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Speaker 1: in Allen Park. After a rather somber ride back. We

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Speaker 1: somber playing ride back. Yeah, quiet is a good word

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Speaker 1: to put it. From Minnesota where obviously Lions double digit

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Speaker 1: And that really, to me feels like a game they

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Speaker 1: to talk about um Dan Campbell's decision to kick the

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Speaker 1: to rest um and what by the Seattle's and Seattle's

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Speaker 1: a big one this week, so it's a real it's

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be get right spot. I think this is

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Speaker 1: this is the game that again, like I said before,

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Speaker 1: like Washington, but now I think even coming off this

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Speaker 1: even more heartbreaking road division loss, this is where you're

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Speaker 1: going to see who this team is at this point. Well,

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Speaker 1: we'll see p J and I, who will be here

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Speaker 1: all week breaking down what happened from Minnesota. We'll move

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Speaker 1: on to Seattle midweek and end of the week obviously

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Speaker 1: the twenty in the Huddle podcast this week, I'll have, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, a breakdown of Seattle. I've got a couple

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Speaker 1: of Joshes I think lined up for Josh and Josh

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Speaker 1: I got just a couple of Joshes lined up for

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Speaker 1: the podcast this week, so we'll look, we'll have it

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Speaker 1: all broken down here. Tough loss for Detroit, but they've

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Speaker 1: got to turn around and get right at Verse Seattle

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Speaker 1: next week, so we'll see if they can do it.