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Speaker 1: Hey everybody, Chris Harry with you on the Chargers Training

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Speaker 1: Camp podcast. Day two was a rap from Coasta, Mesa

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Speaker 1: and Tuesday the pads are Gonna come on at the

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Speaker 1: Jackhambitt Sports Complex. Today we catch up with Hunter Henry

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Speaker 1: and Brandon Mebane after practice, But first I sat down

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Speaker 1: with NFL dot COM's Greg Rosenthal to get his thoughts

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Speaker 1: on this Chargers team entering twenty seventeen. Mike Clicher to

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Speaker 1: welcome Greg Rosenthal of NFL dot Com to the Chargers

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Speaker 1: Training Camp podcasts. Greg, how you doing, buddy? I'm doing well. Fun,

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Speaker 1: fun day out here. Day two. Would you would you think?

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Speaker 1: You know? It's early. I wish I came tomorrow, on

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Speaker 1: Tuesday or Wednesday. You know, when the full pads and

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Speaker 1: when they're really hitting, you get a better field. But

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Speaker 1: they they put on a show. I think the offense

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Speaker 1: they did on Day one. Yeah, Philip Rivers was slinging around.

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen looked to be in mid season for today.

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen versus Casey Hayward. That was what I was watching,

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Speaker 1: but like that is an awesome, underrated almost perfect for

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Speaker 1: a pads less practice type of matchup because Keenan Allen's

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Speaker 1: you're just like watching them, that's what I was doing.

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Speaker 1: other and like it's a blur. And Keenan Allen, just

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Speaker 1: watching closely and he looked good. This offense with Keenan

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Speaker 1: Allen coming in and we talked about this yesterday, Tyrolle,

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Speaker 1: Williams Don Trew Imman got some work that they weren't

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Speaker 1: necessarily going to get in twenty sixteen. How much more

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Speaker 1: explosive can this offense be with Hunter Henry taking the

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Speaker 1: that should be us. That should be us in six

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Speaker 1: or seven years. You know that that's a lot to ask,

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Speaker 1: But I think Gordon and Hunter Henry can be top

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Speaker 1: you get Dan Feeney for Slamp two with a highly

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Speaker 1: What do you think Melvin Gordon? I think he was

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Speaker 1: I like watching good offense, but you gotta see it.

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Speaker 1: think to me, it's telling to get two former head

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Speaker 1: look at this AFC, not just act. AFC West is

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Speaker 1: But I've trusted this staff in Cincinnati to develop players.

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Speaker 1: nice way and bred absolutely thank you. Okay, that's gonna

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Speaker 1: thanks to Greg Rosenthal, Hunter Henry, and Brandon Mebane for

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