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Speaker 1: that man Michael Parsons who is still waiting for his

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Speaker 1: a real thing, Jerry Jones brought up today when discussing

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Speaker 1: Training camp's launching around the NFL through the next couple

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Speaker 1: on your fantasy plans. Our Adam Rank will be here

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Speaker 1: with some hot takes on which receivers to target and

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Speaker 1: am Tom Pelicero. When you got four of us here

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Speaker 1: all together, you know that can mean only one thing,

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Speaker 1: Michael Parsons did make that trip, even though it remains

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Speaker 1: unclear at this point how much, if at all, Michaeh.

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Speaker 1: off on Tuesday. Jerry Jones, who is never shy about

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Speaker 1: Has over complicated this thing.

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Speaker 3: In your mind, you guys think this has been over complicated.

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Speaker 2: Of all of the people that I've set down with

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Speaker 1: JJ Watt just done with the victory tour for his

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Speaker 1: any time you can publicly take a dig a year

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Speaker 1: a very busy several weeks of trading camp coverage right

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Speaker 1: here on NFL Network. Jane, you are many things to us,

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Speaker 1: to the show, to this network. You're definitely the person

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Speaker 4: All right, let me break a few things down now.

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Speaker 5: I did talk to Micah Parsons during that press conference

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Speaker 6: And it goes to Jerry's mindset that he feels like

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Speaker 6: Really fascinating admission from Jerry Jones.

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Speaker 7: You know, Jerry Jones mentions that Micah Parsons might not

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Speaker 7: Michael Parsons, you know what I say. It's a great point, Jerry.

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Speaker 7: this deal is done.

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Speaker 1: We could see some form of that.

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Speaker 7: It's pretty crowded, and how much money do you have

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Speaker 3: No, that's exactly right, Mike. I think to hear Mike

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Speaker 10: This is you know, decision, you know, the past three

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Speaker 11: Roman telling me it's those kind of minute details that

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Speaker 11: mconkee is focused on that leads him to believe he's

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Speaker 11: able to accelerate and find another gear. Remember, McConkie the

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Speaker 11: last time we saw him in the playoffs, set the

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Speaker 11: rookie receiving record for most receiving yards ever in a

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Speaker 11: postseason game. He was a top ten receiver in receiving

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Speaker 11: yards last year. On the field, his receiver coach Sanjay

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Speaker 11: Law said he showed him a lot of tape of

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Speaker 11: Julian Edelman and Tyler Lockett, obviously the former great for

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Speaker 11: the New England Patriots, former Super Bowl MVP, and also

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Speaker 11: Tyler Lockett, now the Tennessee Titans, formerly played for Law

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Speaker 11: in Seattle. He showed him the tape of Julian Edelman

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Speaker 11: because Edelman was famous for being able to split a

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Speaker 11: couple defenders and dive forward for a couple two three

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Speaker 11: extra yards at the end of place. Tyler Lockett had

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Speaker 11: the innate ability to know when a big hit was

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Speaker 11: coming and get down for mconkie to know how to

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Speaker 11: protect himself. So those are the things they're looking for

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Speaker 11: for him to improve on the field. Then you also

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Speaker 11: have Quentin Johnson, who he just heard from quadrupled his

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Speaker 11: touchdown output from his rookie season, going from two to

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Speaker 11: eight last year. He comes into training camp with all

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Speaker 11: kinds of confidence and then the second round pick Trey Harris,

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Speaker 11: who they believe can be in all everything type of receiver.

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Speaker 11: They're going to start them out on the outside learning

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Speaker 11: the Z position. As Roman said, you got to start somewhere.

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Speaker 11: So a lot of confidence in the players that they

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Speaker 11: have a lot of opportunity for this young receiving core

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Speaker 11: that they hope is a lot better.

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Speaker 1: In the twenty twenty five season.

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Speaker 6: And of course we heard the fans the other day

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Speaker 6: chanting for Keenan Allen to be brought back to the

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Speaker 6: Chargers end. We also know that Harbaugh wants to run

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Speaker 6: the ball a whole lot more too, to take some

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Speaker 6: of the pressure off Justin Herbert. All Right, Omar, Speaking

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Speaker 6: of Justin Herbert, Harbaugh said that his biggest weakness is

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Speaker 6: basically everybody around him.

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Speaker 11: What do you make of that comment, Well, it's interesting

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Speaker 11: and that he wants everybody to elevate their games to

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Speaker 11: Justin Herbert, and that includes the offensive line.

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Speaker 1: It's the tight end.

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Speaker 11: And what's interesting we just talked about the receivers, it

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Speaker 11: was the tight ends who had the two longest pass

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Speaker 11: plays of the practice that I was at on Saturday.

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Speaker 11: But as far as the offensive line, goes. Rashaun Slater

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Speaker 11: missed practice on Saturday. They described it as a rest day.

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Speaker 11: He was back today as expected, working off to the side.

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Speaker 11: Nobody there is calling it a hold in, but they

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Speaker 11: do express optimism both sides along this whole process for

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Speaker 11: Slater and a blockbuster contract upcoming as he enters the

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Speaker 11: final year of his rookie contract. But this is an

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Speaker 11: offensive line that's looking to come together. Obviously, Makai Becton.

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Speaker 11: They signed over from the World champs in the Philadelphia Eagles,

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Speaker 11: and they essentially have switched positions with Zion Johnson and

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Speaker 11: Bradley Boseman. Boseman going to left guard, Zion Johnson coming

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Speaker 11: into center. They have to figure that out. And oh,

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Speaker 11: by the way, last year's number five overall pick, Joe

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Speaker 11: Alt told me on Saturday that he feels as comfortable

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Speaker 11: as ever. He doesn't like to use that word comfortable.

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Speaker 11: He said he wants to keep his edge. The pace

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Speaker 11: of the game has slowed down, but he wants to

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Speaker 11: maintain that edge as that of desive line looks to

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Speaker 11: make dramatic improvements. But as you mentioned, Judy, they're going

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Speaker 11: to ground the football with Omarion Hampton and Agie Harris

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Speaker 11: and the rest of that crew. They have a potentially

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Speaker 11: explosive pass game, and of course the offensive line comes together.

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Speaker 1: A lot to be optimistic about is.

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Speaker 11: The Chargers heading into their fifth training camp practice already

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Speaker 11: tomorrow down in San Diego. They'll make their return to

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Speaker 11: their former home practicing on Tuesday and Wednesday down there.

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Speaker 3: A lot of the good stuff, Omar, thank you as always.

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Speaker 3: Chargers for sure do have a lot to look forward to.

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Speaker 3: They also did a little bit looking back today as

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Speaker 3: Philip Rivers Dak Gummett retired a member of the Chargers,

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Speaker 3: one of our favorites, one of the best miked up

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Speaker 3: athletes of all time, made it official in a pretty

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Speaker 3: cool video, saying that he is now a Charger for life.

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys have reported to training camp. They went through

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Speaker 1: the entire offseason without Trayvon Diggs in the building because

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Speaker 1: he was back in floor rehabbing from a significant knee injury.

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Speaker 1: There did not say well with the Cowboys, who enforced

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Speaker 1: a de escalator contract in Diggs contract. Jerry Jones had

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Speaker 1: some more to say on the subject.

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Speaker 2: We expect a player paid like Trevon to be here

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Speaker 2: all the time. We expect him to be leading. Expect

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Speaker 2: him to be leading. It's important to have the right

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Speaker 2: body language in every respect. When you are one of

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Speaker 2: those rare, financially paid and gifted players, you've got to

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Speaker 2: have some leadership about you.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom Pella Sero, joined once

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Speaker 1: again by our Jane Slater, who is at Cowboys training

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Speaker 1: camp in Oxnard, California. We've heard this, Jane, the leadership,

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Speaker 1: the culture buzzwords throughout the off season from Brian Schottenneimer,

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Speaker 1: among others, and clearly Jerry's trying to make a point

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Speaker 1: here about the importance of those high paid guys being

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Speaker 1: a part of that culture. What did you make of

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Speaker 1: what he said?

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Speaker 5: Look, I know some people might roll their eyes at this,

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Speaker 5: but I will tell you, and talking to some of

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Speaker 5: the players the leadership and I even talked about just

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Speaker 5: the culture and the locker room was really off last

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Speaker 5: year and they were looking for some of their leaders

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Speaker 5: that they pay the big money to step up.

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Speaker 4: And I'm old enough.

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Speaker 5: To remember when that Trayvon Diggs extension happened. It was

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Speaker 5: two years ago here at training camp, a five year

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Speaker 5: one worth ninety seven million dollars. If you'll recall in

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Speaker 5: that same year back in twenty twenty three, three weeks

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Speaker 5: into the season he entered his knee, so he missed

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Speaker 5: eleven games that year or he missed thirteen games rather

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Speaker 5: that year, and then last year he made eleven games

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Speaker 5: for entering the same knee again. Now seeing here, he's

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Speaker 5: opted for South Florida and training with doctor Sharif Toba.

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Speaker 5: Taba has been telling me that they've begun working on

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Speaker 5: some of the position group drills and things that he needs.

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Speaker 5: But new defensive coordinator Matt eber flies Plisi has two

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Speaker 5: of the best corners in the league in Derad Blandon Diggs,

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Speaker 5: who have come buying for thirty one interception since twenty

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Speaker 5: twenty one. Last season, the team as a whole had

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Speaker 5: the six fewis Iberflus wants this defense predicated on takeaways

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Speaker 5: when healthy. He has the personnel to do that, but

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Speaker 5: availability and accountability are paramount and Jerry Jones, Steven and

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Speaker 5: the coaches are making it very clear with that half

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Speaker 5: a million dollar fine and some of the comments they

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Speaker 5: made today that they have high expectations for players that

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Speaker 5: are making what they would describe as Tier one money.

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Speaker 4: Now, could the Cowboys trade him.

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Speaker 5: I know that people are now talking about that, like

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Speaker 5: how acrimonious has this gotten?

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Speaker 4: Because this is the second off.

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Speaker 5: Season that Trayvon Digg spent the majority of his time

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Speaker 5: working out away from the facility. Now, according to overthecap

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Speaker 5: dot com, they could save nine point six million dollars

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Speaker 5: if they made that trade.

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Speaker 4: Now here's the issue, guys.

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Speaker 5: Remember I just said it was a five year, ninety

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Speaker 5: seven million dollar contract extension.

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Speaker 4: That means he's got four years left.

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Speaker 5: That means another team would have to pick up that contract. Well,

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Speaker 5: is their concerns there? This is now two injuries to

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Speaker 5: the same knee. Although I guess you could make the

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Speaker 5: others argument that he's twenty six years old. This is

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Speaker 5: a guy who's got a lot of talent, who's proven

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Speaker 5: that he can get the takeaways. Being that former wide

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Speaker 5: receiver at Alabama, maybe there's some big upside here.

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Speaker 4: I think they're going to look to see how this

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Speaker 4: thing plays out.

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Speaker 5: I think this team can be really, really good, and

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Speaker 5: Digs could be really good in this system. But I

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Speaker 5: think they're making it very very clear that things have

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Speaker 5: got a change if Diggs wants to remain on this roster.

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Speaker 1: Trevon Diggs do nine million dollars in base salary this season,

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Speaker 1: which if he can be close to his former self,

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Speaker 1: that is a bargain for the Cowboys in twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Jane Slater our first training camp on Cedarport. Jay, can

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Speaker 1: you actually just take like five steps backwards so I

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Speaker 1: can see you in the sun to prove this is

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Speaker 1: not a green screen. I want everybody at home to

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Speaker 1: know you're really out there, You're really on the field.

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Speaker 8: Look at that.

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Speaker 4: We're there.

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Speaker 1: We are going to be all over the place. Back

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Speaker 1: together weekend this weekend, around the clock inside training camp

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Speaker 1: starts on Monday. Cannot wait, Jane, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: As always, a ton other news around the NFL, including

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Speaker 1: in the Troit Worthy Lyons. Also back at it on

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Speaker 1: the field. They're playing in the Hall of Fame game,

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Speaker 1: hence the early start. David Montgomery pictured here. What the

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Speaker 1: guy everyone's talking about is a fantasy stud. Jamiir Gibbs

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Speaker 1: said recently he's the forgotten man in the offense after

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Speaker 1: that knee injury last season. But not so, says Dan Campbell.

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Speaker 12: Believe me, he has not forgotten. He's We know exactly

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Speaker 12: who he is. Where he is and what he's capable of,

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Speaker 12: and the one two punch with he and Gibbs is uh,

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Speaker 12: it's special and it's rare in this league in my opinion,

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Speaker 12: especially nowadays. So there's a place for David. He's going

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Speaker 12: to help us, and we're going to use him, and

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Speaker 12: we'll use he and Gibbs together. You know, we'll do

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Speaker 12: some of those things. So we know he's one of

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Speaker 12: our best offensive players. That's not changing right now.

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Speaker 1: Season approaching regulars, he's approaching contract season still upon us.

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Speaker 1: George karlofftis the latest two get paid a four year,

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Speaker 1: ninety three million dollar contracts mentioned with Kansas City, the

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Speaker 1: former first round draft picked cash in on a deal

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Speaker 1: he guarantees them sixty two million dollars, and they'll need

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Speaker 1: more highlights like this if they're going to meet the

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Speaker 1: high expectations that always exist in Kansas City.

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Speaker 13: Expectations are always are always high, and that that's a

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Speaker 13: that's a plus, and the guys that have been here

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Speaker 13: have earned that right to have it that way. But

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Speaker 13: at the same time, you know you've got to maintain

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Speaker 13: that and even strive to be better. I mean, the

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Speaker 13: AFC West is a tough conference, and it's not any worse,

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Speaker 13: that's for sure. I mean these guys, that's good coaching

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Speaker 13: and they've got good players. So just that alone is

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Speaker 13: a great challenge for us.

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Speaker 1: AFC. West is tough, says the guy who wins it

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Speaker 1: every year. Let's go, welcome to the job.

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Speaker 14: Ow boy, it's Jamar chains down.

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Speaker 1: We'll breaking the towards down.

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Speaker 3: I'm putting in the circles Rount.

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Speaker 1: And we can fall down. Oo Jamar.

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Speaker 3: It's just a big play way to happen.

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Speaker 7: Two bomb how chases on the cases. Number one was

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Speaker 7: number one when it came to fantasy production by a

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Speaker 7: wide receiver in twenty twenty four, now number one amongst

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Speaker 7: wide receivers paid for real production on the field period.

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Speaker 8: But you see the value that he brings to fantasy.

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Speaker 7: Owners as well as those Bengals owners that were willing

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Speaker 7: to pay him. That money in comes Adam Rank now

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Speaker 7: because he knows everything when it comes to ranking wide receivers.

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Speaker 7: In fact, last year we were talking about Jamar Chase's

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Speaker 7: potential w R when we talk about CD Lamb potentially

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Speaker 7: as a first round pick. Had we known Dak Prescott

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Speaker 7: was going to go down, we would have said, now

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Speaker 7: you can wait a little bit later because you saw

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Speaker 7: what that did to his production. So entering twenty twenty five,

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Speaker 7: with all these guys quarterbacks healthy rank, how are you ranking.

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Speaker 8: Some of these top receivers?

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Speaker 1: No, unintended.

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Speaker 14: Now it's funny because one of my least favorite things

655
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Speaker 14: in fantasy when the guy's like, hey, take your pick,

656
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Speaker 14: it doesn't matter, But we have to make choices, Mike,

657
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Speaker 14: where we're sitting there on the line, we got to

658
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Speaker 14: figure out what we're doing. I'm gonna go with Jamar

659
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Speaker 14: Chase as the first wide receiver off the board. I

660
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Speaker 14: know it's super chalky. Last year he was the number

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Speaker 14: two overall scorer in all of fantasy football. That includes

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Speaker 14: that includes the uh that includes the quarterback position as well.

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Speaker 14: So for me, I think Jamar Chase is pretty much

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Speaker 14: the easiest pick here right now. Obviously, when you look

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Speaker 14: at it, people might fear regression or anything like that,

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Speaker 14: but I look at it by the sense of how

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Speaker 14: good do the Bengals get on defense? Not very so

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Speaker 14: there's still gonna be in a situation where they have

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Speaker 14: to score a ton of points.

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Speaker 3: My number two.

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Speaker 14: Guy is going to be Justin Jefferson Justin Jefferson last

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Speaker 14: season was the wide receiver too. Sam Darnold had a

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Speaker 14: season for the Ages, and people are like, well, what

674
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Speaker 14: about JJ McCarthy, what about him? We've seen the floor

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Speaker 14: for these quarterbacks in any KOC offense, it's a being

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Speaker 14: very high. So I love the opportunity to go out

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Speaker 14: there and get Justin Jefferson and it's.

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Speaker 1: A little quick tip.

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Speaker 14: I love JJ McCarthy and fantasy football as well, So

680
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Speaker 14: he's my number two and then I'm gonna go back

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Speaker 14: to Ceedee Lamb. I know a lot of people were

682
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Speaker 14: disappointed last year. You mentioned it when Dak Prescott went down.

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Speaker 14: That kind of hurt everybody or hurt his production. So

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Speaker 14: for me, I'm not too worried about it, and I'm

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Speaker 14: not worried about George Pickens being there either, because George

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Speaker 14: Pickens picking the top off the defense should actually help

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Speaker 14: him out. So I will go back to Ceedee Lamb.

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Speaker 14: He's my number three wide receiver. Off the board, I

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Speaker 14: am not afraid of that at all.

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Speaker 7: CD tried to do all he could with those backup

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Speaker 7: options that they threw out there after Dak Prescott went down,

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Speaker 7: but it obviously changed the position and it changed the

693
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Speaker 7: production for him. If Dak Prescott stays healthy, I'm with you,

694
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Speaker 7: Adam Ray, throw Ceedee Lamb back up there. Now you

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Speaker 7: talk about what a receiver on the other side can

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Speaker 7: do for a guy on the other side, Let's talk

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Speaker 7: about Pooka Nakua because incomes Adams. Now Cooper Cup's out,

698
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Speaker 7: but DeVante Adams is in. What does that do for

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Speaker 7: Poka in that offense?

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Speaker 14: You know, I actually think it makes him better. I

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Speaker 14: think that any time that we've seen Sean McVay over

702
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Speaker 14: the years, his offense always has the ability to support

703
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Speaker 14: two really good wide receivers, especially in fantasy one always

704
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Speaker 14: seems to outshine the other. We remember, during the time

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Speaker 14: that Cooper Cup was going out there and dominating fantasy

706
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Speaker 14: football leagues, there was still a pretty good wide receiver too,

707
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Speaker 14: whether it was Bobby Trees or somebody of that nature. Similarly,

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Speaker 14: I think that Devonte Adams comes in here, keeps the

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Speaker 14: defenses honest and allows Pooka Akua to go out there

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Speaker 14: and do his thing. So again, when we're going through

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Speaker 14: the rankings right now, I look at pu Puka Akua

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Speaker 14: as my number four option because I trust this Rams

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Speaker 14: offense I trust the quarterback, and I really do believe

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Speaker 14: that he's going to step up this season.

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Speaker 7: You talk about those receivers that you just mentioned up

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Speaker 7: there in the cluster, but give me the guy who's

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Speaker 7: on the outside of that crew, but could vault himself,

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Speaker 7: maybe even to the top of the guy. You're like,

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Speaker 7: if all falls right, this guy could get even to

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Speaker 7: wide receiver number one.

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Speaker 14: Well, I think that when we looked at the top

722
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Speaker 14: ten board from last season, people might have been surprised

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Speaker 14: that Brian Thomas Junior was the number four overall wide receiver.

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Speaker 14: I will point out though, for those of you who

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Speaker 14: live in the world where you rank these on points

726
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Speaker 14: per game, he was the wide receiver eleven, right around

727
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Speaker 14: seventeen fantasy points per game. I really believe that he

728
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Speaker 14: has an opportunity to step up this season and be

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Speaker 14: even better.

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Speaker 8: Now.

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Speaker 14: They went out and they drafted Travis Hunter, which is

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Speaker 14: a great addition to that team. He should be a

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Speaker 14: guy who can take the top off a defense, somebody

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Speaker 14: who can expose some of those safeties deep. But it's

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Speaker 14: still going to allow Brian Thomas Junior to go out.

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Speaker 3: There and do the work.

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Speaker 14: And when you bring in an offensive mind like Liam

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Speaker 14: Cohen to lead this team. And I know, like it

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Speaker 14: seems weird because Doug Peterson was supposed to be this guy.

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Speaker 14: But I really do believe that Liam Cohen's going to

741
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Speaker 14: help Brian Thomas Junior take that next step. And I

742
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Speaker 14: wouldn't be shocked if Brian Thomas Junior ends up the

743
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Speaker 14: wide receiver won this season.

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Speaker 7: Well, Travis Hunter is there, and you talked about it earlier,

745
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Speaker 7: what a receiver on one side could do for a

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Speaker 7: guy on the other side, kind of like what the

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Speaker 7: insiders can do for Fantasy Live. You see it there

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Speaker 7: on the body of the screen weekdays at six pm Eastern.

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Speaker 7: We are three weeks away from the return of Fantasy

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Speaker 8: Thank you very much, Adam Rank.

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Speaker 7: Appreciate you always and all your thoughts on fantasy football.

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Speaker 8: Calvin Ridley probably out there like, yo, what about me?

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Speaker 1: What about me? Rank? You're not looking at my quarterback?

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Speaker 8: I mean, let's to a lot of folks are saying

757
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Speaker 8: to Tennessee, not giving this guy enough credit.

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Speaker 7: Well, we're about to see because no will Levis means

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Speaker 7: cam Ward gonna be the starter for the Titans this

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Speaker 7: upcoming season.

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Speaker 8: We pretty much expected it anyway.

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Speaker 7: We got to talk more about it when he Insanders returns.

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Speaker 1: From QB one so QB two to QB twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 1: Will Lovis officially out for this season after opting to

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Speaker 1: undergo shoulder surgery. Welcome back to the Insiders, Tom Pillasaroi

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Speaker 1: and Rapport and Judy Batista Ian take me through exactly

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Speaker 1: what led to this decision by Will Levis. Now, what

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Speaker 1: it means knowing that you know you got that other

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Speaker 1: guy went number one in the building right.

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Speaker 3: What it means is pretty simple. Cam Morden is going

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Speaker 3: to be the starting quarterback, as he was going to

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Speaker 3: be the starting quarterback anyway. This is more about Will Levis,

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Speaker 3: his backup quarterback, and his decision after consulting with from

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Speaker 3: Mine I, unerstand Is, several medical professionals. Will Levis suffered

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Speaker 3: a shoulder injury last season. Remember, landed really hard along

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00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 3: the sideline on his right shoulder. He did rehab, he

777
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Speaker 3: did get it better, he did fully participate in spring practice,

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Speaker 3: but sounds like it just never felt quite right. Judy

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Speaker 3: and the fact that he couldn't get it to where

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Speaker 3: he was throwing pain free. Led to this decision where

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Speaker 3: he is now going to have surgery at the end

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Speaker 3: of July. He is out for twenty twenty five, twenty

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Speaker 3: twenty sixty, like it would be at full strength. Just

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Speaker 3: hard to imagine being with the Titans at that point.

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Speaker 3: Plenty of that as it comes, but a fascinating decision

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Speaker 3: by will Levis to leave cam Ward all alone, which

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Speaker 3: kind of a weird thing, Judy.

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Speaker 6: Well, let's be clear, this was never a quarterback competition

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Speaker 6: in Tennessee. Cam Ward was always going to be the

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Speaker 6: starting quarterback. But what this does is it leaves them

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Speaker 6: without a safety net. I mean, that is what will

792
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Speaker 6: Lefis was going to be. If cam Ward's got hurt,

793
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Speaker 6: you at least had somebody who could go in there

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Speaker 6: and function in the offense and potentially give you a

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Speaker 6: chance to win a game. The two backups they have

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Speaker 6: on the roster now, Brandon Allen and Tim Boyle, have

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Speaker 6: started games over their careers, not very successfully. They are

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Speaker 6: new there, so presumably the Titans are going to have

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Speaker 6: to go out and get a veteran quarterback who has

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Speaker 6: a whole lot more starting experience to be in that

801
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Speaker 6: quarterback room behind cam Ward who is certainly the future

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Speaker 6: and he is the guy right now. But again, if

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Speaker 6: he gets hurt, what would they turn to? And also, frankly,

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Speaker 6: you'd like to have a veteran guy who can push

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Speaker 6: the rookie a little bit, not to take his job,

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Speaker 6: not even to challenge for his job, but just to

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Speaker 6: sort of push him to accelerate his growth. They need

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Speaker 6: to get that in the building. A very tough break

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Speaker 6: for will Levis obviously, and we will see how it

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Speaker 6: impacts cam warden the Titans this season.

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Speaker 1: Mike garral Follo Ian or you in or out on

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Speaker 1: this version of the tan pants.

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Speaker 3: Well, let's see. If I was gonna say something and

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Speaker 3: it maybe wasn't nice, I think maybe the best thing

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Speaker 3: to do is, Mike, what do you think?

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Speaker 8: I dig them. I think they're better.

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Speaker 7: I mean this is this goes back to Tom dying

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Speaker 7: on a hill for the Giants uniforms in Week one

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Speaker 8: I dig these a lot better.

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Speaker 6: I like them better than the other bumblebee ones. I

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Speaker 1: Call the best news we can stop tying about uniforms.

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Speaker 1: Twenty six more teams reports a training camp tomorrow. You're

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Speaker 1: We will have all of it, the analysis like you

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Speaker 1: always for being here with the insiders. See it.