look at their linebackers and it's a problem. They

1195
00:55:56,160 --> 00:55:58,719
Speaker 1: got cooked by Brian Davil. Brian Dabel came in and

1196
00:55:58,800 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 1: there and was like, Hey, you guys are on a

1197
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:04,200
Speaker 1: short week. We've had a little extra time from Thursday

1198
00:56:04,239 --> 00:56:06,239
Speaker 1: night football, and he handed it to Mike McDonald. It

1199
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:08,680
Speaker 1: kind of reminded me of the game to help get

1200
00:56:08,719 --> 00:56:13,200
Speaker 1: Mike McDonald this job. Mike McDonald versus the forty nine

1201
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:17,640
Speaker 1: ers when it was Ravens forty nine Ers on Christmas Day.

1202
00:56:18,080 --> 00:56:18,920
Speaker 2: I can't forget it.

1203
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:22,920
Speaker 1: Because I was here and that matchup is what partly

1204
00:56:22,960 --> 00:56:25,520
Speaker 1: got Mike McDonald this job. Can he be the Shanahan killer?

1205
00:56:25,560 --> 00:56:28,480
Speaker 1: Can he be the McVey killer? Like we'll see when

1206
00:56:28,520 --> 00:56:30,200
Speaker 1: he plays the Rams this year, But that to me

1207
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:33,680
Speaker 1: is fascinating. He does not have the players at linebacker

1208
00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: that he had when he was with Baltimore.

1209
00:56:36,239 --> 00:56:37,080
Speaker 2: No one really does.

1210
00:56:37,239 --> 00:56:40,160
Speaker 1: And or you know that the forty nine ers do,

1211
00:56:40,280 --> 00:56:43,280
Speaker 1: frankly with Fred Warner, and so he's having to adjust.

1212
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:45,080
Speaker 1: And they were a big time problem in the running

1213
00:56:45,080 --> 00:56:46,319
Speaker 1: game and the passing game last week.

1214
00:56:46,520 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 4: The Seahawks rushing defense for the twenty twenty four season,

1215
00:56:50,600 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 4: they are allowing four point five yards per carry and

1216
00:56:54,239 --> 00:56:57,759
Speaker 4: five rushing touchdowns so far. And this is going to

1217
00:56:57,800 --> 00:57:00,399
Speaker 4: be a Kyle Shanahan forty nine Ers team. I don't

1218
00:57:00,440 --> 00:57:03,399
Speaker 4: think we'll have any problem bring down and running the ball.

1219
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:06,200
Speaker 1: Mason's looks awesome. I mean he had that fumble last week,

1220
00:57:06,280 --> 00:57:09,200
Speaker 1: but yeah, he literally has more yards than any forty

1221
00:57:09,280 --> 00:57:11,439
Speaker 1: nine ers running back in history, and I remember.

1222
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:14,719
Speaker 5: When that first game that he came in and I

1223
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:16,760
Speaker 5: was doing the pregame show for it, we were like, Okay,

1224
00:57:16,840 --> 00:57:18,360
Speaker 5: well it's gonna be just another one.

1225
00:57:19,520 --> 00:57:21,920
Speaker 2: What should we pick it.

1226
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,440
Speaker 1: I don't feel good about the Seahawks right now, but

1227
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:27,040
Speaker 1: I will pick them because that's what I want to

1228
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:27,400
Speaker 1: root for.

1229
00:57:28,000 --> 00:57:28,280
Speaker 2: Really.

1230
00:57:28,720 --> 00:57:31,440
Speaker 3: They have their throwback uniforms too, though, fun nine.

1231
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:33,920
Speaker 2: Those just need to become their unifor I love them.

1232
00:57:34,000 --> 00:57:36,280
Speaker 4: I'm going to pick the forty nine ers because Rock Purty,

1233
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:39,120
Speaker 4: I think overall is playing really well. I think that

1234
00:57:39,640 --> 00:57:42,040
Speaker 4: perhaps you can consider last week more of an outlier

1235
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:45,320
Speaker 4: game from him than how he has showed up across

1236
00:57:45,320 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 4: the season, inclusive to not having a lot of his

1237
00:57:48,000 --> 00:57:51,160
Speaker 4: skill players around him. So I do want to pick

1238
00:57:51,400 --> 00:57:54,240
Speaker 4: the forty nine Ers in this game. It is interesting

1239
00:57:54,320 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 4: you're hearing some reports out of there of he's feeling weird,

1240
00:57:57,200 --> 00:58:00,480
Speaker 4: just a little bit off, lots of moving parts. No, no,

1241
00:58:00,640 --> 00:58:02,640
Speaker 4: the forty nine ers building as a whole things feeling

1242
00:58:02,640 --> 00:58:05,320
Speaker 4: a little weird, just generally off in terms of there's

1243
00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:08,160
Speaker 4: just been a lot of moving parts around that building

1244
00:58:08,640 --> 00:58:11,600
Speaker 4: so far, missing players, adding players back, you know, some

1245
00:58:12,000 --> 00:58:14,880
Speaker 4: long term injuries. But I do think that Rock Party

1246
00:58:14,960 --> 00:58:15,880
Speaker 4: is going to play better this week.

1247
00:58:16,160 --> 00:58:19,360
Speaker 3: I am God, this is such a toss up this game.

1248
00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:22,840
Speaker 5: I'm gonna go with the Niners right now, just because

1249
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:25,720
Speaker 5: I'm not sure about the Seahawks injuries that they have

1250
00:58:26,200 --> 00:58:30,280
Speaker 5: Rik Woolen, U Chena Nuosu Byron Murphy. I mean, these

1251
00:58:30,320 --> 00:58:34,200
Speaker 5: are significant players that aren't playing right now, and I

1252
00:58:34,280 --> 00:58:36,720
Speaker 5: mean they didn't they put out the estimated practice report

1253
00:58:36,800 --> 00:58:38,400
Speaker 5: today and that would be a do not practice for

1254
00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:39,680
Speaker 5: them or didn't participate.

1255
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:43,600
Speaker 3: So it's just that's going to be the determining factor.

1256
00:58:43,680 --> 00:58:45,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, they got Nuosubak, who was supposed to be their

1257
00:58:45,360 --> 00:58:47,720
Speaker 1: best pass rusher for less than a full game, and

1258
00:58:47,800 --> 00:58:49,880
Speaker 1: he is now going to injured reserve with a thigh injury,

1259
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:52,040
Speaker 1: which was a new injury that it's good that you

1260
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:55,800
Speaker 1: point that out. Talineo Hufanga is reportedly going to miss

1261
00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:58,720
Speaker 1: about a month or so with a risk injury, although

1262
00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:02,440
Speaker 1: his replacements looked really good. I thought Malik Mustafa has

1263
00:59:02,480 --> 00:59:05,280
Speaker 1: made some plays for them, so that's been a nice fine.

1264
00:59:05,440 --> 00:59:08,200
Speaker 1: That was this week's TNF preview, presented by Prime Video.

1265
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:10,440
Speaker 1: Be sure to watch the San Francisco forty nine Ers

1266
00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:13,560
Speaker 1: take on the Seattle Seahawks this Thursday on Prime Video.

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00:59:14,160 --> 00:59:15,760
Speaker 2: We do have some news.

1268
00:59:15,840 --> 00:59:18,440
Speaker 1: Surprisingly at the end of this show, Derek Carr is

1269
00:59:18,480 --> 00:59:23,400
Speaker 1: expected to miss multiple weeks with the oblique injury that

1270
00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:27,800
Speaker 1: he suffered against the Chiefs. The Saints have two games

1271
00:59:28,360 --> 00:59:31,440
Speaker 1: in the next nine days. One of them is against

1272
00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:36,120
Speaker 1: the Buccaneers, a big division game, and then the Sean

1273
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:41,160
Speaker 1: Payton comes to New Orleans game, and they're not going

1274
00:59:41,240 --> 00:59:43,360
Speaker 1: to have Derek oh Car.

1275
00:59:44,360 --> 00:59:45,120
Speaker 3: That is a bummer.

1276
00:59:45,640 --> 00:59:48,640
Speaker 1: Really interested to see if they're going to start Jay

1277
00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:50,120
Speaker 1: Hayner or Spencer Rattley.

1278
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:54,680
Speaker 4: Well, Mike Garafalo is saying that Spencer Rattler is a

1279
00:59:55,080 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 4: strong candidates and Derek Carr's absence and he site sources

1280
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:03,920
Speaker 4: telling himself and Ian Rapaport that is awesome.

1281
01:00:04,040 --> 01:00:04,840
Speaker 2: That's good teamwork.

1282
01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:07,600
Speaker 1: Thank you Jordan for helping us out there, because I

1283
01:00:07,880 --> 01:00:11,320
Speaker 1: really loved what I saw out of Rattler in the preseason.

1284
01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:14,200
Speaker 1: He is not a normal fifth round pick. He is talented,

1285
01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:17,600
Speaker 1: he's fun, he is gonna he's gonna throw that ball around.

1286
01:00:17,640 --> 01:00:19,160
Speaker 1: I don't know how it's gonna go against the Bucks

1287
01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:22,360
Speaker 1: and Broncos. That is a tough assignment, but I think

1288
01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:24,720
Speaker 1: it'd be more interesting than Jake Hayner. And yeah, this

1289
01:00:24,840 --> 01:00:28,200
Speaker 1: Saints team, which we were so excited about after two weeks,

1290
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:30,880
Speaker 1: is staring at two and five, and this is how

1291
01:00:30,920 --> 01:00:31,720
Speaker 1: you manage the season.

1292
01:00:31,760 --> 01:00:33,360
Speaker 2: You got to get one of those two games. You

1293
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:34,760
Speaker 2: got to get the Sean Paton Bowl.

1294
01:00:35,040 --> 01:00:38,720
Speaker 1: How I'm looking forward to that TNF recap, also looking

1295
01:00:38,800 --> 01:00:40,680
Speaker 1: forward to this week's TNF recap.

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01:00:40,960 --> 01:00:41,800
Speaker 2: So it's that one.

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Speaker 1: This game we just talked about that's gonna be covered

1298
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:47,520
Speaker 1: by Patrick Claybon and Nick Shook. Everyone that's listening here,

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01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:51,000
Speaker 1: if you haven't been hearing me talk about heading to London,

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01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:55,640
Speaker 1: I ask for your understanding with a little disruption. I

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01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:57,440
Speaker 1: like that each week on this show, we've had a

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Speaker 1: nice routine. M h, what a great crew. This is

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Speaker 1: be your next Tuesday.

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01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:03,040
Speaker 4: I love Tuesday.

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Speaker 3: Just so that's our text change, so the listener is aware.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, that's the name of the text change.

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Speaker 1: So we got we got the preview show normally with

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Speaker 1: Patrick and Steve, we've got the recap show and it's

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Speaker 1: the same every week, which I really like that regularly

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Speaker 1: as a listener, I like that too. But this week's

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Speaker 1: going to be a little bit different. I'm I'm heading

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Speaker 1: to a plane right now, heading over.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, lond waiting for him.

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Speaker 1: Yes, your suitcase, that tnfreecap will be taking care of

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Speaker 1: by my friends Nick and Patrick in the middle of

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Speaker 1: the night. But before that happens, we're going to have

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Speaker 1: a preview show going up a little bit earlier. And

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Speaker 1: I mentioned that because I'm going to actually tape it

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Speaker 1: at the Greenwood Sports Pub in London. And I don't know,

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Speaker 1: I'm just like throwing.

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Speaker 2: This out here. Should I just have people come by

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Speaker 2: if you want to?

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Speaker 3: Are you asking us?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I'll be right there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, if any listeners want to come by. Now, it's

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Speaker 1: not going to be like a live show or anything,

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Speaker 1: so maybe maybe show up like before and it'll just

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Speaker 1: be a nice place to have a beer. And then

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Speaker 1: after we're done we could have some we can have

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Speaker 1: some you know, beers or some fishing.

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Speaker 3: I had a meet up for at and when I

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Speaker 3: went to London, so.

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Speaker 1: That that is at the Greenwood Sports Pub. It's Thursday afternoon,

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Speaker 1: so I know people are working. It's we're we're going

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Speaker 1: to be taping and be there from about twelve to

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Speaker 1: three or so. But we'll be wrapping up between two

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Speaker 1: and three pm. But come along, you know, help out

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Speaker 1: the Bears Sports Pub.

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Speaker 2: Why not.

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Speaker 1: I mean it's kind of wild that they have an

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Speaker 1: official sports pub like it while they're over there, and

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Speaker 1: so that would be fun and it'd be fun to

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Speaker 1: meet some NFL Daily listeners. So that show's going to

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Speaker 1: go up a little later in the feed than the

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Speaker 1: previews show normally does, but it'll still be there pretty

1347
01:02:43,840 --> 01:02:46,920
Speaker 1: early on Thursday, and then yes Sunday, it's going to

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Speaker 1: be a different crew for the recap show.

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Speaker 2: I'm excited to get some voices. I really love.

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Speaker 1: Ally Connelly is going to join me. Nat Kombs is

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Speaker 1: going to be on the show. Phoebe Schechter, who I

1352
01:02:55,400 --> 01:02:57,000
Speaker 1: work with at Sky Sports, is going to be on

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Speaker 1: the show. So it's going to be a lot of fun.

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Speaker 4: I'll miss you, but I won't We'll see you next Tuesday, right,

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Speaker 4: I know.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, like they said, like, hey, how

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01:03:05,560 --> 01:03:06,400
Speaker 2: do you want to do this trip?

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Speaker 1: I said, well, we can do it, but only if

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Speaker 1: it does not disrupt the Colleen and Jordan Shan interfere.

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Speaker 4: This is such a pivot from his outbursts earlier. I know,

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01:03:15,240 --> 01:03:17,760
Speaker 4: What's what's coming down down the pike here.

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Speaker 2: I need to get you in my favor before before it.

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01:03:20,760 --> 01:03:22,440
Speaker 2: You never know what could happen. I hope I make

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01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:23,360
Speaker 2: it back. All right, let's go.

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Speaker 1: That was it for NFL Daily and yes, when it's

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01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:32,360
Speaker 1: time to head over to London, you know that football

1367
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:33,240
Speaker 1: is back.

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Speaker 2: See you on the other side. Have fun.