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Speaker 1: moham event and filling in, here's Chris Bruce and Rob Parker.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I know it sounds a little different because

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Speaker 1: it is different. It is the Eye Couple. I am

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Speaker 1: Chris Bruce hard alongside my partner Rob Parker, and we

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Speaker 1: are coming to you live from the Fox Sports Radio studios,

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Speaker 1: filling in for Dan Patrick. Of course. This is the

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Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show. What's up, man? How are you? I'm

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Speaker 1: doing great? Happy Thursday, Happy Jackie Robinson Day on this

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Speaker 1: April fifteenth, and Chris I don't know. Is today's still

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Speaker 1: tax day? I don't even because you know last year

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Speaker 1: got moved around. I will be going out to file

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Speaker 1: my tax. Oh okay, you haven't done it yet, Hull.

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Speaker 1: That means we've done everything. We just gotta you know, man,

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Speaker 1: heil it out. Yeah, that made you. That means you're

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Speaker 1: writing the check if you ain't said it out. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but that's a blessing. But you know, you still hate

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Speaker 1: to see it go. Still hate to see it go.

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Speaker 1: But but definitely and you know, Robinson day to you too,

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Speaker 1: no doubt. And we'll talk about that Chris in the

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Speaker 1: second hour, just about his impact and if anybody else

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Speaker 1: ever lived up to what Jackie Robinson did back in

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Speaker 1: nineteen forty seven and after. So we'll do that. Yes,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a great show, and we we we

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Speaker 1: are asking you to keep it locked right here for

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Speaker 1: the next three hours on Fox Sports Radio because we

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Speaker 1: don't think you'll be disappointed. We got so much to

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Speaker 1: get into basketball, football, a little bit of baseball, as

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Speaker 1: Rob said, So we're gonna have a lot of fun

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Speaker 1: and let's start right here. Rob a game that I

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Speaker 1: was really looking forward to some people thought would have

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Speaker 1: been the biggest game of the year, or at least

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Speaker 1: the rest of the season for both Philadelphia and Brooklyn

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Speaker 1: because of the seeding implications, the tie breaking implications for

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Speaker 1: the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. And yet

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Speaker 1: it was a dud. It was. I mean, it actually

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Speaker 1: turned out to be fairly exciting because the Nets made

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Speaker 1: a rally. Yeah, but that was the mop up crew.

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Speaker 1: You gotta be careful. I mean, Chris, you're right. The

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Speaker 1: score looked great, like it was this barn burner, but

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Speaker 1: they were down. Philadelphia took its foot off the gas, right,

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Speaker 1: and then the reserves, who don't get to play that much,

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Speaker 1: they went out there and they balled out, you know.

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Speaker 1: So it looked like that was get up off the

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Speaker 1: But the reason it was a dud was because Kevin

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Speaker 1: Durant was out for the Nets. Blake Griffin was out

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Speaker 1: for the Nets, James Harden was out for the Nets.

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Speaker 1: LaMarcus all Dridge was out for the Nets. Kyrie played,

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Speaker 1: but he had sat out the game before. And Rob,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this, and you know you and I

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Speaker 1: of course, as do all the other analysts on TV

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Speaker 1: and you make picks right. We pick who's gonna win

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Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, we pick who's gonna win the NBA title,

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Speaker 1: and this and that, And you want to be right.

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Speaker 1: You want your picks to be right. It's not so

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Speaker 1: much that you're a fan of that team, but you

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Speaker 1: want your picks to be right. As an analyst, you

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Speaker 1: do obviously, you want to be able to You don't

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Speaker 1: be wrong all the time. You know, you want to say, like,

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Speaker 1: I picked that team and they want and that that

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Speaker 1: tells you my expertise and I know what I'm talking about.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's one. Everybody is wrong. I mean, nobody's

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Speaker 1: we were all right, Chris, we would be living in

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Speaker 1: just be honest. And there's a little bragging, right, especially

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Speaker 1: There's a little bragging, right, So you want your pick

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Speaker 1: But if they win the championship, I think the view

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Speaker 1: regular season. They're treating the regular season like it's the preseason.

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Speaker 1: Real talk. Kevin Durant sat out on the second night

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Speaker 1: He could have played. It might probably wasn't even his decision,

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Speaker 1: point is, Rob, if they win, not to mention, they

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Speaker 1: That's not unprecedented. But still their big three have played

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Speaker 1: the hamstring. But and you know, Rob, it's a copycat league,

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Speaker 1: and I think just like people copy Grgg Popovich who

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Speaker 1: And that's why I don't think it'd be the greatest

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Speaker 1: say to you. First, don't worry about your taxes today.

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Speaker 1: It was extended. The irs moved into May seventeen, so

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Speaker 1: you're good. But the wife is okay. But I'm just

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Speaker 1: telling you you're not gonna be late May seventeenth. It's extended.

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Speaker 1: Thank you to the people who hit us up on

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Speaker 1: Instagram and Twitter. All right, yes, but you are a

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Speaker 1: day late, a dollar short. About this wrecking the NBA.

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Speaker 1: I hate to break it to you. The NBA has

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Speaker 1: already been ranked Chris Broussard. Lebron James wrecked it when

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Speaker 1: he went to Miami and built that super team. Yes,

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Speaker 1: he wrecked the NBA from that standpoint. You remember when

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Speaker 1: Lebron went to the NBA Finals eight years in a row.

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Speaker 1: You remember that, Oh yeah, out of the East, okay,

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Speaker 1: greatness Okay. And then Lebron James, I keep saying, started

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Speaker 1: they went to the NBA Finals five years in a row.

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Speaker 1: We got an overdose of Warriors basketball. First time since

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Speaker 1: the Celtics of the sixties, did a team go to

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Speaker 1: the NBA finals five years in a row? So now

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Speaker 1: you're saying the nets because they've had some injuries, some

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Speaker 1: guys haven't played, Chris, you know this because but I'm

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Speaker 1: saying it not because of their greatness. No, you're talking

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Speaker 1: about because of the right. But I'm saying Lebron James,

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Speaker 1: during his time with the Cavaliers, his second stint, took

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Speaker 1: And so Lebron has already done this, and the nets

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Speaker 1: as if I'm a fan and Chris, if I was

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Speaker 1: ESPN last night, I want a refund on my NBA

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Speaker 1: deal last night. I'm serious. Now. That kills you. That

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Speaker 1: kills I'm telling you. People tuned in and went, Okay,

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Speaker 1: what marathon is on? Is there a wire marathon? Or

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Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Christa, let me binge watch

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Speaker 1: something else because I wanted to see the big game

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Speaker 1: showed out against Philadelphia and the Nets, and it didn't

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Speaker 1: I'm with you on that, and that's the thing. And

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Speaker 1: that players need to start playing. Because, as you said it, Rob,

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Speaker 1: this isn't so much punishment for the players, although it's

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Speaker 1: your job. It's your job, right, But beyond that, Rob,

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Speaker 1: you hit it on the head, it's the fans. It's

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Speaker 1: not fair. First of all, your ticket prices are through

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Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard and Paul George and the Pacers in person,

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Speaker 1: and they're sitting down the bitch in street clothes, not injured.

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Speaker 1: If they're injured, I get it, But if they're not,

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Speaker 1: they're just sitting there. Come on, So I but where

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Speaker 1: I disagree with you? Robbed though, Come on, man, First

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Speaker 1: of all, the NBA is far from ruin. I mean,

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Speaker 1: was great for the league. They are only one two

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Speaker 1: but it was still competitive. And let me do this

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Speaker 1: eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox Chris. Let's throw

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Speaker 1: Eight seven seven nine ninety six sixty three sixty nine.

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Speaker 1: If you want to talk about this, yeah, would it

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Speaker 1: be bad for the league? Call in now? Would it

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Speaker 1: be bad for the NBA? If Brooklyn wins it, just

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Speaker 1: because of the precedent it's setting, other teams may follow.

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Speaker 1: The regular season will be diminished even more. That's my

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Speaker 1: that's my concern, right, I want Brooklyn to win it,

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Speaker 1: but that's my concern. I hear your concerned. But we're

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Speaker 1: already in that era of super teams. Only a couple

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Speaker 1: of teams have it. Lebron started at Chris and now

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Speaker 1: everybody's one up to it. So, like I said, I've

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Speaker 1: said before, if Lebron was my Space and the words

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Speaker 1: what I consider competitive balance. We'll probably never see a

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Speaker 1: Sorry about that? No, oh, David, Okay. Matt in Missouri,

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio. On your Jackie Robinson Day, April fifteen,

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Speaker 1: And it was nineteen forty seven, on this date that

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Speaker 1: Jackie Robinson was the Rookie of the Year in nineteen

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Speaker 1: forty seven, and Chris. Back then there wasn't an al

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Speaker 1: rook to year in an mL just one for the

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Speaker 1: entire league. Jackie Robinson won that award. And remember every

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Speaker 1: baseball writer in the BBWAA back then was white. Every

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Speaker 1: player was white, every owner was white, every umpire was white.

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Speaker 1: And who was the rookie of the year, Jackie Robinson?

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Speaker 1: Why Chris because he could play, because he was great.

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Speaker 1: I think that speaks to in the point you're making

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Speaker 1: is the objectivity of reporters and writers who vote. Now, look,

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Speaker 1: and I'm sure you agree with this, Rob. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: a lot of those white writers were racist, probably, but

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Speaker 1: yet they were like, look, when it comes to my job,

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Speaker 1: I got integrity and this was the best player, so

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Speaker 1: I'm voting for him. And so you're right. Because we

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Speaker 1: catch flak all the time, whether it's All Star games

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Speaker 1: or MVP awards, Jim, they gotta ask the grind all

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Speaker 1: this better be happy that the players don't pick the MVP. Yes,

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Speaker 1: real talk, Yes, I mean we say, Rob. You bring

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Speaker 1: it up all the time. When they first let the

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Speaker 1: players vote for All Star what one hundred and thirty

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Speaker 1: like that didn't vote for lebron a Hunt even more

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00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:21,360
Speaker 1: didn't vote for Durant or something. It was ridiculous, right,

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Speaker 1: So stop it. I mean, we're the ones. We're not

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Speaker 1: tooting our own horn, but let us vote because we

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00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:31,399
Speaker 1: don't have a horse in the race. Really, we don't

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Speaker 1: think that Jackie Robinson voting tells you all you need

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Speaker 1: to know. Seriously, I think for that time. But Chris,

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Speaker 1: when you think about great players who have made an

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Speaker 1: impact in this country, UM, I don't know if there's

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Speaker 1: anybody bigger than Jackie Robinson, but we would love to

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Speaker 1: hear from people, uh and their thoughts eight seven, seven

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Speaker 1: ninety nine on Fox. Muhammad Ali is right up there,

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Speaker 1: Chris as well. I don't. Yeah, it's different ways in

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Speaker 1: which things were there. As I say, I would equate

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Speaker 1: Jackie Robinson to the Martin Luther King of sports. Like

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Speaker 1: you said, non violent, earn the other cheek, you know,

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00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: took all the slights and insults and you know, just

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Speaker 1: still excelled through it, right and still excelled. Mohammed Ali

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00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 1: was more like a Malcolm X and Muhammed Ali. You

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Speaker 1: can't point to a ton of tangible things necessary laws

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Speaker 1: changed and things like that, but psychologically he had such

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Speaker 1: a great impact on the African American community and really

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Speaker 1: in turn America as a whole. That's what Malcolm X was.

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Speaker 1: Malcolm X stood up to the system, said what he

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Speaker 1: wanted to say, called out wrongdoing by whites anytime he

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Speaker 1: wanted to. And that's what Muhammed ileeded. Malcolm X didn't

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Speaker 1: change laws and things like that, but he stood up

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Speaker 1: like a man, and that's what people look, that's what

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Speaker 1: people loved about Muhammad Ali. He was unashamedly black. And

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Speaker 1: the thing, the thing that I always think of Muhammad

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Speaker 1: Ali is black pride. Like he was a prideful man

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Speaker 1: and and he made it like it was good to

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Speaker 1: be black, do you know what I mean? And I

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Speaker 1: think that's what he that's what he uh was able

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Speaker 1: to uh um relate to the to the masses and

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Speaker 1: the black people that you know, black pride, black power

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Speaker 1: like like that's what he the inbodiment of that in sports. Absolutely, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're right. And and to drive the point home about

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Speaker 1: certain athletes inmbiding a portion of black culture and pushing

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Speaker 1: it into the mainstream. Now, this guy is not on

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Speaker 1: the level of Jackie Robinson and Ali buying stretches for

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Speaker 1: as his impact. Well, I was gonna bring up I

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Speaker 1: think you might think I'm bring up somebody else. I

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Speaker 1: was gonna say iverson Alan Irison in terms of the

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Speaker 1: hip hop culture. Then I will yeah, so I was

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Speaker 1: just gonna say that. That's another example of the embodiment

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Speaker 1: of a part of black culture is Alan Irison with

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Speaker 1: the corn Rolls and bringing that into mainstream society. Let

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Speaker 1: me get to lebron because Rob lebron Man, he has

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Speaker 1: done so much. Now, obviously, I mean somebody broke the

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Speaker 1: color line. That was Jackie Robinson. Nobody can compare to

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Speaker 1: that Ali, like you said, just the courage and the

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Speaker 1: black pride he displayed. But Lebron, I think Rob lebron

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Speaker 1: is setting a blueprint. And a lot of people think

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Speaker 1: of the more than a vote, which was great. A

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Speaker 1: lot of people think of the Trayvon Martin you know

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Speaker 1: post with him in the Miami Heat with the hoodies. Great,

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Speaker 1: he's been outspoken about it. That's great. But and that's

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Speaker 1: good and not salute him for that, and I'm proud

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Speaker 1: of him for that and happy he does it. But

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Speaker 1: it doesn't take as much courage to do that today

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Speaker 1: as it took when Muhammad Ali was doing it. No,

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Speaker 1: I agree with that, you know what I'm saying, like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's Muhammad rageous for me and you to do it

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Speaker 1: right as it took our lead. We could do it too,

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Speaker 1: but it's just a different time. But I'm sorry, go ahead, No,

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say, Muhammad Ali didn't know if he'd

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Speaker 1: ever box again or make a living. He didn't know.

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Speaker 1: You know, lebron is a gazillionaire, has plenty of money

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Speaker 1: no matter what, and they can't really he could not

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Speaker 1: play another game for the rest of his life and

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Speaker 1: his generations upon generations or set. But you brought up

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Speaker 1: a great point, Rob, that people lose when they think

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Speaker 1: about Ali. People think of him as all he had

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Speaker 1: to take three years off because he didn't go to Vietnam,

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Speaker 1: and they we talk about it like he knew he

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Speaker 1: was coming back right for all, he knew everything he

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Speaker 1: had worked for since he was twelve years old and

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Speaker 1: started boxing. He threw it away, not for it because

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Speaker 1: he was acting up before a legitimate cause. He was

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Speaker 1: willing to walk away from his individual dream for what

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Speaker 1: he felt was the higher moral principle and for the

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Speaker 1: greater good. Not too many people are willing to do that, Chris.

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Speaker 1: That's why Colin Kaepernick, when you think about where he

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Speaker 1: was in his career and what he did, Chris, the

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Speaker 1: mistreatment and the brutality by police that didn't happen to

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Speaker 1: him or to his family member or anything. These were

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Speaker 1: people he didn't even know, right. Think about that, right,

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Speaker 1: And he didn't even grow up like that. He grew

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Speaker 1: up family exactly. So he for him to take that

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Speaker 1: kind of responsibility, to step out there and give up

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Speaker 1: all that he had worked for as an NFL quarterback

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Speaker 1: speaks volume him. So Kaepernick is another guy we can

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Speaker 1: include in the conversation we got something. A lot of

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00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,920
Speaker 1: people won't want to include him in there, but I

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Speaker 1: was he gave up. He gave up his career, and

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Speaker 1: I think Rob, a lot of people talk about you know,

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Speaker 1: well he did. Some people say, oh, he did it

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Speaker 1: for publicity or what. No, not me. If he was

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Speaker 1: a start, if he was still a star, because remember

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Speaker 1: he was a star for about two or three years.

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Speaker 1: If he was still a superstar, it would have been

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Speaker 1: easier to do it because he would have he was

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00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:31,919
Speaker 1: so good they would have kept him in the league.

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Speaker 1: But he was play at that backup. He was a backup.

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Speaker 1: To do that as a backup, it's huge and shows

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Speaker 1: didn't really means something for you. Let me throw this

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Speaker 1: out though, before we go to the college, Rob Lebron James.

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Speaker 1: I don't want it to be lost what he's doing

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00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 1: when I say, I really believe Rob that Lebron James

554
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 1: is setting the blueprint for what African American athletes should

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00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 1: be doing today. And by what I'm saying is you, Rob,

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00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 1: you and I remember we were covering the league when

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00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 1: kind of entourages became big, right, you know, God brothers,

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00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:11,280
Speaker 1: you know, make it to the league. And they got

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00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: three or four of their best friends that they grew

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00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,400
Speaker 1: up with just hanging around them. They kicking it, traveling

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Speaker 1: with them. All that fine, right, right, I mean, and

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00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,719
Speaker 1: and they your boys, So they didn't mean to do it,

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00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,000
Speaker 1: and you certainly didn't mean to do it. But in

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00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: a lot of cases, they end up just sucking your money, right,

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00:35:29,600 --> 00:35:32,879
Speaker 1: hangers on her right because they just you, you pay

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Speaker 1: if everything for him, and they're not developing themselves in

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Speaker 1: the career or anything. Lebron said, Look, I got my boys.

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna put you guys in position. I'm gonna use

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Speaker 1: my position to put you in position to become moguls

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Speaker 1: in your own right. And Rich Paul has become the

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Speaker 1: most right now, He's arguably the most powerful agent in

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Speaker 1: the NBA. You got Maverick Carter who is now a

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Speaker 1: media mogul with Springhill Entertainment and all of that, and

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00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:10,160
Speaker 1: they just there were just some news that oh they're

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Speaker 1: gonna you know, you got Space Jam coming out. But

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Speaker 1: now they're gonna do House Party, which I think would

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Speaker 1: be great because I thought that was a great movie.

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00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:19,360
Speaker 1: So they're doing a remake of House Party. But my

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Speaker 1: point is, I would like to see these brothers instead

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00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: of just having your boys hang out and kick it,

581
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,400
Speaker 1: which you can do that too, but put them in

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Speaker 1: position to empower themselves. When Lebron retires, Rich Paul still

583
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: be powerful, Maverick Carter still be powerful, and then people

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Speaker 1: they've brought up under them. I would like to see

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Speaker 1: more guys do that. Send your boy to college? Yeah,

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00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: I mean seriously, say you you got good years to graduate.

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00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,160
Speaker 1: My man, when you come out, you can be my

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00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:51,080
Speaker 1: business manager or whatever. But use your your connection to

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Speaker 1: Nike to get them a job with Nike. You Rob,

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Speaker 1: you know that that's how this business works. Who you

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00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 1: know or this this this corporate world. So Lebron, I

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00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 1: don't want to it to be lost. What he's done,

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00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 1: He's taking it to a new level. So I put

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Speaker 1: him in that group. Okay, that's fair eight seven, seven

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Speaker 1: ninety nine. On Fox. Let's go to Eddie and Seattle.

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Speaker 1: You're on the Dan Patrick Show Fox Sports Radio. What's

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00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:19,399
Speaker 1: up Eddie. Hey, guys, I'd like to say you all

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Speaker 1: breath of fresh air, and I like to commend you

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Speaker 1: before I do my comment on how you try to

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00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:30,320
Speaker 1: always keep things positive even on serious subjects. Dan Patrick

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00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,760
Speaker 1: and Amy Adams does that as well. It's very appreciated.

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00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: You're not selling Wolf tickets or things like that. It's

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Speaker 1: really appreciated. I have to to add. I would add

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan's money wise, I don't think anybody's gonna ever

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Speaker 1: give Lebron credit. It'll be years. It's like he's one

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00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,839
Speaker 1: of those people that people hate so much that I

607
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: can't even enjoy him sometimes when he plays. But on

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00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,760
Speaker 1: the side of love, be more hating. Oh, I love him, okay,

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00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:04,760
Speaker 1: because I think he's I think a lot of people

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Speaker 1: love Lebron, but he's polarizing. He's polarized. Yeah, I feel

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Speaker 1: like too, but he's polarizing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: it's a media polarization. And then I would add Jack Johnson,

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Speaker 1: So mine would be I'm not when I saw uh

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Speaker 1: when he ran around on the basis when he broke

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00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:28,120
Speaker 1: Bayes Ruth record, But I thought the guy that ran

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Speaker 1: out there was gonna kill him first. I'm with you

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Speaker 1: on the number one. I like that, you know, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: punch the dude or something like. Thank thanks for the call, man,

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Speaker 1: We appreciate it. How about Susan and Florida. You're on

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Speaker 1: the Dan Patrick's show Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Susan, Yeah, Hike,

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Speaker 1: thank you for checking my call. Um. You know, I'm

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Speaker 1: thinking about what Jackie Robinson and how brave Branch rookie

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Speaker 1: was to um have Jackie Robinson play because you and

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Speaker 1: almost anticipate the hatred that was going to come from

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Speaker 1: the stands and some other players and maybe the opposing manager.

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Speaker 1: So it was good to see that. I mean, I

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00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 1: wasn't born yet, but I heard the story of that,

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Speaker 1: and while I'm at it, I don't know if you

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Speaker 1: are aware, but in the American League there was also

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Speaker 1: a black player that was one of the great first

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Speaker 1: to break a black but I don't remember his name

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Speaker 1: or whatever. Became a couple of weeks later or like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and he played for the Cleveland Indians and a great man.

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Speaker 1: Thank thanks Susan for the call, because you remember when

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Speaker 1: he was with the Nets, right, he was a nuts

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Speaker 1: front office guy, Larry Dobe, and I got to meet

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Speaker 1: him and get to know him. And what a great man,

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Speaker 1: Larry Dobe. And You're right, he does get lost in history.

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Speaker 1: I'm glad you brought him up because it was only

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Speaker 1: two weeks later after Jackie uh ed in Wisconsin. You're

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Speaker 1: on the Dan Patrick Show Fox Sports Radio. What's up? Ed?

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Speaker 1: Hey man, what's up? Thank you for all you do.

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Speaker 1: You're pretty caller. Your previous color stole a little bit

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Speaker 1: of my thunder, but to expand upon her thought, mister

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Speaker 1: branch Ricky, if for you guys may or may not know,

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00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: he consulted Joe Lewis because Jackie Robinson actually when he

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Speaker 1: was in the military punched the superior officer and knocked

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Speaker 1: him out. And branch Ricky was thinking twice. But he

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Speaker 1: consulted with Joe Lewis because Joe Lewis knew him very well,

650
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Speaker 1: and Joe Lewis vouch for him, and and and you

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Speaker 1: know what I love and that if you saw the

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Speaker 1: movie forty two, and you know branch Ricky's full story.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't like he was just a saint and wanted

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Speaker 1: to do right, like he was a businessman branch Rick correct.

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Speaker 1: And the reason he did this was he had a

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Speaker 1: team in Brooklyn, that one selling tickets and he sees

657
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Speaker 1: all these black people walking around the streets of Brooklyn

658
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Speaker 1: and he's like, how can I get those people in

659
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Speaker 1: my ball part? That's really what am I right? I

660
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Speaker 1: mean correct, correct, I'm getting stamped exactly. But thank you

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Speaker 1: for the call, Thank you for the call. We got

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Speaker 1: Robert Woods la rams wide receiver. Man got a new quarterback.

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Speaker 1: See if he's excited, he'll join us shortly. Keep it

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Speaker 1: locked right here on The Dan Patrick Show. It's the

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Speaker 1: Eye couple of Chris Bruce Art and Roy Parker filling in.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be

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Speaker 1: the Great DMX. We're the Odd Couple Chris Brusar and

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker filling in for Dan Patrick. This is the

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00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,200
Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show and we're coming to you live from

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00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: the Fox Sports Radio Studios. Our next guest is Los

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Speaker 1: Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods. He's here on behalf

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Speaker 1: of Castro, who is partnering with Robert and the LA

685
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Speaker 1: Rams this season. Robert's bringing awareness to the importance of

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Speaker 1: sustainability and is partnering with Castro to demonstrate how everyone

687
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Speaker 1: can take small steps to help create a more sustainable future.

688
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Speaker 1: And he'll be joining us momentarily. But Rob, that was

689
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Speaker 1: an interesting, really good topic on Jackie Robinson, and I

690
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: thought some callers brought up some really interesting points about that.

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Speaker 1: No doubt about it, I mean no doubt and it's

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Speaker 1: a great day to reflect, Chris, and also for people,

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Speaker 1: it's it's still inspiring that you can make change. People

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Speaker 1: can make changes in this world, Chris, no doubt you

695
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:27,439
Speaker 1: can make changes. Yes, it can be done when all

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Speaker 1: things look bleak and it looks like things can't happen,

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Speaker 1: or you know it's unfair or whatever. You know, if

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Speaker 1: people good people are willing to band together and do

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Speaker 1: what's right, and allowing Blackie Jackie Robinson to play Major

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Speaker 1: League baseball, Chris, change this country and how black people

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Speaker 1: were viewed. And you think about nineteen forty seven, that's

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Speaker 1: twenty years before the Civil Rights movement. You know, it

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Speaker 1: had to be bleak in this country in nineteen forty seven,

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Speaker 1: it was definitely bleak, and like you said, he had

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Speaker 1: the courage to go out there and do it. And

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Speaker 1: I've said it before, Rob to you, and I hate

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Speaker 1: to say this because it's not I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: a compliment to our country, But if African Americans weren't

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Speaker 1: so good in sports, I don't think we'd be as

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Speaker 1: accepted as we are today. And we still got problems today.

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Speaker 1: I really don't. If we were just hardbridge we Roka,

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Speaker 1: we had a few guys here there. I really don't.

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Speaker 1: I hate to say it because it shouldn't be based

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Speaker 1: on how fast you are, how high you can jump,

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Speaker 1: how great you are at baseball or basketball or whatever.

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Speaker 1: It should be based on your humanity. So I don't disagree.

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Speaker 1: I don't disagree with you. I think that in this

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Speaker 1: country because how important athletics and sports is woven to

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Speaker 1: our society, Chris for us, there's all these great thinking

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Speaker 1: people and ideas and smart people and whatnot, but they

721
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,719
Speaker 1: don't get the politicians whatever. They don't get nearly the

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Speaker 1: praise or the love that black athletes get right after.

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Speaker 1: That's why those guys often are looked too. You know,

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Speaker 1: people say, oh, I don't want sports to be mixed

725
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Speaker 1: in with my politics or you know, or these these

726
00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,879
Speaker 1: things to be mixed in with my sports. But that's

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Speaker 1: I'm sorry, that's the entryway, and those are the people

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Speaker 1: get rid of the athletes bring up. Right, We don't

729
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Speaker 1: want to bring it up either, but we got to

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Speaker 1: because we keep having these problems. So all right or not, No,

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Speaker 1: let's get to Robert Woods, la Rams wide receiver. As

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Speaker 1: I said, he's here on behalf of Castro, which is

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Speaker 1: partnering with Robert and the Rams and they're bringing awareness

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Speaker 1: to the importance of sustainability and partnering to demonstrate how

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Speaker 1: everyone can take small steps to help create a more

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Speaker 1: sustainable future. Robert, welcome to the Day and Patrick Show.

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Speaker 1: And can you can expound on what you're doing with

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Speaker 1: castro Yeah, thank you as for having me. Uh yeah,

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00:46:08,120 --> 00:46:12,799
Speaker 1: partnered up with castrow UM. We we're raising awareness UM

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Speaker 1: locally and across the United States. We're traveling and trying

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Speaker 1: to reduce our impact on our environment anyway we can. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Two weeks ago, we were just in Los Angeles cleaning

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Speaker 1: up the park. We have volunteers come out and with

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00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:32,600
Speaker 1: Keep America Beautiful. Uh, they came out as well. We

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Speaker 1: were able to have a good group of people to

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Speaker 1: come out and clean up the streets, pick up waste

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Speaker 1: and trash in our in our communities and even for

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Speaker 1: away games. This year, we'll be every city we visit,

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Speaker 1: we'll be doing the same, asking volunteers to come out

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Speaker 1: and be a part of it. And if they can't,

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00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,359
Speaker 1: really just trying to have an impact anyway they can,

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Speaker 1: whether it's in their own homes, limiting electricity, electricity they

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Speaker 1: use UM recycling, using less classic public transportation. Really any

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Speaker 1: any way can help, and they could they could join

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Speaker 1: the team like that anyway possible, Robert, how do you

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Speaker 1: get people to understand because the biggest thing is I

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00:47:19,440 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: think most people don't think even the little bit means

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Speaker 1: anything or or you know what I mean, is changing things.

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00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:29,120
Speaker 1: But if you could get people to understand that every

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Speaker 1: little bit actually does count, you know what I mean,

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00:47:31,880 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 1: the little stuff that you do at your house, recycling

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Speaker 1: and things like that does make a difference. How hard

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Speaker 1: is it to get that point across to people? Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I was listening to you guys arm Saton a little

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00:47:44,160 --> 00:47:48,360
Speaker 1: bit earlier. It's just having an impact, inspiring Um we

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Speaker 1: as a leader then and athletes were able to h

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Speaker 1: put a spotlight on this and be able to encourage

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Speaker 1: other other players to come out, um telling a France

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Speaker 1: to come out. And really, once you you know, get going,

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00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,680
Speaker 1: it's kind of inevitable. You want to keep it going

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Speaker 1: and keep the change going. And that's why the Driving

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Speaker 1: for Change program is there. Um, this is just to

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Speaker 1: start a kickstart, encouraging fans to be a part of it.

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Speaker 1: And I think once you inspire others, how important this

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Speaker 1: is to our environment into our communities. I think it'll

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Speaker 1: it'll it will transition into that right now with inspirational

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Speaker 1: bringing people aboard and showing them the small steps they

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Speaker 1: can take. All right, Robert, you you've been with the

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Speaker 1: Rams four years and it's been a great I mean,

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Speaker 1: it's been a really good four years. Three times in

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Speaker 1: the playoffs, once to the Super Bowl. I'm sure. I mean,

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Speaker 1: we can just look at your numbers and see, did

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Speaker 1: you add a good connection, A great connection with Jared Goff.

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Speaker 1: What were your thoughts when they traded him away for

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Speaker 1: Matt Stafford. Yeah, a great connection with them. I always

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Speaker 1: tell you know, that's best quarterback I had, Jared, that'st

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Speaker 1: quarterback I had. But m really just just becoming a

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Speaker 1: part of that offense and being able to um showcase

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Speaker 1: my game and showcase my talents as not only as

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Speaker 1: a blocker but as a true receiver. My credit after

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Speaker 1: this offense and Jared being able to um place the

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Speaker 1: ball on the right spot at the right time. You know,

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Speaker 1: got to the Super Bowl, had many playoff runs, and

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Speaker 1: really I was I was shocked when when the trade happened,

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Speaker 1: because you know, it's like, oh man, this is our

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Speaker 1: this is our quarterback, is our franchise quarterback, and just

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Speaker 1: that the trade was the shocking and then also exciting

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Speaker 1: at the same time. To get a guy like Matthew Stafford,

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Speaker 1: a guy who was accomplished so much in the NFL

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Speaker 1: UM always one of the top leaders and passing yards

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00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:53,080
Speaker 1: um and as a receiver, you know, you gotta appreciate that.

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00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:56,640
Speaker 1: Always having a quarterbacks who can place the ball in

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Speaker 1: his receivers fans, and he had Calvin Johnson, a first

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Speaker 1: ballot Hall of Fame receiver. But are you surprised though

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Speaker 1: that Stafford never won a playoff game in Detroit in

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Speaker 1: twelve years. Like he has a lot of individual stats,

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Speaker 1: but the Lions didn't win a lot. Yeah, I would

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Speaker 1: say that's why it's a perfect combination for our team.

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Speaker 1: You see with our offense and actually our whole team,

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Speaker 1: the success we have been able to make the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: I want to say three out of the four years

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Speaker 1: had a Super Bowl run. And then to get a

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Speaker 1: guy like Stafford who has all the personal stats, who

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Speaker 1: did have Nate Burlison on his other side, Calvin Johnson

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Speaker 1: also with Golden Tate. He's always had good receivers, so

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Speaker 1: I think really just to get him a part of

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Speaker 1: our winning coacher on our team would be really good

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Speaker 1: for him and his career to finally put it together.

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Speaker 1: Let's bring our our winning culture with his winning personality together,

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Speaker 1: and let's accomplish some great things. The Rams, they obviously

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Speaker 1: think this is an upgrade. Do you feel that way?

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Speaker 1: We gotta see. Um, you know, I would say, you

823
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Speaker 1: gotta see it's it's different. You know, this is a

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Speaker 1: whole new environment for Stafford to come leaving Detroit. He's

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00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:16,640
Speaker 1: been in one place his whole career. Um, you know

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Speaker 1: I would I would love for it to be an upgrade. Uh,

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Speaker 1: because this are the things that we accomplished with Jared Goff.

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Speaker 1: I think if we do have an upgraded quarterback, I

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00:51:26,719 --> 00:51:30,719
Speaker 1: think that's huge for our team. Um, been in the playoffs,

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Speaker 1: I think this could get us over the hump. If so,

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Speaker 1: get us get us into that super Bowl and finally

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Speaker 1: win it. We got there with Jared. But let's see

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00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:41,400
Speaker 1: with with Matthew Stafford and bringing to this offense. Uh.

834
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Speaker 1: He does, he does have some stuff to prove. Like

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Speaker 1: you said, he hasn't won any playoff games. He has

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Speaker 1: the individual stats, but I mean where where a teammates?

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Speaker 1: Now where are the guys and we're going to help

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Speaker 1: him accomplish these things. Robert, We've heard from a lot

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Speaker 1: of baseball players and uh NBA players now that the

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00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:04,319
Speaker 1: allowing fans in the ballpark. As a football player, what

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Speaker 1: was it like a year ago, you know, with no

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Speaker 1: fans and and the you know at the beautiful new

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Speaker 1: home of stadium for you guys here in Los Angeles,

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Speaker 1: and then the idea of maybe the commissioner said, maybe

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Speaker 1: there's full stands come football season. Is that something that

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00:52:22,520 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 1: was different playing not playing in front of fans. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: last year was like, you know, you're going to the stadiums,

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Speaker 1: it's quiet. You hear the air conditioning running. It's like

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Speaker 1: it's like glorified. You're able to you can hear for

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Speaker 1: guy did eat his stomach was growling right or something. Seriously.

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Speaker 1: So I look forward to you know, having fans um

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Speaker 1: come come back into the stadium, uh and really being

853
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:55,800
Speaker 1: able to see our stadium for the first time. Um,

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00:52:55,800 --> 00:52:59,200
Speaker 1: it's really a great atmosphere. Uh. I can't wait for

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Speaker 1: so far stadium to be filled, the affinity, for affinity

856
00:53:02,320 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 1: board to be seen. I think we have the best

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Speaker 1: stadium in the NFL, and it needs to be filled

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Speaker 1: with fans, screaming rams fans, and from a player's perspective,

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00:53:14,840 --> 00:53:17,560
Speaker 1: just feeling that energy again. You know, it makes the

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00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:23,279
Speaker 1: moments even bigger, It makes the winds more enjoyable. And

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Speaker 1: being able to interact with the fans when you score touchdowns.

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Speaker 1: It's very, very mellable. Can't wait for these things to

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Speaker 1: get back into play and pack out our new stadium

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Speaker 1: as possible. Robert I talk a lot about quarterbacks and intangibles. Um,

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Speaker 1: you look at Tom Brady, Joe Montana, like what made

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00:53:45,920 --> 00:53:48,960
Speaker 1: them so great was not just were really not their

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Speaker 1: arm strength or anything like that, their athleticism. I think

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00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:55,719
Speaker 1: a big part of it is their intangibles. Their ability

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Speaker 1: to lead the locker room, to get everybody to follow them,

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00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:02,640
Speaker 1: to get everybody need to believe in them. You're a receiver,

871
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:07,160
Speaker 1: so that you can clearly see that either lacking or

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00:54:07,200 --> 00:54:10,719
Speaker 1: that as a strength of a quarterback. Can you kind

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00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:14,040
Speaker 1: of for those the layman out there that don't really

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00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:17,440
Speaker 1: understand that or pooh poo intangiles, can you kind of

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00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:22,239
Speaker 1: talk about the importance of that and even describe it, like,

876
00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:24,080
Speaker 1: how do you know if a guy has it. What

877
00:54:24,280 --> 00:54:26,880
Speaker 1: is it about a guy that can make the team

878
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:30,879
Speaker 1: want to follow him and believe in him and all that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I would say first it comes with your your your

880
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:36,720
Speaker 1: your work ethic, your attitude, how you approach the game

881
00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 1: in the weight room, film, film study, and on the

882
00:54:41,239 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 1: practice field. I think all these things have an impact.

883
00:54:45,560 --> 00:54:47,680
Speaker 1: And of course your your play has to back it up.

884
00:54:48,040 --> 00:54:51,640
Speaker 1: And especially at the quarterback position or either on you.

885
00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:57,360
Speaker 1: You are the leader of the team, regardless of aids

886
00:54:57,400 --> 00:55:02,719
Speaker 1: and how many years experience. UM. So really I would think, UM,

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position is one of the key positions that

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Speaker 1: make a team. And with our team having a lot

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Speaker 1: of leadership president, UM, it's very key because we're able

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Speaker 1: to um just have our our quarterback have the confidence

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00:55:18,239 --> 00:55:21,040
Speaker 1: because we have them the confidence as well in him.

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00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:24,200
Speaker 1: But even just our play, our defensive play. We have

893
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:27,680
Speaker 1: great guys on the defensive side. And really I always

894
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:32,440
Speaker 1: credit UH success to confidence in this league. As long

895
00:55:32,480 --> 00:55:35,760
Speaker 1: as you're able to keep your your quarterback confident, UM

896
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:39,160
Speaker 1: have them believing in itself. Being a leader. UH. We

897
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:43,680
Speaker 1: always do do self talk and and talking to our teammates,

898
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:47,160
Speaker 1: hyping them up before the games because really when you

899
00:55:47,200 --> 00:55:51,160
Speaker 1: believe it, and um, like oho thing you if you

900
00:55:51,200 --> 00:55:53,560
Speaker 1: believe you can achieve it. It's really true at this level.

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Speaker 1: Let me ask you one last thing, and and I

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00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:00,960
Speaker 1: know you know you were happy with ya. Golf guys

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00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:04,360
Speaker 1: had a connection. But when you look around the NFL

904
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Speaker 1: and you see some of these other quarterbacks and you see, uh,

905
00:56:07,440 --> 00:56:11,520
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers or Patrick Mahomes or Tom Brady, look at

906
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:14,080
Speaker 1: those guys and go, you know, like, what it would

907
00:56:14,160 --> 00:56:18,040
Speaker 1: be like to be a receiver for one of those guys?

908
00:56:19,040 --> 00:56:24,280
Speaker 1: Is it hard not to think about? Now? I don't obviously,

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00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:26,000
Speaker 1: I mean obviously you will. Let me take that back.

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00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:28,400
Speaker 1: You do obviously think about playing with Tom Brady. I

911
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:32,640
Speaker 1: think every receiver's dream would be to play with Tom

912
00:56:32,680 --> 00:56:35,919
Speaker 1: Brady and just experience. Um, would it like to play

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Speaker 1: with one of the greatest players and greatest quarterbacks of

914
00:56:38,320 --> 00:56:44,279
Speaker 1: all time? But the others, No, obviously they're good and

915
00:56:44,480 --> 00:56:48,120
Speaker 1: uh we're good at what they do. Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 1: They're some of the best in the game. But I'd

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Speaker 1: rather I'd rather rock with with my quarterback who I've

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Speaker 1: grinded it with and and put in the sweat and

919
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:02,360
Speaker 1: the tears, and I have total confidence in and and

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00:57:02,480 --> 00:57:04,880
Speaker 1: our quarterbacks played when we had Jared, now that we

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Speaker 1: have Stafford as well. Um, I'd rather rock with with

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Speaker 1: our guy. And Robert is a smart man. You are

923
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Speaker 1: a smart man. He's like about to go through the football.

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Speaker 1: All Right, I'm gonna say nothing that's gonna stop me

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Speaker 1: from getting to football because I want to play with

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers or Patrick Valls. Right and even like you said,

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Speaker 1: it's the tandem. It's Aaron Rodgers and another receiver. I'll

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Speaker 1: take myself and our quarterback over anybody else. All Right. Well, wait,

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Speaker 1: y'all got close last year, so we will be watching

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Speaker 1: and looking for some big things from you guys this year.

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Speaker 1: That's Robert Woods, thanks a lot, Rams wide receiver, Thanks

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Speaker 1: a lot man. We appreciate it. Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 1: Thanks Chris, thank yeah. All right, it is the ID couple.

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Speaker 1: Chris Bruce or Rob Parker in for Dan Patrick. This

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