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Speaker 1: And Huddle is a production of the NFL in partnership

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Speaker 2: Robertson, letil a big weekend on Monday and night in

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Speaker 2: Las Vegas as the Raiders end up taking care of

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Speaker 3: We are taking care of business right here on the

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Speaker 3: l Huddle podcast. What's up everybody? What's good?

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Speaker 4: I'm will Selva, my Prima, my Ermana, my Prima Rmana,

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Speaker 4: m J. Casa Ruiz joining us at night at the

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Speaker 4: time of this de morny because she.

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Speaker 3: Is in London, in Londress. How's it been. You were

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Speaker 3: at the game between the Bills and the Jags.

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Speaker 5: Come on, let's the game. Let's start with the game,

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Speaker 5: because I think that's for sure been the highlight of

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Speaker 5: the trip so far. Everything has been fab thought the

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Speaker 5: game was as close to playoff atmosphere as you can get.

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Speaker 5: The NFL UK fans showed up and showed out. There

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Speaker 5: were over sixty one thousand people at Tottenham Stadium on

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Speaker 5: Sunday for Jaguars Bills. That is the largest crowd that

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Speaker 5: has ever been at Tottenham and in my opinion, La

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Speaker 5: Mas the loudest by far that I have ever heard

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Speaker 5: in a regular season game. It was incredible. I mean

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Speaker 5: I got chills looking around, and of course, yes, I

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Speaker 5: think we remember from a couple of years back and

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Speaker 5: you could see all these different jerseys right, like a

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Speaker 3: An really Bill's mafia last lots.

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Speaker 5: Of Bills mafia, yes, and a lot of folks who

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Speaker 5: it was mostly not mostly, but a good contingent of

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Speaker 5: it was like a beautiful mix of both of them.

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Speaker 5: It was really really exciting, very cool.

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Speaker 3: What did you think of the theory that the Bills

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Speaker 3: How real is that? Because the Bills offense looked like

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Speaker 3: it was sleepwalking when the game started, in almost for

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Speaker 5: No question. I think I believe that it did play

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Speaker 5: a big role, right. I think if you asked somebody

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Speaker 5: in the locker room, they might say something different. But

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Speaker 5: I'm in the middle of that jet lag right now,

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Speaker 5: and I got here I think a day before, if

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Speaker 5: And it's serious. I mean, halfway through that game, I

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Speaker 5: was in game hosting and my co host for the day, Sam,

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Speaker 5: who's the Olympic gold medal She's just unbelievable. I looked

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Speaker 5: the eyes. She's like, you're right. That's the things I

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Speaker 5: I don't know, I don't know if I am, I'm

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Speaker 5: It was just, you know, you get to a point

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Speaker 5: I couldn't at that point. We were halfway through the game,

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Speaker 3: That's rough.

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Speaker 5: So I only imagine having to go full speed against

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Speaker 5: It's a lot. I think there's a lot to be

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Speaker 3: Well, you mentioned the fans and who was there, and

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Speaker 5: There, No question, I mean that was like the funny

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Speaker 5: Joe Daley came you remember.

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Speaker 5: So he flew over and was hosting a bunch of

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Speaker 3: Now, are you going to be like my parents? I

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Speaker 3: don't know if your prayers were like this, but every

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Speaker 5: Now, first of all, I can't even use the shampoo

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Speaker 3: Yeah, al right, No. One of the things that I saw.

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Speaker 3: Following you on Instagram is always such a treat because

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Speaker 3: coolest thing was hearing everybody saying sweet carrots. Oh my gosh,

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Speaker 3: how electric was the atmosphere when that was happening.

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Speaker 5: I mean, do we have it? Can we hear it?

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Speaker 5: But oh my goodness, they love this song, love it

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Speaker 5: but they were like two on field security. Great security,

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Speaker 5: That was like the unbelievable atmosphere. That was something I'll

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Speaker 3: Was was your heart? Was your heart beating a little

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Speaker 5: I'm like, these folks don't know me here, right, They're like,

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Speaker 5: the fans here were unbelievable, so welcoming. They were so

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Speaker 3: Answers me right, right, right, it's just quiet.

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Speaker 5: But it wasn't like that at all. Everybody was really

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Speaker 3: How does it compare to the game in Mexico City.

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Speaker 5: Oh, very different, very different, but equally as powerful, right,

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Speaker 5: two very different vibes. Of course, there's completely different countries.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. And now we have the Ravens and the Titans.

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Speaker 3: We're going to be playing on NFL Network and that

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Speaker 5: I think it's going to be a really physical game, right,

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Speaker 5: it's it's always interesting to see them acclimate and most

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Speaker 5: But even that like really affects you because while the

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Speaker 5: So I'm very curious to see these type of physical

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Speaker 3: Yeah wow, love the insight, Love the fact that you

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Speaker 3: on your ig and seeing what you're doing over there.

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Speaker 3: Looks like you were having an absolute blast.

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Speaker 5: And by the by the way, Will and I'm not

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Speaker 3: what's up. I'm glad you're with us. No I have.

433
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Speaker 9: I mean, there's there's been a couple of teams that

434
00:23:45,246 --> 00:23:48,806
Speaker 9: you fill in mid season then they don't really know,

435
00:23:49,006 --> 00:23:53,366
Speaker 9: like them even knowing your name. They just know that

436
00:23:53,406 --> 00:23:56,926
Speaker 9: you're a new guy. And and after you start hot

437
00:23:56,966 --> 00:23:59,686
Speaker 9: and they're making kids, I'm like, oh, really, let me

438
00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:01,806
Speaker 9: let me see who that is and talk to him,

439
00:24:01,886 --> 00:24:07,806
Speaker 9: get to know them a little more. So it's but no, no,

440
00:24:07,966 --> 00:24:12,046
Speaker 9: no jerks out there the Hey, there's probably a lot

441
00:24:12,086 --> 00:24:15,406
Speaker 9: of you guys that know light kickers, uh, because how

442
00:24:15,486 --> 00:24:18,406
Speaker 9: much you know, it can sometimes depend on them and

443
00:24:18,446 --> 00:24:20,006
Speaker 9: they don't forward.

444
00:24:20,126 --> 00:24:23,366
Speaker 8: But they're usually let you be a.

445
00:24:23,326 --> 00:24:28,246
Speaker 3: Bro caral, what would you or what would your older

446
00:24:28,326 --> 00:24:33,646
Speaker 3: self your present self say to your younger self about

447
00:24:33,646 --> 00:24:36,966
Speaker 3: the preparation of being an NFL kicker.

448
00:24:40,286 --> 00:24:43,606
Speaker 9: That's a that's a actually a grave warm because that's

449
00:24:43,606 --> 00:24:45,446
Speaker 9: something that you know. I got off to a good

450
00:24:45,486 --> 00:24:48,886
Speaker 9: start in my career in Kansas City, and I got

451
00:24:48,926 --> 00:24:52,326
Speaker 9: injured my fourth year. And I think just being your

452
00:24:52,766 --> 00:24:56,206
Speaker 9: uh you know, feeling fresh, I just felt like I

453
00:24:56,246 --> 00:24:58,846
Speaker 9: could kick a lot of balls at practice and and

454
00:24:58,886 --> 00:25:03,726
Speaker 9: I ever feel the consequences of it. But eventually it's

455
00:25:03,726 --> 00:25:08,246
Speaker 9: starting to catch up with me because I wasn't my

456
00:25:08,246 --> 00:25:11,646
Speaker 9: my regime, my routine wasn't like as like kind of

457
00:25:12,446 --> 00:25:15,566
Speaker 9: precise in and dialed in as it is now. Uh

458
00:25:15,606 --> 00:25:17,686
Speaker 9: So I would go out, I would just kick a

459
00:25:17,726 --> 00:25:21,286
Speaker 9: lot of balls until a lot have confidence and uh

460
00:25:21,806 --> 00:25:24,926
Speaker 9: and and that's how I thought it was going to

461
00:25:24,966 --> 00:25:27,406
Speaker 9: be the right thing to do. But after injuring your

462
00:25:27,486 --> 00:25:31,206
Speaker 9: kick King, I thought I learned a lot of things

463
00:25:31,206 --> 00:25:34,846
Speaker 9: along the way just to that just like a lot

464
00:25:34,886 --> 00:25:37,606
Speaker 9: of reps doesn't mean that it's going to be a

465
00:25:37,686 --> 00:25:38,366
Speaker 9: quality day.

466
00:25:38,646 --> 00:25:40,886
Speaker 8: So I like to just keep.

467
00:25:40,806 --> 00:25:43,446
Speaker 9: It to a level where my body doesn't ever feel

468
00:25:43,486 --> 00:25:47,126
Speaker 9: the soreness from kicking, and and I know that I

469
00:25:47,166 --> 00:25:51,206
Speaker 9: have less kicks to make make you know everything, so

470
00:25:51,686 --> 00:25:54,846
Speaker 9: it makes every kick in your head just you know,

471
00:25:54,726 --> 00:25:58,326
Speaker 9: you be dialed in Eiger more and and so you

472
00:25:58,486 --> 00:26:01,206
Speaker 9: make every kick so now you don't have to. You know,

473
00:26:01,446 --> 00:26:06,926
Speaker 9: now I'll probably kick like thirty balls accept practice. Before that,

474
00:26:07,006 --> 00:26:09,446
Speaker 9: I was like fifty sixty balls. So I don't have

475
00:26:09,486 --> 00:26:13,446
Speaker 9: the extra amount to keep practicing. So I have to

476
00:26:13,686 --> 00:26:17,886
Speaker 9: bring my eight player every day. So that's helped me

477
00:26:17,926 --> 00:26:22,126
Speaker 9: a lot, just to take that approaching. I think, you know,

478
00:26:22,806 --> 00:26:26,566
Speaker 9: it became it became this way because of the negative, say,

479
00:26:26,646 --> 00:26:29,046
Speaker 9: like the injury. But I'm glad you know that I

480
00:26:29,206 --> 00:26:33,886
Speaker 9: learned that and possibly share with other kickers. And so

481
00:26:34,046 --> 00:26:36,686
Speaker 9: I'm definitely a better kicker because of everything I've learned

482
00:26:37,526 --> 00:26:38,126
Speaker 9: along the way.

483
00:26:39,286 --> 00:26:42,606
Speaker 3: You know, the Bears got off to a slow start,

484
00:26:42,766 --> 00:26:45,926
Speaker 3: but the last couple of weeks has been certainly a

485
00:26:45,966 --> 00:26:49,606
Speaker 3: different vibe I'm sure around the locker room, around the

486
00:26:49,646 --> 00:26:54,206
Speaker 3: facility and everywhere in Chicago. What do you think has

487
00:26:54,366 --> 00:26:57,806
Speaker 3: changed for the team in these past couple of weeks

488
00:26:57,806 --> 00:27:01,246
Speaker 3: and now has them feeling like, Okay, we found our

489
00:27:01,246 --> 00:27:03,806
Speaker 3: footing and we're ready to take off.

490
00:27:06,446 --> 00:27:08,446
Speaker 9: Yeah, I think it's that it's just like just finding

491
00:27:08,846 --> 00:27:14,726
Speaker 9: kind of what's been working. And I think the level

492
00:27:14,846 --> 00:27:18,966
Speaker 9: of trust in everyone has stayed the same, which is

493
00:27:19,766 --> 00:27:22,206
Speaker 9: something that is encouraging. And they're all like that I

494
00:27:22,246 --> 00:27:26,326
Speaker 9: can say the confess that that the team was not

495
00:27:26,406 --> 00:27:30,006
Speaker 9: started point fingers or anybody. That's been just encouraging to

496
00:27:30,046 --> 00:27:34,286
Speaker 9: see that. I'm fortunate to be in the leadership council.

497
00:27:34,446 --> 00:27:38,486
Speaker 9: The coach louse uh you know, designed that for all

498
00:27:38,526 --> 00:27:41,646
Speaker 9: the the entire locker room basically every position. So its

499
00:27:41,726 --> 00:27:44,686
Speaker 9: being in those meetings and and just seeing the fight

500
00:27:44,766 --> 00:27:48,286
Speaker 9: that everyone just, you know, just with every loss and

501
00:27:48,446 --> 00:27:50,006
Speaker 9: just like kept adding to like, you know, I'm going

502
00:27:50,086 --> 00:27:53,006
Speaker 9: to keep fighting even more and just to get that

503
00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:56,286
Speaker 9: one that the finally that that one way after so

504
00:27:56,366 --> 00:28:00,526
Speaker 9: many games, just a way to slip up our shoulders

505
00:28:00,526 --> 00:28:03,086
Speaker 9: and to see them like you just to kind of

506
00:28:03,166 --> 00:28:06,806
Speaker 9: keep swinging, keep keep chipping that it the last couple

507
00:28:06,846 --> 00:28:11,966
Speaker 9: of games has created into our offense and in playing

508
00:28:12,286 --> 00:28:14,726
Speaker 9: much better football and be able to find the guys

509
00:28:14,726 --> 00:28:17,006
Speaker 9: that we want to find, you.

510
00:28:16,926 --> 00:28:18,646
Speaker 8: Know, so we just want to keep building.

511
00:28:19,886 --> 00:28:22,566
Speaker 3: How has it been seeing the development of your quarterback

512
00:28:22,726 --> 00:28:25,206
Speaker 3: just and fields.

513
00:28:25,846 --> 00:28:27,486
Speaker 8: He's special. He's very special.

514
00:28:28,006 --> 00:28:31,766
Speaker 9: I think that Uh, he's he's such a competitor that

515
00:28:32,286 --> 00:28:36,446
Speaker 9: he kind of makes it really well.

516
00:28:36,486 --> 00:28:37,046
Speaker 8: He takes it.

517
00:28:37,886 --> 00:28:39,846
Speaker 9: I think puts a lot more pressure on himself than

518
00:28:39,886 --> 00:28:44,606
Speaker 9: he needs to think he can just be in unnatural rule,

519
00:28:44,726 --> 00:28:48,286
Speaker 9: little free leader like he is. Uh, he'll play with

520
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:52,166
Speaker 9: that swag, I think he. I mean he's he's in

521
00:28:52,206 --> 00:28:55,806
Speaker 9: a facility the entire day. You know, one of the

522
00:28:55,846 --> 00:28:59,086
Speaker 9: first cars I see in the parking lot, and uh

523
00:28:59,366 --> 00:29:03,006
Speaker 9: quarterbacks always one of the last, and always throwing extra

524
00:29:03,046 --> 00:29:07,526
Speaker 9: balls at me. So he needs yesh explore all avenues

525
00:29:07,566 --> 00:29:11,966
Speaker 9: to uh to play winning football. You know, any anybody

526
00:29:12,046 --> 00:29:13,766
Speaker 9: you know, he can. He can be hard on you

527
00:29:13,806 --> 00:29:16,766
Speaker 9: when you're not getting the success that you expect. You know,

528
00:29:16,846 --> 00:29:19,206
Speaker 9: we all have seen the success that he's capable of.

529
00:29:19,846 --> 00:29:23,126
Speaker 9: So it's college and where things are just not clicking. Well,

530
00:29:23,446 --> 00:29:26,486
Speaker 9: sometimes it's not really your fault, you know, it's not.

531
00:29:26,566 --> 00:29:29,486
Speaker 8: Really anybody's fault. But he's just kind of the combination

532
00:29:29,686 --> 00:29:30,686
Speaker 8: of everything.

533
00:29:30,846 --> 00:29:34,166
Speaker 9: That we just got to do, everybody kind of playing together,

534
00:29:34,366 --> 00:29:39,006
Speaker 9: being together to accomplish one goal. So I think it's that.

535
00:29:39,126 --> 00:29:42,286
Speaker 9: I think it's it's a great sign how much of

536
00:29:42,366 --> 00:29:46,006
Speaker 9: a competitor and how much he cares it, wants to

537
00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:47,006
Speaker 9: be himself.

538
00:29:47,806 --> 00:29:50,046
Speaker 8: But then of the day, we got to help him out.

539
00:29:50,086 --> 00:29:51,926
Speaker 8: You know, everybody, the.

540
00:29:51,886 --> 00:29:56,406
Speaker 9: Whole building needs to help out everyone, everyone, so so

541
00:29:56,446 --> 00:29:59,126
Speaker 9: we can be that the United team.

542
00:29:59,486 --> 00:30:01,846
Speaker 3: Kyrie, you had mentioned it in that being yet that

543
00:30:01,886 --> 00:30:07,686
Speaker 3: we just heard about Brazil but potentially hosting an NFL game.

544
00:30:08,006 --> 00:30:14,286
Speaker 3: We've seen NFL games in Mexico City, in Germany and London.

545
00:30:14,966 --> 00:30:18,366
Speaker 3: What would it mean to you to see an NFL

546
00:30:18,486 --> 00:30:19,806
Speaker 3: game in Brazil?

547
00:30:23,086 --> 00:30:25,206
Speaker 9: It would be just I would be so happy for

548
00:30:25,286 --> 00:30:28,886
Speaker 9: the fans out there, for the people that since my

549
00:30:28,966 --> 00:30:33,206
Speaker 9: college days would follow me in kind of just like

550
00:30:33,646 --> 00:30:37,726
Speaker 9: a group of viewers start to kind of get behind

551
00:30:37,726 --> 00:30:40,886
Speaker 9: me all the way from college to entering the NFL

552
00:30:41,046 --> 00:30:41,526
Speaker 9: and all that.

553
00:30:41,686 --> 00:30:45,566
Speaker 8: I've seen the growth that the audience.

554
00:30:45,206 --> 00:30:49,206
Speaker 9: Has has taken in the past twelve years or so

555
00:30:50,566 --> 00:30:54,486
Speaker 9: or more actually so, and I think I'm a part

556
00:30:54,526 --> 00:30:58,406
Speaker 9: of that. Being the only Brazilian playing in the NFL.

557
00:30:59,646 --> 00:31:05,806
Speaker 9: The success of my camps had to very inspired to

558
00:31:05,806 --> 00:31:07,366
Speaker 9: to feel that. And I feel like I go to

559
00:31:07,446 --> 00:31:12,806
Speaker 9: a lot of stadiums away and I see a Brazilian flag,

560
00:31:12,846 --> 00:31:16,166
Speaker 9: I see people speaking Portuguese calling my name, and I

561
00:31:16,206 --> 00:31:19,006
Speaker 9: go over and talk to them signed sign their jerseys,

562
00:31:19,046 --> 00:31:20,006
Speaker 9: and they're like, you know.

563
00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:21,086
Speaker 10: So cool.

564
00:31:21,486 --> 00:31:24,726
Speaker 9: Really yeah, I really hope then you make all the kicks,

565
00:31:24,726 --> 00:31:27,886
Speaker 9: but you know, I hope do we win. I'm cheering

566
00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:29,926
Speaker 9: for you to make all your kicks. And that's that's

567
00:31:29,966 --> 00:31:32,286
Speaker 9: cool to hear that, because I feel like the normal

568
00:31:32,806 --> 00:31:36,286
Speaker 9: American fan base is not cheering for me, uh you know,

569
00:31:36,406 --> 00:31:40,686
Speaker 9: on the away teams or the opponents, but the Brazilians are,

570
00:31:40,806 --> 00:31:44,926
Speaker 9: so I'm very appreciative of that, and and I always

571
00:31:45,046 --> 00:31:48,686
Speaker 9: be so happy that they got to feel the NFL,

572
00:31:49,086 --> 00:31:52,206
Speaker 9: you know, from close, like the fans over here get

573
00:31:52,206 --> 00:31:57,686
Speaker 9: to feel. And I would be so uh jealous if

574
00:31:57,686 --> 00:32:00,406
Speaker 9: it's not the Bears playing. For sure, I have to

575
00:32:01,366 --> 00:32:03,526
Speaker 9: hope you're hope it's a bye week so I can

576
00:32:03,526 --> 00:32:06,086
Speaker 9: go over there and check it out because I definitely

577
00:32:06,086 --> 00:32:07,246
Speaker 9: want to be a part of it.

578
00:32:08,766 --> 00:32:09,646
Speaker 8: For that moment.

579
00:32:11,126 --> 00:32:17,366
Speaker 3: Initially, when you started kicking, was there skepticism among your

580
00:32:17,486 --> 00:32:22,006
Speaker 3: family friends back in Brazil about being a kicker in

581
00:32:22,046 --> 00:32:26,846
Speaker 3: the NFL rather than pursuing, say, a career in soccer.

582
00:32:28,886 --> 00:32:32,126
Speaker 9: Yeah, initially, my mom didn't didn't want me to do it.

583
00:32:33,046 --> 00:32:35,846
Speaker 9: Because she's I have to show her like videos of

584
00:32:35,886 --> 00:32:42,126
Speaker 9: what you know, what American football is. So because I didn't,

585
00:32:42,166 --> 00:32:43,686
Speaker 9: I didn't even know, Like I knew it was part

586
00:32:43,686 --> 00:32:46,486
Speaker 9: of the American culture when I came to high school

587
00:32:46,486 --> 00:32:48,726
Speaker 9: here in the States, but I didn't know there was

588
00:32:48,766 --> 00:32:49,486
Speaker 9: even a kicker.

589
00:32:49,566 --> 00:32:51,326
Speaker 8: I didn't know there was that was just like a

590
00:32:51,406 --> 00:32:53,086
Speaker 8: rugby type of sport.

591
00:32:53,166 --> 00:32:56,006
Speaker 9: Then you just hit, hit, hit the other until you

592
00:32:56,086 --> 00:32:59,886
Speaker 9: get to the end of the field. And once I

593
00:32:59,966 --> 00:33:03,486
Speaker 9: learned and explained to them, they actually flew over to

594
00:33:04,166 --> 00:33:07,766
Speaker 9: Florida where I went high school to watch a game

595
00:33:07,806 --> 00:33:12,526
Speaker 9: with well first and I'm like, okay, like, you'll be

596
00:33:12,526 --> 00:33:14,526
Speaker 9: gonna be that guy that gets on the field, kicks

597
00:33:14,526 --> 00:33:18,846
Speaker 9: and doesn't get hit. Then that's you can play that

598
00:33:19,246 --> 00:33:22,166
Speaker 9: because they knew that my the whole, uh kind of

599
00:33:22,886 --> 00:33:24,966
Speaker 9: priority of coming to the States in the first place

600
00:33:25,086 --> 00:33:27,526
Speaker 9: was to find a way that I could stay here

601
00:33:27,526 --> 00:33:28,326
Speaker 9: and play soccer.

602
00:33:29,006 --> 00:33:32,846
Speaker 8: So they knew that I didn't want me to kind

603
00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:33,486
Speaker 8: of risk that.

604
00:33:33,486 --> 00:33:39,646
Speaker 9: Dream because of this football curiosity. But that curiosity became

605
00:33:39,686 --> 00:33:44,246
Speaker 9: a passion and became also a dream or the objective,

606
00:33:44,406 --> 00:33:49,246
Speaker 9: and so they they supported it once they got past

607
00:33:49,326 --> 00:33:51,486
Speaker 9: that how dangerous the sport can be.

608
00:33:51,526 --> 00:33:58,166
Speaker 3: But it also helps that Madden explain the rules for you,

609
00:33:58,326 --> 00:33:59,166
Speaker 3: Cairo Riser.

610
00:34:00,846 --> 00:34:04,246
Speaker 9: It did so that that first day that my buddies

611
00:34:04,246 --> 00:34:06,686
Speaker 9: in high school convincing to like man.

612
00:34:06,966 --> 00:34:08,646
Speaker 8: When I went to a really small.

613
00:34:08,446 --> 00:34:13,406
Speaker 9: High school, we had twenty kids max twenty three athletes

614
00:34:13,446 --> 00:34:16,886
Speaker 9: on the football team, so there was a need for

615
00:34:16,926 --> 00:34:19,566
Speaker 9: a guy that could kick a ball. So they saw

616
00:34:19,606 --> 00:34:22,446
Speaker 9: me playing soccer first and like, you got a strong shot,

617
00:34:22,526 --> 00:34:25,286
Speaker 9: Like you gotta be our kicker. So I went out

618
00:34:25,326 --> 00:34:28,446
Speaker 9: to the practice field or after school the one day

619
00:34:28,486 --> 00:34:31,326
Speaker 9: and they held for me, told me like, okay, we

620
00:34:31,406 --> 00:34:34,246
Speaker 9: watch kickers take three steps back, shoots to the side

621
00:34:34,726 --> 00:34:37,926
Speaker 9: and just you know, kick the ball through those pipes.

622
00:34:38,366 --> 00:34:40,726
Speaker 9: And I started kicking and like hitting this weight room

623
00:34:40,766 --> 00:34:46,286
Speaker 9: that's like forty forty seven yards behind the go post,

624
00:34:46,326 --> 00:34:48,446
Speaker 9: and they're like, oh my gosh, like that that was far,

625
00:34:48,606 --> 00:34:50,846
Speaker 9: Like keep backing up. So they backed me up all

626
00:34:50,886 --> 00:34:53,326
Speaker 9: the way to fifty and I made a fifty yarkfield

627
00:34:53,326 --> 00:34:55,766
Speaker 9: goal as the first time kicking the ball as a

628
00:34:55,846 --> 00:34:59,006
Speaker 9: sophomore in high school. And the coach came out of

629
00:34:59,006 --> 00:35:04,206
Speaker 9: the weight room and who's kicking that? Said the new Brazilian.

630
00:35:04,286 --> 00:35:07,366
Speaker 9: The soccer player. He's like, man, you're you're play Friday.

631
00:35:08,406 --> 00:35:09,126
Speaker 8: Uh.

632
00:35:09,326 --> 00:35:11,246
Speaker 9: So I went, I went back home where my host

633
00:35:11,326 --> 00:35:15,486
Speaker 9: brother Tyler picked me up from practice. I went back

634
00:35:15,646 --> 00:35:18,486
Speaker 9: gold and I said, hey, stop it game stopping and

635
00:35:18,526 --> 00:35:22,566
Speaker 9: I wonder buy a maddening game, uh, even though the

636
00:35:22,686 --> 00:35:24,206
Speaker 9: rules were if I'm.

637
00:35:24,046 --> 00:35:24,686
Speaker 8: Going to play it.

638
00:35:25,006 --> 00:35:26,126
Speaker 9: So that's how it happened.

639
00:35:26,166 --> 00:35:28,006
Speaker 8: And the Colts.

640
00:35:27,606 --> 00:35:31,606
Speaker 9: Were the highest ranked team, and of course we're going

641
00:35:31,686 --> 00:35:32,926
Speaker 9: to play with h the best team.

642
00:35:33,446 --> 00:35:34,966
Speaker 8: And then the Terry was the kicker.

643
00:35:35,726 --> 00:35:38,126
Speaker 3: Sure, and he's the best. Yeah.

644
00:35:38,246 --> 00:35:41,446
Speaker 9: Yeah, So I kind of became, I mean, a Colts fan,

645
00:35:41,486 --> 00:35:45,046
Speaker 9: but not really because I played with them. So I

646
00:35:45,086 --> 00:35:47,086
Speaker 9: would put on the game on something with my host

647
00:35:47,126 --> 00:35:48,846
Speaker 9: family and she's like, oh, I think maybe it's my

648
00:35:48,926 --> 00:35:54,006
Speaker 9: quarterback Joseph, And I like, you know all those those guys,

649
00:35:54,086 --> 00:35:58,326
Speaker 9: uh h, Harrison, you know all those guys, Dallas Clark.

650
00:35:58,126 --> 00:35:58,846
Speaker 3: Reggie Wayne.

651
00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:04,926
Speaker 9: Yeah, So it was it was super super cool to

652
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Speaker 9: kind of follow them at that time where I was like,

653
00:36:09,126 --> 00:36:10,926
Speaker 9: I'm just kind of getting involved in football.

654
00:36:12,606 --> 00:36:14,966
Speaker 3: I'll tell you, it's super cool talking to you and

655
00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:20,166
Speaker 3: hearing your story. It's inspirational, it's nothing short of amazing,

656
00:36:20,486 --> 00:36:23,806
Speaker 3: and we certainly enjoyed this chat a lot on the

657
00:36:23,886 --> 00:36:28,486
Speaker 3: l Huddle podcast, Cayro Santos, This was definitely a enlightening

658
00:36:28,566 --> 00:36:31,086
Speaker 3: conversation to really kind of get into the ins and

659
00:36:31,126 --> 00:36:34,646
Speaker 3: outs of being a kicker, what it means to be

660
00:36:34,886 --> 00:36:39,046
Speaker 3: a Brazilian born kicker in the NFL. I hope someday

661
00:36:39,606 --> 00:36:41,406
Speaker 3: the dream comes true for you that you get a

662
00:36:41,486 --> 00:36:43,846
Speaker 3: chance to kick there in front of the home crowd

663
00:36:44,046 --> 00:36:47,486
Speaker 3: in Brazil and Cairo. Thank you again for carving out

664
00:36:47,486 --> 00:36:49,246
Speaker 3: this time. Good luck to you and the bears the

665
00:36:49,286 --> 00:36:52,126
Speaker 3: rest of the way, and come on back to the podcast.

666
00:36:52,206 --> 00:36:53,086
Speaker 3: We love having you on.

667
00:36:55,326 --> 00:36:56,726
Speaker 8: It would be a lot of pleasure.

668
00:36:56,726 --> 00:36:58,806
Speaker 9: I had a lot of fun. Thank you guys for

669
00:36:58,966 --> 00:37:02,486
Speaker 9: letting me share my story, shared the mind of a kicker.

670
00:37:02,926 --> 00:37:05,006
Speaker 9: Like I said, I had a great time. So to

671
00:37:05,006 --> 00:37:06,406
Speaker 9: be back, thank you very much.

672
00:37:07,206 --> 00:37:26,286
Speaker 3: All right, thank you, Caro. I'll give you in a party.

673
00:37:29,166 --> 00:37:29,326
Speaker 3: You know.

674
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Speaker 5: I love a George tittle flex moment counting off how

675
00:37:32,846 --> 00:37:37,846
Speaker 5: many yeah touched out? I mean, what a game, which,

676
00:37:37,926 --> 00:37:39,446
Speaker 5: as I told you, well, I had to watch the

677
00:37:39,446 --> 00:37:44,886
Speaker 5: following day because it wasn't one thirty in the morning hereus.

678
00:37:43,446 --> 00:37:46,166
Speaker 3: Because of this morning because the time changed, and then

679
00:37:46,206 --> 00:37:49,886
Speaker 3: you mentioned Joe Staley being there for the watch party,

680
00:37:49,886 --> 00:37:53,446
Speaker 3: which I assume was for that game, which a lot

681
00:37:53,486 --> 00:37:57,926
Speaker 3: of people on TV watched here in the States, and

682
00:37:57,966 --> 00:38:00,686
Speaker 3: what a statement of forty nine ers made with that

683
00:38:00,726 --> 00:38:06,646
Speaker 3: win over the Cowboys, and Brock pretty yet again precise killing,

684
00:38:06,686 --> 00:38:11,406
Speaker 3: it surgical, and he could be talking about a potential

685
00:38:11,646 --> 00:38:16,046
Speaker 3: MVP candidate, if not a legit MVP candidate one.

686
00:38:16,886 --> 00:38:20,326
Speaker 5: I feel like, I don't know are people not talking

687
00:38:20,366 --> 00:38:23,246
Speaker 5: about I feel like I haven't heard enough Brockberdie praise

688
00:38:24,566 --> 00:38:26,006
Speaker 5: and they're reluctant to about it.

689
00:38:26,326 --> 00:38:29,246
Speaker 3: And they're reluctant to right because they think he's got

690
00:38:29,286 --> 00:38:31,206
Speaker 3: everything around him everything.

691
00:38:31,286 --> 00:38:31,966
Speaker 5: Five weeks in.

692
00:38:32,806 --> 00:38:37,006
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he's proven himself. He is more than

693
00:38:37,086 --> 00:38:41,886
Speaker 3: proven himself. So him being an MVP candidate, I think

694
00:38:42,006 --> 00:38:43,366
Speaker 3: is a real thing, just like with.

695
00:38:43,446 --> 00:38:46,846
Speaker 5: Some at least the conversation if this continues at this pace,

696
00:38:46,926 --> 00:38:50,126
Speaker 5: with what he's done now, we have a much bigger

697
00:38:50,126 --> 00:38:53,686
Speaker 5: sample size and we know that what he did last year,

698
00:38:54,366 --> 00:38:57,366
Speaker 5: coming in clutch when everybody else was hurt was not

699
00:38:57,406 --> 00:38:57,846
Speaker 5: a fluke.

700
00:38:58,526 --> 00:39:00,366
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it was not a fluke at all.

701
00:39:00,526 --> 00:39:01,126
Speaker 5: It is good.

702
00:39:02,366 --> 00:39:05,606
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think I think Brockberdy is so obviously the

703
00:39:05,686 --> 00:39:09,526
Speaker 3: driver of this engine with so many weapons. But now

704
00:39:09,526 --> 00:39:13,526
Speaker 3: the forty nine Ers still undefeated, as are the Eagles

705
00:39:13,526 --> 00:39:16,846
Speaker 3: who came up with that win at Sofi Stadium against

706
00:39:16,846 --> 00:39:20,926
Speaker 3: the Rams. They got Dallas Goddard more involved, so welcome

707
00:39:20,966 --> 00:39:24,686
Speaker 3: back Dallas Goddard. So that just adds another dimension to

708
00:39:24,926 --> 00:39:28,046
Speaker 3: this really deep team. And people go back and forth

709
00:39:28,086 --> 00:39:30,926
Speaker 3: because the Eagles have been winning, but it hasn't been

710
00:39:31,646 --> 00:39:36,606
Speaker 3: pretty or let's just say, as overwhelming as forty nine

711
00:39:36,686 --> 00:39:39,646
Speaker 3: ers wins have been. So what do you what do

712
00:39:39,646 --> 00:39:41,086
Speaker 3: you think when you see these two teams?

713
00:39:42,486 --> 00:39:44,846
Speaker 5: Man, I'm looking at their next matchups, right, and like

714
00:39:45,166 --> 00:39:48,566
Speaker 5: the question bears asking, are they both still going to

715
00:39:48,606 --> 00:39:51,326
Speaker 5: be undefeated next week? I don't know. I feel like

716
00:39:51,966 --> 00:39:55,366
Speaker 5: Eagles going up against the Jets, that could be a

717
00:39:55,606 --> 00:39:59,406
Speaker 5: sneaky upset game, right, Okay, because of exactly what you

718
00:39:59,526 --> 00:40:02,246
Speaker 5: just said. I think we've been wanting to see the

719
00:40:02,286 --> 00:40:04,566
Speaker 5: Eagles come out there and just blow folks out of

720
00:40:04,566 --> 00:40:06,886
Speaker 5: the world from the jump, right, Like I feel what

721
00:40:06,926 --> 00:40:08,806
Speaker 5: I've seen over the last few weeks is that it

722
00:40:08,846 --> 00:40:11,166
Speaker 5: takes them a bit to get going, to get warmed up.

723
00:40:11,206 --> 00:40:13,046
Speaker 5: Like you watch the first half of these games and

724
00:40:13,046 --> 00:40:16,086
Speaker 5: you're like, oh, all right, guys, anytime now. And trust me,

725
00:40:16,126 --> 00:40:18,926
Speaker 5: I'm watching closely because Jalen Hurts is my quarterback in

726
00:40:18,926 --> 00:40:23,846
Speaker 5: both of my fantasy leagues. An investment into this and

727
00:40:23,886 --> 00:40:26,206
Speaker 5: they get the dubs, and of course, like, it doesn't matter.

728
00:40:26,326 --> 00:40:29,166
Speaker 5: We'll take an ugly law, an ugly win over a

729
00:40:29,206 --> 00:40:33,686
Speaker 5: good loss if that even exists, right, But it does matter.

730
00:40:34,126 --> 00:40:35,886
Speaker 5: It does when you think of the bigger picture of

731
00:40:35,926 --> 00:40:38,126
Speaker 5: the longevity of the season. I feel like the forty

732
00:40:38,206 --> 00:40:41,286
Speaker 5: nine Ers next week, going up against the Browns again,

733
00:40:41,326 --> 00:40:44,526
Speaker 5: should win that. Now, not to discount the Brown's defense,

734
00:40:44,646 --> 00:40:48,166
Speaker 5: because we know that they are legit, there's something, there's

735
00:40:48,206 --> 00:40:51,526
Speaker 5: something for sure. But I just think, in my opinion,

736
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Speaker 5: I think the forty nine Ers are the best team in.

737
00:40:55,206 --> 00:40:58,766
Speaker 3: The Yeah, and I think a lot of power rankings

738
00:40:58,766 --> 00:41:02,286
Speaker 3: around the league, different publications, et cetera, feel the same

739
00:41:02,366 --> 00:41:05,406
Speaker 3: thing with the Eagles right there with them, and the

740
00:41:05,406 --> 00:41:08,966
Speaker 3: forty nine Ers have the Browns coming up, and it's

741
00:41:09,006 --> 00:41:11,806
Speaker 3: still up in the air whether Deshaun Watson is going

742
00:41:11,846 --> 00:41:14,286
Speaker 3: to be a quarterback for them, So that could mean

743
00:41:14,726 --> 00:41:18,566
Speaker 3: another week of dtr the rookie going up against really

744
00:41:18,886 --> 00:41:22,766
Speaker 3: fierce offense. But there's always that fear of a letdown.

745
00:41:22,846 --> 00:41:24,406
Speaker 3: I don't think either of these teams are going to

746
00:41:24,486 --> 00:41:28,446
Speaker 3: go undefeated, but I do think that they have to

747
00:41:28,526 --> 00:41:31,646
Speaker 3: keep up with each other, especially they are looking ahead

748
00:41:32,086 --> 00:41:36,806
Speaker 3: to home field advantage. And these are just stacked rosters.

749
00:41:36,846 --> 00:41:40,286
Speaker 3: And we wonder with the Eagles having new offensive coordinators,

750
00:41:41,286 --> 00:41:44,726
Speaker 3: new guys there on the d line, and it just

751
00:41:44,766 --> 00:41:48,046
Speaker 3: seems like they're not missing a beat. Maybe they skip

752
00:41:48,086 --> 00:41:50,766
Speaker 3: it every once in a while, but they're there in

753
00:41:50,806 --> 00:41:55,846
Speaker 3: the conversation. Meanwhile, you see what happened with the Cowboys,

754
00:41:56,406 --> 00:41:59,646
Speaker 3: and boy, you know, I love Michael Parsons with Dicky's

755
00:41:59,646 --> 00:42:04,126
Speaker 3: an incredible athlete player. Love when he speaks out and

756
00:42:04,326 --> 00:42:08,406
Speaker 3: protects it, stands up for his fellow football players. But

757
00:42:08,566 --> 00:42:11,686
Speaker 3: him coming out saying that he and the Cowboys are

758
00:42:11,726 --> 00:42:14,766
Speaker 3: at the same level as the Niners. Now they're not.

759
00:42:15,086 --> 00:42:17,846
Speaker 3: This definitely showed it. They are not in that upper

760
00:42:17,886 --> 00:42:21,526
Speaker 3: echelon of teams like the forty nine ers and the Eagles.

761
00:42:22,086 --> 00:42:27,646
Speaker 3: All right, Premier Manez, that time time again for my berromachos.

762
00:42:29,966 --> 00:42:36,766
Speaker 3: All right, yes, you need the effect, you need the

763
00:42:36,846 --> 00:42:41,526
Speaker 3: music heading into this little segment that we call Berromacho.

764
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Speaker 3: And for me, I've got three of them, one of

765
00:42:43,886 --> 00:42:48,726
Speaker 3: them being Max Crosby, friend of this podcast. When we

766
00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:52,926
Speaker 3: spoke to him, his energy was infectious. As we saw,

767
00:42:53,206 --> 00:42:56,326
Speaker 3: everything's one hundred and twenty miles per hour. And he

768
00:42:56,486 --> 00:43:02,606
Speaker 3: absolutely was a disruptive force against the Packers on Monday night,

769
00:43:02,726 --> 00:43:06,966
Speaker 3: making life miserable for Jordan. And maybe the numbers don't

770
00:43:07,006 --> 00:43:10,526
Speaker 3: stand out as they should, but he certainly made his

771
00:43:10,686 --> 00:43:15,086
Speaker 3: presence felt as he always does. He's a disruptor. He's

772
00:43:15,126 --> 00:43:17,686
Speaker 3: a guy that gets under your skin. And if you

773
00:43:17,726 --> 00:43:20,726
Speaker 3: are a Raiders fan, you love him on your team.

774
00:43:21,766 --> 00:43:24,926
Speaker 3: If you are an opposing team, you hate him with

775
00:43:25,126 --> 00:43:28,046
Speaker 3: every fiver in your being right because he brings so

776
00:43:28,166 --> 00:43:32,286
Speaker 3: much energy and he gets under your skin. So Max Crosby,

777
00:43:32,726 --> 00:43:36,046
Speaker 3: he's one of my federal MACHOs. Another federal macho has

778
00:43:36,086 --> 00:43:41,326
Speaker 3: to be Aiden Hutchinson of the Lions. That interception that

779
00:43:41,406 --> 00:43:44,846
Speaker 3: he had sticking out his paw was nothing short of spectacular.

780
00:43:45,246 --> 00:43:48,246
Speaker 3: It was great, and he again was a guy that

781
00:43:48,326 --> 00:43:52,086
Speaker 3: was getting after the quarterback, making tackles all over the field.

782
00:43:52,526 --> 00:43:55,566
Speaker 3: And talk about a team that has drafted really well

783
00:43:55,646 --> 00:43:58,526
Speaker 3: and right now they find themselves not quite in that

784
00:43:58,686 --> 00:44:02,366
Speaker 3: tier of the Niners. And the Eagles, but they're certainly

785
00:44:02,406 --> 00:44:05,566
Speaker 3: pushing him to get up there, and Campbell has these

786
00:44:05,606 --> 00:44:08,326
Speaker 3: guys playing hard. And then the third one was the

787
00:44:08,366 --> 00:44:11,326
Speaker 3: guy that we heard from last week who said he

788
00:44:11,446 --> 00:44:15,326
Speaker 3: was always bleeping open, like seven to eleven. Mark Chase right,

789
00:44:15,846 --> 00:44:19,286
Speaker 3: he actually got the ball a lot, and Joe Burrow

790
00:44:19,366 --> 00:44:22,046
Speaker 3: looked like the Joe Burrow of old, the one that

791
00:44:22,086 --> 00:44:25,766
Speaker 3: we've been accustomed to see, who was stepping into his throws.

792
00:44:25,846 --> 00:44:28,566
Speaker 3: His cap injury didn't seem to bother them all that much,

793
00:44:29,006 --> 00:44:31,926
Speaker 3: and he even said after the game he will continue

794
00:44:32,006 --> 00:44:36,246
Speaker 3: to be looking for Jamar Chase early and opten And

795
00:44:36,286 --> 00:44:39,926
Speaker 3: for them, that win over the Cardinals was a must

796
00:44:39,966 --> 00:44:42,006
Speaker 3: win for them, m Jay and I hate saying that

797
00:44:42,286 --> 00:44:46,126
Speaker 3: cliche a term, but must win with something that they

798
00:44:46,166 --> 00:44:48,686
Speaker 3: need and they did it in dominating fashion. Right.

799
00:44:49,046 --> 00:44:51,846
Speaker 5: I love those I love that you're feeling extra generous today,

800
00:44:51,886 --> 00:44:54,686
Speaker 5: but I get it, like there was so much good

801
00:44:54,766 --> 00:44:58,806
Speaker 5: action and good football this weekend. Yeah, all worthy of

802
00:44:59,006 --> 00:45:03,566
Speaker 5: Beno minds. Can I give one honorary or what is

803
00:45:03,606 --> 00:45:06,366
Speaker 5: it honorable mention of? But sure, and it's for an

804
00:45:06,526 --> 00:45:13,206
Speaker 5: entire team. Oh the Saints thirty four to nothing against Patriots,

805
00:45:13,206 --> 00:45:16,006
Speaker 5: good for you, good for the Saints.

806
00:45:16,686 --> 00:45:20,086
Speaker 3: Cam Jordan's leading the charge right and we love him away.

807
00:45:20,166 --> 00:45:23,726
Speaker 3: Oh he's putting me at so great call. I don't

808
00:45:23,726 --> 00:45:25,806
Speaker 3: think we've ever had a whole defense. So that's a

809
00:45:26,406 --> 00:45:29,686
Speaker 3: that's a betro macho first out of you. Pretty I

810
00:45:29,766 --> 00:45:29,966
Speaker 3: like it.

811
00:45:30,126 --> 00:45:31,846
Speaker 5: That's you know what, try new things. We're trying new things,

812
00:45:31,846 --> 00:45:34,926
Speaker 5: we're expanding. I love it. I do have a little

813
00:45:34,926 --> 00:45:39,326
Speaker 5: bit of Plato power. Love to pass on Latin power.

814
00:45:46,526 --> 00:45:49,246
Speaker 3: I just picture you like cruising down the street with

815
00:45:49,366 --> 00:45:52,726
Speaker 3: like the windows roll top top to that music. You know,

816
00:45:52,806 --> 00:45:55,046
Speaker 3: you have like one pinky on the bottom of the

817
00:45:55,086 --> 00:45:56,926
Speaker 3: steering wheel driving by.

818
00:45:58,526 --> 00:46:01,726
Speaker 5: You're making me so much cooler. But I definitely like

819
00:46:02,246 --> 00:46:10,446
Speaker 5: a ten and two safety first, Yeah, it has to be.

820
00:46:10,526 --> 00:46:13,166
Speaker 5: I mean we have talked about the Niners in this.

821
00:46:13,366 --> 00:46:18,926
Speaker 5: I mean Fred Warder did everything but but sling the

822
00:46:18,926 --> 00:46:24,046
Speaker 5: ball yesterday. Unbelievable. He went off And we're not just

823
00:46:24,046 --> 00:46:26,206
Speaker 5: saying it because he's a beloved friend of the show.

824
00:46:26,366 --> 00:46:30,806
Speaker 5: I think he is objectively a badass, Like that's crazy,

825
00:46:30,846 --> 00:46:34,926
Speaker 5: and then the one two punch him and Brock he

826
00:46:34,966 --> 00:46:39,566
Speaker 5: deserves all the flowers. The entire team is clicking. There

827
00:46:39,606 --> 00:46:41,766
Speaker 5: was I mean, there's just no other choice. I did

828
00:46:41,806 --> 00:46:45,886
Speaker 5: promise the Warners that I would make them some platanus,

829
00:46:45,926 --> 00:46:48,886
Speaker 5: and I feel like they beat me to it. They

830
00:46:48,966 --> 00:46:51,566
Speaker 5: because are you kidding me? Come on?

831
00:46:53,366 --> 00:46:56,566
Speaker 3: Yeah, we we love the friends of the podcast. We

832
00:46:56,646 --> 00:47:00,486
Speaker 3: always root for them no matter what our fan allegiance is.

833
00:47:00,646 --> 00:47:04,166
Speaker 3: And in that game against the Cowboys, he punched the

834
00:47:04,246 --> 00:47:08,206
Speaker 3: ball out, then he gets an interception, then he sacks

835
00:47:08,326 --> 00:47:12,206
Speaker 3: Dak Prescott. The thing that was even more oppressive than

836
00:47:12,366 --> 00:47:16,126
Speaker 3: all of that. Maybe, and again it doesn't stand out

837
00:47:16,206 --> 00:47:20,326
Speaker 3: on a stat sheet, but he was running almost stride

838
00:47:20,406 --> 00:47:23,286
Speaker 3: for stride with one of the fastest guys in the league,

839
00:47:23,406 --> 00:47:29,766
Speaker 3: with Brandon Cooks. Now the ball was overthrown and yes

840
00:47:31,566 --> 00:47:34,926
Speaker 3: he was booking it, and that's what makes him one

841
00:47:34,926 --> 00:47:37,446
Speaker 3: of the best linebackers, if not the best linebackers in

842
00:47:37,486 --> 00:47:40,966
Speaker 3: the league. And then you add in Dre Greenlaw. Those

843
00:47:41,006 --> 00:47:44,886
Speaker 3: two guys remind a lot of people of Patrick Willis

844
00:47:44,886 --> 00:47:51,006
Speaker 3: and Navarro Bowman and they playing so yes that that's

845
00:47:51,366 --> 00:47:53,166
Speaker 3: that's what I see out of those two guys. So

846
00:47:53,406 --> 00:47:57,006
Speaker 3: I love love your blething. No power there shout out

847
00:47:57,046 --> 00:48:05,366
Speaker 3: to probably in the middle of that, probably the thing

848
00:48:05,526 --> 00:48:09,286
Speaker 3: is like, Okay, this guy's a local, this guy's a wow.

849
00:48:09,686 --> 00:48:14,526
Speaker 5: Breath control is really impressive because for quite.

850
00:48:14,326 --> 00:48:17,246
Speaker 3: A while I love all Right, we are at that

851
00:48:17,326 --> 00:48:20,366
Speaker 3: point of the podcast pre med mine not eat pal.

852
00:48:21,406 --> 00:48:23,326
Speaker 3: What do you have is you are to eat punto?

853
00:48:24,446 --> 00:48:29,566
Speaker 5: Uh mayapunto? Is that through five weeks of the season.

854
00:48:30,166 --> 00:48:32,646
Speaker 5: If you're not entertained, I can't help you.

855
00:48:33,246 --> 00:48:33,486
Speaker 3: Yeah.

856
00:48:33,806 --> 00:48:36,486
Speaker 5: This has been some of the wildest football. We've seen,

857
00:48:36,526 --> 00:48:40,726
Speaker 5: some of the most impressive football that we've seen, and

858
00:48:41,486 --> 00:48:44,046
Speaker 5: we've gotten things we didn't ask for, I know, Jet

859
00:48:45,926 --> 00:48:49,086
Speaker 5: and we got some things that have really solidified teams,

860
00:48:49,406 --> 00:48:51,486
Speaker 5: such as the forty nine ers of the Eagles. So

861
00:48:51,646 --> 00:48:53,726
Speaker 5: I'm excited to see what's ahead. I know a lot

862
00:48:53,766 --> 00:48:56,006
Speaker 5: of folks are like, oh, it's so early in the season. Yes,

863
00:48:56,446 --> 00:48:58,286
Speaker 5: there's still a lot of football, but we have played

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Speaker 5: enough football, I think, thus far to really understand who

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Speaker 5: many of these teams are and what their identity is

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Speaker 5: and what they are going to do for the rest

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Speaker 5: of the year.

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Speaker 3: Not barring love it, my bunto is speedy recoveries to

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Speaker 3: all the stars of the league who suffered major injuries.

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Speaker 3: We know Milano is out for the season, which is

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Speaker 3: just awful. Because again he was a driver in that offense,

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Speaker 3: you know, to Davius White. We've seen a lot of

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Speaker 3: these big names go down to injury. You just hope

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Speaker 3: that they eventually come back on the field and are

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Speaker 3: better than they were before. And that goes also for

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Speaker 3: some of these offensive stars that we've grown accustomed to

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Speaker 3: seeing scoreboard. Justin Jefferson for sure, going to be out

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Speaker 3: with that hamstring injury. You hate to see it. Deval

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Speaker 3: A Chan as well with the knee injury. You hate

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Speaker 3: to see that because he was having such an awesome

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Speaker 3: rookie campaign. And so you just hope for those guys,

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Speaker 3: James Connor as well, that they get back on the

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Speaker 3: field sooner than later. So guys, get better. We miss you.

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Speaker 3: And speaking of missing youmana missing you. Miss you. Guys.

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Speaker 3: You are the best and you seem to be in

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Speaker 3: your element over there enjoying London and everything about it.

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Speaker 3: Please keep enjoying it. Have fish and chips for me

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Speaker 3: whatever it is people out there, Yes, say what's up

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Speaker 3: to the people out there? And if you sing sweet Caroline,

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Speaker 3: which it sounds like you'll do it again, are you

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Speaker 3: gonna be doing it again? So? Uh, think of me?

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Speaker 3: As you're as you're trying to hit that high octave.

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Speaker 5: I'll try, I'll try. Maybe we'll send me your recording

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Speaker 5: and i'll just play your voice.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 5: All right, Well, I'll be back for the next one.

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Speaker 3: Soil Yeah, Okay, you're the best. And wherever you hear us,

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